PRINT Act

Bill: 116-hr-8070
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-08-18
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Books and print media

Business expenses

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Government lending and loan guarantees

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Small business

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-08-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Preserving Readership and Information of Newspapers for Tomorrow Act or the PRINT Act</b></p> <p>This bill includes the cost of print production of local print media as an allowable use for funds disbursed to certain newspaper publishers under the Paycheck Protection Program established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8070 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 18, 2020 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself and Mr. Peterson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To include the cost of print production of local print media in the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving Readership and Information of Newspapers for Tomorrow Act or the PRINT Act . 2. Inclusion of cost of print production of local print media in the paycheck protection program Section 7(a)(36)(F)(i) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(F)(i) ) is amended— (1) in subclause (VI), by striking and at the end; (2) in subclause (VII), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subclause: (VIII) the cost of print production of local print media for an eligible recipient assigned a North American Industry Classification System code beginning with 511110. .