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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2288 

To amend the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to provide 

pay equity for amateur athletes and other personnel, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2021 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LEAHY, 

Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. WYDEN, and Ms. BALDWIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To amend the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports 

Act to provide pay equity for amateur athletes and other 

personnel, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Even Playing Field 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PAY EQUITY FOR AMATEUR ATHLETES AND OTHER 

7 PERSONNEL. 

8 (a) PURPOSES OF THE UNITED STATES OLYMPIC

9 AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 220503(12) of title 

2 36, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, 

3 including by providing investment, promotional sup4 port, working conditions (including staff support and 

5 facilities and equipment for training and competi6 tion) and wages, stipends, and other compensation 

7 that are equal to that provided to amateur athletic 

8 activities for men’’ before the semicolon. 

9 (2) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The 

10 amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect 

11 on the date that is 2 years before the date of the 

12 enactment of this Act. 

13 (b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR AMATEUR

14 SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS AS NATIONAL GOVERNING BOD15 IES.—Section 220522(8) of title 36, United States Code, 

16 is amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘an equal opportunity’’ and in18 serting ‘‘and demonstrates equal opportunity, includ19 ing in investment, promotional support, working con20 ditions (including staff support and facilities and 

21 equipment for training and competition) and wages, 

22 stipends, and other compensation,’’; and 

23 (2) by inserting ‘‘and other activities’’ after 

24 ‘‘athletic competition’’. 


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1 (c) GENERAL DUTIES OF NATIONAL GOVERNING

2 BODIES.—Section 220524(a)(6) of title 36, United States 

3 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, including in investment, 

4 promotional support, working conditions (including staff 

5 support and facilities and equipment for training and com6 petition, and wages, stipends, and other compensation)’’ 

7 before the semicolon. 

8 (d) REPORTS ON PAY EQUITY.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 

10 2205 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by 

11 adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘§ 220530A. Reports on pay equity 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each national governing body 

14 shall submit to Congress a report on the compensation of 

15 amateur athletes, coaches, trainers, managers, administra16 tors, and officials in the sport governed by the national 

17 governing body for— 

18 ‘‘(1) each of the 2 consecutive calendar years 

19 ending immediately before the date of the enactment 

20 of this section; and 

21 ‘‘(2) each calendar year beginning after the 

22 date of the enactment of this section. 

23 ‘‘(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report re24 quired by subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the 


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1 applicable sport, for the calendar year covered by the re2 port— 

3 ‘‘(1) the median compensation for amateur ath4 letes, coaches, trainers, managers, administrators, 

5 and officials disaggregated by race, gender, and em6 ployment category; and 

7 ‘‘(2) the minimum and maximum compensation 

8 paid to amateur athletes, coaches, trainers, man9 agers, administrators, and officials, disaggregated by 

10 race, gender, and employment category.’’. 

11 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 

12 sections for chapter 2205 of title 36, United States 

13 Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

‘‘220530A. Reports on pay equity.’’. 

15 (e) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, an 

16 amendment made by this Act, or the application of such 

17 provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is 

18 held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act and 

19 the amendments made by this Act, and the application of 

20 the provision or amendment to any other person or cir21 cumstance, shall not be affected. 

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