To improve the bill.

SA 6758. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4668, to protect the name, image, and likeness
rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote
fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 1 and all that follows through the end and
insert the following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Collegiate Sports Integrity
Act''.

SEC. 2. ANTITRUST EXEMPTION FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC
CONFERENCES AND ASSOCIATIONS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Antitrust laws.--The term ``antitrust laws'' has the
meaning given the term in the first section of the Clayton
Act (15 U.S.C. 12), except that such term includes section 5
of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to the
extent such section 5 applies to unfair methods of
competition.
(2) Institution of higher education.--The term
``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the
term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1001).

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(3) Intercollegiate athletic conference.--The term
``intercollegiate athletic conference'' means--
(A) an organization or association that--
(i) exclusively has as members 2 or more institutions of
higher education; and
(ii) arranges championships and sets rules for
intercollegiate athletic competition; or
(B) any institution of higher education that competes
against another institution of higher education in an
athletic competition.
(4) Interstate intercollegiate athletic association.--The
term ``interstate intercollegiate athletic association''--
(A) means a not-for-profit corporation, an association, or
any other group organized in the United States that--
(i) sponsors or arranges intercollegiate athletic
competition between institutions and intercollegiate athletic
conferences;
(ii) sets common rules, standards, procedures, or
guidelines for the administration of intercollegiate athletic
competition at institutions;
(iii) is composed of 2 or more institutions or conferences
that are located in different States; and
(B) does not include a corporation, association, or other
group affiliated with professional athletic competition.
(b) Exemption.--The antitrust laws shall not apply to
intercollegiate athletic conferences or interstate
intercollegiate athletic associations.
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