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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3328
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit sports agents from
influencing college athletes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 25, 1996
Mr. GORDON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit sports
agents from influencing college athletes.
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 ‘‘Collegiate Athletics
Integrity Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. INFLUENCE BY SPORTS AGENTS OF COLLEGE ATH-
LETES PROHIBITED.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘§ 226. Influence by sports agents of college athletes
prohibited
‘‘(a) Whoever being a sports agent knowingly influ-
ences a college athlete to terminate that athlete’s college
eligibility, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for
not more than 3 years, or both.
‘‘(b) As used in this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘influence’ means to induce by—
‘‘(A) a gift or a loan of money, property or
services; or
‘‘(B) offering to procure employment for;
‘‘(2) the term ‘sports agent’ means a person—
‘‘(A) who directly or indirectly solicits a
college athlete to enter into a contract or agree-
ment authorizing such person to represent the
athlete in the marketing of such athlete’s ability
or reputation in a sport; and
‘‘(B) who operates in or whose activities
affect interstate commerce;
‘‘(3) the term ‘college athlete’ means a student,
enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree
granting program of an institution, who—
‘‘(A) has informed the institution, in writ-
ing, of the student’s intention to participate in
the institution’s intercollegiate athletic pro-
gram; or
‘‘(B) participates in the institution’s inter-
collegiate athletic program,
and is eligible to participate under the rules of the
institution’s governing national intercollegiate ath-
letic association;
‘‘(4) the term ‘college eligibility’ means eligi-
bility to participate in an institution’s intercollegiate
athletic program under the rules of the institution’s
governing national intercollegiate athletic associa-
tion;
‘‘(5) the term ‘institution’ means an institution
of higher learning, as that term is defined in section
1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1141(a)), which offers an intercollegiate ath-
letic program;
‘‘(6) the term ‘national intercollegiate athletic
association’ means an association which—
‘‘(A) has 2 or more member institutions;
and
‘‘(B) has adopted, accepted, or put into ef-
fect rules for the conduct of the intercollegiate
athletic teams which are members of that asso-
ciation and for the regulation of contests in
which such teams engage; and
‘‘(7) the term ‘governing national intercollegiate
athletic association’ means the national intercolle-
giate athletic association of which the institution is
a member.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 11 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
‘‘226. Influence by sports agents of college athletes prohibited.’’.
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