College Athletes Bill of Rights
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College Athletes Bill of Rights
This bill addresses issues of rights to compensation, health and safety standards, and educational opportunities for college athletes.
Included among the bill's provisions are those that
- prohibit an institution of higher education, an intercollegiate athletic association, or a conference from restricting the ability of college athletes to market the use of their names, images, likenesses, or athletic reputations;
- set penalties for any such institution that violates specified protections for athletes;
- establish a Commission on College Athletics to protect the economic interests of college athletes and promote the health, wellness, and safety of college athletes and establish a medical trust fund to cover the cost of out-of-pocket expenses relating to any sports-related injury; and
- direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish health, wellness, and safety guidelines for intercollegiate athletic programs.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9033: College Athletes Bill of Rights. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9033/
"H.R. 9033: College Athletes Bill of Rights." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9033/.
H.R. 9033, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9033/.
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