119th Congress
S. 518
Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Mike Lee(R-UT)
- Introduced
- Feb 11, 2025
- Policy area
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (0)
No cosponsors.
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” 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 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. - Feb 11, 2025
Introduced in Senate