Defund NPR Act

119 HR 1595 IH: Defund NPR Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-02-26 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1595 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 2025 Mrs. Cammack introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit Federal funding for National Public Radio, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defund NPR Act . 2. Prohibition on Federal funding for National Public Radio (a) In general Section 396 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 396 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (m) Prohibition on Federal funding for National Public Radio (1) In general After the date of enactment of the Defund NPR Act , no Federal funds may, directly or indirectly, be made available to or used to support an organization described in paragraph (2), including through the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from the organization by a public broadcast station using Federal funds received by the station. (2) Organizations described The organizations described in this paragraph are— (A) the organization known, as of the date of enactment of the Defund NPR Act , as National Public Radio ; and (B) any successor organization to the organization described in subparagraph (A). . (b) Technical and conforming amendments Title III of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 301 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 396(k) ( 47 U.S.C. 396(k) )— (A) in paragraph (4), in the first sentence, by striking or National Public Radio ; and (B) in paragraph (9), by striking or National Public Radio each place that term appears; and (2) in section 398(b)(1) ( 47 U.S.C. 398(b)(1) ), by striking and National Public Radio .