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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] 
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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 Insti-
tution, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(n) For purposes of this section, the Smithsonian In-
stitution 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 Smithso-
nian 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 insert-
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ing ‘‘, 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 Insti-
tution, and for other purposes.’’. 
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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 Com-
mittee 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 or-
dered to be printed 
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