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Commending The Ohio State University Buckeyes football team for its victory in the 2010 Rose Bowl. [HR-1047]
Commends the Ohio State University Buckeye football team for its victory in the 2010 Rose Bowl.
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Commending the Boise State University Broncos football team for winning the 2010 Fiesta Bowl. [HR-1042]
Commends the Boise State University Broncos football team for winning the 2010 Fiesta Bowl and for completing an undefeated, 14-0 season.
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Congratulating and commending the University of Idaho's football team for winning the 2009 Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho. [HR-1041]
Congratulates the University of Idaho's football team for winning the 2009 Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho.
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Honoring Villanova University for winning the 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association championships in Division I women's cross country and Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) and for other accomplishments. [HR-1035]
Congratulates: (1) the Villanova University women's cross country team for for winning the 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I national championship; and (2) the Villanova University men's football team for winning the 2009 NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA).
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Congratulating Messiah College men's and women's soccer teams on winning the 2009 NCAA Division III national championships. [HR-1030]
Congratulates Messiah College men's and women's soccer teams on winning the 2009 NCAA Division III national championships.
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Commending the University of Alabama for winning the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game. [HR-1007]
Commends the University of Alabama for winning the Bowl Championship Series National Championship. Recognizes the achievements of the players, coaches, students, and support staff who were instrumental in the victory.
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Congratulating North Central College on winning the 2009 NCAA Division III men's cross country championship. [HR-1001]
Congratulates North Central College, Illinois, on winning the 2009 NCAA Division III men's cross country championship.
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Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act of 2010 [HB-6172]
Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act of 2010 - Requires each state educational agency, in order to be eligible to receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in FY2013 or subsequent fiscal years, to issue regulations establishing the following minimum requirements for the prevention and treatment of concussions. Requires each local educational agency in the state to develop and implement a standard plan for concussion safety and management that includes: (1) the education of students, parents, and school personnel
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Championship Fairness Act of 2009 [HB-599]
Championship Fairness Act of 2009 - Prohibits an institution of higher education from receiving federal funds for any fiscal year during which it has a football team participating in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, unless such Subdivision's national championship game is the final game of a single elimination post-season playoff system.
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National Youth Sports Program Revitalization Act of 2010 [HB-4480]
National Youth Sports Program Revitalization Act of 2010 - Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to authorize appropriations for FY2011-FY2021 for national or regional instructional programs for low-income youth.
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Native Act to Transform Imagery in Various Environments [HB-4152]
Native Act to Transform Imagery in Various Environments - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to elementary, secondary, and post-secondary schools to assist them in discontinuing the use of a name or depiction that is derogatory or discriminatory. Requires the Secretary to make subsequent grants to schools that received grants to discontinue objectionable names or depictions and to Indian schools for construction or renovation. Directs the Secretary to establish the Committee on Indian Relations within the Department of Education to:
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College Football Playoff Act of 2009 [HB-390]
College Football Playoff Act of 2009 - Prohibits promoting, marketing, or advertising a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) game as a championship or national championship game (or any merchandise that refers to the game as a championship or national championship game) unless such game is the final game of a single elimination post-season playoff system for which all NCAA Division I FBS conferences and unaffiliated Division I FBS teams are eligible. Treats a violation as an unfair
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High School Athletics Accountability Act of 2009 [HB-2882]
High School Athletics Accountability Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct coeducational elementary and secondary schools that participate in any ESEA program to annually: (1) report certain information on equality in their school athletic programs to the Commissioner for Educational Statistics; and (2) make such information available, upon request, to their students, potential students, and the public. Directs the Commissioner to ensure that such data are posted on the Department of Education's
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To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the establishment of a nonprofit corporation to support the athletic program of the Air Force Academy. [HB-2636]
Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish (as a nonprofit corporation) the Air Force Academy Athletic Association, to support the athletic program of the Air Force Academy.
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Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act of 2010 [HB-1347]
Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act of 2010 or the ConTACT Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and publish concussion management guidelines that address the prevention, identification, treatment, and management of concussions in school-aged children, including standards for such children to return to play after experiencing a concussion. Requires the Secretary to convene a conference of medical, athletic, and educational stakeholders to assist in establishing
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Honoring the life and achievement of John Robert Thompson Jr., the legendary Georgetown University men's basketball coach. [HR-1177]
This resolution (1) honors the life and achievement of John Robert Thompson Jr. and his service as an educator, community leader, and coach; and (2) expresses condolences to his family on his passing.
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Student Athlete Level Playing Field Act [HB-8382]
To prohibit a covered athletic association and institution of higher education from prohibiting a student athlete from participating in intercollegiate athletics because such student athlete enters into an endorsement contract, and for other purposes.
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Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2020 [S.4649]
Makes it a violation of federal law for a recipient of federal funds who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls. The bill specifies that sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
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Protect our Children from COVID–19 Act [S.4377]
Requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in coordination with relevant federal and nonfederal experts, to support research on the role of children in transmitting the virus that causes COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). This research must address, among other topics, the transmissibility of the virus among children and adults and the vulnerability of children to COVID-19 while travelling to and from school, playing sports, and engaging in other extramural activities. It may also address the vulnerability to COVID-19 of adults who
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COVID–19 Youth Sports and Healthy Working Families Relief Act [HB-7562]
Establishes measures to provide economic assistance to youth sports providers, programs, and organizations in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill (1) requires the Small Business Administration to establish a loan program for youth sports providers affected by COVID-19, (2) expands the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit to include expenses for youth physical activities, (3) makes certain sports and fitness expenses eligible to be paid for with Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs),
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