I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5791 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of 
higher education to report revenue generated by each sports team, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2016 
Mr. PRICE of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require 
institutions of higher education to report revenue gen-
erated by each sports team, 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 ‘‘Standardization of Col-
legiate Oversight of Revenues and Expenditures Act’’ or 
the ‘‘SCORE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORTING BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION ON ATHLETIC REVENUE AND EX-
PENSES. 
Section 485(g) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1092(g)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(K) The amount of revenue generated by 
each of the following categories, disaggregated 
by each sports team, if applicable: 
‘‘(i) Ticket sales. 
‘‘(ii) Student fees. 
‘‘(iii) Distributions from any other 
intercollegiate athletic association, con-
ference, or tournament. 
‘‘(iv) Appearance guarantees and op-
tions. 
‘‘(v) Contributions from alumni and 
others. 
‘‘(vi) Compensation and benefits pro-
vided by third-party support. 
‘‘(vii) Concessions, programs, nov-
elties, and parking. 
‘‘(viii) Broadcast and media rights, 
reported separately for television, radio, 
Internet, and print. 
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‘‘(ix) Royalties, advertising, and spon-
sorship. 
‘‘(x) Sports camps. 
‘‘(xi) Endowment and investment in-
come, reported separately for each source 
of such income. 
‘‘(xii) Direct institutional support. 
‘‘(xiii) Indirect institutional support 
for facilities, services, and administrative 
support. 
‘‘(xiv) Direct government support, re-
ported separately by State government, 
local government, Federal Government. 
‘‘(L) The expenses attributable to each of 
the following categories, disaggregated by each 
sports team, as applicable: 
‘‘(i) Grants-in-aid. 
‘‘(ii) Guarantees and options. 
‘‘(iii) Total salaries and benefits, and 
salaries and benefits paid by the institution 
and by third parties, respectively, to head 
coaches, to assistant coaches, and for ad-
ministrative salaries. 
‘‘(iv) Severance pay. 
‘‘(v) Team travel. 
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‘‘(vi) Recruiting. 
‘‘(vii) Equipment, uniforms, and sup-
plies. 
‘‘(viii) Fundraising. 
‘‘(ix) Marketing and promotion. 
‘‘(x) Game expenses. 
‘‘(xi) Medical, including— 
‘‘(I) medical personnel salaries; 
and 
‘‘(II) medical treatment of ath-
letes. 
‘‘(xii) Membership dues. 
‘‘(xiii) Sports camps. 
‘‘(xiv) Spirit groups. 
‘‘(xv) Transfers to the institution. 
‘‘(xvi) Debt service payments. 
‘‘(xvii) Athletic facility maintenance 
and rental. 
‘‘(xviii) Indirect facilities and adminis-
trative support. 
‘‘(xix) Education and general expenses 
of the institution— 
‘‘(I) including instruction, re-
search, public service, academic sup-
port, student services, instructional 
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support, and scholarships and fellow-
ships; and 
‘‘(II) which do not include ex-
penses with respect to auxiliary enter-
prises, hospitals, or independent oper-
ations.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the term’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) the term’’; 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) the terms listed in each of the cat-
egories under subparagraphs (K) through (L) 
of paragraph (1) shall be defined by the Sec-
retary by regulation, developed in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Treasury and the task 
force described in paragraph (6)(A), and such 
definitions shall be updated in accordance with 
paragraph (6)(B).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) TASK FORCE; DEFINITION UPDATES.— 
‘‘(A) TASK
FORCE.—The Secretary shall 
appoint a task force of nonprofit and higher 
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education accounting experts, professionals, and 
organizations representing each of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) Institutions of higher education 
that are members of division I of the Na-
tional Collegiate Athletic Association. 
‘‘(ii) Institutions of higher education 
that are members of division II of the Na-
tional Collegiate Athletic Association. 
‘‘(iii) Institutions of higher education 
that are members of division III of the Na-
tional Collegiate Athletic Association. 
‘‘(B) UPDATING DEFINITIONS.—The Sec-
retary, on a biannual basis and in consultation 
with the task force described in subparagraph 
(A), shall review each definition under para-
graph (5)(B) and, if necessary, update such 
definition in accordance with generally accepted 
accounting principles or significant changes in 
the national system of intercollegiate athletics. 
‘‘(7) SPECIAL RULE.—An institution of higher 
education that submits the information described in 
subparagraphs (K) through (L) of paragraph (1) to 
an intercollegiate athletic association for an aca-
demic year, and such information is verified by an 
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independent audit and certified by the chancellor of 
the institution, may, in lieu of submitting such infor-
mation under paragraph (1), request such associa-
tion to directly submit such information to the Sec-
retary on behalf of the institution for such academic 
year.’’. 
SEC. 3. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
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)(A) An institution will not be a member of 
any intercollegiate athletic association or participate 
in any national intercollegiate athletics competition 
organized by any person, unless such association or 
person reports, on an annual basis, to the Secretary 
the following, disaggregated by sport, athletic event, 
or contract, as applicable: 
‘‘(i) Total generated revenue and amount 
of revenue generated by each of the following 
categories: 
‘‘(I) Total ticket sales. 
‘‘(II) Distributions from other inter-
collegiate athletic organization or person. 
‘‘(III) Cash contributions. 
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