Bill Details
HR.2443 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-03-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced Date
2025-03-27
Policy Area
Science, Technology, Communications
Committees
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Cosponsors
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- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-Florida-2]
- Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-Tennessee-2]
- Rep. Collins, Mike [R-Georgia-10]
- Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-Texas-22]
- Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-Texas-27]
- Rep. Self, Keith [R-Texas-3]
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-Texas-14]
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-Arizona-5]
- Rep. Greene, Marjorie Taylor [R-Georgia-14]
- Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-Texas-19]
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-Arizona-9]
- Rep. Roy, Chip [R-Texas-21]
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-South Carolina-5]
- Rep. McGuire, John J. [R-Virginia-5]
- Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-California-5]
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-Florida-17]
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This bill would stop federal money from being used to support National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. It says that after the law takes effect, no federal funds could go directly or indirectly to these organizations. That includes money used by public broadcast stations to pay dues to them or buy their programming if that money came from the federal government. The bill also covers any future organization that replaces NPR or PBS.
- It applies only after the bill becomes law.
- It blocks both direct funding and indirect support through public broadcast stations.
- Public stations could not use federal funds to pay dues to NPR or PBS or purchase their programs.
- The ban would also apply to any successor group that takes the place of NPR or PBS.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2443 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2443
To eliminate taxpayer funding for the partisan broadcasting outlets
known as National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 27, 2025
Mr. Jackson of Texas (for himself, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Burchett,
Mr. Collins, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Self, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr.
Biggs of Arizona, Ms. Greene of Georgia, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Gosar, and
Mr. Roy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To eliminate taxpayer funding for the partisan broadcasting outlets
known as National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, 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 Partisan Radio and Partisan
Broadcasting Services Act'' or the ``NPR and PBS Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO AND
PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE.
(a) In General.--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 (b), 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) 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'';
(2) the organization known, as of the date of the enactment
of this Act, as the ``Public Broadcasting Service''; and
(3) any successor organization to an organization described
in paragraph (1) or (2).
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