Title: Even Playing Field Act
Policy area: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
Even Playing Field Act
This bill addresses pay equity for amateur athletes and other personnel. It allows recognition, or continued recognition, of a national governing body of an amateur sports organization only if it provides equal investment, promotional support, working conditions (including staff support and facilities and equipment for training and competition), and wages and other compensation to all amateur athletes, without discrimination based on sex.
National governing bodies must report periodically to Congress regarding pay equity.
Each report shall include (1) the median compensation for amateur athletes, coaches, trainers, managers, administrators, and officials, disaggregated by race, gender, and employment category; and (2) the minimum and maximum compensation paid to such personnel, disaggregated by race, gender, and employment category.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4163 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4163

To amend the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to provide pay 
            equity for amateur athletes and other personnel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2021

 Ms. Speier (for herself, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mrs. Lawrence, 
    Ms. Escobar, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Titus, Ms. 
 McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Keating, Ms. Bass, 
  Ms. Pressley, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Matsui, Mr. 
  Gomez, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. 
Ross, Ms. Norton, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. 
 Lawson of Florida, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to provide pay 
            equity for amateur athletes and other personnel.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Even Playing Field Act''.

SEC. 2. PAY EQUITY FOR AMATEUR ATHLETES AND OTHER PERSONNEL.

    (a) Purposes of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.--Section 
220503(12) of the title 36, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
``including investment, promotional support, working conditions 
including staff support and facilities and equipment for training and 
competition, and wages, stipends and other compensation, equal to that 
afforded to amateur athletic activities for men'' before the semicolon.
    (b) Eligibility Requirements for Amateur Sports Organizations as 
National Governing Bodies.--Section 220522(a)(8) of the title 36, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``an equal opportunity'' and inserting 
        ``and demonstrates equal opportunity, including in investment, 
        promotional support, working conditions including staff support 
        and facilities and equipment for training and competition, and 
        wages, stipends and other compensation,''; and
            (2) by inserting ``and other activities'' after ``athletic 
        competition''.
    (c) General Duties of National Governing Bodies.--Section 220524(6) 
of the title 36, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, 
including in investment, promotional support, working conditions 
including staff support and facilities and equipment for training and 
competition, and wages, stipends and other compensation'' before the 
semicolon.
    (d) Reports on Pay Equity.--
            (1) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 2205 of such 
        title is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 220530A. Reports on pay equity
    ``(a) In General.--Each national governing body shall submit to 
Congress a report on the compensation of amateur athletes, coaches, 
trainers, managers, administrators, and officials in the sport governed 
by the national governing body for--
            ``(1) each of the two consecutive calendar years ending 
        immediately before the date of the enactment of this section; 
        and
            ``(2) each calendar year beginning after the date of the 
        enactment of this section.
    ``(b) Matters To Be Included.--Each report required by subsection 
(a) shall include, with respect to the applicable sport, for the 
calendar year covered by the report--
            ``(1) the median compensation for amateur athletes, 
        coaches, trainers, managers, administrators, and officials 
        disaggregated by race, gender, and employment category; and
            ``(2) the minimum and maximum compensation paid to amateur 
        athletes, coaches, trainers, managers, administrators, and 
        officials, disaggregated by race, gender, and employment 
        category.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--The table of sections for 
        chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 220530A. Reports on pay equity.''.
    (e) Retroactive Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection 
(a) shall take effect on the date that is 2 years before the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (f) Severability.--If any provision of this Act, an amendment made 
by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any 
person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act, and the application of 
the provision or amendment to any other person or circumstance, shall 
not be affected.
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