,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #badg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bd1     
#bjbe,mr4 ,paul introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to exempt intercollegiate     
athletic conferences and interstate     
intercollegiate athletic associations   
from the antitrust laws4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,collegiate ,sports ,integrity ,act4    
#b4 ,antitrust exemption for            
intercollegiate athletic conferences and
 associations  7a7 ,definitions ,in this
 section3 7#a7 ,antitrust laws ,the term
 antitrust laws has the meaning given   
the term in the first section of the    
,clayton ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ab71      
except that such term includes section  
#e of the ,federal ,trade ,commission   
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #de7 to the extent  
such section #e applies to unfair       
methods of competition4  7#b7           
,institution of higher education ,the   

term institution of higher education has
 the meaning given the term in section  
#aja of the ,higher ,education ,act of  
#aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja74  7#c7      
,intercollegiate athletic conference    
,the term intercollegiate athletic      
conference means-- 7,a7 an organization 
or association that-- 7i7 exclusively   
has as members #b or more institutions  
of higher education2 and  7ii7 arranges 
championships and sets rules for        
intercollegiate athletic competition2 or
  7,b7 any institution of higher        
education that competes against another 
institution of higher education in an   
athletic competition4  7#d7 ,interstate 
intercollegiate athletic association    
,the term interstate intercollegiate    
athletic association-- 7,a7 means a     
not-for-profit corporation1 an          
association1 or any other group         
organized in the ,united ,states that-- 
7i7 sponsors or arranges intercollegiate
 athletic competition between           
institutions and intercollegiate        

athletic conferences2  7ii7 sets common 
rules1 standards1 procedures1 or        
guidelines for the administration of    
intercollegiate athletic competition at 
institutions2 and  7iii7 is composed of 
#b or more institutions or conferences  
that are located in different ,states2  
and  7,b7 does not include a            
corporation1 association1 or other group
 affiliated with professional athletic  
competition4  7b7 ,exemption ,the       
antitrust laws shall not apply to       
intercollegiate athletic conferences or 
interstate intercollegiate athletic     
associations4