NCAA Act
Latest action · Sep 13, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedAug 1, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Collegiate Athletics Accountability Act or the NCAA Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require schools that have an intercollegiate athletic program and are participating in title IV programs to abstain from membership in a nonprofit athletic association unless the association:
- requires annual baseline concussion testing of student athletes on the active roster of teams participating in contact/collision or limited-contact/impact sports before they participate in any contact drills or activities;
- holds remedies for violations of its policies in abeyance until the schools and student athletes subject to those remedies have been afforded certain due process procedures;
- requires athletically-related student aid provided to student athletes who play contact/collision sports to be guaranteed for the duration of their attendance at the school, up to four years, and irrevocable for reasons related to skill or injury; and
- does not prevent schools from paying stipends to student athletes.
Makes title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 inapplicable to any activity carried out by an institution of higher education to guarantee the continuance of student aid for student athletes in compliance with such membership requirements. (Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex or visual impairment under any education program that receives federal funds.)
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 1, 2013 to Oct 22, 2013; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Original | Aug 1, 2013 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Aug 1, 2013 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Aug 1, 2013 |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Original | Aug 1, 2013 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Aug 1, 2013 |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Original | Aug 1, 2013 |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Original | Aug 1, 2013 |
| R-PA | Tom Marino | Original | Aug 1, 2013 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Oct 22, 2013 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Aug 1, 2013 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Sep 13, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 13, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Aug 1, 2013Introduced in House
- Aug 1, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5345.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide increased accountability of nonprofit athletic associations, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- NCAA Act
- National Collegiate Athletics Accountability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Athletes
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Due process and equal protection
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Higher education
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Neurological disorders
- School athletics
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Student aid and college costs
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
