[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2249 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2249

  To preserve the integrity of certain athletic competition in sports.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 1993

  Mr. Edwards of California introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To preserve the integrity of certain athletic competition in sports.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sports Standards Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. IMMUNITY TO LIABILITY.

    A sports organization that--
            (1) is incorporated under the laws of any of the several 
        States or of the District of Columbia;
            (2) is described in section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue 
        Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 
        501(c)(3) of such Code;
            (3) has as its purpose the advancement of athletic 
        competition in a sport;
            (4) consults with a similarly situated foreign sports 
        organization for the purpose of establishing and interpreting 
        all rules and equipment standards for national and 
        international competition in such sport; and
            (5) publishes such rules and such standards so established 
        for the benefit of its members and the general public;
shall not be liable under any law relating to restraints of trade or 
commerce for engaging in such consultations or for so establishing or 
interpreting such rules or such standards in good faith pursuant to 
such consultations.

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