[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 334 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 334

 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 regarding the broadcasting of 
certain material regarding candidates for Federal elective office, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 4 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

Mr. Hollings (for himself, Mr. Danforth, and Mr. Inouye) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 regarding the broadcasting of 
certain material regarding candidates for Federal elective office, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
    Section 1. This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Campaign Act of 
1993''.
    Sec. 2. (a) Section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 315) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as 
        subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting immediately after subsection (a) the 
        following new subsections:
    ``(b)(1) If any legally qualified candidate for any Federal 
elective office (or an authorized committee of any such candidate) who 
utilizes rights of access and conditions of access under the provisions 
of this Act uses a broadcasting station to refer, directly or 
indirectly, to another legally qualified candidate for that office, 
such reference shall be made in person by such legally qualified 
candidate.
    ``(2) If any licensee permits a broadcasting station to be used in 
a manner not in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (1) of 
this subsection, such licensee shall provide, within a reasonable 
period of time, to the candidate to whom reference was made the 
opportunity to use, without charge, the same amount of time on such 
broadcasting station, during the same period of the day, as was used by 
the legally qualified candidate (or by an authorized committee of such 
legally qualified candidate).
    ``(c)(1) If any licensee permits a person to use a broadcasting 
station to broadcast political advertising material which either 
endorses a legally qualified candidate for any Federal elective office 
or opposes a legally qualified candidate for that office, such licensee 
shall, within a reasonable period of time, provide to any legally 
qualified candidate opposing the candidate endorsed (or to an 
authorized committee of such legally qualified candidate), or to any 
legally qualified candidate who was so opposed (or to an authorized 
committee of such legally qualified candidate), the opportunity to use, 
without charge, the same amount of time on such broadcasting station, 
during the same period of the day, as was used by such person.
    ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term `person' includes 
an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, or any 
other organization or group of persons, but such term does not include 
a legally qualified candidate for any Federal elective office or an 
authorized committee of any such candidate.''.
    (b) Section 315(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
315(a)) is amended by striking ``section'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``subsection''.
    (c) Section 315(e) of the Communications Act of 1934, as so 
redesignated by subsection (a) of this section, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs 
        (2) and (3), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting immediately after ``section--'' the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(1) the term `authorized committee' means, with respect 
        to any candidate for nomination for election, or election, to 
        any Federal elective office, any committee, club, association, 
        or other group of persons which receives contributions or makes 
        expenditures during a calendar year in an aggregate amount 
        exceeding $1,000 and which is authorized by such candidate to 
        accept contributions or make expenditures on behalf of such 
        candidate to further the nomination or election of such 
        candidate;''.
    Sec. 3. If any provision of this Act or the application of it to 
any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Act 
and the application of the provision to any other person or 
circumstance shall not be affected by such invalidation.

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