119th Congress Science, Technology, Communications
H.R. 1216: Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act
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Summary
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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Andy Biggs R-AZ
- Mark Harris R-NC
- Derrick Van Orden R-WI
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History
- Introduced in the House by Claudia Tenney.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.