Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act
The summary
What this bill does
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.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - UT · R-UT
Roll-call vote
The vote, by member
The vote, by member
VERSION CHANGES
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | S |
| Bill Number | 518 |
| Origin Chamber | Senate |
| Current Status | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| Policy Area | Science, Technology, Communications |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | February 11, 2025 |
| Latest Action | February 11, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 0 · House vote — · — views |