HCONRES 119
102th Congress
House
Sports and Recreation
Academic performance
Athletes
College sports
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the Knight Foundation's proposals for reforming the college athletics system.
Introduced: April 11, 1991
Introduced by:
Neal, Richard E.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 10, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
Apr 11, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Apr 11, 1991
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that: (1) colleges and universities should implement the Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics' (the Knight Foundation's) proposals for reforming the college athletics system; (2) the National Collegiate Athletic Association should consider the Foundation's proposals during its 1992 convention; and (3) Federal legislation should be enacted that protects the college athlete as a student and reforms the current college athletics system.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
Committees of jurisdiction
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