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HR 5015 116th Congress House

Honest Campaigns Act of 2019

Official title: To direct the Federal Communications Commission to revise its sponsorship identification rules so as to require the disclosure of the names of significant dono… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Federal Communications Commission to revise its sponsorship identification rules so as to require the disclosure of the names of significant donors to persons paying for or furnishing broadcast matter or origination cablecasting matter that is political matter or matter involving the discussion of a controversial issue of public importance.

Introduced: November 8, 2019 Introduced by: Luján, Ben Ray Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBroadcasting, cable, digital technologiesElections, voting, political campaign regulationFederal Communications Commission (FCC)
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Nov 12, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Nov 8, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nov 8, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 12, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Honest Campaigns Act of 2019

This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise its sponsorship identification rules. Specifically, the FCC must require a disclosure announcement for broadcast or origination cablecasting matter that is political or that involves the discussion of a controversial issue of public importance to include the names of significant donors to the person whose identity is required to be disclosed in such an announcement.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 33
All 33 Democratic 23
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Nov 18, 2019
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Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Nov 8, 2019
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Brownley, Julia
California · Nov 8, 2019
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Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Nov 8, 2019
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Nov 8, 2019
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 8, 2019
COOPER, JAMES
· Nov 8, 2019
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Nov 8, 2019
Deutch, Theodore
· Nov 8, 2019
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Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Nov 8, 2019
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Khanna, Ro
California · Nov 8, 2019
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Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Nov 8, 2019
Lamb, Conor
· Nov 8, 2019
 D
Lee, Susie
Nevada · Nov 8, 2019
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Lieu, Ted
California · Nov 8, 2019
Loebsack, David
· Nov 8, 2019
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Nov 8, 2019
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Nov 8, 2019
McNerney, Jerry
· Nov 8, 2019
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Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Nov 8, 2019
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Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Nov 8, 2019
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 8, 2019
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Peters, Scott H.
California · Nov 8, 2019
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Nov 8, 2019
PRICE, DAVID
· Nov 8, 2019
Rice, Kathleen
· Nov 8, 2019
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Ruiz, Raul
California · Nov 8, 2019
Sarbanes, John
· Nov 8, 2019
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 8, 2019
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Nov 8, 2019
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Takano, Mark
California · Nov 8, 2019
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Nov 8, 2019
Yarmuth, John
· Nov 8, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5015: Honest Campaigns Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5015/
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"H.R. 5015: Honest Campaigns Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5015/.
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H.R. 5015, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5015/.
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