Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act
- Last Action
- 3/10/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-10Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- 2017-03-08Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 2017-03-08Introduced in House
- 2017-03-08Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-03-08 (00)
Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to require online public inspection files that must be uploaded to the Internet by television broadcast stations, AM or FM radio broadcast stations, cable operators, direct broadcast satellite service providers, or satellite digital audio radio service providers to be made available to the public in a machine-readable format that supports automated searching, bulk downloading, aggregation, manipulation, and sorting.
Public inspection files include political files that contain records of requests to purchase broadcast time by or on behalf of candidates for public office or to communicate a message relating to a political matter of national importance.
Cosponsors (20)
- John Yarmuth (D-KY)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- JOHN CONYERS (D-MI)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- FRANK PALLONE (D-NJ)
- G. K. Butterfield (D-NC)
- John Sarbanes (D-MD)
- SUSAN DAVIS (D-CA)
- Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
- ANNA ESHOO (D-CA)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ)
- Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- Donald Norcross (D-NJ)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Government information and archives
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Political advertising
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