,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eaaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bh1 #bjaf    
,mr4 ,olson 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,burgess1
 ,mr4 ,lance1 and ,mr4 ,mullin7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the 
,federal ,trade ,commission ,act to     
permit a bipartisan majority of         
,commissioners to hold a meeting that is
 closed to the public to discuss        
official business4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,freeing 
,responsible and ,effective ,exchanges  
,act or the ,,free ,act4  #b4 ,nonpublic
 collaborative discussions ,the ,federal
 ,trade ,commission ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 
#da et seq47 is amended by inserting    
after section #bf the following3  #bg4  
,nonpublic collaborative discussions    
7a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding section
 #eeb;b of title #e1 ,united ,states    
,code1 a bipartisan majority of         
,commissioners may hold a meeting that  

is closed to the public to discuss      
official business if--  7#a7 a vote or  
any other agency action is not taken at 
such meeting2  7#b7 each person present 
at such meeting is a ,commissioner or an
 employee of the ,commission2 and  7#c7 
an attorney from the ,office of ,general
 ,counsel of the ,commission is present 
at such meeting4  7b7 ,disclosure of    
nonpublic collaborative discussions ,not
 later than #b business days after the  
conclusion of a meeting held under      
subsection 7a71 the ,commission shall   
publish on its ,internet website a      
disclosure of such meeting1 including-- 
7#a7 a list of the persons who attended 
such meeting2 and  7#b7 a summary of the
 matters discussed at such meeting1     
except for such matters as the          
,commission determines may be withheld  
under section #eeb;b7c7 of title #e1    
,united ,states ,code4  7c7             
,preservation of open meetings          
requirements for agency action ,nothing 
in this section shall limit the         

applicability of section #eeb;b of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 with respect
 to a meeting of ,commissioners other   
than that described in subsection 7a74  
7d7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,agency action ,the term agency action  
has the meaning given such term in      
section #eea of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,bipartisan        
majority ,the term bipartisan majority  
means1 when used with respect to a group
 of ,commissioners1 that such group--   
7,a7 is a group of #c or more           
,commissioners2 and  7,b7 includes1 for 
each political party of which any       
,commissioner is a member1 at least #a  
,commissioner who is a member of such   
political party1 and1 if any            
,commissioner has no political party    
affiliation1 at least one unaffiliated  
,commissioner4  4