H.R. 1595 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Defund NPR Act
Cosponsors: 2 (0 D, 2 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-02-26
Latest action (2025-02-26): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
What H.R. 1595 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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