H.R. 1146

119 HR 1146 IH: No More Funding for NPR Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-07
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1146  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 7, 2025   Mr. Strong  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To prohibit Federal funding for National Public Radio, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   No More Funding for NPR Act of 2025  .
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been allocated to the organization described in subsection (d)(1) for fiscal year 2025 or 2026 are hereby permanently rescinded.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).