Protect the BALL Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8304 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8304 To provide for a limitation on liability for certain institutions regarding limitations on compensation to student athletes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 8, 2024 Mr. Fry (for himself, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Norman, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Guest, Mr. Nehls, and Mr. Jordan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide for a limitation on liability for certain institutions regarding limitations on compensation to student 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 ``Protect the Benefits for Athletes and Limit Liability Act of 2024'' or as the ``Protect the BALL Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) The term ``academic stipend'' means a payment made to a student athlete by (and only by) an institution not exceeding $5,980 in or attributable to any academic year. (2) The term ``intercollegiate athletic association'' shall mean any organization or association with multiple conferences or institutions as members that arranges championships and sets rules for national sports competition between Varsity Intercollegiate Teams. (3) The term ``compensation'' shall include all forms of payment and remuneration, in cash, benefits, awards and in any other form, including payments for licenses of or use of name, image, and likeness rights or for such other State or Federal intellectual or intangible property rights as are currently or may hereafter be recognized judicially or enacted by statute, but does not include the payi