(1) June 23, 1997, marks the 25th anniversary
of the signing of title IX of the Education Amend-
ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) into law,
and on that day communities across the United
States will honor the tremendous difference such
title IX has made to women and girls in our Nation.
(2) Since enactment in 1972, such title IX has
played a vital role in expanding the athletic opportu-
nities available to American girls and women.
(3) Prior to the enactment of such title IX,
fewer than 32,000 women competed in intercolle-
giate athletics, women received only 2 percent of
schools’ athletic budgets, and athletic scholarships
for women were practically nonexistent.
(4) In 1997, more than 110,000 women com-
peted in intercollegiate sports, and women account
for 37 percent of college varsity athletes.
(5) While such title IX has been very success-
ful, a significant gap remains between the athletic
opportunities available to men and the athletic op-
portunities available to women.
(6) According to a 1997 study by the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, female college ath-
letes receive only 23 percent of athletic operating
budgets, 38 percent of athletic scholarship dollars,
and 27 percent of the money spent to recruit new
athletes.
(7) While women represent 53 percent of the
students attending institutions of higher education,
women comprise only 37 percent of the athletes at-
tending institutions of higher education.
(8) There is substantial evidence that women
and girls who participate in athletics have better
physical and emotional health than women and girls
who do not participate, and that participation in
athletics can improve academic achievement.
(9) Easily accessible information regarding the
expenditures of institutions of higher education for
women’s and men’s athletic programs will help pro-
spective students and prospective student athletes
make informed judgments about the commitment of
a given institution of higher education to providing
athletic opportunities to male and female students
attending the institution.
SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to make information regarding men’s and
women’s athletic programs at institutions of higher
education easily available to prospective students
and prospective student athletes; and
(2) to increase the athletic opportunities avail-
able to women at institutions of higher education.
SEC. 4. INFORMATION AVAILABILITY.
Section 485(g) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1092(g)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(4) 
SUBMISSION; 
REPORT; 
INFORMATION
AVAILABILITY.—(A) Each institution of higher edu-
cation described in paragraph (1) shall provide to
the Secretary, within 15 days of the date that the
institution makes available the report under para-
graph (1), the information contained in the report.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall prepare a report re-
garding the information received under subpara-
graph (A) for each year by April 1 of the year. The
report shall—
‘‘(i) summarize the information and iden-
tify trends in the information;
‘‘(ii) aggregate the information by divisions
of the National Collegiate Athletic Association;
and
‘‘(iii) contain information on each individ-
ual institution of higher education.
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall ensure that the report
described in subparagraph (B) is made available on
the Internet within a reasonable period of time.
‘‘(D) The Secretary shall establish, within a
reasonable period of time, a toll-free telephone serv-
ice—
‘‘(i) to provide the public with information
regarding reports described in subparagraph
(B);
‘‘(ii) to provide the public with information
regarding the information received under sub-
paragraph (A); and
‘‘(iii) to respond to inquiries from the pub-
lic regarding the provisions of title IX of the
Education Amendments of 1972.
‘‘(E) The Secretary shall use the information
provided by institutions of higher education under
paragraph (1) to ensure compliance with title IX of
the Education Amendments of 1972.
‘‘(F) The Secretary shall notify, not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this para-
graph, all secondary schools in all States regarding
the availability of the information reported under
subparagraph (B) and the information made avail-
able under paragraph (1), and how such information
may be accessed.
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