CLARITY STANDARDS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SPONSORS OF ELECTION-RELATED ADVERTISING.

SEC. 311. CLARITY STANDARDS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SPONSORS OF ELECTION-RELATED ADVERTISING.Section 318 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441d) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (i) by striking “Whenever” and inserting “Whenever a political committee makes a disbursement for the purpose of financing any communication through any broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising facility, mailing, or any other type of general public political advertising, or whenever”; (ii) by striking “an expenditure” and inserting “a disbursement”; (iii) by striking “direct”; and (iv) by inserting “or makes a disbursement for an electioneering communication (as defined in section 304(f)(3))” after “public political advertising”; and (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting “and permanent street address, telephone number, or World Wide Web address” after “name”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(c) Specification.—Any printed communication described in subsection (a) shall— “(1) be of sufficient type size to be clearly readable by the recipient of the communication; “(2) be contained in a printed box set apart from the other contents of the communication; and “(3) be printed with a reasonable degree of color contrast between the background and the printed statement. “(d) Additional Requirements.— “(1) Communications by candidates or authorized persons.— “(A) By radio.—Any communication described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) which is transmitted through radio shall include, in addition to the requirements of that paragraph, an audio statement by the candidate that identifies the candidate and states that the candidate has approved the communication. “(B) By television.—Any communication described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) which is transmitted 116 STAT. 106 through television shall include, in addition to the requirements of that paragraph, a statement that identifies the candidate and states that the candidate has approved the communication. Such statement— “(i) shall be conveyed by— “(I) an unobscured, full-screen view of the candidate making the statement, or “(II) the candidate in voice-over, accompanied by a clearly identifiable photographic or similar image of the candidate; and “(ii) shall also appear in writing at the end of the communication in a clearly readable manner with a reasonable degree of color contrast between the background and the printed statement, for a period of at least 4 seconds. “(1) Communications by others.—Any communication described in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) which is transmitted through radio or television shall include, in addition to the requirements of that paragraph, in a clearly spoken manner, the following audio statement: ‘ is responsible for the content of this advertising.’ (with the blank to be filled in with the name of the political committee or other person paying for the communication and the name of any connected organization of the payor). If transmitted through television, the statement shall be conveyed by an unobscured, full-screen view of a representative of the political committee or other person making the statement, or by a representative of such political committee or other person in voice-over, and shall also appear in a clearly readable manner with a reasonable degree of color contrast between the background and the printed statement, for a period of at least 4 seconds.”.