FAIR Act

The FAIR Act (S 2020) prohibits all federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), including indirect funding through public broadcast stations or programming purchases. It requires the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cancel existing funding and block future funding to these organizations and their successors. Federal agencies must also review and terminate any existing contracts or grants involving NPR or PBS that violate this prohibition. The bill directly affects NPR, PBS, and their affiliated entities by cutting their primary source of federal support.