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Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

USA116th CongressHR-5016| House 
| Updated: 11/12/2019
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Representative

New Mexico

Cosponsors (29)
David Loebsack (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Raul Ruiz (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)John P. Sarbanes (Democratic)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Jim Cooper (Democratic)Joseph D. Morelle (Democratic)James A. Himes (Democratic)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Mark Takano (Democratic)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)Andy Kim (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Adam Smith (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)

Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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 television broadcast stations, AM or FM radio broadcast stations, cable operators, direct broadcast satellite service providers, or satellite digital audio radio service providers.
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Timeline
Nov 8, 2019
Introduced in House
Nov 8, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nov 12, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
  • November 8, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • November 8, 2019
    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.


  • November 12, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Science, Technology, Communications

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBroadcasting, cable, digital technologiesElections, voting, political campaign regulationFederal Communications Commission (FCC)Government information and archivesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaPolitical advertising

Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

USA116th CongressHR-5016| House 
| Updated: 11/12/2019
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 television broadcast stations, AM or FM radio broadcast stations, cable operators, direct broadcast satellite service providers, or satellite digital audio radio service providers.
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Timeline
Nov 8, 2019
Introduced in House
Nov 8, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nov 12, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
  • November 8, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • November 8, 2019
    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.


  • November 12, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Representative

New Mexico

Cosponsors (29)
David Loebsack (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Raul Ruiz (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)John P. Sarbanes (Democratic)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Jim Cooper (Democratic)Joseph D. Morelle (Democratic)James A. Himes (Democratic)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Mark Takano (Democratic)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)Andy Kim (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Adam Smith (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)

Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

Science, Technology, Communications

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBroadcasting, cable, digital technologiesElections, voting, political campaign regulationFederal Communications Commission (FCC)Government information and archivesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaPolitical advertising