Bill Sponsor
House Bill 5016
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Nov 8, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Nov 8, 2019
Latest Action
Nov 12, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
5016
Congress
116
Policy Area
Science, Technology, Communications
Science, Technology, Communications
Primary focus of measure is natural sciences, space exploration, research policy and funding, research and development, STEM education, scientific cooperation and communication; technology policies, telecommunication, information technology; digital media, journalism. Measures concerning scientific education may fall under Education policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
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New Mexico
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District of Columbia
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Tennessee
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Washington
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House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to require certain online public inspection files to be made available to the public in a machine-readable format that supports automated searching, bulk downloading, aggregation, manipulation, sorting, and analysis.

Online public inspection files (including 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) are 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.

Text (1)
November 8, 2019
Actions (3)
11/12/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
11/08/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
11/08/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 5:02:34 AM