S. 2083: Athletics Fair Pay Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-10 · Sports and Recreation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4775-4776)

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-07-10 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4775-4776) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Athletics Fair Pay Act of 2019

Plain summary

Athletics Fair Pay Act of 2019 This bill addresses pay equity for amateur athletes. It requires amateur sports national governing bodies to provide equitable wages and other compensation for women where separate programs for male and female athletes are conducted on a national basis. The bill also requires a national governing body to report to Congress on the compensation of amateur athletes in the sport governed by such body for each of the two consecutive calendar years ending immediately before, and each calendar year beginning after, this bill's enactment. Each report shall include (1) the median compensation for amateur athletes, disaggregated by race and gender; and (2) the minimum and maximum compensation paid to amateur athletes, disaggregated by race and gender.

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Athletics Fair Pay Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · 24 cosponsors

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Patty Murray (D-WA), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tina Smith (D-MN), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Christopher Murphy (D-CT)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s2083.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s2083 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116