GOALS Act

Give Our Athletes Level Salaries Act or the GOALS Act

This bill prohibits the use of funds for the 2026 World Cup until the U.S. Soccer Federation agrees to provide equitable pay to the members of the U.S. Women's National Team and the U.S. Men's National Team.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1644 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1644

 To prohibit the use of funds for the 2026 World Cup unless the United 
 States Soccer Federation provides equitable pay to the members of the 
    United States Women's National Team and the United States Men's 
                             National Team.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2021

  Ms. Matsui (for herself, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Vargas, Ms. 
Scanlon, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, 
Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Dean, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Soto, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. 
Lee of California, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Khanna, 
   Ms. Norton, Ms. Chu, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Lois Frankel of 
Florida, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Levin of California, Ms. DeGette, 
    Ms. Meng, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Sires, and Mr. Costa) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of funds for the 2026 World Cup unless the United 
 States Soccer Federation provides equitable pay to the members of the 
    United States Women's National Team and the United States Men's 
                             National Team.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Give Our Athletes Level Salaries 
Act'' or the ``GOALS Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR 2026 WORLD CUP.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be 
appropriated or otherwise made available to provide support for the 
2026 World Cup, including support for a host city, a participating 
State or local agency, the United States Soccer Federation, the 
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association 
Football (CONCACAF), or the Federation Internationale de Football 
Association (FIFA), until the date on which the United States Soccer 
Federation agrees to provide equitable pay to the members of the United 
States Women's National Team and the United States Men's National Team.
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