House Republican Seeks Further Restrictions on NPR, PBS Funding for FY24
Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, wants to attach an amendment to the House Appropriations Committee-approved Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee FY 2024 funding bill (HR-5894) that would bar funding from the bill to, “directly or indirectly,…
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be made available to or used to support” either NPR or PBS. House Appropriations approved HR-5894 in July without language providing for advance FY 2026 CPB money (see 2307140069). Jackson’s amendment would include barring use of federal funds for “payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from any such organization by a public broadcast station.” House leaders expect to bring HR-5894 to the floor the week of Nov. 13.