Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102
§1801 Congressional Declaration of Policy
Title 15 › CHAPTER 43 — NEWSPAPER PRESERVATION › § 1801
Summary
U.S. policy protects newspaper publication and their editorial and reporting independence where papers form joint operating arrangements because of economic distress or under this law.
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Title 15, §1801
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In the public interest of maintaining a newspaper press editorially and reportorially independent and competitive in all parts of the United States, it is hereby declared to be the public policy of the United States to preserve the publication of newspapers in any city, community, or metropolitan area where a joint operating arrangement has been heretofore entered into because of economic distress or is hereafter effected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
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Pub. L. 91–353, § 1,
July 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 466, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Newspaper Preservation Act’.” Separability Pub. L. 91–353, § 6,
July 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 467, provided that: “If any provision of this Act [enacting this chapter] is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Act, and the applicability of such provision to any other person or circumstance, shall not be affected thereby.”
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15 U.S.C. § 1801
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102