I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4527 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require certain 
campaign-related communications paid for by a corporation or labor 
organization to include a statement identifying the chief executive officer 
of the corporation or the president of the labor organization, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2010 
Mr. DRIEHAUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
require certain campaign-related communications paid 
for by a corporation or labor organization to include 
a statement identifying the chief executive officer of the 
corporation or the president of the labor organization, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Corporate and Labor 
Electioneering Advertisement Reform Act’’ or the 
‘‘CLEAR Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATEMENTS INCLUDED IN CAMPAIGN-RELATED 
COMMUNICATIONS FUNDED BY CORPORA-
TIONS OR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) REQUIRING STATEMENT IDENTIFYING HEAD OF 
CORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION.—Section 318(d) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441d(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Any commu-
nication’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in para-
graph (3), any communication’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL
RULES
FOR
COMMUNICATIONS 
PAID FOR BY CORPORATIONS OR LABOR ORGANIZA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(A) 
DISCLOSURE
STATEMENT
RE-
QUIRED.—Any communication described in 
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) which is a cor-
porate communication or a labor organization 
communication 
and 
which 
is 
transmitted 
through radio or television shall include, in ad-
dition to the requirements of that paragraph, 
the disclosure statement described in subpara-
graph (C). 
‘‘(B) METHOD OF CONVEYANCE OF STATE-
MENT.— 
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‘‘(ii) the term ‘corporate communica-
tion’ means a communication paid for in 
whole or in part by a corporation, other 
than a communication paid for in whole by 
a separate segregated fund established by 
a corporation under section 316(b)(2)(C); 
and 
‘‘(iii) the term ‘labor organization 
communication’ means a communication 
paid for in whole or in part by a labor or-
ganization, other than a communication 
paid for in whole by a separate segregated 
fund established by a labor organization 
under section 316(b)(2)(C).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to communications 
made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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