H.R. 1216

119th Congress

In Committee

Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act

Sponsored byRepublican:Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]NY· Introduced 11 February 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

11 February 2025·1 year ago

Summary

Introduced in House · Updated 17 June 2025

Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act

This bill prohibits federal funding of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), National Public Radio (NPR), and any successor organization to PBS or NPR. The prohibition extends to the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from PBS or NPR by a public broadcast station using federal funds. 

The bill also directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to transfer to the Department of the Treasury for the purpose of reducing the public debt an amount equal to certain funding that would have otherwise been provided to PBS or NPR in FY2025-FY2027.

Timeline

3 actions

  1. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    11 February 2025 · IntroReferral

  2. Introduced in House

    11 February 2025 · IntroReferral

  3. Introduced in House

    11 February 2025 · IntroReferral

Sponsorship

3 cosponsors

Sponsor

Republican:Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]NY

Cosponsors

  • Republican3100%

Classification

Policy area

Science, Technology, Communications

Cosponsor momentum

Cumulative over time

Cosponsors grew from 0 on 11 February 2025 to 3 on 25 March 2025.

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