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Union Calendar No. 53 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1694 
[Report No. 115–93] 
To require additional entities to be subject to the requirements of section 
552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom 
of Information Act), and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2017 
Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. DUNCAN of 
Tennessee, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. COMER, Mr. BLUM, and 
Mr. ISSA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
APRIL 24, 2017 
Additional sponsors: Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. HUDSON, and Mr. YOHO 
APRIL 24, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, 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 March 23, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To require additional entities to be subject to the require-
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(commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fannie and Freddie 
Open Records Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF FOIA. 
(a) APPLICABILITY TO GOVERNMENT SPONSORED EN-
TITIES
IN CONSERVATORSHIP.—Section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom 
of Information Act), is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(n) The Federal National Mortgage Association or the 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation shall comply 
with agency requirements under this section during any pe-
riod such enterprise is under conservatorship or receiver-
ship pursuant to section 1367 of the Federal Housing En-
terprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 
U.S.C. 4617).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—The amend-
ment made by subsection (a) shall be effective on the date 
of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect 
to any request filed under section 552(a)(3) of title 5, 
United States Code, on or after such effective date, relating 
to any record created before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 53 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1694 
[Report No. 115–93] 
A BILL 
To require additional entities to be subject to the 
requirements of section 552 of title 5, United 
States Code (commonly referred to as the Free-
dom of Information Act), and for other purposes. 
APRIL 24, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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