119-hr1146

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1146 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1146

 To prohibit Federal funding for National Public Radio, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 7, 2025

 Mr. Strong introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

 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 ``No More Funding for NPR Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO.

    (a) Prohibition.--After the date of the enactment of this Act, no 
Federal funds may, directly or indirectly, be made available to or used 
to support an organization described in subsection
            (d) , including 
through the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from such 
organization by a public broadcast station using Federal funds received 
by such station.

    (b) Rescission.--The unobligated balances of any Federal amounts 
that otherwise would have been allocated to the organization described 
in subsection
            (d) (1) for fiscal year 2025 or 2026 are hereby 
permanently rescinded.
            (c) Limitation.--Subsections

    (a) and

    (b) do not apply to Federal 
funds made available to an organization described in subsection
            (d) --

    (1) during a period that the Federal Emergency Management 
 Agency is actively engaged in disaster response activities; and

    (2) for the sole purpose of disseminating to the public 
 urgent information necessary to protect public safety.
            (d) Organizations Described.--The organizations described in this 
subsection are--

    (1) the organization known, as of the date of the enactment 
 of this Act, as ``National Public Radio''; and

    (2) any successor organization to the organization 
 described in paragraph

    (1) .
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