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S 2152 117th Congress Senate 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, web applications, social media Political advertising

Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

Introduced: June 21, 2021 Introduced by: Luján, Ben Ray Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 117th Congress ended
It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 21, 2021
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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 certain television broadcast stations and television systems, AM or FM radio broadcast stations, cable operators, direct broadcast satellite service providers, or satellite digital audio radio service providers.

What's happening now June 21, 2021

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

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  • HR 5897 Identical bill Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2152: Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2152/
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"S. 2152: Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2152/.
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S. 2152, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2152/.
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