[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1150 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1150

To require professional boxers to wear headgear during all professional 
                      fights in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 1995

Mr. Traficant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
          Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities

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                                 A BILL


 
To require professional boxers to wear headgear during all professional 
                      fights in the United States.

    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 ``Professional Boxing Safety Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. HEADGEAR REQUIREMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL BOXERS.

    Any individual who participates as a boxer in a professional boxing 
match shall, during such participation, wear headgear that meets the 
standards established by the International Olympic Committee.

SEC. 3. CIVIL PENALTY.

    The Attorney General of the United States may impose a civil 
monetary penalty against any State boxing authority if the Attorney 
General determines on the record after opportunity for an agency 
hearing that the State boxing authority has allowed a boxer to 
participate in a professional boxing match without the headgear 
required by section 2. The civil monetary penalty may not exceed 
$1,000,000 for each violation.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Professional boxing match.--The term ``professional 
        boxing match'' means a boxing contest held in a State between 
        individuals for compensation or a prize, and does not include 
        any amateur boxing match.
            (2) State.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``State'' means any State 
                of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 
                Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 
                Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Virgin 
                Islands, any other territory or possession of the 
                United States, and any Indian tribe.
                    (B) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' means 
                any Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other 
                organized group or community which is recognized as 
                eligible for the special programs and services provided 
                by the United States to Indians because of their status 
                as Indians and is recognized as possessing powers of 
                self-government.
            (3) State boxing authority.--The term ``State boxing 
        authority'' means a State agency with authority to regulate 
        professional boxing.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Sections 2 and 3 shall take effect 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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