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To protect local media, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 15, 2020 See on congress.gov
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May 15, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Small Business, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 15, 2020
Introduced in House
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This bill requires a federal executive agency to expend 50% of funds obligated by such agency for the advertising and underwriting activities of local media for the period beginning on the enactment of this bill, and ending on December 31, 2020. It also requires such agencies to expend 25% of such funds for the period beginning on or after January 1, 2021. At least 45% of agency advertising and underwriting activities funding must be expended equally between newspapers, television stations, and radio stations that are local media.

The bill (1) expands the payroll protection program to newspaper, radio, and Internet publishing businesses with not more than 500 employees; (2) allows a payroll tax credit for 30% of first-year newsroom wages paid by a local media company; and (3) treats the publication (including electronic publication) of written news articles by an independent or community-based publication as a tax-exempt purpose.

The bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting must provide programming to preschool, elementary, and secondary school children that promotes digital literacy during the period that such children cannot attend school due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

What's happening now May 15, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Small Business, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 12
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · May 15, 2020
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 15, 2020
Crist, Charlie
· May 15, 2020
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Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · May 15, 2020
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Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · May 15, 2020
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Huffman, Jared
California · May 15, 2020
JOHNSON, EDDIE
· May 15, 2020
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 15, 2020
Kirkpatrick, Ann
· May 15, 2020
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Levin, Mike
California · May 15, 2020
Luria, Elaine
· May 15, 2020
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 15, 2020
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · May 15, 2020
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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · May 15, 2020
SERRANO, JOSE
· May 15, 2020
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Soto, Darren
Florida · May 15, 2020
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Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · May 15, 2020
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