3.0.0 6286 2023-01-11T13:21:32Z 2023-01-11T13:21:32Z House H HR 2010-09-29 111 hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2010-09-29T14:26:30Z 2010-09-29 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2010-09-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-09-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001053 Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] Tom Cole R OK 4 N Government Operations and Politics Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation First Amendment rights Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Political advertising Political parties and affiliation Government Operations and Politics 00 2010-09-29 Introduced in House 2010-10-22T21:32:00Z Free Speech and Citizen Fairness Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal the annual aggregate limit on the amount of contributions by individuals in a federal election campaign to: (1) candidates and their authorized committees; and (2) political committees which are not political committees of national political parties.

Repeals the limitations on the amount of coordinated or independent expenditures in a federal election campaign by national or state political parties.

Exempts from treatment as a contribution or an expenditure in a federal election campaign any uncompensated personal services related to Internet activities, or use of equipment or services for uncompensated Internet activities, engaged in by any individual, group of individuals, or corporation wholly owned by one or more individuals that: (1) engages primarily in Internet activities; and (2) does not derive a substantial portion of its revenue from sources other than income from its Internet activities.

States that "Internet activity" includes: (1) sending or forwarding electronic messages; (2) providing a hyperlink or other direct access to another person's website; (3) blogging; (4) creating, maintaining, or hosting a website; (5) paying a nominal fee for the use of another person's website; and (6) any other form of communication distributed over the Internet.

Extends the general media exemption from treatment as an expenditure to any Internet or electronic publication (including a blog).

]]> Free Speech and Citizen Fairness Act of 2010 Display Title Free Speech and Citizen Fairness Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal the limitation on the annual aggregate amount of contributions individuals may make to candidates for election for Federal office, to repeal the limitations on the amount of coordinated expenditures by political parties, and to protect uncompensated Internet activity by individuals from treatment as a contribution or expenditure under the Act. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Free Speech and Citizen Fairness Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr6286ih/xml/BILLS-111hr6286ih.xml 2010-09-29 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.