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Union Calendar No. 66
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 361
[Report No. 108–24, Parts I and II] 
To designate certain conduct by sports agents relating to the signing of 
contracts with student athletes as unfair and deceptive acts or practices 
to be regulated by the Federal Trade Commission. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2003
Mr. GORDON (for himself, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, 
Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. 
DUNCAN, Mr. HAYES, Mr. WAMP, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. RUSH, Ms. 
MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mr. LEACH, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. 
STEARNS, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. BURR, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. PICKERING, and Mr. 
UPTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
MARCH 5, 2003
Reported and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary for a period ending 
not later than June 1, 2003, for consideration of such provisions of the 
bill as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 
1(k), rule X 
MAY 20, 2003
Referral to the Committee on the Judiciary extended for a period ending not 
later than June 2, 2003
JUNE 2, 2003
Additional sponsors: Mr. TERRY, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. WOLF, Mr. BOUCHER, 
Mr. DEMINT, Mr. BOSWELL, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. ETHERIDGE, 
Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. 
UDALL of Colorado, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. PETERSON of Min-
nesota, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. JOHN, Mr. FORD, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. TANNER, 
Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. KIND, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. 
KELLER, Mr. PLATTS, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mrs.
KELLY, Mr. KIRK, Ms. HART, Mr. PENCE, Mr. FLETCHER, Mr. MEE-
HAN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. WATT, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. CHOCOLA, Mrs. EMER-
SON, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. 
SHUSTER, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. WALSH, Ms. WATSON, Ms. LEE, Mr. BAR-
RETT of South Carolina, and Mr. CONYERS
JUNE 2, 2003
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment, com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To designate certain conduct by sports agents relating to 
the signing of contracts with student athletes as unfair 
and deceptive acts or practices to be regulated by the 
Federal Trade Commission.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sports Agent Respon-
sibility and Trust Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) AGENCY
CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘agency 
contract’’ means an oral or written agreement in 
which a student athlete authorizes a person to nego-
tiate or solicit on behalf of the student athlete a pro-
fessional sports contract or an endorsement contract.
(2)
ATHLETE
AGENT.—The
term
‘‘athlete 
agent’’ means an individual who enters into an agen-
cy contract with a student athlete, or directly or in-
directly recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter 
into an agency contract, and does not include a 
spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent, or guardian of 
such student athlete, or an individual acting solely 
on behalf of a professional sports team or profes-
sional sports organization. 
(3) ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘athletic 
director’’ means an individual responsible for admin-
istering the athletic program of an educational insti-
tution or, in the case that such program is adminis-
tered separately, the athletic program for male stu-
dents or the athletic program for female students, as 
appropriate. 
(4)
COMMISSION.—The
term
‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(5) ENDORSEMENT CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘en-
dorsement contract’’ means an agreement under 
which a student athlete is employed or receives con-
sideration for the use by the other party of that in-
dividual’s person, name, image, or likeness in the 
promotion of any product, service, or event.
(6)
INTERCOLLEGIATE
SPORT.—The
term 
‘‘intercollegiate sport’’ means a sport played at the 
collegiate level for which eligibility requirements for 
participation by a student athlete are established by 
a national association for the promotion or regula-
tion of college athletics. 
(7) PROFESSIONAL
SPORTS
CONTRACT.—The 
term ‘‘professional sports contract’’ means an agree-
ment under which an individual is employed, or 
agrees to render services, as a player on a profes-
sional sports team, with a professional sports organi-
zation, or as a professional athlete. 
(8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes a State 
of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puer-
to Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any 
territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdic-
tion of the United States. 
(9) STUDENT
ATHLETE.—The term ‘‘student 
athlete’’ means an individual who engages in, is eli-
gible to engage in, or may be eligible in the future 
to engage in, any intercollegiate sport. An individual 
who is permanently ineligible to participate in a par-
ticular intercollegiate sport is not a student athlete 
for purposes of that sport.
SEC. 3. REGULATION OF UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACTS 
AND PRACTICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
CONTACT BETWEEN AN ATHLETE AGENT AND 
A STUDENT ATHLETE. 
(a) CONDUCT PROHIBITED.—It is unlawful for an 
athlete agent to—
(1) directly or indirectly recruit or solicit a stu-
dent athlete to enter into an agency contract, by—
(A) giving any false or misleading informa-
tion or making a false promise or representa-
tion; or 
(B) providing anything of value to a stu-
dent athlete or anyone associated with the stu-
dent athlete before the student athlete enters 
into an agency contract; 
(2) enter into an agency contract with a stu-
dent athlete without providing the student athlete 
with the disclosure document described in subsection 
(b); or 
(3) predate or postdate an agency contract. 
(b) REQUIRED DISCLOSURE BY ATHLETE AGENTS 
TO STUDENT ATHLETES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In conjunction with the en-
tering into of an agency contract, an athlete agent 
shall provide to the student athlete, or, if the stu-
dent athlete is under the age of 18, to such student