,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #ac1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,deutch 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 the ,federal ,election          
,commission to establish and operate a  
website through which members of the    
public may view the contents of certain 
political advertisements1 to require the
 sponsors of such advertisements to     
furnish the contents of the             
advertisements to the ,commission1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,campaign
 ,sunlight ,act of #bjac4  #b4          
,establishment and operation of website 
of political advertisements  7a7        
,establishment of website ,section #cah 
of the ,federal ,election ,campaign ,act
 of #aiga 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #dda;d7 is      
amended by adding at the end the        

following new subsection3  7e7 ,website 
for contents of political advertisements
  7#a7 ,website described  7,a7 ,in     
general ,the ,commission shall establish
 and operate a website1 to be known as  
the ,campaign ,accountability ,site1    
through which members of the public may 
view the contents of political          
advertisements4  7,b7 ,format ,in       
operating the website under this        
subsection1 the ,commission shall--  7i7
 make the contents of a political       
advertisement available for viewing in  
the same format through which the       
advertisement was disseminated2 and     
7ii7 make the sources of the contents of
 the advertisement available on the     
website directly or through hyperlinks  
to the sources1 as submitted to the     
,commission by the sponsor of the       
advertisement under paragraph 7#b77;,b74
  7,c7 ,hyperlink ,the ,commission shall
 make the website established and       
operated under this subsection available
 through a hyperlink on the             

,commission's official public website4  
7#b7 ,requiring sponsors of             
advertisements to provide contents to   
commission  7,a7 ,in general ,the       
sponsor of a political advertisement    
shall submit the contents of the        
advertisement to the ,commission in such
 format as the ,commission may require  
to enable the ,commission to include the
 advertisement on the website           
established and operated under paragraph
 7#a74  7,b7 ,inclusion of sources cited
 in contents ,if the contents of a      
political advertisement include         
references to any quotation1 article1   
hyperlink1 or other source for any      
statement made in the advertisement1 the
 sponsor of the advertisement shall     
include the full contents of the source 
7or a hyperlink to the full contents of 
the source7 in the contents submitted to
 the ,commission under this paragraph4  
7,c7 ,deadline for submission ,the      
sponsor of a political advertisement    
shall submit the contents of the        

advertisement to the ,commission under  
subparagraph 7,a7 not later than--  7i7 
#bd hours after the advertisement is    
disseminated1 in the case of an         
advertisement that is disseminated      
during the #g-;day period that ends on  
the date of the election involved2 or   
7ii7 #gb hours after the advertisement  
is disseminated1 in the case of an      
advertisement that is disseminated      
during any other period4  7,d7 ,payment 
of fee ,if the ,commission determines   
that it is appropriate to impose fees on
 the sponsors of political              
advertisements in amounts which do not  
exceed the amount necessary to cover the
 costs to the ,commission of            
establishing and operating the website  
under paragraph 7#a71 at the time the   
sponsor of a political advertisement    
submits the contents of the             
advertisement to the ,commission under  
subparagraph 7,a71 the sponsor shall pay
 the ,commission the amount of any such 
fee 7as determined under a fee schedule 

established by the ,commission74  7,e7  
,sponsor defined ,for purposes of this  
subsection1 the sponsor of a political  
advertisement is--  7i7 in the case of a
 political advertisement that is        
described in paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7 of  
subsection 7a71 the authorized political
 committee involved2 or  7ii7 in the    
case of a political advertisement that  
is described in paragraph 7#c7 of       
subsection 7a71 the person who is       
required under such paragraph to be     
identified as the person who paid for   
the advertisement4  7#c7 ,political     
advertisement defined ,in this          
subsection1 a political advertisement   
means a communication that is subject to
 subsection 7a7 that refers to a clearly
 identified candidate and is            
disseminated during the #a-year period  
which ends on the date of the election  
for the office sought by the candidate4 
4  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendment   
made by subsection 7a7 shall apply with 
respect to political advertisements     

disseminated after the expiration of the
 #abj-;day period that begins on the    
date of the enactment of this ,act4