3.0.0 1120 2021-06-07T19:38:34Z 2021-06-07T19:38:34Z House H HRES 2008-04-17 110 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-04-17T12:30:27Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-04-17T12:30:22Z College Football Playoff Act of 2008 110 7330 HR 2008-12-10 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2008-04-17 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2008-04-17 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-17 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2008-04-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E644) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000014 Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] NEIL ABERCROMBIE D HI 1 N W000796 Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3] Lynn Westmoreland R GA A. 3 2008-04-17 True S001148 Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] MICHAEL SIMPSON R ID K. 2 2008-04-17 True M001142 Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2] JIM MATHESON D UT 2 2008-05-08 False M001157 Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] Michael McCaul R TX T. 10 2008-12-09 False Commerce Antitrust law Civil actions and liability College sports Education Football Governmental investigations Higher education Law Restrictive trade practices Sports and Recreation Commerce 00 2008-04-17 Introduced in House 2008-04-21T18:03:12Z Rejects the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I A Bowl Championship Series (BCS) football playoff system as an illegal restraint of trade that violates the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

Calls for: (1) the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division to investigate and bring appropriate action to have the BCS system declared illegal and to require a playoff to determine a national champion; and (2) establishment of an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Championship playoff system in the interest of fairness and to bring parity to all NCAA teams.

]]> Supports the establishment of an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Championship playoff system in the interest of fairness and to bring parity to all NCAA teams. Display Title Supports the establishment of an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Championship playoff system in the interest of fairness and to bring parity to all NCAA teams. Official Title as Introduced Supports the establishment of an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Championship playoff system in the interest of fairness and to bring parity to all NCAA teams. Introduced in House 2008-04-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hres1120ih/xml/BILLS-110hres1120ih.xml 2008-04-17 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.