On the recordMarch 8, 2019
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 365, strike lines 15 through 24 and insert the following: ``(6) Safe harbor for platforms making best efforts to identify requests which are subject to record maintenance requirements.-- ``(A) Availability of safe harbor.--In accordance with rules established by the Commission, if an online platform shows that the platform used best efforts to determine whether or not a request to purchase a qualified political advertisement was subject to the requirements of this subsection, the online platform shall not be considered to be in violation of such requirements. ``(B) Special rules for disbursement paid with credit card.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), an online platform shall be considered to have used best efforts in the case of a purchase of a qualified political advertisement which is made with a credit card if-- ``(i) the individual or entity making such purchase is required, at the time of making such purchase, to disclose the credit verification value of such credit card; and ``(ii) the billing address associated with such credit card is located in the United States or, in the case of a purchase made by an individual who is a United States citizen living outside of the United States, the individual provides the online platform with the United States mailing address the individual uses for voter registration purposes.''.…





