# 119-hr-10266: No Elite Athletes Using X-pro status to ensure Prioritizing Recruitment Of Student-athletes (NEAUX PROS) Act

119-hr-10266, No Elite Athletes Using X-pro status to ensure Prioritizing Recruitment Of Student-athletes (NEAUX PROS) Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Fuller, Clay [R-GA-14] (R-GA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-24).

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- As of: 2026-09-24
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10266
- Congress: 119
- Title: No Elite Athletes Using X-pro status to ensure Prioritizing Recruitment Of Student-athletes (NEAUX PROS) Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Fuller, Clay [R-GA-14] (R-GA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Sports and Recreation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-24

## Summary

**Bars professional athletes under contract from competing on college varsity teams.** This bill would tie a college's access to federal student aid to a rule that bars anyone with a professional sports contract from competing in that sport and would make recruiting or signing such athletes a federal crime.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Criminal penalties for athletics officials: cost, low. If enacted, the bill would make it a federal crime for a covered athletics official to knowingly recruit, enroll, sign, certify, or cause to compete an individual the official knows to be a professional athlete when the act affects interstate commerce or the school received more than $10,000 in fed…
- New rules for college pro athletes: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would bar a person who is party to a professional sports contract from competing in that same varsity sport at a school that participates in federal student aid when the school knows or should know they are a professional athlete. The Department of Education would publish dilig…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-8324: Great American Healthcare Plan
- 119-hr-8827: ASSIMILATION Act
- 119-hr-10265: White House Fellows Program Authorization Act
- 119-hr-3184: PFAS Alternatives Act
- 119-hr-4397: Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8300: Swalwell Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-10266 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10266)

## Related
- [119-hr-8324: Great American Healthcare Plan](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8324)
- [119-hr-8827: ASSIMILATION Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8827)
- [119-hr-10265: White House Fellows Program Authorization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10265)
- [119-hr-3184: PFAS Alternatives Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3184)
- [119-hr-4397: Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4397)
- [119-hr-8300: Swalwell Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8300)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10266 (as of 2026-09-24).