FREE Act

Summary

Freeing Responsible and Effective Exchanges Act or the FREE Act This bill amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to permit a bipartisan majority of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioners to hold a nonpublic meeting to discuss official business if: (1) no votes or actions are taken, (2) each person at the meeting is an FTC commissioner or employee, and (3) an attorney from the FTC's Office of General Counsel is present. "Bipartisan majority" means a group of at least three commissioners that includes, for each political party of which any commissioner is a member, at least one commissioner who is a member of such political party and, if any commissioner has no political party affiliation, at least one unaffiliated commissioner. Within two business days after such a nonpublic meeting, the FTC must disclose on its website: (1) a list of persons who attended such meeting; and (2) a summary of discussed matters, except for matters that are classified or otherwise exempt from disclosure.

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Timeline

1. 28 April 2016

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 28 April 2016

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 28 April 2016

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 29 April 2016

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 28 April 2016 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 28 April 2016

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 28 April 2016

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 April 2016

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Sponsors

• Pete Olson · R · Sponsor
• Michael Burgess · R · Sponsor
• Leonard Lance · R · Sponsor
• Markwayne Mullin · R · Sponsor
• Pete Sessions · R · Cosponsor
• · hsif00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015
• related to ← FTC Process and Transparency Reform Act of 2016