S. 746 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Feb 26, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryStops federal funding for NPR
This bill would prohibit the federal government from giving money to National Public Radio (NPR) or any organization that replaces it. It also would prevent public broadcasting stations from using federal funds to pay dues to NPR or buy programs from NPR.
How it affects you
If you listen to NPR, this could affect what programming is available and how the network operates, since federal funding makes up a part of NPR's budget. Public broadcasting stations that rely on federal money would need to find other ways to pay for NPR content if they wanted to keep it.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Feb 26, 2025)
Defund NPR Act
This bill prohibits federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR) or any successor organization. The prohibition includes the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from NPR by a public broadcast station using federal funds.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 746
A BILL
Defund NPR Act
Sponsor: Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) · Introduced Feb 26, 2025 · Science, Technology, Communications · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Feb 26, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.”