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To direct the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations requiring material in the online public inspection file of a covered entity to be made available in a format that is machine-readable.

USA115th CongressHR-1440| House 
| Updated: 3/10/2017
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Representative

New Mexico

Cosponsors (31)
Dwight Evans (Democratic)Donald Norcross (Democratic)David Loebsack (Democratic)Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Raul Ruiz (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Susan A. Davis (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)John P. Sarbanes (Democratic)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)G. K. Butterfield (Democratic)John Conyers (Democratic)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Mike Quigley (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)William R. Keating (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Frank Pallone (Democratic)

Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Mar 8, 2017
Introduced in House
Mar 8, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 10, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
  • March 8, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • March 8, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.


  • March 10, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Science, Technology, Communications

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBroadcasting, cable, digital technologiesElections, voting, political campaign regulationFederal Communications Commission (FCC)Government information and archivesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaPolitical advertising

To direct the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations requiring material in the online public inspection file of a covered entity to be made available in a format that is machine-readable.

USA115th CongressHR-1440| House 
| Updated: 3/10/2017
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.
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Timeline
Mar 8, 2017
Introduced in House
Mar 8, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 10, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
  • March 8, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • March 8, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.


  • March 10, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Representative

New Mexico

Cosponsors (31)
Dwight Evans (Democratic)Donald Norcross (Democratic)David Loebsack (Democratic)Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Raul Ruiz (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Susan A. Davis (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)John P. Sarbanes (Democratic)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)G. K. Butterfield (Democratic)John Conyers (Democratic)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Mike Quigley (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)William R. Keating (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Frank Pallone (Democratic)

Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

Science, Technology, Communications

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBroadcasting, cable, digital technologiesElections, voting, political campaign regulationFederal Communications Commission (FCC)Government information and archivesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaPolitical advertising