I 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. 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. GARCI´A of Illi- nois, 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. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SIRES, and Mr. COSTA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 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 Na- tional Team and the United States Men’s National Team. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:35 May 01, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1644.IH H1644 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1644 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Give Our Athletes 2 Level Salaries Act’’ or the ‘‘GOALS Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR 2026 WORLD 4 CUP. 5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed- 6 eral funds may be appropriated or otherwise made avail- 7 able to provide support for the 2026 World Cup, including 8 support for a host city, a participating State or local agen- 9 cy, the United States Soccer Federation, the Confed- 10 eration of North, Central American and Caribbean Asso- 11 ciation Football (CONCACAF), or the Fe´de´ration Inter- 12 nationale de Football Association (FIFA), until the date 13 on which the United States Soccer Federation agrees to 14 provide equitable pay to the members of the United States 15 Women’s National Team and the United States Men’s Na- 16 tional Team. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:35 May 01, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1644.IH H1644 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS