1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness in Political Advertising Act of 2018 . 2. Allocation to political candidates of free broadcast time for political advertising (a) Condition of license renewal Section 309(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 309(h) ) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ; and (4) every television broadcast station license issued under this Act shall be subject to the free broadcast time obligations imposed by section 315(c) . (b) Free time obligations Section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 315 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as subsections (d) through (f), respectively