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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 154 (Tuesday, September 26, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. DEUTCH:H.R. 3837.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 4, Clause 1 of the US ConstitutionThe Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections forSenators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in eachState by the Legislature thereof; but Congress may at anytime make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Placeof choosing Senators.[Page H7533]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Campaign Sunlight Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Election Commission to create a website that&nbsp;allows the public to view political advertisements. The sponsor of a political advertisement shall provide the advertisement to the commission within a certain time frame from when it was first disseminated and, if the advertisement refers to any source such as an article or quotation, shall also provide the full contents of that source. </p>]]></text>
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        <title>To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the Federal Election Commission to establish and operate a website through which members of the public may view the contents of certain political advertisements, to require the sponsors of such advertisements to furnish the contents of the advertisements to the Commission, and for other purposes.</title>
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