For the Fans Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4301 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4301 To improve the access of consumers to professional sports broadcasts, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 15 (legislative day, April 14), 2026 Ms. Baldwin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To improve the access of consumers to professional sports broadcasts, 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 ``For the Fans Act''. SEC. 2. ACCESS TO STREAMING OF LIVE GAMES. (a) Definitions.--In this Act: (1) League.--The term ``league'' means a professional sports team organization in the United States for any of the following sports: (A) Baseball. (B) Basketball. (C) Football. (D) Hockey. (E) Soccer. (F) Any other sport determined by the Federal Trade Commission, pursuant to a rule promulgated in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code. (2) League streamer.--The term ``league streamer'' means a streaming subscription service streaming the games of a league that-- (A) has the name of the league in the title of the streaming subscription service; (B) is promoted by the league; (C) has an agreement with the league to receive a portion of proceeds from streaming the majority of the games of the league; or (D) meets any other requirement, as determined by the Federal Trade Commission, pursuant to a rule promulgated in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code. (3) Local fan.--The term ``local fan'', with respect to a league team, means an individual located in the same State as the