S. 2554 · 118th Congress

College Athlete Economic Freedom Act

Introduced on Jul 26, 2023 by Christopher Murphy (D-CT). Latest action (Jul 26, 2023): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jul 26, 2023
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Sports and Recreation
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to establish name, image, and likeness rights for college athletes at institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Christopher MurphyD-CTSponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jul 26, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 26, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Baylor University5 reports
    Federal contractor: BAYLOR UNIVERSITY$1.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. Big 12 Conference5 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  3. RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY5 reports
    $470K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY$15.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. Southern Methodist University5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY$5.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. Stanford University5 reports
    $510K reported (all issues)
  6. THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE5 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  7. University of Michigan5 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANAI match · 100%
  8. American Association for Justice4 reports
    $4.9M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.