HR 1216
119th Congress
House
Science, Technology, Communications
Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act
Introduced: February 11, 2025
Introduced by:
Tenney, Claudia
Republican
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 11, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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