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H.R. 4312119th CongressFloor activityLatest action Dec 1, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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The SCORE Act creates one federal standard for college athlete NIL pay, overriding all state NIL laws.
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The bill establishes national rules letting college athletes sign NIL deals and hire agents, while banning disguised pay-for-play payments and letting the NCAA and conferences enforce their own NIL, transfer, and eligibility rules without antitrust liability. Larger programs must offer expanded athlete support like post-graduation medical care, counseling, and scholarship protections, and schools with major media revenue face restrictions on using student fees for athletics.
College athletes, universities and athletic departments, conferences, the NCAA and similar national bodies, sports agents, and state lawmakers who passed prior NIL laws.
The bill would preempt all state laws on athlete pay, employment status, and NIL rights, shifting regulatory authority to a single federal standard and reducing states' ability to set their own rules.
Schools with at least $50 million in annual media rights revenue would be barred from using student fees to fund athletics, and all schools must publicly report how athletic fees are spent.
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Right now: the House has taken floor action on it, and the official record shows nothing new since. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 916 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965 and H.R. 4305. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965, and H.R. 4305 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
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