[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3387 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3387

   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.


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                    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

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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 Institution, 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 ``Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act 
of 2015''.

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) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(m) For purposes of this section, the Smithsonian Institution 
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 Smithsonian Institution;''.
    (c) Requiring Open Meetings.--Section 552b of title 5, United 
States Code (relating to open meetings) is amended by striking the 
semicolon at the end and inserting ``, except that such term also 
includes the Smithsonian Institution;''.
    (d) Federal Advisory Committee Act.--Section 4 of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(d) The Smithsonian Institution shall be considered an advisory 
committee for purposes of this Act, other than section 14.''.

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