Title: Honest Campaigns Act of 2019
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Honest Campaigns Act of 2019
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise its sponsorship identification rules. Specifically, the FCC must require a disclosure announcement for broadcast 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 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5015 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5015

     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

                            November 8, 2019

   Mr. Lujan (for himself, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Welch, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. 
   Eshoo, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. 
Loebsack, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Peters, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Ms. Blunt 
  Rochester, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Norton, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Higgins of New 
 York, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Moulton, Mr. 
  Blumenauer, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Himes, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
   Lamb, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Takano, Ms. 
Brownley of California, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Morelle, Miss 
 Rice of New York, Mr. DeFazio, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Kim, Mr. Ted Lieu 
 of California, and Mrs. Lee of Nevada) 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 ``Honest Campaigns Act of 2019''.

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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