To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the Federal Election Commission to establish and operate a website through which members of the public may view the contents of certain political advertisements, to require the sponsors of such advertisements to furnish the contents of the advertisements to the Commission, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHR-3837House of Representatives
Latest legislative activity: Sep 26, 2017

Summary

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Campaign Sunlight Act of 2017

This bill directs the Federal Election Commission to create a website that allows the public to view political advertisements. The sponsor of a political advertisement shall provide the advertisement to the commission within a certain time frame from when it was first disseminated and, if the advertisement refers to any source such as an article or quotation, shall also provide the full contents of that source.

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  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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