119-s2020

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2020 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2020

 To codify Executive Order 14290, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 11, 2025

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To codify Executive Order 14290, 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 ``Free Americans from Ideological 
Reporting Act'' or the ``FAIR Act''.

SEC. 2. CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING.

    (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 NPR and PBS.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--After the date of enactment of this 
 subsection, 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. 
 The Corporation shall cancel any direct and indirect funding to 
 the maximum extent allowed by law and shall decline to provide 
 future funding to such organizations, including by ensuring 
 that licensees and permittees of public radio and television 
 stations, as well as any other recipients of funds under this 
 section, do not use Federal funds for such organizations.
 ``

    (2) Organizations described.--The organizations described 
 in this paragraph are--
 ``
        (A) the organization known, as of the date of 
 enactment of this subsection, as `National Public 
 Radio';
 ``
        (B) the organization known, as of the date of 
 enactment of this subsection, as `Public Broadcasting 
 Service';
 ``
            (C) any successor organization to an organization 
 described in subparagraph
        (A) or
        (B) ; or
 ``
            (D) any licensee or permittee of an organization 
 described in subparagraph
        (A) or
        (B) .
 ``

    (3) Grants revisions.--The Corporation shall revise the 
 applicable Television Community Service Grants General 
 Provisions and Eligibility Criteria and Radio Community Service 
 Grants General Provisions and Eligibility Criteria to prohibit 
 direct or indirect funding to the organizations described in 
 paragraph

    (2) and take all other necessary steps to minimize or 
 eliminate its indirect funding of such organizations.''.

    (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 ``, unless the governing body'' and all that 
 follows through ``reasons for closing the meeting'' and 
 inserting a period;
        (B) by striking paragraph

    (9) ;
            (C) by redesignating paragraphs

    (10) ,

    (11) , and

    (12) as paragraphs

    (9) ,

    (10) , and

    (11) , respectively; 
 and
            (D) in paragraph

    (9) , as so redesignated, in 
 subparagraph
            (D) , by striking ``paragraphs

    (4) ,

    (5) ,

    (8) , and

    (9) '' and inserting ``paragraphs

    (4) ,

    (5) , and

    (8) ''; and

    (2) in 

section 398

    (b)

    (1) (47 U.S.C. 398

    (b)

    (1) ), by striking 
 ``by the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio 
 (or any successor organization) and''.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL AGENCIES.

 The heads of each Federal agency shall--

    (1) identify and terminate, to the maximum extent 
 consistent with applicable law, any direct or indirect funding 
 of the organizations described in subsection
            (m) (2) of 

section 396 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396), as added 
 by this Act; and

    (2) identify any remaining grants, contracts, or other 
 funding instruments entered into with such organizations and 
 determine such organizations are in compliance with the terms 
 of those instruments, taking appropriate steps under the terms 
 of those instruments if a determination of noncompliance is 
 made.

SEC. 4. SEVERABILITY.

 If any provision of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, is 
held invalid, the remainder of this Act shall not be affected thereby. 
If the application of any provision of this Act, or an amendment made 
by this Act, to any agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, 
the application of such provision to another agency, person, or 
circumstance shall not be affected thereby.

SEC. 5. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair 
or otherwise affect--

    (1) the authority granted by law to an executive department 
 or agency, or the head thereof; or

    (2) the functions of the Director of the Office of 
 Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or 
 legislative proposals.

    (b) No Private Right of Action.--This Act is not intended to, and 
does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, 
its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or 
agents, or any other person.
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