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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3882 

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

pay equity for amateur athletes and other personnel. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 23, 2019 

Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Ms. FRANKEL, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. 

HAALAND, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. CASTOR

of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Ms. 

TITUS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 

CISNEROS, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. DEAN, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. JOHNSON

of Georgia, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. 

PRESSLEY, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. CARSON of 

Indiana, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. COHEN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. MOULTON, and Ms. MATSUI) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports 

Act to provide pay equity for amateur athletes and other 

personnel. 

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’’. 


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

2 PERSONNEL. 

3 (a) PURPOSES OF THE U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.— 

4 Section 220503(12) of the title 36, United States Code, 

5 is amended by inserting ‘‘including investment, working 

6 conditions, wages and other compensation, equal to that 

7 afforded to amateur athletic activities for men’’ before the 

8 semicolon. 

9 (b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR AMATEUR

10 SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS AS NATIONAL GOVERNING BOD11 IES.—Section 220522(a)(8) of the title 36, United States 

12 Code, is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘an equal opportunity’’ and in14 serting ‘‘and demonstrates equal opportunity, includ15 ing in investment, working conditions, and wages 

16 and other compensation’’; and 

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

18 ‘‘athletic competition’’. 

19 (c) GENERAL DUTIES OF NATIONAL GOVERNING

20 BODIES.—Section 220524(6) of the title 36, United 

21 States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, including equi22 table investment, working conditions, and wages and other 

23 compensation’’ before the semicolon. 

24 (d) REPORTS ON PAY EQUITY.— 


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

2 2205 of such title is amended by adding at the end 

3 the following: 

4 ‘‘§ 220530A. Reports on pay equity 

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

6 shall submit to Congress a report on the compensation of 

7 amateur athletes, coaches, trainers, managers, administra8 tors, and officials in the sport governed by the national 

9 governing body for— 

10 ‘‘(1) each of the two consecutive calendar years 

11 ending immediately before the date of the enactment 

12 of this section; and 

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

14 date of the enactment of this section. 

15 ‘‘(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report re16 quired by subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the 

17 applicable sport, for the calendar year covered by the re18 port— 

19 ‘‘(1) the median compensation for amateur ath20 letes, coaches, trainers, managers, administrators, 

21 and officials disaggregated by race, gender, and em22 ployment category; and 

23 ‘‘(2) the minimum and maximum compensation 

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1 agers, administrators, and officials, disaggregated by 

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

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 

4 sections for chapter 2205 of title 36, United States 

5 Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 220530A. Reports on pay equity.’’. 

7 (e) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amend8 ment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date 

9 that is 2 years before the date of the enactment of this 

10 Act. 

11 (f) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, an 

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

13 provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is 

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

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

16 the provision or amendment to any other person or cir17 cumstance, shall not be affected. 

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