H.R. 4312 - SCORE Act
H.R. 4312 - SCORE Act
Hearing Information
Meeting Information
Monday, December 1, 2025 - 4:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Video
Rules Committee Hearing H.R. 4312, 4305, 2965, 1049, 1069, and 1005
Bill Text
Rules Committee Print 119-14 PDF
Showing the text of H.R. 4312, as ordered reported by the Committee on Education and Workforce and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, with modifications
(as reported)
Comparative Print PDF
Showing the differences between the text of H.R. 4312, as reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rules Committee Print 119-14.
Comparative Print PDF
Showing the differences between the text of H.R. 4312, as reported by the Committee on Education and Workforce, and Rules Committee Print 119-14.
H. Rept. 119-270 Part IPDF
Report from the Committee on Energy and Commerce to accompany H.R. 4312
H. Rept. 119-270 Part IIPDF
Report from the Committee on Education and Workforce to accompany H.R. 4312
H. Rept. 119-270 Part IIIPDF
Supplemental report from the Committee on Energy and Commerce to accompany H.R. 4312
H. Rept. 119-270 Part IVPDF
Supplemental report from the Committee on Education and Workforce to accompany H.R. 4312
Hearing Documents
Rule PDF
H. Rept. 119-391PDF
Amendments (click each header to sort table ▲▼ by that column)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | Trahan (MA) | Democrat | SUBSTITUTE Grants college athletes unrestricted rights to monetize their names, images, and likenesses, seek professional representation, and protect their privacy. Establishes in the legislative branch a bipartisan commission to explore topics related to governance and revenue in college athletics. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 1 | Sykes (OH) | Democrat | Strikes section 10 that bars students from collective bargaining. | Submitted |
| 3 | Version 1 | Tonko (NY) | Democrat | Bans proposition bets on amateur or intercollegiate sport competitions. | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 1 | Lee (PA) | Democrat | Removes the Employment Standing section of the bill, which would otherwise prohibit college athletes from being considered employees. | Submitted |
| 5 | Version 1 | Baumgartner (WA) | Republican | Disqualifies institutions and conferences that enter into defined private capital or sovereign wealth agreements involving athletics revenues or control from the Act's liability limitation. Clarifies that such arrangements remain permissible but operate outside the federal antitrust safe harbor established by the Act. | Submitted |
| 6 | Version 1 | Baumgartner (WA) | Republican | Clarifies that rules collecting revenues subject to the pool cap and redistributing them to institutions on a fixed per-athlete basis across all sports fall within the liability limitation. Authorizes protected rules to define, audit, and enforce varsity roster standards used to calculate those per-capita distributions. | Submitted |
| 7 | Version 1 | Baumgartner (WA) | Republican | Prohibits conferences that benefit from the liability limitation from scheduling or requiring regular-season contests that obligate varsity teams to travel beyond a specified geographic radius from campus, subject to defined exceptions. Authorizes exceptions for postseason championships, voluntary non-conference contests between distant institutions, and institutions in Alaska, Hawaii, or similarly situated locations. | Submitted |
| 8 | Version 1 | Baumgartner (WA) | Republican | Requires institutions that provide compensation under this Act to distribute such institution-funded compensation in equal amounts to all eligible student-athletes at that institution. Prohibits variation in institution-funded compensation based on sex, sport, position, performance, or market value. | Submitted |
| 9 | Version 1 | Baumgartner (WA) | Republican | Requires an intercollegiate athletic association to cap the total yearly pay for any athletics department employee --including head coaches -- at no more than 10 times the average cost of attendance at the top schools used to set the pool limit, and counts as pay all salary, bonuses, buyouts, deferred compensation, and payments made through related entities. | Submitted |
| 10 | Version 1 | Adams (NC) | Democrat | Expands data reporting requirements for college athletic programs disaggregated by sex. | Submitted |
| 11 | Version 1 | Adams (NC) | Democrat | Prohibits intercollegiate athletic associations from discriminating on the basis of sex in rulemaking, requirements for membership, facilities, and pay-sharing agreements. | Submitted |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 211
Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order amendments #5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 to H.R. 4312, offered by Representative Baumgartner, which would collectively limit the antitrust liability protections in the bill for the NCAA and conferences, provide for equal distribution of compensation on the basis of sex and other factors, establish rules for college athlete travel, and put a cap in place on coach salaries. Defeated: 4–7
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 212
Motion by Ms. Leger Fernández to make in order amendment #1 to H.R. 4312, offered by Representative Trahan, which would grant college athletes unrestricted rights to monetize their names, images, and likenesses, seek professional representation, and protect their privacy, and establish a bipartisan commission to explore topics related to governance and revenue in college athletics. Defeated: 4–7
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 213
Motion by Ms. Leger Fernández to make in order amendment #2 to H.R. 4312, offered by Representative Sykes, which would strike section 10 that bars students from collective bargaining. Defeated: 4–7
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 214
Motion by Mr. Griffith to report the rule. Adopted: 7–4