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S 1260 114th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Government information and archives Marketing and advertising

Sunshine in Sponsorship Identification Act

Introduced: May 7, 2015 See on congress.gov
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May 7, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 7, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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Sunshine in Sponsorship Identification Act

Directs the Federal Communications Commission to update its sponsorship identification rules for commercial and political advertising to: (1) reflect current technologies and practices, (2) ensure that political broadcasts include more detailed disclosures about the identity of the true sponsors, and (3) require more detailed sponsorship identification information to be placed online or in another form more readily accessible to the public.

What's happening now May 7, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jun 1, 2015
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 7, 2015
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 7, 2015
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · May 7, 2015
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · May 7, 2015
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · May 7, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1260: Sunshine in Sponsorship Identification Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1260/
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"S. 1260: Sunshine in Sponsorship Identification Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1260/.
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S. 1260, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1260/.
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