[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2147 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2147

     To exempt intercollegiate athletic conferences and interstate 
     intercollegiate athletic associations from the antitrust laws.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2025

   Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To exempt intercollegiate athletic conferences and interstate 
     intercollegiate athletic associations from the antitrust laws.

    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 ``Collegiate Sports Integrity Act''.

SEC. 2. ANTITRUST EXEMPTION FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCES 
              AND ASSOCIATIONS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Antitrust laws.--The term ``antitrust laws'' has the 
        meaning given the term in the first section of the Clayton Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 12), except that such term includes section 5 of the 
        Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to the extent such 
        section 5 applies to unfair methods of competition.
            (2) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1001).
            (3) Intercollegiate athletic conference.--The term 
        ``intercollegiate athletic conference'' means--
                    (A) an organization or association that--
                            (i) exclusively has as members 2 or more 
                        institutions of higher education; and
                            (ii) arranges championships and sets rules 
                        for intercollegiate athletic competition; or
                    (B) any institution of higher education that 
                competes against another institution of higher 
                education in an athletic competition.
            (4) Interstate intercollegiate athletic association.--The 
        term ``interstate intercollegiate athletic association''--
                    (A) means a not-for-profit corporation, an 
                association, or any other group organized in the United 
                States that--
                            (i) sponsors or arranges intercollegiate 
                        athletic competition between institutions and 
                        intercollegiate athletic conferences;
                            (ii) sets common rules, standards, 
                        procedures, or guidelines for the 
                        administration of intercollegiate athletic 
                        competition at institutions; and
                            (iii) is composed of 2 or more institutions 
                        or conferences that are located in different 
                        States; and
                    (B) does not include a corporation, association, or 
                other group affiliated with professional athletic 
                competition.
    (b) Exemption.--The antitrust laws shall not apply to 
intercollegiate athletic conferences or interstate intercollegiate 
athletic associations.
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