and ends on the date of the general elec-
tion for such office (or, if necessary, the 
date of a runoff election following such 
general election), the communication is dis-
seminated in the jurisdiction of the office 
the candidate is seeking. 
‘‘(B) An expenditure to pay for partisan 
voter activity (such as partisan voter registra-
tion, get-out-the-vote activity, phone banking, or 
generic campaign activity) in the jurisdiction of 
the office a candidate of the party is seeking. 
‘‘(C) An expenditure to pay for research, 
design or production costs, polling expenses, 
data analytics, creating or purchasing mailing 
or social media lists, or other activities related 
to the expenditures described in subparagraphs 
(A) or (B). 
‘‘(d) FIREWALL POLICY REQUIREMENTS.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (5) of subsection (b), a firewall policy 
of a person making a covered expenditure meets the re-
quirements of this subsection if all of the following apply: 
‘‘(1) The policy separates the specific staff of 
such person who provide services related to the mak-
ing of the covered expenditure from the distinct, spe-
cific staff who have engaged or will engage in any 
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of the authorities or services described in clauses (i) 
through (iii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) 
of subsection (b) with the candidate, authorized 
committee, or political party supported by the cov-
ered expenditure. 
‘‘(2) The policy forbids owners of such person 
and executives, managers, and supervisors within 
such person’s organization, to simultaneously oversee 
the work of staff being separated by a firewall. 
‘‘(3) The policy imposes a prohibition on the 
flow of strategic nonpublic information, including by 
imposing physical and technological separations, be-
tween such person and the candidate, committee, or 
party supported by the covered expenditure, and be-
tween the specific staff who are being separated by 
the firewall. 
‘‘(4) The policy is memorialized in writing and 
distributed to all relevant staff (including consult-
ants) before such staff provide any services relating 
to the making of the covered expenditure, and the 
written policy described both the general firewall pol-
icy and any specific firewall created pursuant to 
such policy, and the person making the covered ex-
penditure provides such written policy upon request 
to the Commission. 
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‘‘(e) NO LIMITATION ON APPLICATION OF OTHER 
COORDINATION RULES.—Nothing in this section may be 
construed to limit the application of section 315(a)(7) to 
any contribution, expenditure, disbursement, or person.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE; EFFECT ON EXISTING REGU-
LATIONS.— 
(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect to payments 
made on or after the expiration of the 60-day period 
which begins on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, without regard to whether or not the Federal 
Election Commission has promulgated regulations in 
accordance with paragraph (2)(B) as of the expira-
tion of such period. 
(2) REPEAL OF EXISTING REGULATIONS ON CO-
ORDINATION.—Effective upon the expiration of the 
60-day period which begins on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act— 
(A) the regulations on coordinated commu-
nications adopted by the Federal Election Com-
mission which are in effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act (as set forth in 11 CFR 
Part 109, Subpart C, under the heading ‘‘Co-
ordination’’) are repealed; and 
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(B) the Federal Election Commission shall 
promulgate new regulations on coordinated 
communications which reflect the amendments 
made by this Act. 
(3) TERMINATION OF VALIDITY OF ADVISORY 
OPINIONS.—To the extent that any advisory opinion 
issued by the Federal Election Commission prior to 
expiration of the period described in paragraph (2) 
was based on the regulations referred to in subpara-
graph (A) of paragraph (2), the validity of the opin-
ion is hereby terminated, and no person may rely 
upon the opinion with respect to conduct occurring 
after the expiration of such period. 
SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF PUBLIC COMMU-
NICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (22) of section 301 of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30101(22)) is amended by striking ‘‘or satellite commu-
nication’’ and inserting ‘‘satellite, paid Internet, or paid 
digital communication’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDI-
TURES.—Section 301 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30101) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8)(B)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘on broadcasting stations, 
or in newspapers, magazines, or similar types of 
general public political advertising’’ in clause 
(v) and inserting ‘‘in any public communica-
tion’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘broadcasting, newspaper, 
magazine, billboard, direct mail, or similar type 
of general public communication or political ad-
vertising’’ in clause (ix)(1) and inserting ‘‘pub-
lic communication’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘but not including the use 
of broadcasting, newspapers, magazines, bill-
boards, direct mail, or similar types of general 
public communication or political advertising’’ 
in clause (x) and inserting ‘‘but not including 
use in any public communication’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (9)(B)— 
(A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(i) any news story, commentary, or 
editorial distributed through the facilities 
of any broadcasting station or any print, 
online, or digital newspaper, magazine, 
blog, publication, or periodical, unless such 
broadcasting, print, online, or digital facili-
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ties are owned or controlled by any polit-
ical party, political committee, or can-
didate;’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘on broadcasting stations, 
or in newspapers, magazines, or similar types of 
general public political advertising’’ in clause 
(iv) and inserting ‘‘in any public communica-
tion’’. 
(c) DISCLOSURE AND DISCLAIMER STATEMENTS.— 
Subsection (a) of section 318 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30120) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘financing any communication 
through any broadcasting station, newspaper, maga-
zine, outdoor advertising facility, mailing, or any 
other type of general public political advertising’’ 
and inserting ‘‘financing any public communication’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘solicits any contribution 
through any broadcasting station, newspaper, maga-
zine, outdoor advertising facility, mailing, or any 
other type of general public political advertising’’ 
and inserting ‘‘solicits any contribution through any 
public communication’’. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to communications 
disseminated on or after January 1, 2020. 
SEC. 5. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF ELECTIONEERING 
COMMUNICATION. 
(a) EXPANSION TO ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS.— 
(1) APPLICATION TO QUALIFIED INTERNET AND 
DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of 
section 304(f)(3) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104(f)(3)(A)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘or satellite communica-
tion’’ each place it appears in clauses (i) and 
(ii) and inserting ‘‘satellite, or qualified Inter-
net or digital communication’’. 
(B) QUALIFIED
INTERNET
OR
DIGITAL 
COMMUNICATION.—Paragraph (3) of section 
304(f) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30104(f)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) QUALIFIED
INTERNET
OR
DIGITAL 
COMMUNICATION.—The term ‘qualified Internet 
or digital communication’ means any commu-
nication which is placed or promoted for a fee 
on any public-facing website, Web application, 
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or digital application (including a social net-
work, ad network, or search engine).’’. 
(2) NONAPPLICATION
OF
RELEVANT
ELEC-
TORATE
TO
ONLINE
COMMUNICATIONS.—Section 
304(f)(3)(A)(i)(III) 
of 
such 
Act 
(52 
U.S.C. 
30104(f)(3)(A)(i)(III)) is amended by inserting ‘‘any 
broadcast, cable, or satellite’’ before ‘‘communica-
tion’’. 
(3) 
NEWS
EXEMPTION.—Section 
304(f)(3)(B)(i) 
of 
such 
Act 
(52 
U.S.C. 
30104(f)(3)(B)(i)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) a communication appearing in a 
news story, commentary, or editorial dis-
tributed through the facilities of any 
broadcasting station or any online or dig-
ital newspaper, magazine, blog, publica-
tion, or periodical, unless such broad-
casting, online, or digital facilities are 
owned or controlled by any political party, 
political committee, or candidate;’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to communications 
made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 6. DISCLOSURE OF TRUE IDENTITY OF SOURCE OF 
FUNDING OF CAMPAIGN ADVERTISEMENTS. 
(a) REQUIRING BEST EFFORTS TO DETERMINE 
TRUE SOURCE OF FUNDS USED TO PAY FOR CAMPAIGN 
ADVERTISEMENTS.—Section 318 of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30120) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) REQUIRING BEST EFFORTS TO DETERMINE 
TRUE SOURCE OF FUNDS USED TO PAY FOR CERTAIN 
ADVERTISEMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) BEST EFFORTS REQUIRED.—The person 
making a disbursement of funds for a communica-
tion described in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) 
shall make best efforts to determine the true source 
of the funds used for the disbursement to ensure 
that the names of the persons included in the state-
ment required under such paragraph are the names 
of the persons who served as the true source of such 
funds. For purposes of this paragraph, such best ef-
forts shall include the making of multiple requests 
(if necessary) to contributors to determine whether 
the funds provided by the contributors were trans-
ferred (either directly or indirectly) by other persons. 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT
OF
POLITICAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—For purposes of this subsection, a political 
committee shall not be considered a source of funds 
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used for a disbursement for a communication de-
scribed in paragraph (3) of subsection (a), other 
than an account of a political committee established 
for the purpose of accepting donations or contribu-
tions that do not comply with the contribution limits 
or source prohibitions under this Act.’’. 
(b) INCLUSION IN ADVERTISEMENTS OF IDENTIFICA-
TION OF TOP THREE FUNDERS.—Section 318 of such Act 
(52 U.S.C. 30120), as amended by subsection (a), is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) DISCLOSURE OF TOP THREE FUNDERS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIRING DISCLOSURE IN CERTAIN AD-
VERTISEMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—Any communication 
described in paragraph (3) of subsection (a), 
shall, in addition to including the information 
required under such paragraph and under para-
graph (2) of subsection (d), include the Top 
Three Funders list (if applicable). 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION
OF
COMMUNICATIONS 
PAID FOR BY POLITICAL PARTIES.—This sub-
section does not apply with respect to a commu-
nication paid for exclusively by a political com-
mittee of a political party. 
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‘‘(2) METHOD OF CONVEYANCE OF STATEMENT 
THROUGH VIDEO FORMAT.—In the case of a commu-
nication to which this subsection applies which is 
transmitted through a video format (including 
through television or through the Internet or similar 
digital format if the transmission includes a video 
component), the information required under para-
graph (1) shall appear in writing at the end of the 
communication in a clearly readable manner, with a 
reasonable degree of color contrast between the 
background and the printed statement, for a period 
of at least 4 seconds. 
‘‘(3) METHOD OF CONVEYANCE OF STATEMENT 
THROUGH AUDIO FORMAT.—In the case of a commu-
nication to which this subsection applies which is 
transmitted in audio format (including through radio 
or through the Internet or similar digital format if 
the transmission includes an audio component), the 
information required under paragraph (1) shall in-
clude, in a clearly spoken manner, the following 
audio 
statement: 
‘Top 
funders 
include 
lllllll’, with the blank filled in with the 
names of the persons on the Top Three Funders list. 
‘‘(4) METHOD OF CONVEYANCE OF STATEMENT 
THROUGH
TEXT
AND
IMAGES.—In the case of a 
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communication to which this subsection applies 
which is a printed communication or which is trans-
mitted through the Internet or similar digital man-
ner and is not described in paragraphs (2) or para-
graph (3), the information required under paragraph 
(1) shall appear in a clearly readable manner, with 
a reasonable degree of color contrast between the 
background and the printed statement. 
‘‘(5) TOP THREE FUNDERS LIST DEFINED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘Top Three 
Funders list’ means, with respect to a commu-
nication, a list of the three persons who, during 
the 12-month period ending on the date of the 
transmission of the communication or the date 
on which funds were disbursed for the commu-
nication (whichever is earlier), provided the 
largest payments of any type in an aggregate 
amount exceeding the applicable threshold to 
the person who is paying for the communication 
and the amount of the payments each such per-
son provided. If two or more people provided 
the third largest of such payments, the person 
who provided the most recent of such payments 
shall be included on the Top Three Funders 
list. 
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‘‘(B) 
EXCLUSION
OF
CERTAIN
PAY-
MENTS.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), in 
determining the amount of payments made by 
a person to a person paying for a communica-
tion, there shall be excluded the following: 
‘‘(i) Any amounts provided in the or-
dinary course of any trade or business con-
ducted by the person paying for the com-
munication or in the form of investments 
in the person paying for the communica-
tion. 
‘‘(ii) Any payment which the person 
prohibited, in writing, from being used for 
communications under this section, but 
only if the person paying for the commu-
nication agreed to follow the prohibition 
and deposited the payment in an account 
which is segregated from any account used 
to make payments for such communica-
tions. 
‘‘(6) APPLICABLE THRESHOLD DEFINED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of sub-
paragraph (A), the ‘applicable threshold’ with 
respect to a communication is— 
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‘‘(i) $10,000, if the funds used to pay 
for the costs of the communication were 
derived exclusively from a separate, seg-
regated account which meets the require-
ments of subparagraph (B); or 
‘‘(ii) $50,000, if the funds used to pay 
for the costs of the communication were 
not derived exclusively from such an ac-
count. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCOUNTS.—An 
account meets the requirements of this sub-
paragraph if— 
‘‘(i) the account is separate and seg-
regated from the general fund of the per-
son paying for the costs of communications 
which are subject to the requirements of 
this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) the account does not include any 
funds transferred from the general treas-
ury of the person paying for the costs of 
such communications unless the funds 
were transferred during the 12-month pe-
riod ending on the date of the transmission 
of the communication or the date on which 
funds were disbursed for the communica-
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tion (whichever is earlier) and the person 
who provided the funds to the general 
treasury gave written permission for the 
funds to be transferred to the account.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to communications 
made on or after January 1, 2020. 
Æ 
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