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Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

USA117th CongressS-2152| Senate 
| Updated: 6/21/2021
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Senator

New Mexico

Commerce, Science, and Transportation 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 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.
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Timeline
Jun 21, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Jun 21, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Nov 8, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-5897
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
  • June 21, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 21, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


  • November 8, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-5897
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Science, Technology, Communications

Related Bills

  • HR 117-5897: Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBroadcasting, cable, digital technologiesElections, voting, political campaign regulationFederal Communications Commission (FCC)Government information and archivesInternet, web applications, social mediaPolitical advertising

Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

USA117th CongressS-2152| Senate 
| Updated: 6/21/2021
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.
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Timeline
Jun 21, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Jun 21, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Nov 8, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-5897
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
  • June 21, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 21, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


  • November 8, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-5897
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Senator

New Mexico

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Science, Technology, Communications

Related Bills

  • HR 117-5897: Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act
  • 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, web applications, social mediaPolitical advertising