No More Funding for NPR Act of 2025
No More Funding for NPR Act of 2025 would bar the federal government from providing any funding to National Public Radio (NPR) or any successor organization, effective after enactment. The ban covers direct federal support and indirect support, including money NPR receives through public broadcast stations using federal funds (for example, dues or purchases of NPR programming by those stations). The bill would also permanently rescind unobligated federal funds that would have been allocated to NPR for fiscal years 2025 and 2026. There is a narrow exception: federal funds may still be provided to NPR during a period when the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is actively responding to a disaster, but only to disseminate urgent information necessary to protect public safety. NPR is defined in the bill as the organization known as National Public Radio at the time of enactment, and any successor organization.
Key Points
- 1Prohibition on federal funding: After enactment, no federal funds may be made available to or used to support NPR or its successor, including via public stations that use federal funds to pay dues or purchase NPR programming.
- 2Indirect support banned: The prohibition covers indirect support through public broadcast stations that receive federal funds and use them to pay NPR.
- 3Permanent rescission: Unobligated federal funds that would have gone to NPR in fiscal years 2025 and 2026 are permanently rescinded.
- 4Narrow disaster exception: The prohibition does not apply to federal funds provided to NPR during FEMA disaster response activities, but only for the purpose of disseminating urgent information to protect public safety.
- 5Scope and designation: NPR and any successor organization are the entities described in the bill; NPR is named as of enactment, with the possibility of a successor.