I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6417 
To prohibit Federal funding of certain public radio programming, to provide 
for the transfer of certain public radio funds to reduce the public debt, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2010 
Mr. LAMBORN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit Federal funding of certain public radio program-
ming, to provide for the transfer of certain public radio 
funds to reduce the public debt, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING OF CER-
TAIN PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAMMING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No Federal funds may be made 
available— 
(1) to an organization that is incorporated as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act for each of the 
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purposes described in subsection (c), or to any suc-
cessor organization; or 
(2) for the acquisition of radio programs (in-
cluding programs to be distributed or disseminated 
over the Internet) from an organization described in 
paragraph (1). 
(b) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subsection (a)(2) 
shall not be construed to prohibit the making available of 
Federal funds to any entity, including an entity that en-
gages in the acquisition described in such subsection, for 
purposes other than such acquisition. 
(c) PURPOSES DESCRIBED.—The purposes described 
in this subsection are the following: 
(1) To propose, plan and develop, to acquire, 
purchase and lease, to prepare, produce and record, 
and to distribute, license and otherwise make avail-
able radio programs to be broadcast over non-
commercial educational radio broadcast stations, 
networks and systems. 
(2) To engage in research study activities with 
respect to noncommercial educational radio pro-
gramming and broadcasting. 
(3) To lease, purchase, acquire and own, to 
order, have, use and contract for, and to otherwise 
obtain, arrange for and provide technical equipment 
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and facilities for the production, recording and dis-
tribution of radio programs for broadcast over non-
commercial educational radio stations, networks and 
systems. 
(4) To establish and maintain one or more serv-
ice or services for the production, duplication, pro-
motion and circulation of radio programs on tape, 
cassettes, records or any other means or mechanism 
suitable for noncommercial educational transmission 
and broadcast thereof. 
(5) To cooperate and participate with foreign 
broadcasting systems and networks in all aspects of 
international radio programming and broadcasting. 
(6) To develop, prepare and publish informa-
tion, data, reports and other materials in support of 
or relating to noncommercial educational radio pro-
gramming and broadcasting. 
(7) To otherwise forward and advance the de-
velopment, production, distribution and use of non-
commercial educational radio programs, materials 
and services, and to assist and support noncommer-
cial educational radio broadcasting pursuant to the 
Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, as it may from 
time to time be amended. 
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘Fed-
eral funds’’ means, with respect to receipt by a non-Fed-
eral entity from the Federal Government, the following: 
(1) Grants. 
(2) Loans. 
(3) Property. 
(4) Cooperative agreements. 
(5) Direct appropriations. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNDS TO REDUCE THE 
PUBLIC DEBT. 
For fiscal years 2011 and 2012, the Corporation for 
Public Broadcasting shall transfer to the account estab-
lished by section 3113(d) of title 31, United States Code, 
an amount equal to the amount allocated under clauses 
(ii) and (iii) of section 396(k)(3)(A) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(k)(3)(A)) that would 
have been made available to an organization described in 
subsection (a)(1) of section 1 or for the purpose described 
in subsection (a)(2) of such section, but for the enactment 
of such section. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Congressional Budget Office, the Gov-
ernment Accountability Office, and the Chairman of 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
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tem have found that unsustainable fiscal trends, 
driven by Federal spending, represent a serious 
threat to the United States economy and the pros-
perity of the American people; 
(2) Government programs and services that can 
be funded privately, or that are otherwise available 
within civil society, should not depend on taxpayer 
funding; 
(3) nondefense discretionary Federal spending 
should be significantly decreased, and savings should 
be used for the purpose of paying down the public 
debt; and 
(4) beginning in fiscal year 2011, the annual 
budget deficit should be reduced by not making 
available Federal funds as prohibited by section 1. 
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