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Brazil's Chamber Approves Bills Creating Sport and Indigenous Federal Universities

Senate review follows with the bills' budget impact still unspecified.

Overview

  • Lawmakers passed the proposals in a symbolic vote with no roll call and sent both measures to the Senate.
  • The Federal University of Sport would be headquartered in Brasília with potential future campuses and a mission centered on sport science, policy, management and athlete training.
  • The education minister would appoint temporary rectors and vice-rectors to organize each institution and submit statutes within 180 days, with Unind’s initial leaders required to be Indigenous scholars.
  • The texts authorize transfers of federal property and allow revenue from services and agreements, with UFEsporte also eligible to receive a portion of betting receipts directed by the Sports Ministry.
  • The approved report removed terms such as misogyny, racism and gender from UFEsporte’s purpose clause, while opposition parties criticized the lack of defined funding and questioned priorities.