Title: Fannie and Freddie Open Records Act of 2017
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Fannie and Freddie Open Records Act of 2017

This bill amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to require the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to be subject to FOIA's public information disclosure requirements during any period in which they are under conservatorship or receivership.
The requirement applies to FOIA requests filed after enactment of this bill that relate to any record created before, on, or after the enactment of this bill.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1694 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1694

  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.


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                    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 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 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 
          Freedom of Information Act), 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 ``Fannie and Freddie Open Records Act 
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF FOIA.

    (a) Amendment to Definition of Agency.--Section 552(f)(1) of title 
5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of 
Information Act), is amended by striking ``or other establishment in 
the executive branch of the Government (including the Executive Office 
of the President), or any independent regulatory agency'' and inserting 
the following: ``any other establishment in the executive branch of the 
Government (including the Executive Office of the President), any 
independent regulatory agency, and the Federal National Mortgage 
Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation during any 
period such enterprise is under conservatorship or receivership 
pursuant to section 1367 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial 
Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4617)''.
    (b) Effective Date; Applicability.--The amendment 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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