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This bill would stop federal money from going to National Public Radio, either directly or indirectly. It would also cancel any unused federal money that was set aside for NPR for fiscal years 2025 and 2026. There is one limited exception: federal funds could still be used during active disaster response if the money is only for sharing urgent public safety information with the public.
- After the bill becomes law, no federal funds could be used to support NPR, including through payments or program purchases made by public broadcast stations using federal money.
- Any unspent federal funds that were otherwise going to NPR for 2025 or 2026 would be permanently taken back.
- The ban would also apply to any successor organization if NPR were replaced or renamed.
- The only exception would be for emergency situations when FEMA is actively responding to a disaster and the funding is used only to share urgent safety information.
Official Summaries
No More Funding for NPR Act of 2025
This bill prohibits federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR) or any successor organization and rescinds certain funds that were provided to NPR.
The prohibition includes the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from NPR by a public broadcast station using federal funds. The prohibition does not include funds made available to NPR during certain periods of disaster response and for the sole purpose of disseminating urgent information to protect public safety.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1146 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1146
To prohibit Federal funding for National Public Radio, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 7, 2025
Mr. Strong introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To prohibit Federal funding for National Public Radio, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No More Funding for NPR Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO.
(a) Prohibition.--After the date of the enactment of this Act, no
Federal funds may, directly or indirectly, be made available to or used
to support an organization described in subsection (d), including
through the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from such
organization by a public broadcast station using Federal funds received
by such station.
(b) Rescission.--The unobligated balances of any Federal amounts
that otherwise would have been allocated to the organization described
in subsection (d)(1) for fiscal year 2025 or 2026 are hereby
permanently rescinded.
(c) Limitation.--Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to Federal
funds made available to an organization described in subsection (d)--
(1) during a period that the Federal Emergency Management
Agency is actively engaged in disaster response activities; and
(2) for the sole purpose of disseminating to the public
urgent information necessary to protect public safety.
(d) Organizations Described.--The organizations described in this
subsection are--
(1) the organization known, as of the date of the enactment
of this Act, as ``National Public Radio''; and
(2) any successor organization to the organization
described in paragraph (1).
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