NPR and PBS Act

Bill: 118-hr-1632
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2023-03-17
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong></strong> <b>No Partisan Radio and Partisan Broadcasting Services Act or the NPR and PBS Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), including by prohibiting the use of federal funds received by a public broadcast station to pay dues to or purchase programming from NPR or PBS.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1632 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 17, 2023 Mr. Jackson of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To eliminate taxpayer funding for the partisan broadcasting outlets known as National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Partisan Radio and Partisan Broadcasting Services Act or the NPR and PBS Act . 2. Prohibition on Federal funding for National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service (a) In general After the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may, directly or indirectly, be made available to or used to support an organization described in subsection (b), including through the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from such organization by a public broadcast station using Federal funds received by such station. (b) Organizations described The organizations described in this subsection are— (1) the organization known, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, as National Public Radio ; (2) the organization known, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, as the Public Broadcasting Service ; and (3) any successor organization to an organization described in paragraph (1) or (2).