S. 519: No Propaganda Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-11 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Official title

No Propaganda Act

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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.)

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No Propaganda Act

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s519.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>

Record fed-us-cong119-s519 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills