PRINT Act
Latest action · May 14, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2644-2645)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 14, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Rational Incentives in Newsprint Trade Act of 2018 or the PRINT Act
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to conduct a study of, and to report to Congress regarding, the economic well-being, health, and vitality of the newsprint industry and the local newspaper publishing industry in the United States, including an assessment of:
- the trends in demand for newsprint and traditional printed newspapers, in demand for digital or online consumption of news, and in the U.S. pulp and paper industry and the effect of declining demand for newsprint on the health of such industry;
- measures undertaken by printers and newspaper publishers to reduce costs in response to increased costs for newsprint in the United States, and whether such measures have harmed local news coverage or reduced employment in the newspaper and publishing industries;
- whether measures undertaken by publishers and printers to reduce costs have harmed local businesses that advertise in local newspapers; and
- the global production capacity for newsprint in light of the declining demand for newsprint.
Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission may not give effect to an affirmative determination in an antidumping or countervailing duty investigation relating to imports of uncoated groundwood paper until the President certifies that he has received the report and has concluded that giving effect to the determination is in the economic interest of the United States.
Until such time as the President issues the certification, the administering authority shall order a rate of zero for deposits posted in such an investigation.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 14, 2018 to Aug 16, 2018; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | May 14, 2018 |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Original | May 14, 2018 |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | May 14, 2018 |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Original | May 14, 2018 |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | May 14, 2018 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | May 14, 2018 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | May 14, 2018 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | May 14, 2018 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | May 14, 2018 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | May 15, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | May 21, 2018 | |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | May 23, 2018 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | May 23, 2018 | |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | May 23, 2018 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | May 23, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Patrick J. Toomey | May 24, 2018 | |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Jun 6, 2018 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Jun 7, 2018 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Jun 11, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jun 14, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Jun 14, 2018 | |
| R-SD | John Thune | Jun 14, 2018 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Jun 14, 2018 | |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Jun 19, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Jun 21, 2018 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Jun 25, 2018 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Jul 9, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Jul 16, 2018 | |
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | Jul 30, 2018 | |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Jul 30, 2018 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Aug 15, 2018 | |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Aug 16, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred May 14, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 14, 2018Introduced in Senate
- May 14, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2644-2645)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2644 | Susan M. Collins R-ME | May 14, 2018 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-724 | CURRENT AND PROPOSED TARIFF ACTIONS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE105 pages | Finance Committee | Jun 20, 2018 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6031 | PRINT Act | Identical bill | Jun 12, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require a study of the well-being of the newsprint and publishing industry in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- PRINT Act
- Protecting Rational Incentives in Newsprint Trade Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 14, 2018Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
