House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Defund Government-Sponsored Propaganda Act
Official title: 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 debt, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Claudia Tenney R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 11, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1216.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TENNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 28, February 11, 2025, Page H646):Article 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1216, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1216
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Mark Harris (R-NC), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Claudia Tenney.
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- H.R. 9496 (119th) End Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act
- H.R. 9641 (119th) Essential Caregivers Act of 2026
- H.R. 6766 (119th) Essential Caregivers Act of 2025
- H.R. 1103 (119th) New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2025
- H.R. 2232 (119th) Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.