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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2253 

To amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, to provide pay 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 24, 2019 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and Ms. HIRONO) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, 

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 U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.— 

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


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1 is amended by inserting ‘‘(including investment, working 

2 conditions, and wages and other compensation) that is 

3 equal to the encouragement and assistance provided to 

4 amateur athletic activities for men’’ before the semicolon. 

5 (b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR AMATEUR

6 SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS AS NATIONAL GOVERNING BOD7 IES.—Section 220522(a)(8) of the title 36, United States 

8 Code, is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘an equal opportunity’’ and in10 serting ‘‘and demonstrates equal opportunity, includ11 ing in investment, working conditions, and wages 

12 and other compensation,’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘athletic competition’’. 

15 (c) GENERAL DUTIES OF NATIONAL GOVERNING

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

17 States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, including equi18 table investment, working conditions, and wages and other 

19 compensation,’’ after ‘‘women’’. 

20 (d) REPORTS ON PAY EQUITY.— 

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

22 2205 of such title is amended by adding at the end 

23 the following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 220530A. Reports on pay equity 

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

3 shall submit to Congress a report on the compensation of 

4 amateur athletes, coaches, trainers, managers, administra5 tors, and officials in the sport governed by the national 

6 governing body for— 

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

8 ending immediately before the date of the enactment 

9 of this section; and 

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

11 date of the enactment of this section. 

12 ‘‘(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report re13 quired by subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the 

14 applicable sport, for the calendar year covered by the re15 port— 

16 ‘‘(1) the median compensation for amateur ath17 letes, coaches, trainers, managers, administrators, 

18 and officials, disaggregated by race, gender, and em19 ployment category; and 

20 ‘‘(2) the minimum and maximum compensation 

21 paid to amateur athletes, coaches, trainers, man22 agers, administrators, and officials, disaggregated by 

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

24 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 

25 sections for chapter 2205 of title 36, United States 


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1 Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

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

3 (e) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amend4 ment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date 

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

6 Act. 

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

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

9 provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is 

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

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

12 the provision or amendment to any other person or cir13 cumstance, shall not be affected. 

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