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Sports League Tax-Exempt Status Limitation Act

S. 2519 · 118th Congress · Jul 26, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an asset test on professional sports leagues qualifying for 501(c)(6) status.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Sports League Tax-Exempt Status Limitation Act”.

Sec. 2 Asset test for professional sports leagues

(a)
In general— Paragraph (6) of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
(1)
by inserting
“(A)”
after
“(6)”
, and
(2)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any professional football league if the average annual value of the assets of such league, as reported on the league's annual return, for any 3-taxable-year period beginning after December 31, 2020, exceeds $500,000,000.”

(b)
Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.