To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exempt news stories, commentaries, and editorials distributed through the Internet from treatment as expenditures or electioneering communications under such Act, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 4389 2023-01-13T04:49:39Z 2023-01-13T04:49:39Z House H HR 2005-11-18 109 hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2005-11-18T14:02:10Z 2005-11-18 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2005-11-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-11-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001154 Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13] Brad Miller D NC 13 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2005-11-18 True Government Operations and Politics Campaign funds Congress Congressional elections Internet Presidential elections Reporters and reporting Science, Technology, Communications Government Operations and Politics

00 2005-11-18 Introduced in House 2005-12-21T18:13:41Z Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) exempt Internet commentary from treatment as an expenditure or as an electioneering communication; and (2) exempt the value of services in organizing meetings through the Internet from treatment as a contribution.

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To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exempt news stories, commentaries, and editorials distributed through the Internet from treatment as expenditures or electioneering communications under such Act, and for other purposes. Display Title To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exempt news stories, commentaries, and editorials distributed through the Internet from treatment as expenditures or electioneering communications under such Act, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exempt news stories, commentaries, and editorials distributed through the Internet from treatment as expenditures or electioneering communications under such Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2005-11-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr4389ih/xml/BILLS-109hr4389ih.xml 2005-11-18 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.