US HB3169 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on May 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-05-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-05-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To establish the Future of Local News Committee to examine and report on the role of local news gathering in sustaining democracy in the United States and the factors contributing to the demise of local journalism, and to propose policies and mechanisms that could reinvigorate local news to meet the critical information needs of the people of the United States in the 21st century.
Title
Future of Local News Act
Sponsors
| Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX] | Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA] | Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA] | Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA] |
| Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] | Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-13 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. |
| 2021-05-12 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| 2021-05-12 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB1601 (Related) 2021-05-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3169/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr3169/BILLS-117hr3169ih.pdf |
