U.S. Senate · 117th Congress · S. 1601
Future of Local News Act of 2021
A bill 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.
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- Sponsor
- Brian SchatzD-HI
- Introduced
- May 12, 2021, in the Senate
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Science, Technology, Communications (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
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Cosponsors (2)
2 Democrats. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Michael F. BennetD-CO
- Amy KlobucharD-MN