The FAIR Act prohibits federal funding for NPR, PBS, and their successors or licensees.
The FAIR Act, or Free Americans from Ideological Reporting Act, amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit federal funding for National Public Radio, Public Broadcasting Service, and their successors or licensees. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting must cancel any existing funding and decline future funding to these organizations. Federal agencies must also terminate any funding to these entities. The Act includes severability and technical amendments to the Communications Act.
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