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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) On May 9, 2013, President Barack Obama issued an
Executive order that made open and machine-readable data the
new default for Government information.
(2) Open data principles are essential for transparency and
efficiency in government.
(3) In 2012, the Federal Communications Commission required
television stations to place on the Internet website of the
Commission certain materials in the files such stations are
required to maintain and make available for public inspection,
including important information about the purchasing of
political advertisements.
(4) The Commission declined to require such materials to be
machine-readable, deciding at the time that it was more
important to get the information online faster.
(5) Machine readability is a critical component of open
government and provides interested parties with the necessary
access to evaluate data in a more comprehensive way.

SEC. 3. MATERIAL IN ONLINE PUBLIC INSPECTION FILE REQUIRED TO BE IN
MACHINE-READABLE FORMAT.

(a) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate regulations that
require a covered entity, to the extent such entity is required to make
material in the public inspection file of such entity available on, or
upload such material to, an Internet website, to make such material
available or upload such material in a format that is machine-readable.
(b) Applicability.--The regulations promulgated under subsection
(a) shall apply--
(1) to a covered entity for which an online public
inspection file requirement is in effect on the date of the
promulgation of such regulations--
(A) with respect to the political file portion of
the public inspection file, beginning not later than
the date that is 60 days after the date of such
promulgation; and
(B) with respect to the other portions of the
public inspection file, at the same time as such
regulations apply under subparagraph (A) with respect
to the political file portion of the public inspection
file or as soon thereafter as the Commission considers
practicable; and
(2) to a covered entity for which an online public
inspection file requirement becomes effective after the date of
the promulgation of such regulations--
(A) with respect to the political file portion of
the public inspection file, beginning on the later of--
(i) the date of applicability of such
regulations under paragraph (1)(A); or
(ii) the date on which the online public
inspection file requirement becomes effective
for such entity; and
(B) with respect to the other portions of the
public inspection file, at the same time as such
regulations apply under subparagraph (A) with respect
to the political file portion of the public inspection
file or as soon thereafter as the Commission considers
practicable.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Commission.--The term ''Commission'' means the Federal
Communications Commission.
(2) Covered entity.--The term ''covered entity'' means a
television broadcast station, AM or FM radio broadcast station,
cable operator, direct broadcast satellite service provider, or
satellite digital audio radio service provider.
(3) Machine-readable.--The term ''machine-readable'' means,
with respect to the format of material in a public inspection
file, that such format supports the automated searching for
particular text within and among documents, the bulk
downloading of data contained in such material, the
aggregation, manipulation, sorting, and analysis of the data
contained in such material, and such other functionality as the
Commission considers appropriate.
(4) Online public inspection file requirement.--The term
''online public inspection file requirement'' means a
requirement for a covered entity to make material in the public
inspection file of such entity available on, or upload such
material to, an Internet website.
(5) Political file.--The term ''political file'' means,
with respect to a covered entity, the file that such entity is
required to maintain and make available for public inspection
under section 315(e) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 315(e)) or under any similar requirement applicable to
such entity that is administered by the Commission.
(6) Public inspection file.--The term ''public inspection
file'', with respect to a covered entity--
(A) means the file or files that such entity is
required to maintain and make available for public
inspection under section 25.701, 73.3526, 73.3527, or
76.1700 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or
any successor regulation), as applicable to such
entity, or under any similar requirement applicable to
such entity that is administered by the Commission; and
(B) includes any political file that such entity is
required to maintain and make available for public
inspection.
A:
Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to require online public inspection files that must be uploaded to the Internet by television broadcast stations, AM or FM radio broadcast stations, cable operators, direct broadcast satellite service providers, or satellite digital audio radio service providers to be made available to the public in a machine-readable format that supports automated searching, bulk downloading, aggregation, manipulation, and sorting. Public inspection files include political files that contain records of requests to purchase broadcast time by or on behalf of candidates for public office or to communicate a message relating to a political matter of national importance.