Sec. 2. Requiring Personal Disclosure Statements in Express Advocacy Communications
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Section 318(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 2 U.S.C. 441d(a) ) is amended by striking clearly identified candidate, and inserting clearly identified candidate or consisting of the functional equivalent of express advocacy, . Section 318(d) of such Act ( 2 U.S.C. 441d(d) ) is amended— in paragraph (2), by striking Any communication and inserting Except as provided in paragraph (3), any communication ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Any communication described in paragraph
(3)of subsection
(a)which expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate, or which consists of the functional equivalent of express advocacy, and which is transmitted through radio or television shall include, in addition to the requirements of that paragraph— the individual disclosure statement described in subparagraph
(C)(if the person paying for the communication is an individual) or the organizational disclosure statement described in subparagraph
(D)(if the person paying for the communication is not an individual); and if the person who paid for the communication received any disbursement from another person for purposes of financing the communication, a statement of the names of the persons providing the largest disbursements for such purposes, except that the number of persons identified in the statement may not exceed 5. In the case of a communication to which this paragraph applies which is transmitted through radio, the disclosure statements required under subparagraph (A)— shall be made by audio in a clearly spoken manner; and in the case of the individual disclosure statement described in subparagraph
(C)or the organization disclosure statement described in subparagraph (D), shall be made by the applicable individual. In the case of a communication to which this paragraph applies which is transmitted through television, the disclosure statements required under subparagraph (A)— shall appear in writing at the end of the communication in a clearly readable manner, with a reasonable degree of color contrast between the background and the printed statement, for a period of at least 4 seconds; and in the case of the individual disclosure statement described in subparagraph
(C)or the organization disclosure statement described in subparagraph (D), shall be conveyed by an unobscured, full-screen view of the applicable individual, or by the applicable individual making the statement in voice-over accompanied by a clearly identifiable photograph or similar image of the individual. The individual disclosure statement described in this subparagraph is the following: I am _______, and I am responsible for the content of this advertising. , with the blank filled in with the name of the applicable individual. The organizational disclosure statement described in this subparagraph is the following: I am _______, the _______ of _______, and _______ is responsible for the content of this advertising. , with— the first blank to be filled in with the name of the applicable individual; the second blank to be filled in with the title of the applicable individual; and the third and fourth blank each to be filled in with the name of the person paying for the communication. In this paragraph, the term applicable individual means, with respect to a communication to which this paragraph applies— if the communication is paid for by an individual, the individual paying for the communication; if the communication is paid for by a corporation, the chief executive officer of the corporation (or, if the corporation does not have a chief executive officer, the highest ranking official of the corporation); if the communication is paid for by a labor organization, the highest ranking officer of the labor organization; or if the communication is paid for by any other person, the president, chief executive officer, highest ranking official, or similar officer of the person who serves in an executive, decisionmaking capacity with respect to the making of communications to which this paragraph applies. . The amendment made by subsection
(a)shall apply with respect to communications made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Sec. 2
Requiring Personal Disclosure Statements in Express Advocacy Communications
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