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No More Funding for NPR Act of 2025
To prohibit Federal funding for National Public Radio, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill prohibits the use of Federal funds to support National Public Radio (NPR) or any successor organization, effective upon enactment. The prohibition covers both direct and indirect funding mechanisms, including purchases of NPR programming by public broadcast stations using Federal funds. The bill rescinds any unobligated Federal funds that were allocated to NPR for fiscal years 2025 or 2026. An exception allows Federal funding to NPR only during periods when the Federal Emergency Management Agency is actively engaged in disaster response, and only for the dissemination of urgent information necessary to protect public safety.
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Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Dale W. Strong’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $16,900
- LEIDOS $16,800
- MONTE SANO RESEARCH CORP $13,200
- COLLAZO ENTERPRISES $12,400
- IGNITE $10,150
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Dale W. Strong → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Feb 7, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Feb 7, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “No More Funding for NPR Act of 2025”.
SEC. 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). <all>
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