[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 1506 Referred in House (RFH)]

  1st Session
                                S. 1506


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 12, 1997

   Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in 
addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 AN ACT


 
      To amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act (P.L.  104-272).

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Professional 
Boxing Safety Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by--
            (1) redesignating section 15 as 16; and
            (2) inserting after section 14 the following:

``SEC. 15. PROTECTION FROM EXPLOITATION.

    ``(a) In General.--No person described in paragraph (4), (5), (6), 
or (9) of section 2 may require a boxer to employ, retain, or provide 
compensation to any individual or business enterprise (whether 
operating in corporate form or not) designated by that person as a 
condition of--
            ``(1) such person's working with the boxer as a licensee, 
        manager, matchmaker, or promoter;
            ``(2) such person's arranging for the boxer to participate 
        in a professional boxing match; or
            ``(3) such boxer's participation in a professional boxing 
        match.
    ``(b) Action to Enforce Contract.--In any action brought against a 
boxer by any such person, individual, or business enterprise to recover 
money for acting as a licensee, manager, matchmaker, or promoter for 
the boxer, the amount awarded may be reduced or denied, notwithstanding 
any agreement to the contrary, as violative of public policy if that 
person, individual, or enterprise is found by the court or 
administrative body before which the action was brought to have 
violated subsection (a) with respect to the boxer in connection with 
the subject of the action. Nothing in this subsection affects the 
enforcement of this Act under section 10.''.

            Passed the Senate November 9, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.