HR 1216 ยท Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced
- Feb 11, 2025
- Latest action
- Feb 11, 2025
- Sponsor
- Rep. Claudia Tenney [R-NY-24]
- Policy area
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Cosponsors
- 3
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.
Recent actions
- Feb 11, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Feb 11, 2025 Introduced in House
- Feb 11, 2025 Introduced in House
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.