HR 3045 · 99th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
Clean Campaign Act of 1985
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.(1985-07-25)
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Clean Campaign Act of 1985 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that if a legally qualified candidate for Federal elective office uses a broadcast station to refer to another candidate for that office: (1) such reference shall be made in person by such candidate; or (2) the station licensee must provide the candidate to whom the reference was made the opportunity to use the same amount of broadcast time, during the same period of the day, without charge. Requires any station licensee which allows a person to broadcast material endorsing or opposing a candidate, to provide to the candidate opposing the endorsed candidate, or to the candidate opposed by the material, the opportunity to use the same amount of broadcasting time, during the same period of the day, without charge.…
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