‘‘(i) any audio portion of the commu-
nication shall meet the requirements appli-
cable under subparagraph (A) to commu-
nications transmitted through radio; and 
‘‘(ii) any video portion of the commu-
nication shall meet the requirements appli-
cable under subparagraph (B) to commu-
nications transmitted through television.’’. 
(b) COMMUNICATIONS BY OTHERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 318(d)(2) of such 
Act (2 U.S.C. 441d(d)(2)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: ‘‘In the case of a communica-
tion described in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) 
which is transmitted through the Internet or 
through any form of electronic mail, any audio por-
tion of the communication shall meet the require-
ments applicable under this paragraph to commu-
nications transmitted through radio and any video 
portion of the communication shall meet the require-
ments applicable under this paragraph to commu-
nications transmitted through television.’’. 
(2) APPLICATION OF SPECIAL PERSONAL DIS-
CLOSURE RULES FOR EXPRESS ADVOCACY COMMU-
NICATIONS.—Section 318(d)(3) of such Act, as 
added by section 2(a), is amended— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘radio or television’’ and inserting ‘‘radio or tel-
evision, through the Internet, or through any 
form of electronic mail’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the 
end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) 
COMMUNICATIONS
TRANS-
MITTED
THROUGH
INTERNET
OR
ELEC-
TRONIC MAIL.—In the case of a commu-
nication to which this paragraph applies 
which is transmitted through the Internet 
or through any form of electronic mail, any 
audio portion of the communication shall 
meet the requirements applicable under 
this paragraph to communications trans-
mitted through radio and any video portion 
of the communication shall meet the re-
quirements applicable under this para-
graph 
to 
communications 
transmitted 
through television.’’. 
SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR CAMPAIGN COM-
MUNICATIONS 
MADE 
THROUGH 
PRERECORDED TELEPHONE CALLS. 
(a) 
APPLICATION
OF
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
318(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
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U.S.C. 441d(a)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘mailing,’’ 
each place it appears the following: ‘‘telephone call which 
consists in substantial part of a prerecorded audio mes-
sage,’’. 
(b) TREATMENT AS AUDIO COMMUNICATION.— 
(1) COMMUNICATIONS BY CANDIDATES OR AU-
THORIZED PERSONS.—Section 318(d)(1) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 441d(d)(1)), as amended by section 3(a), 
is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) 
PRERECORDED
TELEPHONE 
CALLS.—Any communication described in para-
graph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) which is a 
telephone call which consists in substantial part 
of a prerecorded audio message shall meet the 
requirements applicable under subparagraph 
(A) to communications transmitted through 
radio, except that the statement required under 
such subparagraph shall be made at the begin-
ning of the telephone call.’’. 
(2) COMMUNICATIONS BY OTHERS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 318(d)(2) of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 441d(d)(2)), as amended by 
section 3(b), is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: ‘‘Any communication de-
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