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Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

12/30/2022, 8:03 AM

Summary of Bill HR 5897

Bill 117 HR 5897, also known as the Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act, aims to increase transparency in political campaigns in the United States. The bill requires all political advertisements to disclose the top five donors who contributed to the advertisement, as well as the amount of their contribution. This information must be displayed clearly and prominently in the advertisement.

Additionally, the bill requires all political committees to report any contributions of $1,000 or more within 24 hours of receiving the contribution. This will help to ensure that the public has timely access to information about who is funding political campaigns.

The Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act also includes provisions to prevent foreign interference in US elections. It prohibits foreign nationals from making contributions to political campaigns, and requires political committees to take steps to ensure that they are not receiving contributions from foreign sources. Overall, the goal of this bill is to increase transparency and accountability in political campaigns, and to ensure that the American public has access to information about who is funding political advertisements and campaigns.

Congressional Summary of HR 5897

Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to require certain online public inspection files to be made available to the public in a machine-readable format that supports automated searching, bulk downloading, aggregation, manipulation, sorting, and analysis.

Online public inspection files (including 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) are files that must be uploaded to the internet by certain television broadcast stations and television systems, AM or FM radio broadcast stations, cable operators, direct broadcast satellite service providers, or satellite digital audio radio service providers.

Current Status of Bill HR 5897

Bill HR 5897 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since November 5, 2021. Bill HR 5897 was introduced during Congress 117 and was introduced to the House on November 5, 2021.  Bill HR 5897's most recent activity was Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. as of November 8, 2021

Bipartisan Support of Bill HR 5897

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
38
Democrat Cosponsors
38
Republican Cosponsors
0
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 5897

Primary Policy Focus

Science, Technology, Communications

Potential Impact Areas

- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Government information and archives
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Political advertising

Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 5897

Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act
Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act
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.

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