,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #debi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #cj1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,price of ,north ,carolina         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,house   
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,federal ,election ,campaign ,act of
 #aiga to require personal disclosure   
statements in all third-party           
communications advocating the election  
or defeat of a candidate1 to require the
 disclosure of identifying information  
within paid communications made through 
the ,internet1 to apply disclosure      
requirements to prerecorded telephone   
calls1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,stand ,by ,every ,ad ,act of #bjad4
  #b4 ,requiring ,personal ,disclosure  
,statements in ,express ,advocacy       
,communications  7a7 ,application of    
,disclosure ,requirements to            
,communications ,consisting of          
,functional ,equivalent of ,express     

,advocacy ,section #cah7;a7 of the      
,federal ,election ,campaign ,act of    
#aiga 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #dda;d7a77 is       
amended by striking clearly identified  
candidate1 and inserting clearly        
identified candidate or consisting of   
the functional equivalent of express    
advocacy14  7b7 ,requiring ,statement   
,identifying ,head of ,entity ,paying   
for ,communication ,section #cah7;d7 of 
such ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #dda;d7d77 is   
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#b71 by   
striking ,any communication and         
inserting ,except as provided in        
paragraph 7#c71 any communication2 and  
7#b7 by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph3  7#c7 ,special rules for 
express advocacy communications  7,a7   
,personal disclosure statement required 
,any communication described in         
paragraph 7#c7 of subsection 7a7 which  
expressly advocates the election or     
defeat of a clearly identified          
candidate1 or which consists of the     
functional equivalent of express        

advocacy1 and which is transmitted      
through radio or television shall       
include1 in addition to the requirements
 of that paragraph--  7i7 the individual
 disclosure statement described in      
subparagraph 7,c7 7if the person paying 
for the communication is an individual7 
or the organizational disclosure        
statement described in subparagraph 7,d7
 7if the person paying for the          
communication is not an individual72 and
  7ii7 if the person who paid for the   
communication received any disbursement 
from another person for purposes of     
financing the communication1 a statement
 of the names of the persons providing  
the largest disbursements for such      
purposes1 except that the number of     
persons identified in the statement may 
not exceed #e4  7,b7 ,method of         
conveyance of statement  7i7            
,communications transmitted through     
radio ,in the case of a communication to
 which this paragraph applies which is  
transmitted through radio1 the          

disclosure statements required under    
subparagraph 7,a7--  7,i7 shall be made 
by audio in a clearly spoken manner2 and
  7,,ii7 in the case of the individual  
disclosure statement described in       
subparagraph 7,c7 or the organization   
disclosure statement described in       
subparagraph 7,d71 shall be made by the 
applicable individual4  7ii7            
,communications transmitted through     
television ,in the case of a            
communication to which this paragraph   
applies which is transmitted through    
television1 the disclosure statements   
required under subparagraph 7,a7--  7,i7
 shall appear in writing at the end of  
the communication in a clearly readable 
manner1 with a reasonable degree of     
color contrast between the background   
and the printed statement1 for a period 
of at least #d seconds2 and  7,,ii7 in  
the case of the individual disclosure   
statement described in subparagraph 7,c7
 or the organization disclosure         
statement described in subparagraph     

7,d71 shall be conveyed by an           
unobscured1 full-screen view of the     
applicable individual1 or by the        
applicable individual making the        
statement in voice-over accompanied by a
 clearly identifiable photograph or     
similar image of the individual4  7,c7  
,individual disclosure statement        
described ,the individual disclosure    
statement described in this subparagraph
 is the following3 ,i am 1 and ,i am    
responsible for the content of this     
advertising41 with the blank filled in  
with the name of the applicable         
individual4  7,d7 ,organizational       
disclosure statement described ,the     
organizational disclosure statement     
described in this subparagraph is the   
following3 ,i am 1 the  of 1 and  is    
responsible for the content of this     
advertising41 with--  7i7 the first     
blank to be filled in with the name of  
the applicable individual2  7ii7 the    
second blank to be filled in with the   
title of the applicable individual2 and 

7iii7 the third and fourth blank each to
 be filled in with the name of the      
person paying for the communication4    
7,e7 ,applicable individual defined ,in 
this paragraph1 the term applicable     
individual means1 with respect to a     
communication to which this paragraph   
applies--  7i7 if the communication is  
paid for by an individual1 the          
individual paying for the communication2
  7ii7 if the communication is paid for 
by a corporation1 the chief executive   
officer of the corporation 7or1 if the  
corporation does not have a chief       
executive officer1 the highest ranking  
official of the corporation72  7iii7 if 
the communication is paid for by a labor
 organization1 the highest ranking      
officer of the labor organization2 or   
7iv7 if the communication is paid for by
 any other person1 the president1 chief 
executive officer1 highest ranking      
official1 or similar officer of the     
person who serves in an executive1      
decisionmaking capacity with respect to 

the making of communications to which   
this paragraph applies4  4  7c7         
,effective ,date ,the amendment made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to communications made on or after the  
date of the enactment of this ,act4  #c4
 ,application of disclosure requirements
 for audio and video communications to  
paid audio and video portions of        
communications transmitted through      
,internet or electronic mail  7a7       
,communications by ,candidates or       
,authorized ,persons ,section           
#cah7;d77#a7 of the ,federal ,election  
,campaign ,act of #aiga 7#b ,u4,s4,c4   
#dda;d7d77#a77 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,c7 ,audio and video portions of       
communications transmitted through      
,internet or electronic mail ,in the    
case of a communication described in    
paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7 of subsection 7a7
 which is transmitted through the       
,internet or through any form of        
electronic mail--  7i7 any audio portion

 of the communication shall meet the    
requirements applicable under           
subparagraph 7,a7 to communications     
transmitted through radio2 and  7ii7 any
 video portion of the communication     
shall meet the requirements applicable  
under subparagraph 7,b7 to              
communications transmitted through      
television4  4  7b7 ,communications by  
,others  7#a7 ,in general ,section      
#cah7;d77#b7 of such ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 
#dda;d7d77#b77 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3 ,in the case of a
 communication described in paragraph   
7#c7 of subsection 7a7 which is         
transmitted through the ,internet or    
through any form of electronic mail1 any
 audio portion of the communication     
shall meet the requirements applicable  
under this paragraph to communications  
transmitted through radio and any video 
portion of the communication shall meet 
the requirements applicable under this  
paragraph to communications transmitted 
through television44  7#b7 ,application 

of special personal disclosure rules for
 express advocacy communications        
,section #cah7;d77#c7 of such ,act1 as  
added by section #b7;a71 is amended--   
7,a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by striking  
radio or television and inserting radio 
or television1 through the ,internet1 or
 through any form of electronic mail2   
and  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by      
adding at the end the following new     
clause3  7iii7 ,communications          
transmitted through ,internet or        
electronic mail ,in the case of a       
communication to which this paragraph   
applies which is transmitted through the
 ,internet or through any form of       
electronic mail1 any audio portion of   
the communication shall meet the        
requirements applicable under this      
paragraph to communications transmitted 
through radio and any video portion of  
the communication shall meet the        
requirements applicable under this      
paragraph to communications transmitted 
through television4  4  #d4 ,disclosure 

requirements for campaign communications
 made through prerecorded telephone     
calls  7a7 ,application of requirements 
,section #cah7;a7 of the ,federal       
,election ,campaign ,act of #aiga 7#b   
,u4,s4,c4 #dda;d7a77 is amended by      
inserting after mailing1 each place it  
appears the following3 telephone call   
which consists in substantial part of a 
prerecorded audio message14  7b7        
,treatment as audio communication  7#a7 
,communications by candidates or        
authorized persons ,section #cah7;d77#a7
 of such ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4             
#dda;d7d77#a771 as amended by section   
#c7;a71 is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,d7 ,prerecorded telephone calls ,any  
communication described in paragraph    
7#a7 or 7#b7 of subsection 7a7 which is 
a telephone call which consists in      
substantial part of a prerecorded audio 
message shall meet the requirements     
applicable under subparagraph 7,a7 to   
communications transmitted through      

radio1 except that the statement        
required under such subparagraph shall  
be made at the beginning of the         
telephone call4  4  7#b7 ,communications
 by others  7,a7 ,in general ,section   
#cah7;d77#b7 of such ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 
#dda;d7d77#b771 as amended by section   
#c7;b71 is further amended by adding at 
the end the following3 ,any             
communication described in paragraph    
7#c7 of subsection 7a7 which is a       
telephone call which consists in        
substantial part of a prerecorded audio 
message shall meet the requirements     
applicable under this paragraph to      
communications transmitted through      
radio1 except that the statement        
required shall be made at the beginning 
of the telephone call44  7,b7           
,application of special personal        
disclosure rules for express advocacy   
communications ,section #cah7;d77#c7 of 
such ,act1 as added by section #b7;a7   
and as amended by section #c7;b77#b71 is
 further amended--  7i7 in subparagraph 

7,a71 by striking electronic mail and   
inserting electronic mail1 or which is a
 telephone call which consists in       
substantial part of a prerecorded audio 
message12 and  7ii7 in subparagraph     
7,b71 by adding at the end the following
 new clause3  7iv7 ,communications made 
through prerecorded telephone calls ,any
 communication to which this paragraph  
applies which is a telephone call which 
consists in substantial part of a       
prerecorded audio message shall meet the
 requirements applicable under this     
paragraph to communications transmitted 
through radio4  4  #e4 ,no ,expansion of
 ,persons ,subject to ,disclaimer       
,requirements on ,internet              
,communications ,nothing in this ,act or
 the amendments made by this ,act may be
 construed to require any person who is 
not required under section #cah of the  
,federal ,election ,campaign ,act of    
#aiga 7as provided under section #aaj4aa
 of title #aa of the ,code of ,federal  
,regulations7 to include a disclaimer on

 communications made by the person      
through the ,internet to include any    
disclaimer on any such communications4  
#f4 ,effective date ,except as provided 
in section #b7;c71 the amendments made  
by this ,act shall apply with respect to
 communications made on or after the    
expiration of the #ij-;day period which 
begins on the date of the enactment of  
this ,act4