Student Athlete Level Playing Field Act
Latest action · Sep 24, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
- IntroducedSep 24, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Student Athlete Level Playing Field Act
This bill generally prohibits an institution of higher education or a covered athletic organization (e.g., an athletic association, a conference, or an organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics) from restricting the ability of a student athlete to enter into an endorsement or agency contract, with exceptions. It also provides for enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission, preempts state laws relating to endorsement or agency contracts, and establishes the Covered Athletic Organization Commission.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 24, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Original | Sep 24, 2020 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Sep 24, 2020 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Sep 24, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Sep 24, 2020 |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Original | Sep 24, 2020 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | Sep 24, 2020 |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Original | Sep 24, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Sep 24, 2020 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 24, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2020Introduced in House
- Sep 24, 2020Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 166, September 24, 2020, page H4959.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46828 | Student Athlete Name, Image, Likeness Legislation: Considerations for the 117th Congress | Report | Jul 1, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit a covered athletic association and institution of higher education from prohibiting a student athlete from participating in intercollegiate athletics because such student athlete enters into an endorsement contract, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Student Athlete Level Playing Field Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Advisory bodies
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Athletes
- Congressional leadership
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Contracts and agency
- Education
- Federal preemption
- Financial literacy
- Higher education
- Marketing and advertising
- School administration
- School athletics
- Student aid and college costs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2020Introduced 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.
