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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 7, 2025
No More Funding for NPR Act of 2025
This bill prohibits federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR) or any successor organization and rescinds certain funds that were provided to NPR.
The prohibition includes the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from NPR by a public broadcast station using federal funds. The prohibition does not include funds made available to NPR during certain periods of disaster response and for the sole purpose of disseminating urgent information to protect public safety.
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Rep. Strong, Dale W. [R-AL-5] · R–AL
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-07 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would stop federal money from supporting National Public Radio (NPR) or a successor organization, including through federally funded purchases by public broadcast stations. It would also cancel certain NPR funding for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 that has not yet been legally committed. A limited exception would allow funding solely for urgent public-safety information while the Federal Emergency Management Agency is actively responding to disasters.
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.
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been allocated to the organization described in subsection (d)(1) for fiscal year 2025 or 2026 are hereby permanently rescinded.
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.
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).
The proposed prohibition would apply after enactment and cover both direct and indirect federal support for NPR and any successor organization, subject to the emergency-information exception.
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)
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).
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.
The prohibition expressly includes public broadcast stations using federal funds to pay dues to NPR or its successor, or to buy programming from them.
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.
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).
Subject to the emergency-information exception, the bill would permanently cancel federal balances not yet legally committed that otherwise would have been allocated to NPR for fiscal year 2025 or 2026. This cancellation provision specifically names NPR through subsection (d)(1).
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.
(1) the organization known, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, as National Public Radio;
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.
The exception would apply only when both conditions are met: the Federal Emergency Management Agency is actively conducting disaster response, and the funds are solely for sharing urgent information necessary to protect public safety. It exempts qualifying funds from both the funding prohibition and cancellation provision; it does not itself require a payment.
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.
The supplied action snapshot, updated August 16, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 7, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-08-16T08:05:51Z. 2025-02-07: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2025-02-07: Introduced in House
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NPR and any successor organization would retain a limited exception for federal funds used solely to share urgent public-safety information while the Federal Emergency Management Agency is actively responding to disasters. This is a conditional carve-out from the bill's own restrictions, not a guaranteed funding award.
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.
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).
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