Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2021

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 117th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

DCD CicillineSponsor

74 cosponsors · 52 D, 22 R

KBR Buck MDD DeSaulnier MGR Gaetz JRD Raskin VSR Spartz MSD Scanlon WSR Steube SWD Wild BOR Owens HJD Johnson PJD Jayapal MJD Jones AED Eshoo MDD Dean DSD Scott VBR Buchanan LDD Doggett TDD Deutch LMD McBath JCD Courtney SPR Palazzo MRR Rogers DTD Titus JND Neguse JCD Cooper HJD Jeffries DMD Matsui ADD Delgado AED Espaillat BFR Fitzpatrick DJR Johnson KMD Manning TRD Ryan GBR Bilirakis PSR Stauber RCR Crawford MKD Kaptur JLD Larson MTD Takano SCD Carbajal CLD Lamb GGR Grothman MGR Green KCR Calvert JHD Huffman KPD Porter SMD Moulton TSD Sewell MTD Thompson ECD Cleaver ACD Craig LTD Trahan TSD Suozzi JWR Wilson JND Nadler VHR Hartzler GMD Meng FMD Mrvan DDD DeGette TTR Tiffany KCD Castor DRD Ross BCR Carter CMD Maloney TLD Lieu PAD Aguilar ESD Swalwell SCD Cohen ASD Schiff BSD Sherman SBD Bishop GGR Graves DVR Valadao JMD Morelle

8 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill creates a four-year safe harbor from antitrust laws for print, broadcast, or digital news companies to collectively negotiate with online content distributors (e.g., social media companies) regarding the terms on which the news companies' content may be distributed by online content distributors.