Sec. 203. FCC to prescribe standardized form for reporting candidate campaign ads
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Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish a standardized form to be used by broadcasting stations, as defined in section 315(f)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 315(f)(1) ), to record and report the purchase of advertising time by or on behalf of a candidate for nomination for election, or for election, to Federal elective office. The form prescribed by the Commission under subsection
(a)shall require, broadcasting stations to report to the Commission and to the Federal Election Commission, at a minimum— the station call letters and mailing address; the name and telephone number of the station’s sales manager (or individual with responsibility for advertising sales); the name of the candidate who purchased the advertising time, or on whose behalf the advertising time was purchased, and the Federal elective office for which he or she is a candidate; the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the person responsible for purchasing broadcast political advertising for the candidate; notation as to whether the purchase agreement for which the information is being reported is a draft or final version; and the following information about the advertisement: The date and time of the broadcast. The program in which the advertisement was broadcast. The length of the broadcast airtime. In its rulemaking under subsection (a), the Commission shall require any broadcasting station required to file a report under this section that maintains an Internet website to make available a link to such reports on that website.
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