119-s746

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 746 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 746

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

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 26, 2025

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

_______________________________________________________________________

 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 ``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''.
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