Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act
Official title: To designate certain conduct by sports agents relating to the signing of contracts with student athletes as unfair and deceptive acts or practices to be regulated by the Federal Trade Commission.
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 453.
Requires an agent, in conjunction with the signing of an agency contract, to provide to the athlete a separate disclosure document that includes notice that if the athlete signs the contract he or she may lose eligibility to compete as a student athlete in that sport. Requires the student athlete to sign such document before signing the agency contract.
Treats a violation of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Authorizes civil actions by State attorneys general under specified circumstances.
Requires the agent and the athlete, within 72 hours after entering into an agency contract or before the next athletic event in which the athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, to provide notice to the educational institution that the athlete has entered into an agency contract. Grants an educational institution a right of action against an agent for damages caused by such agent's failure to provide such notice.
Expresses the sense of Congress that States should enact the Uniform Athlete Agents Act of 2000 drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws to protect student athletes and the integrity of amateur sports from unscrupulous sports agents.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
- Reported in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4701: Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4701/
"H.R. 4701: Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4701/.
H.R. 4701, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4701/.
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