# 119-s-2470: College Athlete Economic Freedom Act

119-s-2470, College Athlete Economic Freedom Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2470
- Congress: 119
- Title: College Athlete Economic Freedom Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-28
- Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Sports and Recreation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**A federal right for college athletes to market their name, image, and likeness (NIL).** This bill would create a nationwide framework that protects athletes' ability to earn from their NIL, lets them hire agents and form collectives, and adds FTC enforcement plus immigration rules to let international athletes engage in NIL activities.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Work permission for international athletes: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would create an explicit F‑visa path for bona fide international college athletes. Schools would be able to endorse a student's Form I‑20 to show the student is authorized to earn NIL income. The school must agree to report a student's termination of attendance to Homeland Secu…
- Rights to market NIL and hire agents: benefit, medium. If enacted, college athletes and recruits would be allowed to market their name, image, and likeness (NIL). Schools and athletic associations could not block athletes from hiring agents, lawyers, or financial reps for NIL deals. Athletes could not be forced to waive these rights, except where a col…
- Scholarship safety and tax protection: benefit, medium. If enacted, getting paid for NIL would not reduce a student's scholarship eligibility or change the amount, duration, or renewal of a school grant‑in‑aid. The bill would also say it does not change the tax treatment of qualified scholarships under current law, so tax‑free scholarship rules would re…
- Schools must report and support NIL: benefit, low. If enacted, institutional NIL collectives would have to register with the FTC and identify their colleges. They would file annual reports by September 1 covering July 1–June 30 with data broken out by gender, race, and sport. Schools would have to make NIL support accessible without discrimination…
- Stronger enforcement and antitrust tools: benefit, low. If enacted, the FTC would enforce the bill's NIL rules and treat violations as unfair or deceptive acts. Individuals harmed by violations could sue in federal court for actual damages and recover court costs and attorney fees. The bill would also treat violations as a per se Sherman Act antitrust v…
- Annual NIL market research grants: benefit, low. If enacted, the Department of Commerce could award annual grants or contracts to study NIL monetization for the prior year. Recipients would have to publish their analyses, surveys, and pay estimates broken out by gender, race, and sport. The research would include recommendations to address pay di…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act
- 119-s-2231: GLOBE Act of 2025
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act

## Sources
- [119-s-2470 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2470)

## Related
- [119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1507)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869)
- [119-s-2231: GLOBE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2231)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2470 (as of 2026-09-10).