,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjbj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #aa1     
#bjbe ,mrs4 ,blackburn introduced the   
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to codify ,executive      
,order #adbij1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,free ,americans from           
,ideological ,reporting ,act or the     
,,fair ,act4  #b4 ,corporation for      
public broadcasting  7a7 ,in general    
,section #cif of the ,communications    
,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #cif7 is   
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7m7 ,prohibition on ,federal
 funding for ,,npr and ,,pbs  7#a7 ,in  
general ,after the date of enactment of 
this subsection1 no ,federal funds may1 
directly or indirectly1 be made         
available to or used to support an      
organization described in paragraph     
7#b71 including through the payment of  

dues to or the purchase of programming  
from the organization by a public       
broadcast station using ,federal funds  
received by the station4 ,the           
,corporation shall cancel any direct and
 indirect funding to the maximum extent 
allowed by law and shall decline to     
provide future funding to such          
organizations1 including by ensuring    
that licensees and permittees of public 
radio and television stations1 as well  
as any other recipients of funds under  
this section1 do not use ,federal funds 
for such organizations4  7#b7           
,organizations described ,the           
organizations described in this         
paragraph are--  7,a7 the organization  
known1 as of the date of enactment of   
this subsection1 as ,national ,public   
,radio2  7,b7 the organization known1 as
 of the date of enactment of this       
subsection1 as ,public ,broadcasting    
,service2  7,c7 any successor           
organization to an organization         
described in subparagraph 7,a7 or 7,b72 

or  7,d7 any licensee or permittee of an
 organization described in subparagraph 
7,a7 or 7,b74  7#c7 ,grants revisions   
,the ,corporation shall revise the      
applicable ,television ,community       
,service ,grants ,general ,provisions   
and ,eligibility ,criteria and ,radio   
,community ,service ,grants ,general    
,provisions and ,eligibility ,criteria  
to prohibit direct or indirect funding  
to the organizations described in       
paragraph 7#b7 and take all other       
necessary steps to minimize or eliminate
 its indirect funding of such           
organizations4  4  7b7 ,technical and   
conforming amendments ,title ,,iii of   
the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg  
,u4,s4,c4 #cja et seq47 is amended--    
7#a7 in section #cif7k7 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4  
#cif7k77-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#d71 in   
the first sentence1 by striking 1 unless
 the governing body and all that follows
 through reasons for closing the meeting
 and inserting a period2  7,b7 by       
striking paragraph 7#i72  7,c7 by       

redesignating paragraphs 7#aj71 7#aa71  
and 7#ab7 as paragraphs 7#i71 7#aj71 and
 7#aa71 respectively2 and  7,d7 in      
paragraph 7#i71 as so redesignated1 in  
subparagraph 7,d71 by striking          
paragraphs 7#d71 7#e71 7#h71 and 7#i7   
and inserting paragraphs 7#d71 7#e71 and
 7#h72 and  7#b7 in section #cih7;b77#a7
 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #cih7;b77#a771 by       
striking by the ,public ,broadcasting   
,service and ,national ,public ,radio   
7or any successor organization7 and4    
#c4 ,federal agencies ,the heads of each
 ,federal agency shall-- 7#a7 identify  
and terminate1 to the maximum extent    
consistent with applicable law1 any     
direct or indirect funding of the       
organizations described in subsection   
7m77#b7 of section #cif of the          
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #cif71 as added by this ,act2 
and  7#b7 identify any remaining grants1
 contracts1 or other funding instruments
 entered into with such organizations   
and determine such organizations are in 

compliance with the terms of those      
instruments1 taking appropriate steps   
under the terms of those instruments if 
a determination of noncompliance is     
made4  #d4 ,severability ,if any        
provision of this ,act1 or an amendment 
made by this ,act1 is held invalid1 the 
remainder of this ,act shall not be     
affected thereby4 ,if the application of
 any provision of this ,act1 or an      
amendment made by this ,act1 to any     
agency1 person1 or circumstance is held 
invalid1 the application of such        
provision to another agency1 person1 or 
circumstance shall not be affected      
thereby4  #e4 ,rules of construction    
7a7 ,in general ,nothing in this order  
shall be construed to impair or         
otherwise affect-- 7#a7 the authority   
granted by law to an executive          
department or agency1 or the head       
thereof2 or  7#b7 the functions of the  
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget relating to budgetary1      
administrative1 or legislative          

proposals4  7b7 ,no private right of    
action ,this ,act is not intended to1   
and does not1 create any right or       
benefit1 substantive or procedural1     
enforceable at law or in equity by any  
party against the ,united ,states1 its  
departments1 agencies1 or entities1 its 
officers1 employees1 or agents1 or any  
other person4