End the two-year advance funding that shields public broadcasting from oversight
What the document says“This special budgetary treatment is unjustified and should be ended.”
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting receives appropriations two years in advance, which the chapter says insulates it from Congress's power of the purse and from oversight. It notes a request for a $565 million advance appropriation, a $40 million increase on the previous year.
What the document actually says“This special budgetary treatment is unjustified and should be ended.”
This special money deal is not fair. It should end.
Most agencies get their money one year at a time. This one gets it two years ahead. The book says that shields it from Congress. It says the practice should end.
To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
2025-07-24 · 139 Stat. 467
The Rescissions Act of 2025 rescinds the amounts made available for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for fiscal year 2026 by Public Law 118-47 and for fiscal year 2027 by Public Law 119-4. Those are the advance appropriations the chapter objects to, and Congress canceled them instead of letting them stand beyond its reach, which is the oversight point the chapter makes. It ends two particular advance appropriations, not the practice. No provision changes the authority under which the Corporation is funded two years ahead, so a later appropriation could be made the same way. The two paragraphs name no dollar figure, and the laws they reach into are not indexed on this site, so the amounts rescinded are not recorded here.
The 2025 rescissions law cancels money set aside for public broadcasting for 2026 and 2027. Those are the early grants the chapter objects to. But it ends two grants, not the practice. Nothing stops Congress from funding the same way two years ahead again.