[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5539 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5539

    To apply the Freedom of Information Act to the Federal National 
  Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 
    during any period that such entities are in conservatorship or 
                             receivership.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 2010

 Mr. Chaffetz (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Issa, 
Mr. Bachus, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Royce, Mr. Goodlatte, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. 
   Rooney, and Mrs. Lummis) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To apply the Freedom of Information Act to the Federal National 
  Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 
    during any period that such entities are in conservatorship or 
                             receivership.

    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 Mae and Freddie Mac 
Transparency Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF FOIA DURING CONSERVATORSHIP OR RECEIVERSHIP.

    (a) Fannie Mae.--Section 309 of the Federal National Mortgage 
Association Charter Act (12 U.S.C. 1723a) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
    ``(p) Applicability of FOIA.--Notwithstanding section 551 of title 
5, United States Code, during any period that the corporation 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), the corporation shall be considered to be an agency for 
purposes of section 552 of such title.''.
    (b) Freddie Mac.--Section 307 of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1456) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(h) Applicability of FOIA.--Notwithstanding section 551 of title 
5, United States Code, during any period that the Corporation 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), the Corporation shall be considered to be an agency for 
purposes of section 552 of such title.''.
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