NCAA Act
Latest action · Nov 16, 2015 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.
- IntroducedJun 11, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Collegiate Athletics Accountability Act or the NCAA Act
This bill amends title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require program participation agreements to prohibit an institution with an intercollegiate athletic program from membership in a nonprofit athletic association unless the association:
- requires annual baseline concussion testing prior to a student athlete's participation in contact sports;
- requires certain due process procedures for students and institutions prior to enforcing a remedy for any infraction;
- requires athletically related student aid to be guaranteed for the duration of the student's attendance, up to four years, and irrevocable due to skill or injury; and
- permits member institutions to pay stipends to student athletes.
The legislation also establishes the Presidential Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics to review, analyze, and report to the President and Congress on certain issues related to intercollegiate athletics, including the interaction of athletics and academics, the financing of intercollegiate athletics, the recruitment and retention of student athletes, oversight and governance practices, health and safety protections for student athletes, and due process and equal enforcement of student athlete rules and regulations.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 11, 2015 to Feb 3, 2016, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Jun 11, 2015 |
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | Original | Jun 11, 2015 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Jun 11, 2015 |
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Jun 11, 2015 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Jun 11, 2015 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Feb 3, 2016 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Jun 11, 2015Introduced in House
- Jun 11, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 275 | To establish a commission to identify and examine issues of national concern related to the conduct of intercollegiate athletics, to make recommendations for the resolution of the issues, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Apr 29, 2015 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Athletes
- Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
- Congressional oversight
- Due process and equal protection
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Labor-management relations
- Marketing and advertising
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Neurological disorders
- Professional sports
- School athletics
- Student aid and college costs
- Wages and earnings
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2015Introduced in House
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