NPR and PBS Act

[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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