NPR and PBS Act

Bill: 119-hr-2443
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2025-03-27
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Latest action: action_date: 2025-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2443 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 2025 Mr. Jackson of Texas (for himself, Mr. Dunn of Florida , Mr. Burchett , Mr. Collins , Mr. Nehls , Mr. Cloud , Mr. Self , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Biggs of Arizona , Ms. Greene of Georgia , Mr. Arrington , Mr. Gosar , and Mr. Roy ) 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).