Federal

NPR and PBS Act

Source: Congress.gov · 346 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill stops the federal government from giving money to National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. The bill bans federal funds from supporting these organizations directly or indirectly, including when public broadcast stations use federal money to buy their programming.

Who It Affects

National Public Radio, the Public Broadcasting Service, any successor organizations to these two groups, and public broadcast stations that receive federal funding.

Key Provisions

• No federal funds may be given directly or indirectly to National Public Radio or the Public Broadcasting Service after the bill becomes law (Sec. 2(a)) • Federal money cannot be used by public broadcast stations to pay dues to or buy programming from these organizations (Sec. 2(a)) • The ban applies to any organization that replaces National Public Radio or the Public Broadcasting Service in the future (Sec. 2(b)(3))

What Changes

Federal funding to National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service ends. Public broadcast stations can no longer use their federal money to purchase programming from or pay dues to these two organizations.

Important Definitions

None defined in bill text.

Effective Date

The bill takes effect on the date it becomes law, described as "after the date of the enactment of this Act."

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1632 To eliminate taxpayer funding for the partisan broadcasting outlets known as National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 17, 2023 Mr. JACKSON of Texas 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Partisan Radio 4 and Partisan Broadcasting Services Act’’ or the ‘‘NPR 5 and PBS Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:50 Mar 29, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1632.IH H1632 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1632 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NA- 1 TIONAL PUBLIC RADIO AND PUBLIC BROAD- 2 CASTING SERVICE. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—After the date of the enactment 4 of this Act, no Federal funds may, directly or indirectly, 5 be made available to or used to support an organization 6 described in subsection (b), including through the payment 7 of dues to or the purchase of programming from such or- 8 ganization by a public broadcast station using Federal 9 funds received by such station. 10 (b) ORGANIZATIONS DESCRIBED.—The organizations 11 described in this subsection are— 12 (1) the organization known, as of the date of 13 the enactment of this Act, as ‘‘National Public 14 Radio’’; 15 (2) the organization known, as of the date of 16 the enactment of this Act, as the ‘‘Public Broad- 17 casting Service’’; and 18 (3) any successor organization to an organiza- 19 tion described in paragraph (1) or (2). 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:50 Mar 29, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1632.IH H1632 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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