119th Congress
H.R. 1216
Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Claudia Tenney(R-NY)
- Introduced
- Feb 11, 2025
- Policy area
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (3)
Added later (3)
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ) · Feb 12, 2025
- Mark Harris (R-NC) · Mar 3, 2025
- Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) · Mar 25, 2025
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act
This bill prohibits federal funding of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), National Public Radio (NPR), and any successor organization to PBS or NPR. The prohibition extends to the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from PBS or NPR by a public broadcast station using federal funds.
The bill also directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to transfer to the Department of the Treasury for the purpose of reducing the public debt an amount equal to certain funding that would have otherwise been provided to PBS or NPR in FY2025-FY2027.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Feb 11, 2025 · House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. - Feb 11, 2025
Introduced in House