Transparency in Campaign Text Message Act

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8792 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8792

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require political 
  committees soliciting contributions by hyperlinks contained in text 
      messages to include the full name of the hyperlink and the 
          identification of the committee within the message.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2020

  Mr. Tipton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require political 
  committees soliciting contributions by hyperlinks contained in text 
      messages to include the full name of the hyperlink and the 
          identification of the committee within the message.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transparency in Campaign Text 
Message Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING FULL NAME OF HYPERLINK AND IDENTIFICATION OF 
              POLITICAL COMMITTEE IN SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBUTION BY 
              HYPERLINK CONTAINED IN TEXT MESSAGE.

    (a) Requirement.--Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(k) Requiring Full Name of Hyperlink and Identification of 
Committee in Solicitation of Contribution by Hyperlink Contained in 
Text Message.--
            ``(1) In general.--A political committee may not solicit a 
        contribution by a hyperlink contained in a text message unless 
        the message includes--
                    ``(A) the full, unabbreviated name of the 
                hyperlink; and
                    ``(B) the identification of the committee (and, in 
                the case of an authorized committee of a candidate, the 
                identification of the candidate).
            ``(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `text 
        message' has the meaning given such term in section 
        227(e)(8)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
        227(e)(8)(C)).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to contributions solicited on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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