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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.


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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

                             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 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,

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 Entities 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 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.
                                                  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 
          Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             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