Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act

This bill proposes to eliminate all federal financial support for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), including any successor organizations. It explicitly prohibits both direct and indirect federal funding, encompassing funds used by public broadcast stations to pay dues or purchase programming from these entities. A key provision mandates that for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027 , the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) must transfer specific funds. These amounts, which would have been allocated to PBS and NPR, are instead to be redirected to an account established for the purpose of reducing the public debt . This ensures that federal allocations previously earmarked for these public media organizations are repurposed for national debt reduction.