# 119-hr-5812: Correcting Opportunity and Accountability in Collegiate Hiring Act (COACH Act)

119-hr-5812, Correcting Opportunity and Accountability in Collegiate Hiring Act (COACH Act), is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5] (R-WA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5812
- Congress: 119
- Title: Correcting Opportunity and Accountability in Collegiate Hiring Act (COACH Act)
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5] (R-WA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Sports and Recreation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Caps athletic pay at a multiple of undergraduate tuition.** This bill would condition Title IV student-aid eligibility on those limits, require public disclosure, and count buyouts as compensation. - Coaches and athletics staff would be limited so total annual compensation cannot exceed 10 times the institution's published undergraduate tuition and required fees. Buyouts and other termination payments would count toward that cap, and written contracts signed before the bill's date could run their original term but could not be amended to raise pay. - Colleges, related foundations, conferences, and media-rights groups would have to ensure compliance for any agreements that allocate pay. Institutions would annually certify compliance and publicly disclose the cap amount, the tuition figure used to calculate it, and how many covered employees are within 10 percent of the cap. - The bill would make Title IV eligibility contingent on meeting these pay limits and it provides an antitrust safe harbor to protect institutions and affiliates that adopt or enforce the rules.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Pay cap for college athletics staff: mixed, low. If enacted, colleges that want federal student aid would have to cap each athletics employee’s yearly pay at 10 times the school’s published tuition and required fees. The cap would use the IPEDS tuition figure (public schools use in-state rates) and would count bonuses, buyouts paid that year, def…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act
- 119-hr-4895: Afghan Adjustment Act
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2619: No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5812 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5812)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
- [119-hr-4895: Afghan Adjustment Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4895)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-2619: No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2619)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5812 (as of 2026-04-21).