US Congress House Bill 4179 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: Introduced on December 3 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-12-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2015-12-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-12-03	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4179/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4179/BILLS-114hr4179ih.pdf