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HR 4209 101th Congress House Taxation Environmental Protection Income tax Newspaper publishing Newspapers Paper and paper products Pollution taxes Recycling of waste products Tax rates

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an additional tax on income derived from publishing newspapers which do not use recycled newsprint.

Introduced: March 7, 1990 See on congress.gov
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Mar 7, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 7, 1990
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional tax on income derived from publishing a newspaper which does not use at least 50 percent recycled newsprint.

What's happening now March 7, 1990

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 19, 1990
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4209: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an additional tax on income derived from publishing newspapers which do not use recycled newsprint.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4209/
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"H.R. 4209: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an additional tax on income derived from publishing newspapers which do not use recycled newsprint.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4209/.
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H.R. 4209, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4209/.
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[H.R. 4209: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an additional tax on income derived from publishing newspapers which do not use recycled newsprint.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4209/)
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