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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1171" measure-id="id117hr1171" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-02-18" update-date="2022-01-24">
        <title>Stand By Every Ad Ac</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr1171v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-01-24">
            <action-date>2021-02-18</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Stand By Every Ad Act </b></p> <p>This bill generally revises disclosure requirements for political advertisements.</p> <p>First, the bill applies political advertising disclosure requirements currently applicable to candidates (also known as <i>stand by your ad</i> requirements) to entities such as corporations and certain political committees. Political advertisements made by these entities must generally disclose the top funders of the entity, with specified exceptions. </p> <p>In addition, the bill revises the classification of certain media, including audio and visual media, for purposes of disclaimer requirements. It also expands the definition of <em>communication</em> to include prerecorded telephone calls.</p> <p>Finally, the bill creates additional readability and audio requirements for communications. </p>]]></summary-text>
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