US HB1439 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 75-0)
Status: Introduced on March 8 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 2017 This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to revise its sponsorship identification rules to require the disclosure announcements required for broadcast matter 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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Title

Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 2017

Sponsors

Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. William Keating [D-MA]Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]

History

DateChamberAction
2017-03-10HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2017-03-08HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2017-03-08HouseIntroduced in House

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