3.0.0 7640 2023-01-11T13:45:55Z 2023-01-11T13:45:55Z House HR 2020-07-16 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 126 (Thursday, July 16, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. KIRKPATRICK:H.R. 7640.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H3091]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-07-16T16:03:15Z 2020-07-16 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2020-07-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-07-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000368 Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-2] Ann Kirkpatrick D AZ 2 N N000189 Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] Dan Newhouse R WA 4 2020-07-16 True F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 1 2020-07-16 True S001201 Rep. 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[D-NY-7] NYDIA VELAZQUEZ D NY M. 7 2020-11-12 False Taxation Appropriations Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Disability assistance Employment taxes Government trust funds Income tax credits Marketing and advertising News media and reporting Small business Social security and elderly assistance Television and film Wages and earnings Taxation 00 2020-07-16 Introduced in House 2020-08-17T14:30:26Z Local Journalism Sustainability Act

This bill allows individual and business taxpayers certain 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 journalist and certain small businesses a tax credit for local newspaper and media advertising expenses.

]]> Local Journalism Sustainability Act Display Title Local Journalism Sustainability Act Official Title as Introduced To provide tax incentives that support local newspapers and other local media, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Local Journalism Sustainability Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr7640ih/xml/BILLS-116hr7640ih.xml 2020-07-16 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.