# 116-hr-7988: PRO Sports Act

116-hr-7988, PRO Sports Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-7988
- Congress: 116
- Title: PRO Sports Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2020-08-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 1
- 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 removes professional football leagues from the list of tax-exempt organizations. The bill also prohibits an organization or entity from being 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; and (2) has annual gross receipts in excess of $10 million.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] (R-FL), 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-7988 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7988)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7988 (as of 2025-11-18).