February 26, 2025
Mr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To prohibit Federal funding for National Public Radio, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Defund NPR Act
.
Sec. 2. Prohibition on Federal funding for National Public Radio
(a) In general
Section 396 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(m) Prohibition on Federal funding for National Public Radio
(1) In general
After the date of enactment of the Defund NPR Act, no Federal funds may, directly or indirectly, be made available to or used to support an organization described in paragraph (2), including through the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from the organization by a public broadcast station using Federal funds received by the station.
(2) Organizations described
The organizations described in this paragraph are—
(A)
the organization known, as of the date of enactment of the Defund NPR Act, as
National Public Radio; and(B)
any successor organization to the organization described in subparagraph (A).
(b) Technical and conforming amendments
Title III of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended—
(1)
in section 396(k) (47 U.S.C. 396(k))—
(A)
in paragraph (4), in the first sentence, by striking or National Public Radio
; and
(B)
in paragraph (9), by striking or National Public Radio
each place that term appears; and
(2)
in section 398(b)(1) (47 U.S.C. 398(b)(1)), by striking and National Public Radio
.