[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2835 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2835

 To require a study of the well-being of the newsprint and publishing 
         industry in the United States, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2018

Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. King, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Fischer, 
 Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Moran, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Isakson, and Mrs. Capito) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 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 Representatives 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''.

SEC. 2. STUDY OF NEWSPRINT INDUSTRY WELL-BEING.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study of the 
economic well-being, health, and vitality of the newsprint industry and 
the local newspaper publishing 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 traditional 
        printed newspapers, including the use of newsprint.
            (4) The effect of declining readership of traditional 
        printed newspapers on the continued viability of the newsprint 
        and newspaper publishing industries 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 demand for newsprint on the 
        health of the pulp and paper industry.
            (6) 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.
            (7) Whether measures undertaken by publishers and printers 
        to reduce costs have harmed local businesses that advertise in 
        local newspapers.
            (8) The global production capacity for newsprint in light 
        of the declining demand for newsprint.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the President 
and Congress a report on--
            (1) the findings of the study required by subsection (a); 
        and
            (2) any recommendations that the Secretary considers 
        appropriate.
    (c) Stay of Determinations.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2) and 
        notwithstanding any provision of title VII of the Tariff Act of 
        1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), the Secretary of Commerce and 
        the United States 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 conducted under that title until the 
        President certifies to the Secretary and the Chairman of the 
        Commission that the President--
                    (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 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 investigation that is 
        ongoing as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
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