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Local News and Emergency Information Act of 2020

Introduced: May 22, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
May 15, 2020
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Local News and Emergency Information Act of 2020

This bill expands the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to include certain newspaper publishers, radio stations, and television broadcasters.

Specifically, such a media purveyor is eligible to receive a paycheck protection loan if (1) the individual physical location that applies for the loan does not exceed Small Business Administration size standards (up to 1,000 employees for newspaper publishers and $41.5 million in gross receipts for radio and television broadcasters); and (2) the proceeds of the loan are used to support the continued provision of local news, information, content, or emergency information. Such a recipient may not remit any portion of a paycheck protection loan to any entity other than the individual physical location that is the loan's intended recipient.

What's happening now May 15, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3718 Identical bill Local News and Emergency Information Act of 2020
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 10 Republican 2
O'Halleran, Tom
· Sep 11, 2020
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Aug 22, 2020
 D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Aug 7, 2020
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jun 25, 2020
VISCLOSKY, PETER
· Jun 8, 2020
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · May 27, 2020
KIND, RON
· May 27, 2020
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · May 22, 2020
Crist, Charlie
· May 22, 2020
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · May 22, 2020
Demings, Val
· May 22, 2020
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · May 22, 2020
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · May 22, 2020
 R
Harris, Andy
Maryland · May 22, 2020
King, Steve
· May 22, 2020
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · May 22, 2020
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 22, 2020
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · May 22, 2020
SENSENBRENNER, F.
· May 15, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6897: Local News and Emergency Information Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6897/
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"H.R. 6897: Local News and Emergency Information Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6897/.
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H.R. 6897, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6897/.
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