Official Summaries

No Propaganda Act

This bill prohibits federal funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and rescinds certain funds that were provided to the corporation. (The corporation is a congressionally created nonprofit that supports local public television and radio broadcasting.)

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1211 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1211

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit Federal funding for 
    the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2025

 Mr. Perry (for himself and Mr. Ogles) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
    addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit Federal funding for 
    the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 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 Propaganda Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC 
              BROADCASTING.

    (a) In General.--Section 396 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 396) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(m) Prohibition on Federal Funds.--No Federal funds may be made 
available to the Corporation after the date of the enactment of the No 
Propaganda Act.''.
    (b) Corporation Prohibited From Accepting Federal Funds.--Section 
396(g) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(g)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ``subject to 
        paragraph (3)(C),'' before ``obtain''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
            ``(C) accepting funds from the Federal Government after the 
        date of the enactment of the No Propaganda Act.''.
    (c) Rescission.--Any unobligated balances of amounts made available 
under the heading ``Corporation for Public Broadcasting'' in the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328; 136 Stat. 
4901) or the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 
118-47; 138 Stat. 696) are hereby rescinded.
    (d) Conforming Amendment.--Section 396(k)(3)(A)(iv)(II) of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(k)(3)(A)(iv)(II)) is amended 
by inserting ``before the date of the enactment of the No Propaganda 
Act'' after ``amounts received''.
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