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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3847 
To protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2025 
Mrs. MCCLAIN (for herself and Ms. BYNUM) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and 
in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student 
athletes, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Student-athlete Protections and Opportunities through 
Rights, Transparency, and Safety Act’’ or the ‘‘SPORTS 
Act’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Protection of name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes. 
Sec. 4. Modifications to Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act. 
Sec. 5. Roles of conferences and interstate intercollegiate athletic associations. 
Sec. 6. Determination of NIL market value. 
Sec. 7. Eligibility for certain Department of Education funding. 
Sec. 8. Limitation on liability. 
Sec. 9. Preemption. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMPENSATION.—The term ‘‘compensa-
tion’’— 
(A) means any form of payment or remu-
neration, whether provided through cash, bene-
fits, awards, or other means, including pay-
ments for— 
(i) licenses relating to, or the use of, 
name, image, and likeness rights; or 
(ii) licenses relating to, or the use of, 
any other Federal or State intellectual or 
intangible property right; and 
(B) does not include— 
(i) grants-in-aid; 
(ii) Federal Pell Grants and other 
Federal or State grants unrelated to and 
not awarded with regard to participation in 
intercollegiate athletic competitions; 
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(iii) health insurance and payments 
for the costs of health care, including 
health insurance and payments for the 
costs of health care wholly or partly self- 
funded by an institution, conference, or 
interstate intercollegiate athletic associa-
tion; 
(iv) disability and loss-of-value insur-
ance, including disability and loss-of-value 
insurance that is wholly or partly self- 
funded by an institution, conference, or 
interstate intercollegiate athletic associa-
tion; 
(v) career counseling, job placement 
services, and other guidance available to all 
students at an institution; 
(vi) payment of hourly wages and ben-
efits for work actually performed (and not 
for participation in intercollegiate athletic 
competitions) at a rate commensurate with 
the going rate in the relevant locality for 
similar work; or 
(vii) any program to connect student 
athletes with employers and facilitate em-
ployment opportunities, if— 
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(I) the financial terms of such 
employment opportunities are con-
sistent with the terms offered to simi-
larly situated individuals who are not 
student athletes; and 
(II) such program is not used to 
induce a student athlete to attend a 
particular institution. 
(2) CONFERENCE.—The term ‘‘conference’’ 
means an entity that— 
(A) exclusively has as members 2 or more 
institutions; and 
(B) arranges championships and sets rules 
with respect to intercollegiate athletic competi-
tions for members. 
(3) COST OF ATTENDANCE.—The term ‘‘cost of 
attendance’’— 
(A) has the meaning given such term in 
section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll); and 
(B) is calculated by the financial aid office 
of an institution using the same standards, poli-
cies, and procedures for all students. 
(4) GRANT-IN-AID.—The term ‘‘grant-in-aid’’ 
means a scholarship, grant, stipend, or other form of 
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