NCAA Accountability Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3976 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3976 To establish due process requirements for the investigation of intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 12, 2025 Mr. Kustoff (for himself, Mr. Harder of California, and Mr. Owens) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish due process requirements for the investigation of intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes. 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 ``NCAA Accountability Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. DUE PROCESS REQUIREMENTS. (a) In General.--Each covered athletic association shall establish and administer due process requirements for the investigation of any member institution, student athlete enrolled in such member institution, or other individual for any alleged infraction of the covered athletic association's bylaws or failure to meet the conditions and obligations of membership if the matter cannot be resolved without a formal investigation, consistent with the following: (1) If the covered athletic association or any governing body subordinate to the covered athletic association, initiates an investigation whether formal or informal into a member institution, the covered athletic association shall provide written notice to the member institution detailing the nature of the inquiry by not later than 60 days after the covered athletic association receives information indicating that a bylaw violation may have occurred, and that the covered athletic association has determined that an investigation is warranted. The no