1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2017 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Ensuring independent advice and expertise. Sec. 3. Preventing efforts to circumvent the Federal Advisory Committee Act and public disclosure. Sec. 4. Increasing transparency of advisory committees. Sec. 5. Managing Federal advisory committees. Sec. 6. Comptroller General review and reports. Sec. 7. Application of Federal Advisory Committee Act to Trade Advisory Committees. Sec. 8. Definitions. Sec. 9. Technical and conforming amendments. Sec. 10. Effective date. Sec. 11. No additional funds authorized. 2. Ensuring independent advice and expertise (a) Bar on political litmus tests Section 9 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by inserting membership; after advisory committees; ; (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively