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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3387 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 677
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3387

                          [Report No. 114-864]

   To amend the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, and the 
 Federal Advisory Committee Act to apply the requirements of such Acts 
        to the Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2015

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

                           December 12, 2016

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 
                               29, 2015]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
   To amend the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, and the 
 Federal Advisory Committee Act to apply the requirements of such Acts 
        to the Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act 
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF OPEN GOVERNMENT LAWS TO SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

    (a) Freedom of Information Act.--Section 552 of title 5, United 
States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), 
as amended by section 2(7) of the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(n) For purposes of this section, the Smithsonian Institution 
shall be considered an agency, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian 
Institution shall be considered the head of the agency.''.
    (b) Privacy Act.--Section 552a(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the Privacy Act), is amended by striking the 
semicolon at the end and inserting ``, except that such term also 
includes the Smithsonian Institution;''.
    (c) Requiring Open Meetings.--Section 552b(a)(1) of title 5, United 
States Code (relating to open meetings) is amended by striking the 
semicolon at the end and inserting ``, except that such term also 
includes the Smithsonian Institution;''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.

    (a) Effective Date.--This Act and the amendments made by this Act 
shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application.--
            (1) Freedom of information act; privacy act.--Subsections 
        (a) and (b) of section 2 and the amendments made by such 
        subsections shall apply to any record created before, on, or 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Open meetings.--Subsection (c) of section 2 and the 
        amendments made by such subsection shall apply to any meeting 
        held on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend the 
        Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act to apply the 
        requirements of such Acts to the Smithsonian Institution, and 
        for other purposes.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 677

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3387

                          [Report No. 114-864]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To amend the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, and the 
 Federal Advisory Committee Act to apply the requirements of such Acts 
        to the Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 12, 2016

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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