Tim Sheehy (R-MT)

Protect America's Game Act

S. 5561 · Senate bill Sports and Recreation

A Republican bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is known as the Protect America's Game Act. It aims to protect the exclusive broadcast window for the annual Army-Navy college football game. The legislation amends the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961. It stops antitrust laws from applying to certain college sports agreements about selling broadcasting rights. However, this antitrust protection is removed if an agreement allows other postseason college football games to be broadcast during the Army-Navy game's time slot. The protected time window starts one hour before kickoff and ends thirty minutes after the game's official broadcast concludes on the second Saturday in December.

Yes

  • Scored +2

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    Veterans and active-duty military members benefit from the legislative protection and spotlight given to the traditional Army-Navy game.

  • Scored +2

    Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive?

    The bill protects the exclusive broadcast window of the Army-Navy game, honoring and supporting military service academy traditions.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.