S. 518 · 119th Congress · Senate

Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act

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Introduced
Feb 11, 25
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
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Signed into Law
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Executive Summary

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.

Action Timeline

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  1. FEB 11, 2025Senate

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

  2. FEB 11, 2025Library of Congress

    Introduced in Senate

Committees

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Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

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Referred: Feb 11, 2025

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