H.Res. 72: Supporting the goals and ideals of the Secondary School Student Athletes' Bill of Rights.

113th Congress · introduced 2013-02-15 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-02-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Supporting the goals and ideals of the Secondary School Student Athletes' Bill of Rights.

Plain summary

Expresses support for: (1) the principles and values set forth in the Secondary School Student Athletes' Bill of Rights; and (2) secondary schools that have successfully implemented programs, policies, and practices to emphasize and encourage student athlete safety and well-being. Recognizes the importance of proper safety measures, timely medical assessments, and appropriate environmental conditions, and the role that teachers, parents, coaches, and athletic health care team members play, in ensuring the well-being of secondary school student athletes. Encourages secondary schools to continue to take all available and reasonable efforts to ensure student athlete safety.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Supporting the goals and ideals of the Secondary School Student Athletes' Bill of Rights.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6] · 63 cosponsors

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Adam Smith (D-WA), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Roger Williams (R-TX), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and 3 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hres72.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hres>

Record fed-us-cong113-hres72 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113