I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4868 
To establish name, image, and likeness rights for college athletes at 
institutions of higher education, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2025 
Mrs. TRAHAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish name, image, and likeness rights for college 
athletes at institutions of higher education, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘College Athlete Eco-
nomic Freedom Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) ATHLETE
AGENT.—The term ‘‘athlete 
agent’’ has the meaning given the term in section 2 
of the Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act 
(15 U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) COLLECTIVE REPRESENTATIVE.—The term 
‘‘collective representative’’— 
(A) means an individual or organization 
that represents a group of college athletes or 
prospective college athletes to negotiate con-
tracts for the use of the names, images, or 
likenesses of such athletes or group of athletes; 
and 
(B) includes— 
(i) legal representatives; 
(ii) athlete agents; and 
(iii) players’ associations. 
(3) COLLEGE
ATHLETE.—The term ‘‘college 
athlete’’ means an individual who participates in or 
is eligible to participate in an intercollegiate sport 
for an institution of higher education. 
(4) COMPENSATION.—The term ‘‘compensa-
tion’’ means any payment, remuneration, or benefit 
provided to a college athlete or prospective college 
athlete in exchange for the use of the name, image, 
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or likeness of the college athlete or prospective col-
lege athlete. 
(5) GRANT-IN-AID.—The term ‘‘grant-in-aid’’ 
means a scholarship, grant, or other form of finan-
cial assistance that is provided by an institution of 
higher education to a college athlete for the under-
graduate or graduate course of study of the college 
athlete. 
(6) IMAGE.—The term ‘‘image’’, with respect to 
a college athlete or prospective college athlete, means 
any photograph, video, or computer-generated rep-
resentation that reasonably identifies the college ath-
lete or prospective college athlete. 
(7) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 
(8) INSTITUTIONAL NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKE-
NESS COLLECTIVE.—The term ‘‘institutional name, 
image, and likeness collective’’ means any entity 
that— 
(A)(i) is subject to the Federal Trade 
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.); or 
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