{"data":{"id":"us/15-u.s.c.-1801","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"15 U.S.C. § 1801","heading":"Congressional declaration of policy","body":"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.","path":["Title 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE","CHAPTER 43—NEWSPAPER PRESERVATION"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc15@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:39Z","sha256":"ca5fac3c31500014683572863dcd0ed399ba83829336789d09f3b6e113e3be1d","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/15-u.s.c.-1720","next":"us/15-u.s.c.-1802"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}