[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1449 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1449

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit sports agents from 
                     influencing college athletes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 1999

  Mr. Gordon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit sports agents from 
                     influencing college athletes.

    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 Athletics Integrity Act 
of 1999''.

SEC. 2. INFLUENCE BY SPORTS AGENTS OF COLLEGE ATHLETES PROHIBITED.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 226. Influence by sports agents of college athletes prohibited
    ``(a) Whoever being a sports agent knowingly influences a college 
athlete to terminate that athlete's college eligibility, shall be fined 
under this title or imprisoned for not more than 3 years, or both.
    ``(b) As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `influence' means to induce by--
                    ``(A) a gift or a loan of money, property or 
                services; or
                    ``(B) offering to procure employment for;
            ``(2) the term `sports agent' means a person--
                    ``(A) who directly or indirectly solicits a college 
                athlete to enter into a contract or agreement 
                authorizing such person to represent the athlete in the 
                marketing of such athlete's ability or reputation in a 
                sport; and
                    ``(B) who operates in or whose activities affect 
                interstate commerce;
            ``(3) the term `college athlete' means a student, enrolled 
        in an undergraduate or graduate degree granting program of an 
        institution, who--
                    ``(A) has informed the institution, in writing, of 
                the student's intention to participate in the 
                institution's intercollegiate athletic program; or
                    ``(B) participates in the institution's 
                intercollegiate athletic program,
        and is eligible to participate under the rules of the 
        institution's governing national intercollegiate athletic 
        association;
            ``(4) the term `college eligibility' means eligibility to 
        participate in an institution's intercollegiate athletic 
        program under the rules of the institution's governing national 
        intercollegiate athletic association;
            ``(5) the term `institution' means an institution of higher 
        learning, as that term is defined in section 1201(a) of the 
        Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)), which offers 
        an intercollegiate athletic program;
            ``(6) the term `national intercollegiate athletic 
        association' means an association which--
                    ``(A) has 2 or more member institutions; and
                    ``(B) has adopted, accepted, or put into effect 
                rules for the conduct of the intercollegiate athletic 
                teams which are members of that association and for the 
                regulation of contests in which such teams engage; and
            ``(7) the term `governing national intercollegiate athletic 
        association' means the national intercollegiate athletic 
        association of which the institution is a member.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``226. Influence by sports agents of college athletes prohibited.''.
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