I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6031 
To require a study of the well-being of the newsprint and publishing industry 
in the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2018 
Mrs. NOEM (for herself, Mr. CRIST, Mr. FLORES, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. GOH-
MERT, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. POLIQUIN, 
Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, and Mr. 
SMITH of Missouri) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require a study of the well-being of the newsprint and 
publishing industry in the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Rational 
Incentives in Newsprint Trade Act of 2018’’ or the 
‘‘PRINT Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STUDY OF NEWSPRINT INDUSTRY WELL-BEING. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Commerce shall con-
duct a study of the economic well-being, health, and vital-
ity of the newsprint industry and the local newspaper pub-
lishing industry in the United States, which shall include 
an assessment of the following: 
(1) The trends in demand for newsprint and 
traditional printed newspapers. 
(2) The trends in demand for digital or online 
consumption of news. 
(3) The costs of inputs in the production of tra-
ditional printed newspapers, including the use of 
newsprint. 
(4) The effect of declining readership of tradi-
tional printed newspapers on the continued viability 
of the newsprint and newspaper publishing indus-
tries and the continued availability of coverage of 
local news, local sports, local government, and local 
disaster prevention and awareness. 
(5) The trends in the pulp and paper industry 
of the United States and the effect of declining de-
mand for newsprint on the health of the pulp and 
paper industry. 
(6) Measures undertaken by printers and news-
paper publishers to reduce costs in response to in-
creased costs for newsprint in the United States, 
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and the Chairman of the Commission that the Presi-
dent— 
(A) has received the report required by 
subsection (b); and 
(B) has concluded that giving effect to the 
determination is in the economic interest of the 
United States. 
(2) RATES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Until such time as the 
President issues the certification described in 
paragraph (1), the administering authority (as 
defined in section 771(1) of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(1))) shall order a rate of 
zero for deposits posted pursuant to sections 
703(d), 705(c)(1), 733(d), and 735(c)(1) of 
that Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b(d), 1671d(c)(1), 
1673b(d), and 1673d(c)(1)) in an investigation 
described in paragraph (1). 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This paragraph 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act without regard to any later effective 
date of an order required by subparagraph (A). 
(3) CANADA AND MEXICO.—Pursuant to article 
1902 of the North American Free Trade Agreement 
and section 408 of the North America Free Trade 
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Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3438), 
this subsection applies to goods from Canada and 
Mexico. 
(4) APPLICATION.—This subsection applies only 
to an antidumping or countervailing duty investiga-
tion that is ongoing as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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