[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1606 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1606

     To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude 
    communications over the Internet from the definition of public 
                             communication.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2005

Mr. Hensarling introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude 
    communications over the Internet from the definition of public 
                             communication.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Online Freedom of Speech Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

    Paragraph (22) of section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(22)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ``Such term shall not include communications 
over the Internet.''.
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