,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gdf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bf1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,banks 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 ,national ,public ,radio1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,defund ,,npr ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on
 ,federal funding for ,national ,public 
,radio  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 ,national      
,public ,radio  7#a7 ,in general ,after 
the date of enactment of the ,defund    
,,npr ,act1 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  7#b7          
,organizations described ,the           
organizations described in this         
paragraph are-- 7,a7 the organization   
known1 as of the date of enactment of   
the ,defund ,,npr ,act1 as ,national    
,public ,radio2 and  7,b7 any successor 
organization to the organization        
described in subparagraph 7,a74  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 or ,national ,public ,radio2
 and  7,b7 in paragraph 7#i71 by        
striking or ,national ,public ,radio    
each place that term appears2 and  7#b7 
in section #cih7;b77#a7 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4  
#cih7;b77#a771 by striking and ,national
 ,public ,radio4