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H.R. 2443

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 2443, the NPR and PBS Act, was introduced in the House on Mar 27, 2025 by Rep. Ronny Jackson (R) with 16 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Mar 27, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 2443 has 16 co-sponsors.

hb2443/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 2443 IH: No Partisan Radio and Partisan Broadcasting Services Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-27
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2443  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 27, 2025   Mr. Jackson of Texas  (for himself,  Mr. Dunn of Florida ,  Mr. Burchett ,  Mr. Collins ,  Mr. Nehls ,  Mr. Cloud ,  Mr. Self ,  Mr. Weber of Texas ,  Mr. Biggs of Arizona ,  Ms. Greene of Georgia ,  Mr. Arrington ,  Mr. Gosar , and  Mr. Roy ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To eliminate taxpayer funding for the partisan broadcasting outlets known as National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   No Partisan Radio and Partisan Broadcasting Services Act   or the   NPR and PBS Act  .
2.
Prohibition on Federal funding for National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service
(a)
In general
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 (b), 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)
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 ;
(2)
the organization known, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, as the  Public Broadcasting Service ; and
(3)
any successor organization to an organization described in paragraph (1) or (2).

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-03-27
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To eliminate taxpayer funding for the partisan broadcasting outlets known as National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R) sponsors H.R. 2443, and 16 members have co-sponsored it, 12 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 2443 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce
Energy and Commerce
Referred To · Mar 27, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 2443 has taken 2 actions since Mar 27, 2025.

ChamberAction
Mar 27, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Mar 27, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Energy and Commerce Committee

Votes

H.R. 2443 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 2443 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • NPR and PBS Act — Display Title
  • NPR and PBS Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • No Partisan Radio and Partisan Broadcasting Services Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To eliminate taxpayer funding for the partisan broadcasting outlets known as National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 2 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2443 in 8 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS—District of Columbia14—
CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS—District of Columbia14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS14—
CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
CHARLOTTE PINEDA228
KATHERINE ORRICO228

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONSCONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS2025 third_quarter$40K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONSAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS2025 third_quarter$40K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONSAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS2025 first_quarter$40K1st Quarter - Report
CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONSCONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS2025 first_quarter$40K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONSAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS2025 fourth_quarter$35K4th Quarter - Report
CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONSCONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS2025 fourth_quarter$35K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONSAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS2025 second_quarter$35K2nd Quarter - Report
CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONSCONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS2025 second_quarter$35K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2443 under Science, Technology, Communications, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2443’s is Science, Technology, Communications.

hr2443/policy-areas.txt
Science, Technology, CommunicationsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com