# 115-hr-3830: PRO Sports Act

115-hr-3830, PRO Sports Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] (R-TX); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-3830
- Congress: 115
- Title: PRO Sports Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2017-09-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Properly Reducing Overexemptions for Sports Act or the PRO Sports Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove professional football leagues from the list of tax-exempt organizations. No organization or entity shall be treated as tax-exempt if it: (1) is a professional sports league, organization, or association, a substantial activity of which is to foster national or international professional sports competitions (including by managing league business affairs, officiating or providing referees, coordinating schedules, managing sponsorships or broadcast sales, operating loan programs for competition facilities, or overseeing player conduct); and (2) has annual gross receipts in excess of $10 million.

## Related bills

- 115-hr-5358: DRIVE-Safe Act
- 115-hr-5253: Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5199: Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5006: Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2018
- 115-hr-4850: Asylum Protection Act of 2018
- 115-hr-4718: Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-3830 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3830)

## Related
- [115-hr-5358: DRIVE-Safe Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5358)
- [115-hr-5253: Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5253)
- [115-hr-5199: Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5199)
- [115-hr-5006: Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5006)
- [115-hr-4850: Asylum Protection Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4850)
- [115-hr-4718: Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4718)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3830 (as of 2025-11-18).