Local Journalism Sustainability Act
Latest action · Jun 16, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
- IntroducedJun 16, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Local Journalism Sustainability Act
This bill allows individual and business taxpayers tax credits for the support of local newspapers and media. Specifically, individual taxpayers may claim an income tax credit up to $250 for a local newspaper subscription.
The bill also allows local newspaper employers a payroll tax credit for wages paid to an employee for service as a local news journalist and certain small businesses a tax credit for local newspaper and media advertising expenses.
Cosponsors 77
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 16, 2021 to Oct 28, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | Jun 16, 2021 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Lee M. Zeldin | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jul 30, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Aug 20, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Aug 24, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Sep 14, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Oct 26, 2021 | |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Nov 3, 2021 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Nov 4, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Nov 9, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Feb 9, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Mar 17, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Carolyn Bourdeaux | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Jul 1, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Aug 5, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Oct 14, 2022 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Oct 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Oct 28, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 16, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2021Introduced in House
- Jun 16, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 105, June 16, 2021, page H2893.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47018 | Stop the Presses? Newspapers in the Digital Age Archived | Report | May 24, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2434 | Local Journalism Sustainability Act | Related bill | Jul 22, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide tax incentives that support local newspapers and other local media, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Local Journalism Sustainability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2021Introduced in House
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.
