Honest Campaigns Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5015
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2019-11-08
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Latest action: action_date: 2019-11-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-11-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Honest Campaigns Act of</b> <b>2019</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise its sponsorship identification rules. Specifically, the FCC must&nbsp;require&nbsp;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. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5015 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 8, 2019 Mr. Luján (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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Honest Campaigns Act of 2019 . 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.