,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhce  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ad1 #bjah
 ,ms4 ,collins 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,king1
 ,mr4 ,blunt1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mrs4        
,fischer1 ,mrs4 ,mc,caskill1 ,mr4       
,moran1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 ,mr4 ,isakson1 and
 ,mrs4 ,capito7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a      
,,bill  ,to require a study of the      
well-being of the newsprint and         
publishing industry in the ,united      
,states1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,protecting ,rational ,incentives  
in ,newsprint ,trade ,act of #bjah or   
the ,,print ,act4  #b4 ,study of        
newsprint industry well-being  7a7      
,study ,the ,secretary of ,commerce     
shall conduct a study of the economic   
well-being1 health1 and vitality of the 
newsprint industry and the local        
newspaper publishing industry in the    
,united ,states1 which shall include an 

assessment of the following3  7#a7 ,the 
trends in demand for newsprint and      
traditional printed newspapers4  7#b7   
,the trends in demand for digital or    
online consumption of news4  7#c7 ,the  
costs of inputs in the production of    
traditional printed newspapers1         
including the use of newsprint4  7#d7   
,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 news1 local sports1 local         
government1 and local disaster          
prevention and awareness4  7#e7 ,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 industry4  
7#f7 ,measures undertaken by printers   
and newspaper publishers to reduce costs
 in response to increased costs for     
newsprint in the ,united ,states1 and   
whether such measures have harmed local 

news coverage or reduced employment in  
the newspaper and publishing industries4
  7#g7 ,whether measures undertaken by  
publishers and printers to reduce costs 
have harmed local businesses that       
advertise in local newspapers4  7#h7    
,the global production capacity for     
newsprint in light of the declining     
demand for newsprint4  7b7 ,report ,not 
later than #ij days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,commerce shall submit to 
the ,president and ,congress a report   
on--  7#a7 the findings of the study    
required by subsection 7a72 and  7#b7   
any recommendations that the ,secretary 
considers appropriate4  7c7 ,stay of    
determinations  7#a7 ,in general        
,subject to paragraph 7#b7 and          
notwithstanding any provision of title  
,,vii of the ,tariff ,act of #aicj 7#ai 
,u4,s4,c4 #afga et seq471 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--  7,a7 
has received the report required by     
subsection 7b72 and  7,b7 has concluded 
that giving effect to the determination 
is in the economic interest of the      
,united ,states4  7#b7 ,rates  7,a7 ,in 
general ,until such time as the         
,president issues the certification     
described in paragraph 7#a71 the        
administering authority 7as defined in  
section #gga7a7 of the ,tariff ,act of  
#aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #afgg7a777 shall   
order a rate of zero for deposits posted
 pursuant to sections #gjc7;d71         
#gje7;c77#a71 #gcc7;d71 and #gce7;c77#a7
 of that ,act 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #afga;b7d71
 #afga;d7c77#a71 #afgc;b7d71 and        
#afgc;d7c77#a77 in an investigation     
described in paragraph 7#a74  7,b7      

,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 7,a74  7#c7    
,canada and ,mexico ,pursuant to article
 #aijb of the ,north ,american ,free    
,trade ,agreement and section #djh of   
the ,north ,america ,free ,trade        
,agreement ,implementation ,act 7#ai    
,u4,s4,c4 #cdch71 this subsection       
applies to goods from ,canada and       
,mexico4  7#d7 ,application ,this       
subsection applies only to an           
antidumping or countervailing duty      
investigation that is ongoing as of the 
date of the enactment of this ,act4