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 »
Amendment Deadline
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 - 5:00pm View Announcement »
Meeting Information
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 - 12:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Video
Rules Committee Hearing H.R. 4312, 4305, 2965, 1049, 1069, and 1005
Bill Text
Rules Committee Print 119-29 PDF
Showing the text of H.R. 4312, as reported by the Committee on Education and Workforce and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, with modifications
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)
| Amendments submitted to RCP 119-29 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status | |
| 1 | Version 1 | Cloud (TX), Moore (AL), Biggs (AZ) | Republican | Prohibits the Federal Reserve from studying, developing, or issuing a central bank digital currency. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 1 | Tonko (NY) | Democrat | Bans proposition bets on amateur or intercollegiate sport competitions. | Submitted |
| 3 | Version 1 | Beatty (OH) | Democrat | SUBSTITUTE Strikes the language in the SCORE Act and replaces it with a comprehensive national framework that protects student athletes’ rights, strengthens basic labor-style protections, supports women’s and Olympic sports, allows pooling media rights to maximize revenue, and brings stability and fairness to the college athletics system. Identical to S.2932 - Student Athlete Fairness and Enforcement (SAFE) Act (119th Congress). | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 1 | Sykes (OH) | Democrat | Strikes section 10 that bars students from collective bargaining. | Submitted |
| 5 | Version 2 | Baumgartner (WA) | Republican | Revised Sunsets the Act's antirust exemption in 2035, on the same date that the House v. NCAA settlement expires. Provides a forcing function for Congress to review the implementation of the Act, to consider status of recommendations of the Commission authorized by the Act, and to move up the sunset by joint-resolution. | Revised |
| 6 | Version 1 | Baumgartner (WA) | Republican | Caps compensation for coaches, assistant coaches, general managers, and other athletics administrators at 10 times the average cost-of-attendance for undergraduates enrolled at the 70 highest earning college athletic programs. | Submitted |
| 7 | Version 1 | Trahan (MA) | Democrat | SUBSTITUTE Replaces the SCORE Act with the College Athletics Reform Act, which would create a federal NIL and agent standard, amend the Sports Broadcasting Act to allow for media rights pooling by college institutions, enhance Title IX reporting requirements, and establish a legislative branch commission to explore sustainable governance models for college athletics. Identical to H.R.6350 (119th Congress). | Submitted |
| 8 | Version 1 | Mullin (CA) | Democrat | Clarifies that athlete agents have a fiduciary duty to their college athlete clients. | Submitted |
| 9 | Version 1 | Mullin (CA) | Democrat | Directs the FTC to study the impacts of establishing an athlete agent registration and regulation program that is independent of any institution, conference, or interstate intercollegiate athletic association. | Submitted |
| 10 | Version 1 | Cleaver (MO) | Democrat | Removes the conflicting agreements exception that would allow institutions to restrict the ability of student athletes from entering into agreements that conflict with other contracts to which the institution is a party. | Submitted |
| 11 | Version 3 | Magaziner (RI) | Democrat | Withdrawn Sunsets the provisions of the bill after 5 years | Withdrawn |
| 12 | Version 1 | Magaziner (RI) | Democrat | Withdrawn The amendment summary will be updated once amendment text is finalized | Withdrawn |
| 13 | Version 1 | Lee (PA), Cleaver (MO) | Democrat | Removes the Employment Standing section of the bill, which would prohibit college athletes from being considered employees. | Submitted |
| 14 | Version 1 | Baumgartner (WA) | Republican | Enables schools and conferences to pool and share athletic revenues across all athletes and between schools; requires schools to compensate athletes equally regardless of sex or sport; and reins in excessive cross-country conference travel when school is in session. | Submitted |
| 15 | Version 1 | Baumgartner (WA) | Republican | Withdrawn Applies unrelated business income tax rules when colleges enter into private-equity or sovereign wealth deals that commercialize athletics revenues and control rights. Treats certain room, board, and scholarship benefits as taxable income when athlete compensation exceeds $250,000 annually | Withdrawn |
| 16 | Version 1 | Casar (TX) | Democrat | Strikes section 12 of the bill, which blocks states from establishing certain laws governing student athletes, including laws on compensation, benefits, and academic standards. | Submitted |
| 17 | Version 1 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Encourages degree completion by ensuring that returning students are entitled to a grant-in-aid amount at the same rate as the initial time of enrollment as a student athlete. Extends the period for enrollment from 7 to 10 years. | Submitted |
| 18 | Version 1 | Cloud (TX) | Republican | Redefines institutions covered in the bill to not include higher education institutions that have endowments that exceed $1,000,000,000 if that same institution receives funding under title IV of the Higher Education Act. | Submitted |
| 19 | Version 1 | Cloud (TX) | Republican | Requires institutions to organize varsity sports teams only composed of athletes participating according to their biological sex. | Submitted |
| 20 | Version 1 | Veasey (TX) | Democrat | Revises the SCORE Act to preserve a private right of action for student athletes. | Submitted |
| 21 | Version 2 | Harris (MD) | Republican | Revised Amends bill to place a cap on non-citizen participation in American collegiate sports, staggered over a three-year period. | Revised |
| 22 | Version 2 | Cloud (TX) | Republican | Revised Requires the State Department to limit student visas issued to Chinese nationals to a number equal to the amount of student visas issued by the People's Republic of China to American citizens. | Revised |
| 23 | Version 1 | Kamlager-Dove (CA) | Democrat | Late Preserves scholarship and roster spot levels for intercollegiate sports other than football, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball at covered institutions. Establishes minimum investment, compliance verification, waiver, and public reporting requirements for institutional spending on intercollegiate sports other than football, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball. | Submitted |
| 24 | Version 1 | Higgins (LA), Clyde (GA) | Republican | Late Amends the definition of "prospective student athlete" and "student athlete" to be at least 18 years of age or older and enrolled or solicited to enroll at the university where the athlete will be participating in college sports. | Submitted |
| 25 | Version 1 | Higgins (LA) | Republican | Late Amends the definition of “prohibited compensation” to include a provision that the student must be officially enrolled in the university and/or has signed a binding written agreement with the university before the athlete may receive compensation for NIL. | Submitted |
| 26 | Version 1 | Pfluger (TX) | Republican | Late Recognizes that Congress is concerned that the transfer portal and Name, Image, and Likeness have had a negative impact on Military Service Academies and that the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Association should develop rules in coordination with the Department of War and the Military Service Academies governing the transfer of student-athletes from U.S. military service academies, with attention to protecting taxpayer investment, preserving the integrity of service academy admissions, and allowing for appropriate mobility for student-athletes. | Submitted |
| 27 | Version 1 | Crank (CO) | Republican | Late Clarifies that athletes competing in Olympic and Paralympic competitions are not respected in the same category as athletes achieving compensation in professional sports. | Submitted |
| 28 | Version 1 | Clyde (GA) | Republican | Late Prohibits covered entities from signing, soliciting, or facilitating Name, Image, and Likeness agreements with a student athlete who is younger than 18 years old unless said student athlete is a senior in High School. | Submitted |
| Amendments submitted to RCP 119-14 | |||||
| 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
Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay
Mr. Norman
No Vote
Mr. Roy
No Vote
Mrs. Houchin
Nay
Mr. Langworthy
Nay
Mr. Scott (GA)
Nay
Mr. Griffith
Nay
Mr. Jack
Nay
Ms. Foxx, Chair
Nay
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Neguse
Yea
Ms. Leger Fernández
Yea
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
Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay
Mr. Norman
No Vote
Mr. Roy
No Vote
Mrs. Houchin
Nay
Mr. Langworthy
Nay
Mr. Scott (GA)
Nay
Mr. Griffith
Nay
Mr. Jack
Nay
Ms. Foxx, Chair
Nay
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Neguse
Yea
Ms. Leger Fernández
Yea
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
Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay
Mr. Norman
No Vote
Mr. Roy
No Vote
Mrs. Houchin
Nay
Mr. Langworthy
Nay
Mr. Scott (GA)
Nay
Mr. Griffith
Nay
Mr. Jack
Nay
Ms. Foxx, Chair
Nay
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Neguse
Yea
Ms. Leger Fernández
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 214
Motion by Mr. Griffith to report the rule. Adopted: 7–4
Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea
Mr. Norman
No Vote
Mr. Roy
No Vote
Mrs. Houchin
Yea
Mr. Langworthy
Yea
Mr. Scott (GA)
Yea
Mr. Griffith
Yea
Mr. Jack
Yea
Ms. Foxx, Chair
Yea
Mr. McGovern
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Neguse
Nay
Ms. Leger Fernández
Nay