US Congress House Bill 69 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 31)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-01 - 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; or (4) acquiring radio programs from such organizations. Requires the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, for FY2011-FY2012, to transfer to a designated Treasury account for use to reduce the public debt an amount equal to the amount allocated from the Public Broadcasting Fund for specified licensees and permittees of public radio stations, public radio programming, and for acquiring or producing certain national programming.

To prohibit Federal funding of certain public radio programming, to provide for the transfer of certain public radio funds to reduce the public debt, and for other purposes.

Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]
Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]
Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]
Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]
Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Nan Hayworth [R-NY]	Rep. Wally Herger [R-CA]	Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]
Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]
Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]
Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2011-01-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

HB68 (Related) 2011-02-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
SB492 (Related) 2011-03-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
HB1076 (Related) 2011-03-17 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/69/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr69/BILLS-112hr69ih.pdf