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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 921
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of
higher education to disclose participation rates, and program support
expenditures, in college athletic programs, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 17, 1993
Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require
institutions of higher education to disclose participation
rates, and program support expenditures, in college ath-
letic programs, 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 ‘‘Equity in Athletics
Disclosure Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(6) male college athletes receive approximately
$179,000,000 more per year in athletic scholarship
grants than female college athletes;
(7) prospective students and prospective stu-
dent athletes should be aware of the commitments of
an institution to providing equitable athletic oppor-
tunities for its men and women students; and
(8) knowledge of an institution’s expenditures
for women’s and men’s athletic programs would help
prospective students and prospective student athletes
make informed judgments about the commitments of
a given institution of higher education to providing
equitable athletic benefits to its men and women
students.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT.
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(g) DISCLOSURE OF ATHLETIC PROGRAM PARTICI-
PATION RATES AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT DATA.—
‘‘(1) DATA
REQUIRED.—Each institution of
higher education which participates in any program
under this title, and has an intercollegiate athletic
program, shall annually submit a report to the Sec-
retary that contains the following:
‘‘(A) For each men’s team, women’s team,
and any team that includes both male and fe-
male athletes, the following data:
‘‘(i) the total number of participants
and their gender;
‘‘(ii) the total scholarship expendi-
tures;
‘‘(iii) a figure that represents the total
scholarship expenditures divided by the
total number of participants;
‘‘(iv) the total number of contests for
the team;
‘‘(v) the total operating expenses for
the team;
‘‘(vi) the total recruiting expenses for
the team;
‘‘(vii) the total personnel expenses for
the team;
‘‘(viii) whether the head coach is male
or female and whether the head coach is
full time or part time;
‘‘(ix) the number of assistant coaches
that are male and the number of assistant
coaches that are female and whether each
particular coach is full time or part time;
‘‘(x) the number of graduate assistant
coaches that are male and the number of
graduate assistant coaches that are female;
‘‘(xi) the number of volunteer assist-
ant coaches that are male and the number
of volunteer assistant coaches that are fe-
male;
‘‘(xii) the ratio of participants to
coaches;
‘‘(xiii) the full compensation of the
head coach; and
‘‘(xiv) the full compensation of the as-
sistant coaches; and
‘‘(B) A statement of the following:
‘‘(i) the ratio of male participants to
female participants in the entire athletic
program; and
‘‘(ii) the ratio of male scholarship ex-
penses to female scholarship expenses in
the entire athletic program.
‘‘(2) 
DISCLOSURE
TO
PROSPECTIVE
STU-
DENTS.—When an institution of higher education of-
fers admission to a potential student, such institu-
tion shall provide to the student the information
contained in the report submitted by such institution
to the Secretary under paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) DISCLOSURE TO THE PUBLIC.—An institu-
tion of higher education must make available to the
public, upon request, the information contained in
the report submitted by such institution to the Sec-
retary under paragraph (1).
‘‘(4) SECRETARY
OF
EDUCATION’S
DUTY
TO
PUBLISH A REPORT OF THE DATA.—On an annual
basis, the Secretary, using the reports submitted
under this subsection, shall compile and publish a
report containing the information collected broken
down by (A) the individual institutions, and (B) by
the athletic conferences recognized by the National
Collegiate Athletic Association and the National As-
sociation of Intercollegiate Athletics.
‘‘(5) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this
subsection, the term ‘operating expenses’ means all
nonscholarship expenditures.
‘‘(6) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary
shall submit the reports compiled pursuant to this
subsection to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress on an annual basis.
‘‘(7) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection takes
effect July 1, 1993, except that the first report to
the Secretary shall be due on July 1, 1994.’’.
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