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| bill_id | congress | bill_type | bill_number | title | policy_area | introduced_date ▲ | latest_action_date | latest_action_text | origin_chamber | sponsor_name | sponsor_state | sponsor_party | sponsor_bioguide_id | cosponsor_count | summary_text | update_date | url |
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| 96-s-3183 | 96 | s | 3183 | A bill to amend chapter 32 of Title 15 U.S.C. and to provide other inducements against the movement of professional sports franchises. | Sports and Recreation | 1980-09-30 | 1980-09-30 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Magnuson, Warren G. [D-WA] | WA | D | M000053 | 0 | Title I: Adjustment of Broadcasting Revenues - Amends the Act of September 30, 1961 (Telecasting of Professional Sports) to condition the current exemption from the antitrust laws of joint agreements covering telecasting of sports contests on the equal sharing of all revenues earned under such agreements by the member clubs which are parties. Extends such exemption to all "broadcasting," including radio and cable television, instead of "telecasting" as currently provided. Title II: Professional Sports Team Mobility - Prohibits any person or league to change the assigned territory of any professional sports team by any territorial agreement unless: (1) any party to a stadium lease agreement materially fails to comply with the provisions of such lease; (2) the stadium in which such team plays is inadequate, and the stadium authorities demonstrate no intent to remedy such inadequacies; and (3) the team has incurred a continuous loss of income for the three years preceding its intent to move. Requires any person wishing to relocate a professional sports team to furnish notice of such intent to the league and to the appropriate municipality at least one year before such relocation may be approved. Directs such person, upon the request of either the league or the municipality, to open its financial records to public inspection to support or refute its grounds for relocation. Authorizes such relocation if: (1) within one year of such notice, the municipality has made no formal objection; or (2) the league approves such relocation and within one year of such approval, an arbitrator finds that the team has met the conditions for relocation provided under this Act. Requires any person petitioning for relocation by virtue of loss of income to offer their team for sale at fair market value, for a reasonable time, to other persons who would keep such team within its present geographic location. Sets forth arbitration procedures for any party to petitions for the relocation of professional sports teams as provided by this A… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/3183 |
| 96-s-3100 | 96 | s | 3100 | A bill to authorize the President of the United States to present on behalf of the Congress a specially struck gold medal to Jesse Owens. | Sports and Recreation | 1980-09-08 | 1980-09-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] | MD | R | M000241 | 0 | Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, a specially struck gold medal to Jesse Owens in recognition of his athletic achievements in the 1936 Olympics. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike bronze duplicates of such medal for sale to the general public. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/3100 |
| 96-s-2747 | 96 | s | 2747 | A bill to authorize the President of the United States to present on behalf of Congress a specially struck gold-plated medal to the United States Summer Olympic Team of 1980. | Sports and Recreation | 1980-05-21 | 1980-05-21 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] | CO | D | H000287 | 3 | Authorizes the President to present a gold-plated medal, on behalf of the Congress, to those athletes selected through the Olympic trial process to be members of the United States Summer Olympic Team of 1980. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be struck 650 such medals with suitable emblems. Declares that such medals are national medals and that funds to carry out this Act shall be made available under the Amateur Sports Act of 1978. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2747 |
| 96-s-2636 | 96 | s | 2636 | Corrupt Horseracing Practices Act of 1980 | Sports and Recreation | 1980-05-01 | 1980-05-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000556 | 5 | Corrupt Horseracing Practices Act of 1980 - Prohibits the following conduct with respect to horseracing: (1) the entering of a horse in a race by its owner or trainer who knows or should know that the horse is drugged or numbed; (2) the drugging or numbing of a horse with reason to believe that it will compete in a race; and (3) the willful failure by the operator of a horseracing facility to disqualify or prohibit a horse from racing if such individual has been notified in accordance with this Act that such horse is drugged or numbed, was not available for testing, or has been suspended from racing. Sets forth the penalties for such acts, and provides increased penalties for second offenses, use of a dangerous weapon in committing such offenses, and the interference with duties or the falsification of records required by this Act. Provides for the disqualification of offenders from horseracing activities and the suspension of a drugged or numbed horse from racing, in accordance with specified procedures. Grants the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration certain investigatory and other powers with respect to such offenses. Requires operators of horseracing facilities to comply with recordkeeping requirements established by the Administrator and to furnish testing space and facilities. Directs the Administrator to: (1) exempt from this Act any State which has enacted a comparable program; and (2) submit biennial reports to Congress on matters covered by this Act. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1980 to carry out this Act. Permits the Administrator thereafter to assess fees upon operators of horseracing facilities to meet the costs of this Act. Amends the Federal criminal code to include the offenses of this Act in the existing prohibition against interstate and foreign commerce in aid of racketeering enterprises. | 2025-09-02T13:56:51Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2636 |
| 96-s-1957 | 96 | s | 1957 | Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Act of 1979 | Sports and Recreation | 1979-10-30 | 1979-10-30 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Eagleton, Thomas F. [D-MO] | MO | D | E000004 | 6 | Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Act of 1979 - Amends the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971 to include in the definitions of the terms "United States" and "State" the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory or possession over which the United States has jurisdiction. Directs the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to implement and administer a national recreational boating safety and facilities improvement program. Authorizes the Secretary to allocate funds to States for accepted State recreational boating safety and facilities improvement programs if sufficient State matching funds are available. Directs the Secretary to accept State programs that include: (1) an approved vessel numbering system; (2) a cooperative boating safety assistance program with the Coast Guard; (3) sufficient patrol to enforce applicable State laws; (4) boating safety education; (5) a State agency to implement or coordinate the program and report to the Secretary; and (6) facilities improvement. Sets forth formulas for the allocation of funds among the States. Establishes in the Treasury a National Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Fund from which the Secretary may allocate funds for accepted State programs. Requires that revenues attributable to the taxes on special motor fuels and gasoline used in motorboats be covered into such Fund. Authorizes appropriations for such State programs of $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1984. Amends the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer certain amounts from the taxes received from special motor fuels and gasoline used in motorboats to the National Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Fund. | 2025-09-02T13:56:36Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1957 |
| 96-s-1605 | 96 | s | 1605 | A bill to exempt inflatable boats and rafts used for carrying passengers from the provisions of the coastwise laws requiring vessels to be built in the United States. | Sports and Recreation | 1979-07-31 | 1979-07-31 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] | HI | D | M000250 | 0 | Exempts inflatable boats and rafts used for carrying passengers for hire from the provisions of the coastwise laws requiring vessels to be built in the United States. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1605 |
| 96-s-1073 | 96 | s | 1073 | A bill to amend Public Law 85-445 to authorize and request the President to proclaim annually the seven day period beginning June 1 as "National Safe Boating Week". | Sports and Recreation | 1979-05-03 | 1979-05-03 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | Amends existing Federal law to change the date for celebrating "National Safe Boating Week" to the week beginning June 1 (presently the week which includes July 4). | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1073 |
| 96-s-946 | 96 | s | 946 | A bill to amend Section 6(e)(2) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended. | Sports and Recreation | 1979-04-10 | 1979-04-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Durkin, John A. [D-NH] | NH | D | D000574 | 0 | Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, with respect to financial assistance to a State for development of basic outdoor recreation facilities to allow: (1) the construction of sheltered swimming pools and ice skating rinks; and (2) State expenditures for such construction for the purpose of matching grants. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/946 |
| 96-s-959 | 96 | s | 959 | A bill to amend section 6 (e) (2) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended. | Sports and Recreation | 1979-04-10 | 1979-04-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] | WA | D | J000013 | 1 | Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, with respect to financial assistance to a State for development of basic outdoor recreation facilities, to remove: (1) the ten percent limitation on the use of such assistance for construction of sheltered swimming pools and ice skating rinks; and (2) the restriction of such use to areas of severe climatic conditions. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/959 |
| 96-s-583 | 96 | s | 583 | Children and Youth Camp Safety Act | Sports and Recreation | 1979-03-08 | 1979-03-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Ribicoff, Abraham A. [D-CT] | CT | D | R000191 | 6 | Children and Youth Camp Safety Act - Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Youth Camp Safety to be headed by a Director of Youth Camp Safety. Confers upon the Director the primary responsibility for the promulgation and enforcement of Federal and State youth camp safety regulations. Requires any State which desires to assume responsibility for the development and modification of youth camp safety standards to submit a State plan to the Director for approval. Allows a State whose plan has been rejected to obtain review of the decision in the United States court of appeals. Authorizes the Director to make grants to States for the development of youth camp safety plans, such grants not to exceed 80 percent of the cost of carrying out the State plan. Authorizes the Director to enter and inspect youth camps and their records. Charges the Director with establishing within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Federal Advisory Council on Youth Camp Safety and to submit to Congress at least once a year a report on his administration under this Act. Establishes judicial procedures to restrain any condition or practice which poses an imminent danger of serious injury at such camps. Prescribes penalties for violations by youth camp operators of the standards promulgated pursuant to this Act. | 2025-09-02T13:55:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/583 |
| 96-s-348 | 96 | s | 348 | A bill to authorize the President of the United States to present on behalf of the Congress a specially struck gold medal to Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman. | Sports and Recreation | 1979-02-06 | 1979-06-13 | Public Law 96-20. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 1 | Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present specially struck gold medals to the transatlantic balloonists Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike bronze duplicates of such medals for public sale. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/348 |
| 96-s-255 | 96 | s | 255 | National Commission on Compulsive Gambling Act | Sports and Recreation | 1979-01-29 | 1979-01-29 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | W000502 | 0 | National Commission on Compulsive Gambling Act - Establishes a 22-member, part-time National Commission on Compulsive Gambling to conduct a study of compulsive gambling and related problems, including specified assessments. Directs the Commission to submit a final report to the President and Congress within one year of the availability of funds for such purpose. | 2025-09-02T13:55:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/255 |
| 96-s-236 | 96 | s | 236 | A bill to modify the Clinton, Iowa, local flood protection project. | Sports and Recreation | 1979-01-25 | 1979-01-25 | Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Culver, John C. [D-IA] | IA | D | C000979 | 0 | Amends the Flood Control Act of 1968 to authorize the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to provide recreational development at the Clinton, Iowa, flood protection project site. Requires the city to acquire the necessary lands as part of its contribution toward the costs of such development. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/236 |
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CREATE TABLE legislation (
bill_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
congress INTEGER,
bill_type TEXT,
bill_number INTEGER,
title TEXT,
policy_area TEXT,
introduced_date TEXT,
latest_action_date TEXT,
latest_action_text TEXT,
origin_chamber TEXT,
sponsor_name TEXT,
sponsor_state TEXT,
sponsor_party TEXT,
sponsor_bioguide_id TEXT,
cosponsor_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
summary_text TEXT,
update_date TEXT,
url TEXT
);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_congress ON legislation(congress);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_type ON legislation(bill_type);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_policy ON legislation(policy_area);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_date ON legislation(introduced_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor ON legislation(sponsor_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor_bioguide ON legislation(sponsor_bioguide_id);