Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act has not moved since its introduction on Feb 11, 2025, with cosponsors, all Republicans
IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 96 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Policy area
- Science, Technology, Communications: 52 of 2,109 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.5%)
- Sponsor
- 0 of 187 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 234 words
- Latest action
- Feb 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th S. 518 Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]