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HR 1440 115th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications 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

Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

Introduced: March 8, 2017 Introduced by: Luján, Ben Ray Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Mar 10, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Mar 8, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 8, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now March 10, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 18
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Lieu, Ted
California · Mar 16, 2017
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Brownley, Julia
California · Mar 8, 2017
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 8, 2017
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Mar 8, 2017
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 8, 2017
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Mar 8, 2017
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Mar 8, 2017
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 8, 2017
 D
Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Mar 8, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 8, 2017
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 8, 2017
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Mar 8, 2017
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Mar 8, 2017
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Mar 8, 2017
 D
Ruiz, Raul
California · Mar 8, 2017
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 8, 2017
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Mar 8, 2017
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 8, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1440: Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1440/
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"H.R. 1440: Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1440/.
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H.R. 1440, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1440/.
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