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Colleges Must Certify Compliance to Save Sports

Published Date: 6/16/2026

Notice

Summary

Colleges and universities registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) will now need to confirm every three months that they’re following new rules from Executive Order 14400, which aims to protect college sports. This means more paperwork but helps keep college sports safe and fair. Comments on this new requirement are open until August 17, 2026, with no direct costs announced yet.

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.

Quarterly SAM Compliance Certification

Colleges and universities registered in SAM.gov that are identified as Higher Education Institutions and meet the $20,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) threshold for intercollegiate athletics activities revenue must certify every three months that they comply with Executive Order 14400. This requirement begins to aid agency compliance starting August 1, 2026, and public comments on the information collection are due by August 17, 2026.

Estimated Response Burden and Cost

GSA estimates 11,720 respondents will provide a total of 14,620 annual responses (11,720 screening responses and 2,900 certification responses). The agency estimates 0.25 hours per screening response and 0.5 hours per certification response, and reports total burden monetized at $241,557 (with $161,589.50 for screening and $79,967.50 for certification).

Certification Data Shared With Federal Officials

The quarterly certification information will be available to Federal officials to support contract and grantmaking activities and compliance verification. Agencies will use the data in award and compliance decisions related to Executive Order 14400.

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Key Dates

Published Date
Effective Date
Comments Due
6/16/2026
8/1/2026
8/17/2026

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General Services Administration
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