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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8792
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 19, 2020
Mr. Tipton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration
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.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Transparency in Campaign Text Message Act
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Requiring full name of hyperlink and identification of political committee in solicitation of contribution by hyperlink contained in text message
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:
Requiring full name of hyperlink and identification of committee in solicitation of contribution by hyperlink contained in text message
In general
A political committee may not solicit a contribution by a hyperlink contained in a text message unless the message includes—
the full, unabbreviated name of the hyperlink; and
the identification of the committee (and, in the case of an authorized committee of a candidate, the identification of the candidate).
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)).
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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.