HR 283 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Voters' Right to Know Act of 2001

Introduced Jan 30, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 30, 2001 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 30, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Voters' Right to Know Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require any person conducting a Federal election phone bank (except through non-political general media facilities) to report to the Federal Election Commission specified information about phone bank costs, funding sources, household contacts, and questions asked or information provided to respondents. Limits such requirement to projects contacting at least 1,500 households during the 25 days before a Federal election.

Cosponsors 13

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2001 to Jun 20, 2001.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
D-CA	Bob Filner	Feb 27, 2001
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney	Feb 27, 2001
D-AL	Earl F. Hilliard	Feb 27, 2001
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Feb 27, 2001
D-CA	George Miller	Feb 27, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Feb 27, 2001
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie	Feb 27, 2001
D-CA	Tom Lantos	Feb 27, 2001
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Mar 13, 2001
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri	Mar 20, 2001
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Mar 27, 2001
D-FL	Karen L. Thurman	Mar 27, 2001
D-CA	Jane Harman	Jun 20, 2001

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 30, 2001Introduced in House
Jan 30, 2001Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

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