1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Congressional Advisory Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Act of 2019 or the CACIA Act of 2019 . 2. Findings (a) Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) Under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), in 2017–2018 institutions of higher education received funds in excess of $184.1 billion for Federal student support, including approximately $28.2 billion in Federal Pell Grants and over $40 billion in research grants. (2) Under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), in fiscal year 2019 approximately $130.4 billion of Federal student support was available for higher education, including over $29 billion in Federal Pell Grants. (3) Many institutions of higher education voluntarily participate in athletic governance associations. (4) The largest athletic governance association includes over 1,100 institutions of higher education and more than 430,000 student athletes. This association generates over $1 billion annually and in 2017–2018 it provided $609,000,000 in revenue sharing to Division 1 member institutions of higher education. (5) In 2018, intercollegiate athletic programs generated approximately $14 billion in revenue from ticket sales, radio and television receipts, alumni contributions, guarantees, royalties, and athletic governance associations. This is a 226-percent increase from 2003 when the revenue generated by such institutions was approximately $4 billion. (6) Most institutions of higher education are tax-exempt organizations whose donors benefit from tax-exempt contributions, including contributions restricted by donors to support intercollegiate athletic programs. (7) Most intercollegiate athletic programs are heavily subsidized by the institution of higher education that they represent, including support through institutional general funds, mandatory student fees, and athletic capital projects that benefit from tax-exempt bonds. (8) The highest paid public employee in 41 out of 50 States