When was the Freedom of Information Act first put into effect?
Freedom of Information Act (United States)
In September 2010, the 111th Congress passed an act repealing those provisions.  The act was introduced in the Senate on August 5, 2010 as S.3717[37] and given the name "A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide for certain disclosures under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes."