The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee (established 1795) in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing committee. The Energy and Commerce Committee is at the forefront of all issues and policies powering America’s economy, including our global competitive edge in energy, technology, and health care. The committee is led by E&C Chairman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and E&C Ranking Member Frank Pallone (NJ-06). The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade is led by Chairman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) and Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (IL-09).
. Again, good morning, everyone, and welcome to our markup of the
SCOR Act. I'm proud to lead this bipartisan legislation alongside
the full committee chairs, of course, energy and commerce, uh, Chairman
Guthrie, Education and workforce and judiciary, and my other esteemed
colleagues, especially representatives buying them figures and fry.
This committee has a rich history of thoughtful and bipartisan engagement
in college sports and name image likeness policy. We've worked across
party lines, not just to legislate, but to understand what is truly
at stake. The health, safety, and future of student athletes. We
can all agree. Going back to uh the 114th Congress. We saw leadership
from then chair Upton on concussion safety.
And this 116th Congress, then Chair Pallone, a ranking member Walden,
jointly sought input on the emerging NIL landscape from stakeholders
across the country, grounded in the idea that good policy begins
with good listening. And the 118th Congress, then chair Rick Morris
Rogers and I continued taking feedback from stakeholders with the
intent of creating a national framework to protect our student athletes
and create a sustainable future for college sports.
Many of these imports went into our first NIL legislative hearing
last year on the draft bill, the fair College Sports Act. Since then,
We continue that spirit of listening and engagement, this Congress.
We hosted two subcommittee hearings, convened multiple bipartisan
round tables and receive input from hundreds of voices across the
college sports, uh, eco ecosys ecosystem. It's an ecosystem including
from student athletes, coaches, athletic directors, uh, compliance
officials and conference commissioners and legal experts. We've also
worked in close coordination with other committees and members on
both sides of the aisle to craft a bill that reflects broad consensus.
The result of all this work is a score Act, a comprehensive bipartisan
solution that upholds the integrity of college sports and strengthens
protections for student athletes who make it all possible. It provides
common sense guardrails around the transfer portal, and agent disclosure
uring students are supported, not exploited as they navigate life
changing decisions. I'm honored to lead. An important, thoughtful
and carefully crafted bill along with Chairman Guthrie. I will be
the first to say not everyone is going to get 100% of what they want
in this bill, but time is of the essence, folks. I want to say it
again, time is of the essence. It is long past time that we take
action to ensure that we have sustainable future for college sports,
especially for women's sports and the Olympic sports. That creates
predictability and certainty for all student athletes. We must act
now. protect and preserve the uniquely American institution of college
sports, we have all come to know and love. Thank you to my colleagues
for their collaboration and commitment to student athletes. So I
look forward to continuing our work as we move the SCOR Act forward.
Chairman Bilirakis Delivers Opening Statement at CMT Markup of SCORE Act | Gan Jing World
