,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #fgg  #aadth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#cchg  ,report ,no4 #aad-hfd  ,,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  ,december #ab1     
#bjaf ,reported with amendments1        
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed       
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,july    
#bi1 #bjae  ,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 #bjaf4

  #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 ,act71 as amended by      
section #b7g7 of the ,,foia ,improvement
 ,act of #bjaf1 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection3   
7n7 ,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;b7a77#a7 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  #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  7#a7 ,freedom  
of ,information ,act2 ,privacy ,act     
,subsections 7a7 and 7b7 of section #b  
and the amendments made by such         
subsections shall apply to any record   
created before1 on1 or after the date of
 the enactment of this ,act4  7#b7 ,open
 meetings ,subsection 7c7 of section #b 
and the amendments made by such         
subsection shall apply to any meeting   
held on or after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act4  ,amend the     
title so as to read3 ,a bill to amend   
the ,freedom of ,information ,act and   
the ,privacy ,act to apply the          
requirements of such ,acts to the       
,smithsonian ,institution1 and for other
 purposes44  ,december #ab1 #bjaf       

,reported with amendments1 committed to 
the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on  
the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered to
 be printed