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This bill would stop the federal government from giving money to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR). It would also block public broadcasting stations from using federal money in ways that help those organizations, such as paying dues or buying programming from them. In addition, the bill would send certain federal funds that would have gone to these groups toward reducing the national debt for three budget years: 2025, 2026, and 2027.
- After the bill becomes law, no federal funds could be used directly or indirectly to support PBS, NPR, or any later group that replaces them.
- The funding ban would also cover money spent by local public broadcast stations if that money came from federal sources.
- For fiscal years 2025 through 2027, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would have to transfer some of the money it would have sent to PBS or NPR to the Treasury account used to reduce the public debt.
Official Summaries
Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act
This bill prohibits federal funding of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), National Public Radio (NPR), and any successor organization to PBS or NPR. The prohibition extends to the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from PBS or NPR by a public broadcast station using federal funds.
The bill also directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to transfer to the Department of the Treasury for the purpose of reducing the public debt an amount equal to certain funding that would have otherwise been provided to PBS or NPR in FY2025-FY2027.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1216 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1216
To prohibit Federal funding for the Public Broadcasting Service and
National Public Radio and to provide for the transfer of certain
Federal funds that would have been made available to those
organizations to reduce the public debt, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 11, 2025
Ms. Tenney 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 the Public Broadcasting Service and
National Public Radio and to provide for the transfer of certain
Federal funds that would have been made available to those
organizations to reduce the public debt, 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 ``Defund Government-Sponsored
Propaganda Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
AND NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO.
(a) In General.--After the date of enactment of this Act, no
Federal funds may, directly or indirectly, be made available to or used
to support an organization described in subsection (b), including
through the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from the
organization by a public broadcast station using Federal funds received
by the station.
(b) Organizations Described.--The organizations described in this
subsection are--
(1) the organization known, as of the date of enactment of
this Act, as the ``Public Broadcasting Service'';
(2) the organization known, as of the date of enactment of
this Act, as ``National Public Radio''; and
(3) any successor organization to an organization described
in paragraph (1) or (2).
(c) Transfer of Certain Funds To Reduce the Public Debt.--For
fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027, the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting shall transfer to the account established by section
3113(d) of title 31, United States Code, an amount equal to the sum of
the amounts allocated under clauses (ii) and (iii) of section
396(k)(3)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(k)(3)(A))
that would have been made available to an organization described in
subsection (b) but for the prohibition in subsection (a).
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