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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2903 
To amend section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide 
increased accountability of nonprofit athletic associations, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2013 
Mr. DENT (for himself, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. PERRY, Mr. GER-
LACH, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
MORAN, and Mr. MARINO) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 to provide increased accountability of nonprofit ath-
letic associations, 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; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘National Collegiate Athletics Accountability Act’’, or the 
‘‘NCAA Act’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows: 
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(1) Nationwide, institutions of higher education 
receive 
approximately 
$150,000,000,000 
to 
$200,000,000,000 in funding under title IV of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et 
seq.) 
annually, 
including 
approximately 
$20,000,000,000 to $30,000,000,000 in Federal Pell 
Grants; 
(2) In fiscal year 2014, institutions of higher 
education are projected to receive approximately 
$140,000,000,000 in Federal student aid under title 
IV of such Act, which accounts for 77 percent of all 
funding received by these institutions from the Fed-
eral Government. 
(3) Funding under title IV of such Act is used 
to provide grants, loans, and work-study funds from 
the Federal Government to eligible students enrolled 
in institution of higher education, including career 
schools. 
(4) Many institutions of higher education par-
ticipate in voluntary, nonprofit athletic associations 
and athletic conferences, with the largest such asso-
ciation having over 1,000 member institutions of 
higher education with more than 430,000 students 
participating in athletics, and providing approxi-
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mately $523,000,000 in revenue sharing to such 
members. 
(5) Athletic programs at institutions of higher 
education are some of the largest revenue generators 
for such institutions nationwide, accounting for ap-
proximately $6,100,000,000 in revenue from ticket 
sales, radio and television receipts, alumni contribu-
tions, guarantees, royalties, and association distribu-
tions. 
(6) The Committee on a Sports Medicine of the 
American Academy of Pediatrics published a classi-
fication of sports based on the likelihood of contact, 
impact, or injury, and determined that— 
(A) boxing, field hockey, football, ice hock-
ey, lacrosse, martial arts, rodeo, soccer, and 
wrestling are contact/collision sports; and 
(B) baseball, basketball, bicycling, diving, 
high jump, pole vault, gymnastics, horseback 
riding, ice skating, roller skating, cross-country 
skiing, downhill skiing, water skiing, softball, 
squash, handball, and volleyball are limited-con-
tact/impact sports. 
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SEC. 2. PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS. 
Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(30) In the case of an institution that has an 
intercollegiate athletic program, the institution will 
not be a member of a nonprofit athletic association 
unless such association— 
‘‘(A) requires annual baseline concussion 
testing of each student athlete on the active 
roster of each team participating in a contact/ 
collision sport or a limited-contact/impact sport 
(based on the most recent classification of 
sports published by the Committee on Sports 
Medicine of the American Academy of Pediat-
rics) before such student athlete may partici-
pate in any contact drills or activities; 
‘‘(B) prior to enforcing any remedy for an 
alleged infraction or violation of the policies of 
such association— 
‘‘(i) provides institutions and student 
athletes with the opportunity for a formal 
administrative hearing, not less than one 
appeal, and any other due process proce-
dure the Secretary determines by regula-
tion to be necessary; and 
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‘‘(ii) hold in abeyance any such rem-
edy until all appeals have been exhausted 
or until the deadline to appeal has passed, 
whichever is sooner; 
‘‘(C) with respect to institutions attended 
by students receiving athletically related stu-
dent aid (as defined in section 485(e)), requires 
any such athletically related student aid pro-
vided to student athletes who play a contact/col-
lision sport (based on the most recent classifica-
tion of sports published by the Committee on 
Sports Medicine of the American Academy of 
Pediatrics) to be— 
‘‘(i) guaranteed for the duration of 
the student athlete’s attendance at the in-
stitution, up to 4 years; and 
‘‘(ii) irrevocable for reasons related to 
athletic skill or injury of the student ath-
lete; and 
‘‘(D) does not have in place a policy that 
prohibits institutions from paying stipends to 
student athletes.’’. 
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SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF TITLE IX OF THE EDUCATION 
AMENDMENTS OF 1972. 
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 
U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) shall not apply with respect to any 
activity carried out by an institution of higher education 
(as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)) to comply with a nonprofit ath-
letic association membership requirement that is described 
in paragraph (30)(C) of section 487(a) of such Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(a)), as amended by section 2 of 
this Act. 
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