USMMA Athletics Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Roger Wicker
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a federally owned nonprofit corporation to support USMMA athletic programs. It sets rules for Department of Transportation oversight, private funding, licensing, property leases, and transfers to boost academy athletics.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Licensing and sponsorship authority
This bill would let the Secretary license USMMA trademarks and keep the fees. Retained fees could pay for trademark registration and running the licensing program. If licensing fees in a year exceed recruiting needs, extra money could fund USMMA recruiting. The Secretary could also approve licensing, marketing, and sponsorship deals by the nonprofit, and could accept funds, goods, and services from third parties like the NCAA, conferences, game guarantees, ticketing, and licensing fees. All money kept would remain available until spent, and the Secretary must block deals that would hurt DOT's integrity or reputation.
Nonprofit for USMMA athletics
This bill would let the Secretary of Transportation set up a New York nonprofit to support USMMA sports. The United States would own all stock and the Secretary would vote it. The group would be a 501(c)(3) charity and run under New York law. The Secretary could transfer nonappropriated fund assets like bank accounts, equipment, and supplies to the nonprofit, but could not transfer any interest in real property. The Secretary could also lease USMMA real property to the nonprofit for up to 5 years if the property is not needed immediately, and rent money would be kept under the bill's rules.
Board, contracts, and support limits
This bill would let the Secretary sign contracts and cooperative agreements to support USMMA athletics, and allow some sole-source contracts subject to statute limits. Cooperative agreements could be used to buy property, services, or travel for athletics. The Secretary could provide certain support services only if they are essential, and those services would not create U.S. liability. Board members could not be paid except for reasonable travel expenses. DOT employees could serve on the board for oversight only, could not do day-to-day work, and could not be more than one-third of directors.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Roger Wicker
MS • R
Cosponsors
Mark Kelly
AZ • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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