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H.R. 1595 119th Congress House

Defund NPR Act

Official title: To prohibit Federal funding for National Public Radio, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 8, 2025 Introduced by: Kat Cammack Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications
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Feb 26, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 26, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Defund NPR Act

This bill prohibits federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR) or any successor organization. The prohibition includes the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from NPR by a public broadcast station using federal funds.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 746 Identical bill Defund NPR Act
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Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · Aug 8, 2025
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LaMalfa, Doug
California · Jun 6, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1595: Defund NPR Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1595/
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"H.R. 1595: Defund NPR Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1595/.
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H.R. 1595, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1595/.
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