Pursue legislation to prevent student-athlete heat fatalities, including through the Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act.

Kweisi Mfume · Maryland · Democratic

policy impact 0.66 specificity 0.84 extraction confidence 86%

Occurrences

Congressman Mfume, Senator Alsobrooks Introduce Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act

Mfume introduced a bill intended to prevent heat-related deaths among student athletes.

Health | Representative Kweisi Mfume
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Evidence

Congress.gov shows Rep. Kweisi Mfume introduced H.R.9698 on 2022-12-27 as the Jordan McNair Student-Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act, and the latest action was referral to the House Committee on Education and Labor. The bill status is listed as introduced.

Mfume took concrete legislative action on the issue by introducing the bill in 2022, but it did not advance beyond committee referral.

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H.R.9698 - Jordan McNair Student-Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act
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Congress.gov shows Rep. Kweisi Mfume introduced H.R.4256 on 2023-06-21. The bill was referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and remained in introduced status.

Mfume renewed the same legislative proposal in the next Congress, showing continued pursuit but no enactment.

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H.R.4256 - Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act
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Mfume's official House press release states that on 2023-06-21 he introduced the Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act and says the legislation requires college athletic programs to create and rehearse heat illness emergency action plans with cold-water immersion equipment.

This confirms Mfume publicly advanced the bill and described it as his effort to improve student-athlete heat safety.

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Congressman Mfume, Senator Cardin Introduce Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act
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Congress.gov shows Rep. Kweisi Mfume introduced H.R.4517 on 2025-07-17. The bill was referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce and the tracker still lists the bill as introduced.

Mfume introduced yet another version in 2025, which is further evidence of pursuing the legislation over multiple Congresses, but it still had not become law.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.4517 - Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act
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Mfume's official House press release says he introduced the Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act on 2025-07-17 and that the bill would require college and high school athletic programs to implement heat illness emergency action plans and cold-water immersion equipment.

This is direct evidence that Mfume continued to pursue the promised policy in 2025.

partial later_term A for effort

Congressman Mfume, Senator Alsobrooks Introduce Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act
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Sponsor: Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (Introduced 07/17/2025). Latest Action: House - 07/17/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Tracker: This bill has the status Introduced.

Mfume introduced the bill again in the 119th Congress, which is concrete pursuit of the promised legislation, though it had not advanced beyond referral.

delivered later_term A for effort

H.R.4517 - Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act
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U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume introduced the Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act in the House, while Senator Angela Alsobrooks introduced companion legislation in the Senate.

The member's own office confirms active pursuit of the legislation in 2025 through introduction of the bill and companion Senate measure.

delivered later_term A for effort

Congressman Mfume, Senator Alsobrooks Introduce Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act
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Assessments

delivered later_term

The promise was to pursue legislation, not necessarily to secure enactment. Mfume directly sponsored and reintroduced the Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act in multiple Congresses, including H.R.9698 in 2022, H.R.4256 in 2023, and H.R.4517 in 2025, with official statements confirming the purpose of the bills. Although the bills remained at introduced or committee-referral status and did not become law, the promised act of pursuing the legislation was fulfilled by his sponsorship and continued reintroduction. The relevant successful pursuit occurred after the original campaign context, so timing is later_term.

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delivered same_term

The promise was to pursue legislation, not necessarily to enact it. The evidence shows Mfume introduced the Jordan McNair Student-Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act in 2022 and reintroduced versions in 2023 and 2025. Although the bills did not become law, the promised action of pursuing the legislation was fulfilled.

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