H.R. 1028 would amend the federal law governing the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to add requirements for sports organizations certified as national governing bodies. Such bodies are nonprofit, independent organizations responsible for managing, promoting, and regulating a specific sport within a country. Because no federal action would be needed to implement those new requirements, CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 1028 would have no effect on federal spending.
H.R. 1028 would impose a private-sector mandate as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) on the national governing bodies of sport. The bill would require those entities to adopt a policy that prohibits a person whose sex is male, as defined in the bill, from participating in an amateur athletic competition that is designated for females, women, or girls. National governing bodies are private entities and must adopt the policy to maintain recognition as the organizing body for their respective sports. CBO estimates that the cost of the mandates would not exceed the annual private-sector threshold established in UMRA ($214 million in 2026, adjusted annually for inflation).
The bill would not impose any intergovernmental mandates.
The CBO staff contacts for this estimate are Matthew Pickford (for federal costs) and Andrew Laughlin (for mandates). The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.
