,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfbb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #h1 #bjac ,ms4 
,norton introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,house ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
provide for the application of sections 
#eeb1 #eeb;a1 and #eeb;b of title #e1   
,united ,states ,code 7commonly referred
 to as the ,freedom of ,information ,act
 and the ,privacy ,act71 and the        
,federal ,advisory ,committee ,act 7#e  
,u4,s4,c4 ,app47 to the ,smithsonian    
,institution1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,open and ,transparent          
,smithsonian ,act of #bjac4  #b4        
,application of open government statutes
 to the ,smithsonian ,institution  7a7  
,in ,general ,the following provisions  
shall apply to the ,smithsonian         
,institution3  7#a7 ,section #eeb of    
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code         
7commonly referred to as the ,freedom of
 ,information ,act74  7#b7 ,sections    

#eeb;a of title #e1 ,united ,states     
,code 7commonly referred to as the      
,privacy ,act74  7#c7 ,sections #eeb;b  
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code      
7relating to open meetings74  7#d7 ,the 
,federal ,advisory ,committee ,act 7#e  
,u4,s4,c4 ,app474  7b7 ,agency ,for     
purposes of each provision of law under 
subsection 7b7--  7#a7 the ,smithsonian 
,institution shall be an agency2 and    
7#b7 the ,secretary of the ,smithsonian 
,institution shall be the head of the   
agency4  7c7 ,effective date and        
application  7#a7 ,effective ,date ,this
 section shall take effect on the date  
of enactment of this ,act4  7#b7        
,application ,this section shall apply  
to--  7,a7 all actions taken by the     
,board of ,regents of the ,smithsonian  
,institution or any officer or employee 
of the ,smithsonian ,institution before1
 on1 or after the date of enactment of  
this ,act2  7,b7 any record created     
before1 on1 or after that date2 and     
7,c7 any meeting held before1 on1 or    

after that date4