US Congress House Bill 2597 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on June 28 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-07-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits federal funding to organizations incorporated for specified purposes related to: (1) broadcasting, transmitting, and programming over noncommercial educational radio broadcast stations, networks, and systems; (2) cooperating with foreign broadcasting systems and networks in international radio programming and broadcasting; (3) assisting and supporting such noncommercial educational radio broadcasting pursuant to the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967; (4) paying dues to such organizations; or (5) acquiring radio programs by or for the use of a radio broadcast station that is a public broadcast station as defined in the Communications Act of 1934. Revises the Public Broadcasting Fund allocation formula.

To prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content.

Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2013-06-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2597/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2597/BILLS-113hr2597ih.pdf