Title: Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 2017
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 2017
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to revise its sponsorship identification rules to require the disclosure announcements required for broadcast matter or origination cablecasting matter that is political or that involves the discussion of a controversial issue of public importance to include the names of significant donors to the person whose identity is required to be disclosed in such an announcement.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1439 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1439

     To direct the Federal Communications Commission to revise its 
sponsorship identification rules so as to require the disclosure of the 
    names of significant donors to persons paying for or furnishing 
 broadcast matter or origination cablecasting matter that is political 
 matter or matter involving the discussion of a controversial issue of 
                           public importance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2017

 Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Welch, 
 Mr. Khanna, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. 
  Aguilar, Mr. Sarbanes, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. 
   Kilmer, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Shea-Porter, Ms. 
 Jackson Lee, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Quigley, 
  Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Mr. Tonko, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Keating, Ms. 
Kaptur, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Evans, Mr. DeFazio, 
and Mr. Ruiz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To direct the Federal Communications Commission to revise its 
sponsorship identification rules so as to require the disclosure of the 
    names of significant donors to persons paying for or furnishing 
 broadcast matter or origination cablecasting matter that is political 
 matter or matter involving the discussion of a controversial issue of 
                           public importance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. REVISION TO SPONSORSHIP IDENTIFICATION RULES.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Federal Communications Commission shall revise its sponsorship 
identification rules (sections 73.1212 and 76.1615 of title 47, Code of 
Federal Regulations) so as to provide that, in the case of broadcast 
matter or origination cablecasting matter that is political matter or 
matter involving the discussion of a controversial issue of public 
importance, the announcement required by such sections shall include 
the names of significant donors to the person the identity of which is 
required to be disclosed in such announcement.
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