Sponsor
Burgess Owens
Representative · R-UT
The bill would make strength and conditioning coaches more visible and better served by labor statistics and policymaking, at the cost of modest administrative burdens and a prohibition on new funding that could limit or delay effective implementation.
Strength and conditioning coaches gain a distinct occupational classification, making the occupation more visible in labor statistics and helping coaches, training programs, and students find career pathways and wage information.
Employers, policymakers, and workforce planners get more accurate, actionable data to design hiring standards, certification/training programs, and workforce supports for this occupation.
Athletes, military personnel, first responders, and institutions that hire coaches can benefit from clearer recognition of coach qualifications when recruiting or funding programs, improving hiring decisions and program quality.
The bill prohibits authorization of additional appropriations to implement it, which could prevent or delay implementation, limit agency action, and constrain benefits reaching low-income or other program participants if existing funds are insufficient.
Adding a new SOC category and reporting requirements increases OMB and agency workload (revising surveys, systems, and preparing reports), creating administrative costs and potentially slowing the SOC revision process.
Reclassifying the occupation can cause temporary disruption and confusion in labor statistics (employment counts, wage series, and trend comparisons) until datasets and surveys fully adopt the new code.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Directs OMB to consider adding a separate SOC occupation code for strength and conditioning coaches and to report to Congress if it declines, with no new funding authorized.
Representative · R-UT
Official title: To require the Office of Management and Budget to consider revising the Standard Occupational Classification system to establish a separate code for strength and conditioning coaches, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 29, 2026 by Burgess Owens · Last progress June 29, 2026
Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to consider adding a separate Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) detailed-occupation code for strength and conditioning coaches during the first SOC revision after the law takes effect. If OMB decides not to create the new code, the Director must report to two congressional committees within 30 days explaining the decision. The law disallows any new funding to implement these requirements.