,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #aji #aaith  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #acgc
 ,report ,no4 #aai-adj ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives          
,february #ad1 #bjbe,mr4 ,burchett 7for 
himself and ,mr4 ,cohen7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,june #e1              
#bjbe;,additional sponsor3 ,ms4 ,lee of 
,nevada  ,june #e1 #bjbe,reported with  
an amendment1 committed to the          
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed,strike out all after the        
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic,for text of introduced
 bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on
 ,february #ad1 #bjbe  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
require certain meetings of the         
,tennessee ,valley ,authority to be     
transparent and open to the public1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,tennessee ,valley ,authority           

,transparency ,act of #bjbe4  #b4       
,transparency and availability of       
meetings ,section #b7;g77#b7 of the     
,tennessee ,valley ,authority ,act of   
#aicc is amended to read as follows3    
7#b7 ,meetings  7,a7 ,in general ,the   
,board shall meet at least #d times each
 year4  7,b7 ,transparency  7i7 ,open   
meetings ,for purposes of applying the  
requirements of section #eeb;b of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 to the       
,board1 the term meeting shall include  
all deliberations of the members of the 
,board1 a committee of the ,board1 and a
 subcommittee of the ,board1 including  
any such deliberations that are not     
scheduled for the purpose of taking an  
action that will determine or result in 
the joint conduct or disposition of     
official business of the ,corporation1  
notwithstanding subsection 7a77#b7 of   
such section4  7ii7 ,notice of meetings 
7,i7 ,publication ,for purposes of      
section #eeb;b of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 public announcement of   

meetings shall include publication on   
the website of the ,board4  7,,ii7      
,emergency meetings ,notwithstanding    
section #eeb;b7e77#a7 of title #e1      
,united ,states ,code1 the requirement  
to make public announcement at least one
 week prior to a meeting shall not apply
 if the chairman of the ,board          
designates the meeting as an emergency  
special meeting4  7iii7 ,publicly       
available information ,the ,board shall 
publish on the website of the ,board any
 information required to be disclosed or
 made available to the public1 or       
publicly certified1 under section #eeb;b
 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4    
7iv7 ,exemptions ,for purposes of       
applying section #eeb;b of title #e1    
,united ,states ,code1 to any portion of
 a meeting of the ,board1 and to any    
information pertaining to such portion  
of a meeting1 the ,board may make a     
determination in accordance with such   
section not to disclose to the public   
under such section the following        

information3 7,i7 ,information          
containing or relating to power         
availability requests4  7,,ii7          
,information containing or relating to  
contract negotiations1 including labor  
relations and procurement actions1 the  
disclosure of which would imperil or    
compromise the competitive position of  
the ,corporation4  4  ,june #e1         
#bjbe,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed