1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Private Prison Information Act of 2017 . 2. Definitions In this Act— (1) the term agency has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code; (2) the term applicable entity means— (A) a nongovernmental entity contracting with, or receiving funds directly or indirectly from, a covered agency to incarcerate or detain Federal prisoners or detainees in a non-Federal prison, correctional, or detention facility; or (B) a State or local governmental entity with an intergovernmental agreement with a covered agency to incarcerate or detain Federal prisoners or detainees in a non-Federal prison, correctional, or detention facility; (3) the term covered agency means an agency that contracts with, or provides funds to, an applicable entity to incarcerate or detain Federal prisoners or detainees in a non-Federal prison, correctional, or detention facility; and (4) the term non-Federal prison, correctional, or detention facility means— (A) a privately owned or privately operated prison, correctional, or detention facility; or (B) a State or local prison, jail, or other correctional or detention facility. 3. Freedom of Information Act applicable for contract prisons (a) In general A record relating to a non-Federal prison, correctional, or detention facility shall be— (1) considered an agency record for purposes of section 552(f)(2) of title 5, United States Code, whether in the possession of an applicable entity or a covered agency