,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cchg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bi1 #bjae ,ms4
 ,norton introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend the ,freedom of       
,information ,act1 the ,privacy ,act1   
and the ,federal ,advisory ,committee   
,act to apply the requirements of such  
,acts to the ,smithsonian ,institution1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,open and ,transparent ,smithsonian ,act
 of #bjae4  #b4 ,application of open    
government laws to ,smithsonian         
,institution  7a7 ,freedom of           
,information ,act ,section #eeb of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code 7commonly    
referred to as the ,freedom of          
,information ,act7 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection3
  7m7 ,for purposes of this section1 the
 ,smithsonian ,institution shall be     
considered an agency1 and the ,secretary

 of the ,smithsonian ,institution shall 
be considered the head of the agency4  4
  7b7 ,privacy ,act ,section            
#eeb;a7a77#a7 of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code 7commonly referred to as  
the ,privacy ,act71 is amended by       
striking the semicolon at the end and   
inserting 1 except that such term also  
includes the ,smithsonian ,institution24
  7c7 ,requiring ,open ,meetings        
,section #eeb;b of title #e1 ,united    
,states ,code 7relating to open         
meetings7 is amended by striking the    
semicolon at the end and inserting 1    
except that such term also includes the 
,smithsonian ,institution24  7d7        
,federal ,advisory ,committee ,act      
,section #d of the ,federal ,advisory   
,committee ,act 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app47 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7d7 ,the     
,smithsonian ,institution shall be      
considered an advisory committee for    
purposes of this ,act1 other than       
section #ad4  4  #c4 ,effective date and

 application  7a7 ,effective ,date ,this
 ,act and the amendments made by this   
,act shall take effect on the date of   
enactment of this ,act4  7b7            
,application ,this ,act 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