HR 2672 — NCAA Act

Summary

National Collegiate Athletics Accountability Act or the NCAA Act This bill establishes requirements for institutions of higher education (IHEs) that have intercollegiate athletic programs and participate in nonprofit athletic associations. Specifically, the bill prohibits such IHEs from receiving federal financial aid if the IHEs are members of nonprofit athletic associations that do not require annual baseline concussion testing prior to student athletes' participation in contact sports; require certain due process procedures for students and institutions prior to enforcing a remedy for infractions; require athletically related student aid to be guaranteed for the duration of the student's attendance, up to five years, and irrevocable for reasons related to athletic skill or injury; and restrict the ability of IHEs 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.

Bill Text

• Introduced Introduced in House Current html May 10, 2019

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The bill adds requirements for institutions with intercollegiate athletic programs regarding membership in nonprofit athletic associations and establishes a Presidential Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.

• 20 U.S.C. 1094(a)

  (30) In the case of an institution that has an intercollegiate athletic program, the institution will not be a member of a nonprofit athletic association unless such association-- (A) requires annual baseline concussion testing of each student athlete on the active roster of each team participating in a contact or collision sport or a limited-contact or impact sport (based on the most recent classification of sports published by the Committee on Sports Medicine of the American Academy of Pediatrics) before such student athlete may participate in any contact drills or activities; (B) prior to enforcing any remedy for an alleged infraction or violation of the policies of such association-- (i) provides institutions and student athletes with the opportunity for a formal administrative hearing, not less than one appeal, and any other due process procedure the Secretary determines by regulation to be necessary; and (ii) holds in abeyance any such remedy until all appeals have been exhausted or until the deadline to appeal has passed, whichever is sooner; (C) with respect to institutions attended by students receiving athletically related student aid (as defined in section 485(e)), requires any such athletically related student aid provided to student athletes who play a contact or collision sport (based on the most recent classification of sports published by the Committee on Sports Medicine of the American Academy of Pediatrics) to be-- (i) guaranteed for the duration of the student athlete's attendance at the institution, up to 5 years; and (ii) irrevocable for reasons related to athletic skill or injury of the student athlete; and (D) does not have in place a policy restricting the ability of institutions to pay stipends to student athletes.

  This addition imposes new accountability standards for institutions participating in athletic associations, affecting how they handle student athlete welfare and financial aid.

• There is established a commission to be known as the Presidential Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.

  The bill creates a new commission to address issues related to intercollegiate athletics and their impact on institutions.

Action History

1. May 10, 2019

   Introduced in House

2. May 10, 2019

   Introduced in House

3. May 10, 2019

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Sponsors

• John Katko · Primary

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