,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #eah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #aa1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,lee introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to prohibit ,federal funding for the 
,public ,broadcasting ,service and      
,national ,public ,radio and to provide 
for the transfer of certain ,federal    
funds that would have been made         
available to those organizations to     
reduce the public debt1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,defund             
,government-,sponsored ,propaganda ,act4
  #b4 ,prohibition on ,federal funding  
for ,public ,broadcasting ,service and  
,national ,public ,radio  7a7 ,in       
general ,after the date of enactment of 
this ,act1 no ,federal funds may1       
directly or indirectly1 be made         
available to or used to support an      
organization described in subsection    

7b71 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  7b7           
,organizations described ,the           
organizations described in this         
subsection are-- 7#a7 the organization  
known1 as of the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 as the ,public ,broadcasting 
,service2  7#b7 the organization known1 
as of the date of enactment of this     
,act1 as ,national ,public ,radio2 and  
7#c7 any successor organization to an   
organization described in paragraph 7#a7
 or 7#b74  7c7 ,transfer of certain     
funds ,to reduce the public debt ,for   
fiscal years #bjbe1 #bjbf1 and #bjbg1   
the ,corporation for ,public            
,broadcasting shall transfer to the     
account established by section #caac7;d7
 of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 an
 amount equal to the sum of the amounts 
allocated under clauses 7ii7 and 7iii7  
of section #cif7k77#c77;,a7 of the      

,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #cif7k77#c77;,a77 that would  
have been made available to an          
organization described in subsection 7b7
 but for the prohibition in subsection  
7a74