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119th Congress Science, Technology, Communications

S. 518: Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Feb 11, 2025
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
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Summary

Introduced in Senate, Feb 11, 2025

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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History

  1. Feb 11, 2025Introduced in the Senate by Mike Lee.
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  1. Feb 11, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 11, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.