Defund NPR Act

Bill: 119-s-746
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]
Introduced: 2025-02-26
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-02-26
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Defund NPR Act</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR) or any successor organization.&nbsp;The prohibition includes the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from NPR by a public broadcast station using federal funds. </p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 746 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 26, 2025 Mr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 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 .