119th Congress · introduced in the House · Feb 27, 2025
Community News and Small Business Support Act
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Latest action (Feb 27, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Feb 27, 2025)
Community News and Small Business Support Act
This bill establishes a temporary business tax credit for expenses incurred by an eligible small business to advertise in local media. The bill also establishes a temporary refundable tax credit for a percentage of wages paid by an eligible employer to local news journalists. (Limitations apply.)
Under the bill, an eligible small business (a business with an average of fewer than 50 employees) may claim a tax credit for (1) 80% of local media advertising expenses, up to a maximum of $5,000, in the first year of the tax credit; and (2) 50% of such expenses, up to a maximum of $2,500, in the subsequent four years. (Other conditions and limitations may apply.)
The bill also allows an eligible employer to claim each calendar quarter a refundable tax credit against Medicare payroll taxes for (1) 50% of wages paid to a local news journalist in the first four calendar quarters of the tax credit, and (2) 30% of such wages paid in each calendar quarter in the subsequent four years.
However, under the bill, the tax credit for local news journalist wages is limited to $12,500 in wages paid per local news journalist per quarter and the wages of no more than 1,500 local news journalists may be included. Further, the tax credit may not be claimed for wages for which certain other tax credits (e.g., the tax credit for paid family and medical leave) are claimed. (Other conditions and limitations may apply.)
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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AMERICA'S NEWSPAPERS · lobbying firm or registrant: GRAYROBINSON PA
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$5,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Tax credits to support local newspapers. H.R.1753, Community News and Small Business Support Act, all provisions.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE · lobbying firm or registrant: NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$520,000
Spent on own lobbying
…th the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; H.R. 137, TCJA Permanency Act; S. 559/H.R. 1347, AIMM Act, S. 187/ H.R. 574, ALIGN Act; H.R. 1753, Community News and Small Business Support Act; H.R. 3010: No Handouts for Drug Advertisements Act.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE · lobbying firm or registrant: NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Media (information/publishing)
$520,000
Spent on own lobbying
…nce of the First Amendment protections for the free press and advocate for the passage of the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act (PRESS Act); H.R. 1753,Community News and Small Business Support Act; educate policymakers on competition and transparency issues related to artificial intelligence, including the Ge…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$810,000
Spent on own lobbying
…nt Act. Deductibility of meals provided to employees. Business SALT deduction. Charitable contributions, including charitable deduction floor for corporations. H.R. 1753, Community News and Small Business Support Act. H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, tax provisions. H.R. 1301/S. 587, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICA'S NEWSPAPERS · lobbying firm or registrant: GRAYROBINSON PA
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$18,750
Paid to lobbying firm
Tax credits to support local newspapers. H.R.1753, Community News and Small Business Support Act, all provisions.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$790,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ly and Medical Leave Tax Credit Extension and Enhancement Act. Deductibility of meals provided to employees. Business SALT deduction. Charitable contributions. H.R. 1753, Community News and Small Business Support Act. H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, tax provisions.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE · lobbying firm or registrant: NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$560,000
Spent on own lobbying
…th the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; H.R. 137, TCJA Permanency Act; S. 559/H.R. 1347, AIMM Act, S. 187/ H.R. 574, ALIGN Act; H.R. 1753, Community News and Small Business Support Act; H.R. 3010: No Handouts for Drug Advertisements Act.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE · lobbying firm or registrant: NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Media (information/publishing)
$560,000
Spent on own lobbying
…nce of the First Amendment protections for the free press and advocate for the passage of the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act (PRESS Act); H.R. 1753,Community News and Small Business Support Act; educate policymakers on competition and transparency issues related to artificial intelligence, including the Ge…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICA'S NEWSPAPERS · lobbying firm or registrant: GRAYROBINSON PA
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$18,750
Paid to lobbying firm
Tax credits to support local newspapers. H.R.1753, Community News and Small Business Support Act, all provisions.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE · lobbying firm or registrant: NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$380,000
Spent on own lobbying
…th the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; H.R. 137, TCJA Permanency Act; S. 559/H.R. 1347, AIMM Act, S. 187/ H.R. 574, ALIGN Act; H.R. 1753, Community News and Small Business Support Act.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE · lobbying firm or registrant: NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Media (information/publishing)
$380,000
Spent on own lobbying
…nce of the First Amendment protections for the free press and advocate for the passage of the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act (PRESS Act); H.R. 1753,Community News and Small Business Support Act; educate policymakers on competition and transparency issues related to artificial intelligence, including the Ge…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICA'S NEWSPAPERS · lobbying firm or registrant: GRAYROBINSON PA
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$18,750
Paid to lobbying firm
Tax credits to support local newspapers. H.R.1753, Community News and Small Business Support Act, all provisions.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
REBUILD LOCAL NEWS COALITION/ THE GROUND TRUTH PROJECT, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 19, 2025 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Tax policy issues affecting local news organizations, including tax credits and payroll tax relief. H.R. 1753 - Community News and Small Business Support Act.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing