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]
[S. 519 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 519

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 11, 2025

  Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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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:
    ``(m) Prohibition on Federal Funds.--No Federal funds may be made 
available to the Corporation on or after the date of 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:
            ``(C) accepting funds from the Federal Government on or 
        after the date of 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, 2022 (Public Law 117-103; 136 Stat. 
489), 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 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 enactment of the No Propaganda Act'' 
after ``amounts received''.
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