No More Funding for NPR Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1146
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Strong, Dale W. [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2025-02-07
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-02-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>No More Funding for NPR Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR) or any successor organization and rescinds certain funds that were provided to NPR.</p><p>The prohibition includes the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from NPR by a public broadcast station using federal funds. The prohibition does not include funds made available to NPR during certain periods of disaster response and for the sole purpose of disseminating urgent information to protect public safety.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1146 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2025 Mr. Strong 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 No More Funding for NPR Act of 2025 . 2. Prohibition on Federal funding for National Public Radio (a) Prohibition 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 (d), 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) Rescission The unobligated balances of any Federal amounts that otherwise would have been allocated to the organization described in subsection (d)(1) for fiscal year 2025 or 2026 are hereby permanently rescinded. (c) Limitation Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to Federal funds made available to an organization described in subsection (d)— (1) during a period that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is actively engaged in disaster response activities; and (2) for the sole purpose of disseminating to the public urgent information necessary to protect public safety. (d) 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 ; and (2) any successor organization to the organization described in paragraph (1).