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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 11, 2025
No Propaganda Act
This bill prohibits federal funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and rescinds certain funds that were provided to the corporation. (The corporation is a congressionally created nonprofit that supports local public television and radio broadcasting.)
People & committees
Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10] · R–PA
Legislative record
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PlainBill explanation
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-11 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 end federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and prohibit it from accepting federal funds after enactment. It would also cancel money provided under two earlier funding laws that had not yet been committed to an obligation, such as a contract. These are proposed changes; the supplied history does not establish that they became law.
No Federal funds may be made available to the Corporation after the date of the enactment of the No Propaganda Act.
(b) Corporation prohibited from accepting Federal funds
Any unobligated balances of amounts made available under the heading Corporation for Public Broadcasting in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328; 136 Stat. 4901) or the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–47; 138 Stat. 696) are hereby rescinded.
Source snapshot updated 2025-12-06T06:48:43Z. 2025-02-11: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Section 1 would give the bill the short title “No Propaganda Act.”
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Propaganda Act.
Section 2(a) would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit any federal funds from being made available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting after enactment. The proposed prohibition contains no exception or expiration date.
2. Prohibition on Federal funds for Corporation for Public Broadcasting (a) In general Section 396 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (m) Prohibition on Federal funds No Federal funds may be made available to the Corporation after the date of the enactment of the No Propaganda Act.
Section 2(b) would also prohibit the Corporation from accepting federal funds after enactment. It would make an existing provision in section 396(g)(2)(A) subject to that new restriction.
(b) Corporation prohibited from accepting Federal funds Section 396(g) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(g)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting subject to paragraph (3)(C), before obtain;
(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) accepting funds from the Federal Government after the date of the enactment of the No Propaganda Act.
Section 2(c) would cancel any remaining funds not yet committed to obligations under the Corporation for Public Broadcasting heading in the named 2023 and 2024 appropriations laws. It does not specify a dollar amount or direct recovery of money already spent.
(c) Rescission Any unobligated balances of amounts made available under the heading Corporation for Public Broadcasting in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328; 136 Stat. 4901) or the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–47; 138 Stat. 696) are hereby rescinded.
Section 2(d) would add a pre-enactment timing limit to the words “amounts received” in an existing provision of the Communications Act. The surrounding statutory text is not supplied, so the full practical effect of this change cannot be determined from the bundle.
(d) Conforming amendment Section 396(k)(3)(A)(iv)(II) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(k)(3)(A)(iv)(II)) is amended by inserting before the date of the enactment of the No Propaganda Act after amounts received.
The supplied action snapshot, updated December 6, 2025, records introduction in the House on February 11, 2025, and referral that day to the Energy and Commerce and Appropriations Committees for provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2025-12-06T06:48:43Z.
2025-02-11: Introduced in House
2025-02-11: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-11. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
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Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending allocation was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version; formal earmark disclosures and accompanying materials are not supplied.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow benefit, special exemption, or preferential exception was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
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