118 HR 8286 IH: Defund NPR Act of 2024 U.S. House of Representatives 2024-05-07 text/xml EN 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 118th CONGRESS2d Session H. R. 8286 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7, 2024 Ms. Tenney 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 to provide for the transfer of certain Federal funds that would have been made available to National Public Radio to reduce the public debt, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Defund NPR Act of 2024.

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Prohibition on Federal funding for National Public Radio

(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; and (2)any successor organization to an organization described in paragraph (1). (c)

Transfer of certain funds To reduce the public debt

For fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting shall transfer to the account established by section 3113(d) of title 31, United States Code, an amount equal to the amount allocated under section 396(k)(3)(A)(iii) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(k)(3)(A)(iii)) that would have been made available to an organization described in subsection (b) but for the prohibition in subsection (a).