Campaign Advertising Act
Official title: To amend section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934 with respect to the purchase of broadcasting time by candidates for public office.
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 539.
Campaign Advertising Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to: (1) limit the cost to qualified candidates of broadcasting time for pre-election political advertising to the lowest charge of the station for the same amount of time for the same time of day and day of the week; (2) prohibit any broadcast licensee from preempting the use of any such time purchased and paid for by a qualified candidate, unless the program during which the advertisement was scheduled to appear is preempted due to circumstances beyond the control of the broadcaster; (3) reduce the pre-election period during which the lowest charge is effective from 45 days to 30 days before primary elections and from 60 days to 45 days before general or special elections; and (4) specify that for purposes of calculating a station's lowest charge, broadcasters must consider the charges made during the 60-day period prior to a primary or primary runoff election and during the 90-day period before a general or special election.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text
- Reported in House Formatted Text
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5756: Campaign Advertising Act. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-5756/
"H.R. 5756: Campaign Advertising Act." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-5756/.
H.R. 5756, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-5756/.
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