[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3410 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3410
To prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio and the use of
Federal funds to acquire radio content.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 20, 2021
Mr. Lamborn (for himself, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Steube, Mr. Biggs, Mr.
Gosar, Mr. Duncan, and Mr. Good of Virginia) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio and the use of
Federal funds to acquire radio content.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING OF NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO AND
RADIO CONTENT ACQUISITION.
(a) In General.--No Federal funds may be made available--
(1) to an organization that is incorporated as of the date
of the enactment of this Act for each of the purposes described
in subsection (c), or to any successor organization;
(2) for payment of dues to an organization described in
paragraph (1); or
(3) for the acquisition of radio programs (including
programs to be distributed or disseminated over the internet)
by or for the use of a radio broadcast station that is a public
broadcast station (as defined in section 397(6) of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 397(6))).
(b) Rules of Construction.--
(1) Other purposes.--Paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection
(a) shall not be construed to prohibit the making available of
Federal funds to any entity, including an entity that engages
in the payment described in such paragraph (2) or the
acquisition described in such paragraph (3), for purposes other
than such payment or acquisition.
(2) Radio content acquisition by united states agency for
global media or defense media activity.--Subsection (a)(3)
shall not be construed to apply to the acquisition of radio
programs by the United States Agency for Global Media or the
Defense Media Activity.
(c) Purposes Described.--The purposes described in this subsection
are the following:
(1) To propose, plan and develop, to acquire, purchase and
lease, to prepare, produce and record, and to distribute,
license and otherwise make available radio programs to be
broadcast over noncommercial educational radio broadcast
stations, networks and systems.
(2) To engage in research study activities with respect to
noncommercial educational radio programming and broadcasting.
(3) To lease, purchase, acquire and own, to order, have,
use and contract for, and to otherwise obtain, arrange for and
provide technical equipment and facilities for the production,
recording and distribution of radio programs for broadcast over
noncommercial educational radio stations, networks and systems.
(4) To establish and maintain one or more service or
services for the production, duplication, promotion and
circulation of radio programs on tape, cassettes, records or
any other means or mechanism suitable for noncommercial
educational transmission and broadcast thereof.
(5) To cooperate and participate with foreign broadcasting
systems and networks in all aspects of international radio
programming and broadcasting.
(6) To develop, prepare and publish information, data,
reports and other materials in support of or relating to
noncommercial educational radio programming and broadcasting.
(7) To otherwise forward and advance the development,
production, distribution and use of noncommercial educational
radio programs, materials and services, and to assist and
support noncommercial educational radio broadcasting pursuant
to the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, as it may from time to
time be amended.
(d) Federal Funds Defined.--
(1) In general.--In this section, the term ``Federal
funds'' means, with respect to receipt by a non-Federal entity
from the Federal Government, the following:
(A) Grants.
(B) Loans.
(C) Property.
(D) Cooperative agreements.
(E) Direct appropriations.
(2) Grants or subgrants from non-federal entity.--Such term
also includes grants or subgrants from Federal funds made
available to a non-Federal entity.
(e) Changes to Funding Formula.--Section 396(k)(3)(A) of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(k)(3)(A)) is amended--
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ``fiscal year'' and all
that follows and inserting ``fiscal year, such amounts shall be
available for distribution among the licensees and permittees
of public radio stations pursuant to paragraph (6)(B).''; and
(2) in clause (v)(II), by striking ``clause (iii)(II) and
(III)'' and inserting ``clause (iii)''.
(f) Conforming Amendments.--Section 396 of the Communications Act
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396) is amended--
(1) in subsection (g)(2)--
(A) in the matter before clause (i) of subparagraph
(B), by inserting ``(except for the acquisition of
radio programs)'' after ``public telecommunications
services''; and
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``(except for
the acquisition of radio programs)'' after ``public
telecommunications services'';
(2) in subsection (k)--
(A) in the 1st sentence of paragraph (3)(B)(i)--
(i) by striking ``and subparagraph
(A)(iii)(II)''; and
(ii) by striking ``or radio'';
(B) in the 3rd sentence of paragraph (6)(B), by
striking ``paragraph (3)(A)(iii)(I)'' and inserting
``paragraph (3)(A)(iii)''; and
(C) in paragraph (7)--
(i) by striking ``(iii)(I)'' and inserting
``(iii)''; and
(ii) by inserting ``(except for the
acquisition of radio programming)'' before the
period at the end; and
(3) in subsection (l)(4)--
(A) in the matter before clause (i) of subparagraph
(B), by striking ``(iii)(II)'' and inserting ``(iii)'';
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``subsection
(k)(3)(A)(iii)(III)'' and inserting ``subsection
(k)(3)(A)(iii)''; and
(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``subsection
(k)(3)(A) (ii)(III) or (iii)(II)'' and inserting
``subsection (k)(3)(A)(ii)(II) or subsection
(k)(3)(A)(iii)''.
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