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119-hr-1216119th Congress

Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act

Sponsored By: Representative Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]

Introduced

Summary

End federal funding for PBS and NPR. This bill would bar direct and indirect Federal support for the Public Broadcasting Service, National Public Radio, and their successors, and redirect those dollars toward lowering the federal public debt.

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  • Public broadcasting organizations (PBS, NPR, and successors) would be prohibited from receiving any Federal funds, including indirect support such as dues payments or programming purchases.
  • Local public broadcast stations could not use Federal grants to pay dues or buy programming from PBS or NPR, which may affect station budgets and programming choices.
  • The Corporation for Public Broadcasting would transfer, for fiscal years 2025–2027, amounts equal to the allocations that would have gone to PBS/NPR into the Treasury account established at 31 U.S.C. 3113(d) to reduce public debt.

*This bill would reduce federal public debt by redirecting funds that would otherwise go to PBS and NPR into a Treasury account for debt reduction during fiscal years 2025–2027.*

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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End PBS/NPR funding, redirect to debt

If enacted, this bill would stop all federal funding for PBS, NPR, and any successor groups. Public broadcast stations would not be able to use federal funds to pay dues or buy programs from them. For fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would have to send the amounts that would have gone to PBS or NPR to a Treasury account to reduce the public debt. The funding ban would start after enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]

NY • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 2/12/2025

  • Rep. Harris, Mark [R-NC-8]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 3/3/2025

  • Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 3/25/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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