3.0.0 3276 2019-04-11T15:40:47Z 2019-04-11T15:40:47Z Senate S S 2008-07-16 110 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-16T23:37:29Z 2008-07-16 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2008-07-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6873-6875) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2008-07-16 True Government Operations and Politics Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional oversight Federal advisory bodies Freedom of information Right of privacy Smithsonian Institution Government Operations and Politics 00 2008-07-16 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-17T20:10:53Z Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act of 2008 - Makes the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, federal law relating to open meetings of federal agencies, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act applicable to the Smithsonian Institution.

Makes this Act applicable to: (1) all actions taken by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution or any other officer or employee of the Smithsonian Institution before, on, or after the enactment date of this Act; (2) any record created before, on, or after that date; and (3) any meeting held before, on, or after that date.

Amends the Privacy Act to allow a federal agency, upon request by the chairperson or ranking member of a committee, subcommittee, or joint committee of Congress, to make a disclosure of any record which is contained in a system of records to that chairperson or ranking member.

]]> Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act of 2008 Display Title Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the application of sections 552, 552a, and 552b of title 5, United States Code, (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) to the Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3276is/xml/BILLS-110s3276is.xml 2008-07-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.