To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit Federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting after fiscal year 2021.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3393 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3393

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit Federal funding for 
    the Corporation for Public Broadcasting after fiscal year 2021.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2019

  Mr. Lamborn (for himself, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
Rooney of Florida, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Babin, Mr. Norman, Mr. Wright, and 
 Mr. Mooney of West Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit Federal funding for 
    the Corporation for Public Broadcasting after fiscal year 2021.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC 
              BROADCASTING AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2021.

    (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 After Fiscal Year 2021.--No 
Federal funds may be made available to the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting after fiscal year 2021.''.
    (b) Corporation Prohibited From Accepting Federal Funds.--
Subsection (g) of such section 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 
        fiscal year 2021.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (k)(3)(A)(iv)(II) of such 
section is amended by inserting ``through fiscal year 2021'' after 
``amounts received''.
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