[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[S. 893 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 893

  To establish the National Boxing Commission, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 16 (legislative day, May 15), 2001

 Mr. Reid (for himself and Mr. McCain) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish the National Boxing Commission, and for other purposes.

    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 ``National Boxing Commission Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Professional boxing is beset with wide-ranging problems 
        that are beyond the scope of the current system of State 
        regulation.
            (2) The rules governing professional boxing and the 
        enforcement of those rules vary widely among States.
            (3) Unlike other professional sports, professional boxing 
        is not successfully regulated by a private entity, and there is 
        no prospect for meaningful self-regulation.
            (4) The problems facing professional boxing include the 
        exploitation of boxers, conflicts of interest, questionable 
        judging, and corruption.
            (5) These problems endanger the health, safety, and welfare 
        of boxers and undermine the credibility of the sport with the 
        public.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to establish a national commission to 
prescribe and enforce uniform regulations for professional boxing in 
order to protect the health and safety of boxers and to ensure fairness 
in the sport.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``boxing match'' means a professional boxing 
        match, or any part of such a match, that is held within the 
        United States. The term does not include an amateur boxing 
        match.
            (2) The terms ``Indian lands'' and ``Indian tribe'' have 
        the meanings given those terms by paragraphs (4) and (5), 
        respectively, of section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
        (25 U.S.C. 2703).
            (3) The term ``local boxing authority'' means--
                    (A) any agency of a State, or of a political 
                subdivision of a State, that has authority under the 
                laws of the State to regulate professional boxing; and
                    (B) any agency of an Indian tribe that is 
                authorized by the Indian tribe or the governing body of 
                the Indian tribe to regulate professional boxing on 
                Indian lands.
            (4) The term ``person'' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 1 of title 1, United States Code.
            (5) The term ``promoter'' means any person licensed under 
        this Act--
                    (A) to hold, give, or otherwise conduct a boxing 
                match, program, or exhibition; or
                    (B) to broadcast a boxing match.
            (6) The term ``sanctioning organization'' means any entity 
        that authorizes or sanctions a championship boxing match.
            (7) The term ``State'' means any State of the United 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth 
        of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and any other 
        territory or possession of the United States.

SEC. 5. NATIONAL BOXING COMMISSION.

    (a) Establishment.--The National Boxing Commission is hereby 
established as an independent establishment in the executive branch.
    (b) Members.--
            (1) Number and appointment.--The Commission consists of 5 
        members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
        consent of the Senate.
            (2) Chairman and vice chairman.--
                    (A) Chairman.--The President shall designate a 
                Chairman and Vice Chairman from among the members of 
                the Commission.
                    (B) Executive authority.--The Chairman shall be the 
                chief executive officer of the Commission and, subject 
                to such policies as the Commission may establish, shall 
                exercise the powers of the Commission with respect to--
                            (i) the appointment and supervision of 
                        employees of the Commission;
                            (ii) the organization of any administrative 
                        units established by the Commission; and
                            (iii) the use and expenditure of funds.
                    (C) Delegation of executive authority.--The 
                Chairman may delegate any of the authority under this 
                paragraph to any other member or to any appropriate 
                officer of the Commission.
                    (D) Duties of the vice chairman.--The Vice Chairman 
                shall act as Chairman in the event of the absence or 
                incapacity of the Chairman or in case of a vacancy in 
                the office of Chairman.
            (3) Qualifications.--
                    (A) In general.--Each member of the Commission 
                shall be a citizen of the United States who, by reason 
                of the member's business, professional, or other 
                background, training, experience, or activities outside 
                the business of professional boxing and its related 
                activities, has a broad understanding of the 
                relationship between professional boxing, both as a 
                sport and as a business, and the public interest.
                    (B) Specific qualifications for certain members.--
                At least one of the members of the Commission shall be 
                a physician or other health care professional duly 
                licensed as such. At least one member of the Commission 
                shall be a former member of a local boxing authority.
                    (C) Disinterested persons.--No member of the 
                Commission may, during service as a member of the 
                Commission, be engaged as a professional boxer, boxing 
                promoter, agent, fight manager, matchmaker, referee, 
                judge, or in any other capacity in the conduct of the 
                business of professional boxing or have any pecuniary 
                interest in the earnings of any boxer or the proceeds 
                or outcome of any boxing match.
            (4) Bipartisan membership.--Not more than 3 members of the 
        Commission may be members of the same political party.
            (5) Geographic balance.--Not more than 3 members of the 
        Commission may be residents of the same geographic region of 
        the United States when appointed to the Commission. For 
        purposes of the preceding sentence, the area of the United 
        States east of the Mississippi River is a geographic region, 
        and the area of the United States west of the Mississippi River 
        is a geographic region.
    (c) Terms.--
            (1) Period.--Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), 
        each member of the Commission shall be appointed for a term of 
        5 years. Members of the Commission may be reappointed.
            (2) Exception for midterm vacancy.--A member appointed to 
        fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for 
        which the member's predecessor was appointed shall be appointed 
        for the remainder of that unexpired term.
            (3) Continuation pending replacement.--A member may serve 
        after the expiration of that member's term until a successor 
        has taken office.
    (d) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission shall 
constitute a quorum, but a lesser number of members may hold hearings.
    (e) Contingency Appointment Authority.--If the President submits to 
the Senate a nomination for a membership on the Commission and the 
Senate fails to act timely on the nomination (as determined by the 
President), the President may designate any person otherwise qualified 
under paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of subsection (b) to serve as a 
member of the Commission pending the action of the Senate on the 
nomination. A person so designated may serve as a member of the 
Commission for not more than one year pursuant to this subsection.

SEC. 6. PRIMARY FUNCTION.

    The primary function of the National Boxing Commission is to 
protect the health, safety, and general interests of boxers consistent 
with the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 7. LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OF BOXING PERSONNEL.

    (a) Licensing.--
            (1) Requirement for license.--No person may compete in a 
        boxing match or serve as a boxing judge, referee, or other 
        boxing match official except as provided in a license granted 
        to that person under this subsection or subsection (c). This 
        paragraph does not apply with respect to the performance of an 
        activity registered under subsection (b).
            (2) Annual license.--
                    (A) In general.--The Commission shall issue a 
                license for the purposes of paragraph (1) to any person 
                who, as determined by the Commission, meets the 
                standards established by the Commission under this Act.
                    (B) Duration.--A license issued under this section 
                shall be for a renewable 1-year term.
                    (C) Procedure.--The National Boxing Commission may 
                issue a license under this paragraph through local 
                boxing authorities or in a manner determined by the 
                Commission.
    (b) Registration of Promoters and Others.--
            (1) In general.--No person may perform activities as a 
        boxing promoter, boxing matchmaker, sanctioning organization, 
        boxing manager, trainer, physician, or cut man, or other person 
        determined by the Commission as performing a professional role 
        in boxing unless the person is registered to do so under this 
        subsection.
            (2) Issuance of registration certificate.--
                    (A) In general.--The Commission shall issue a 
                certificate of registration for the purposes of 
                paragraph (1) to any person that the Commission 
                determines to meet the standards established by the 
                Commission under this Act.
                    (B) Duration.--A certificate of registration issued 
                under this section shall expire three years after the 
                date of issuance.
                    (C) Procedure.--The Commission shall issue a 
                certificate of registration under this paragraph 
                through local boxing authorities or in a manner 
                determined by the Commission.
    (c) Special Event License.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission may issue a special event 
        license authorizing a person not licensed under subsection (a) 
        or registered under subsection (b) to participate in a major 
        boxing match as a boxer, boxing promoter, sanctioning 
        organization, boxing manager or other participant regulated 
        under this Act.
            (2) Definition of major boxing event.--The Commission shall 
        prescribe in regulations the definition of the term ``major 
        boxing match'' for the purposes of this subsection.
    (d) Licensing and Registration Fees.--
            (1) Authority.--The Commission may prescribe and charge 
        fees for the licensing and registration of persons under this 
        Act. The Commission may set, charge, and adjust varying fees on 
        the basis of classifications of persons, functions, and events 
        determined appropriate by the Commission.
            (2) Amounts.--The amounts of fees prescribed for a fiscal 
        year under this subsection shall be set at levels estimated, 
when set, to yield collections in any total amount that does not exceed 
10 percent of the total budget of the Commission for that fiscal year.
            (3) Limitations.--In setting and charging fees under 
        paragraph (1), the Commission shall ensure that, to the maximum 
        extent practicable--
                    (A) club boxing is not adversely effected;
                    (B) sanctioning organizations and promoters pay the 
                largest portion of the fees; and
                    (C) boxers pay as small a portion of the fees as is 
                possible.
            (4) Collection.--Fees established under this subsection may 
        be collected through local boxing authorities or by any other 
        means determined appropriate by the Commission. Fees paid by 
        boxing promoters may be derived from gross receipts from boxing 
        matches.
            (5) Disposition.--Fees collected under this subsection 
        shall be deposited in the United States Treasury as 
        miscellaneous receipts.

SEC. 8. NATIONAL REGISTRY OF BOXING PERSONNEL.

    (a) Requirement for Registry.--The National Boxing Commission shall 
maintain a unified national computerized registry for the collection, 
storage, and retrieval of information related to the performance of its 
duties. The information in the computer source may include the 
following:
            (1) Boxers.--A list of professional boxers and the 
        following information on each boxer:
                    (A) Medical record, including the results of a 
                baseline medical examination, which the Commission 
                shall--
                            (i) require as a condition for licensing 
                        under section 7;
                            (ii) permanently retain in the registry; 
                        and
                            (iii) secure from disclosure according to 
                        standards that the Commission shall prescribe.
                    (B) The boxing matches in which the boxer has 
                participated including--
                            (i) the dates of the matches;
                            (ii) the outcome of each match, including 
                        whether the match resulted in a knockout or 
                        technical knockout or was ended upon the 
                        decision, urging, or intervention of a medical 
                        professional; and
                            (iii) the total numbers of matches won and 
                        lost.
                    (C) Height and weight.
                    (D) Business associates.
            (2) Other personnel.--Information (pertinent to the sport 
        of professional boxing) on boxing promoters, boxing 
        matchmakers, boxing managers, trainers, cut men, referees, 
        boxing judges, physicians, and any other personnel determined 
        by the Commission as performing a professional activity for 
        boxing matches.
    (b) Certification of Information.--The Commission shall certify for 
any boxing match the information publicized on the participating boxers 
regarding their medical history, biographical information, and numbers 
of boxing matches won and lost. In issuing certifications, the 
Commission shall make the relevant determinations on the basis of the 
information maintained in the registry under subsection (a).

SEC. 9. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS AND PROHIBITIONS.

    (a) Required Functions.--The National Boxing Commission shall 
perform the following additional functions:
            (1) Prescribe regulations for the sport of professional 
        boxing that ensure the safety of participants.
            (2) Establish minimum standards and procedures for physical 
        and mental examinations to be given boxers.
            (3) Establish minimum standards for the availability of 
        medical services at professional boxing matches.
            (4) Encourage the establishment of a life, accident, and 
        health insurance fund for professional boxers and other members 
        of the professional boxing community.
            (5) Establish minimum standards for the manufacture and use 
        of boxing equipment, and carry out research that the Commission 
        determines necessary for determining and establishing 
        appropriate and meaningful standards.
            (6) Conduct discussions and enter into agreements with 
        foreign boxing entities on methods for applying minimum health 
        and safety standards to foreign boxing events and foreign 
        boxers, trainers, cut men, referees, judges, ringside 
        physicians, and other professional boxing personnel.
            (7) Review local boxing authority regulations for 
        professional boxing and provide assistance to such authorities 
        in meeting minimum standards prescribed by the Commission under 
        this Act.
            (8) Prescribe in regulations--
                    (A) standards for the making of contracts, 
                agreements, arrangements, and understandings relating 
                to professional boxing; and
                    (B) requirements for a copy of any contract for a 
                boxing match to be filed with the Commission or with a 
                local boxing authority at a time before the match and 
                in a manner determined appropriate by the Commission.
            (9) Prescribe regulations and standards applicable to--
                    (A) the establishment of championship divisions and 
                the awarding of championship titles;
                    (B) the establishment of weight classes; and
                    (C) the awarding of rankings for boxers.
            (10) Review the role of sanctioning organizations in 
        professional boxing and prescribe regulations relating to 
        sanctioning organizations and the sanctioning of boxing matches 
        consistent with this Act.
            (11) Prescribe regulations prohibiting conflicts of 
        interest relating to boxing matches.
    (b) Additional Authority.--The Commission may--
            (1) serve as the coordinating body for all efforts in the 
        United States to establish and maintain uniform minimum health 
        and safety standards for professional boxing;
            (2) publish a newspaper, magazine, or other publication 
        consistent with the purposes of the Commission;
            (3) procure the temporary and intermittent services of 
        experts and consultants to the extent authorized by section 
        3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates the Commission 
        determines to be reasonable; and
            (4) take any other action that is necessary and proper to 
        accomplish the purpose of this Act consistent with the 
        provisions of this Act.
    (c) Prohibitions.--The Commission may not--
            (1) promote boxing events or rank professional boxers; or
            (2) provide technical assistance to, or authorize the use 
        of the name of the Commission by, States and Indian tribes that 
        do not comply with requirements of the Commission.
    (d) Use of Name.--The Commission shall have the exclusive right to 
use the name ``National Boxing Commission''. Any person who, without 
the permission of the Commission, uses that name or any other exclusive 
name, trademark, emblem, symbol, or insignia of the Commission for the 
purpose of inducing the sale of any goods or services, or to promote 
any exhibition, performance, or sporting event, shall be subject to 
suit in a civil action by the Commission for the remedies provided in 
the Act of July 5, 1946 (commonly known as the ``Trademark Act of 1946) 
(60 Stat. 427, chapter 540; 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.).

SEC. 10. CONSULTATION REQUIREMENTS.

    The National Boxing Commission shall consult with local boxing 
authorities--
            (1) before prescribing any regulation or establishing any 
        standard under the provisions of this Act; and
            (2) not less than once each year regarding matters relating 
        to professional boxing.

SEC. 11. MISCONDUCT.

    (a) Suspension and Revocation of License or Registration.--
            (1) Authority.--The National Boxing Commission may, after 
        notice and opportunity for a hearing, suspend or revoke any 
        license or registration issued under this Act if the Commission 
        finds that--
                    (A) the suspension or revocation is necessary for 
                the protection of health and safety or is otherwise in 
                the public interest; or
                    (B) there are reasonable grounds for belief that a 
                standard prescribed by the Commission under this Act is 
                not being met, or that bribery, collusion, intentional 
                losing, racketeering, extortion, or the use of unlawful 
                threats, coercion, or intimidation have occurred in 
                connection with a license or registration.
            (2) Period of suspension.--
                    (A) In general.--A suspension of a license or 
                registration under this section shall be effective for 
                a period determined appropriate by the Commission, but 
                not less than 6 months, except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Suspension for medical reasons.--In the case of 
                a suspension of the license of a boxer for medical 
                reasons, the Commission may terminate the suspension at 
                any time that a physician certifies that the boxer is 
                fit to participate in a boxing match. The Commission 
                shall prescribe the standards and procedures for 
                accepting certifications under this subparagraph.
    (b) Prohibitory Orders.--
            (1) Authority and grounds.--The Commission may, after 
        notice and opportunity for hearing, prohibit the conduct of any 
        proposed boxing match if the Commission finds that it is in the 
        public interest to do so and--
                    (A) a contract, arrangement, or agreement with 
                respect to the match does not comply with a regulation 
                of the Commission;
                    (B) the match, or any participant in the match, is 
                not licensed or registered under this Act;
                    (C) there are reasonable grounds for belief that 
                the conduct or outcome of the match may be affected by 
                bribery, collusion, intentional losing, racketeering, 
                extortion, or the use of unlawful threats, coercion, 
                intimidation or violence;
                    (D) there is an undue risk that the health and 
                safety of a participant will be adversely affected by 
                participation in the match; or
                    (E) the conduct of the match, or the involvement of 
                any participant in the match, otherwise violates this 
                Act or any regulation prescribed under this Act.
            (2) Summary orders of prohibition.--
                    (A) Authority.--At or after the time that notice of 
                any proceeding under paragraph (1) is sent or ordered 
                by the Commission to be published regarding a boxing 
                match, regardless of whether or not any person to be 
                affected by the proceeding has received the notice, the 
                Commission may, by order and without notice or hearing, 
                summarily prohibit the holding of the boxing match 
                pending final disposition of the proceeding by the 
                Commission, or for any shorter period that the 
                Commission considers appropriate.
                    (B) Conditions for issuance.--The Commission shall 
                issue a summary order if, in its judgment, the summary 
                order--
                            (i) is necessary for the protection of the 
                        health and safety of a boxer or is otherwise in 
                        the public interest; and
                            (ii) is necessary to carry out the purpose 
                        of this Act.
                    (C) Protection from liability before notice.--A 
                person may not be held liable for damages for a loss or 
                injury resulting from the issuance of a summary order 
                under this paragraph to the extent that the loss or 
                injury is incurred before the person has actual notice 
                the order.
    (c) Investigations and Injunctions.--
            (1) Authority.--The Commission may--
                    (A) conduct any investigation that it considers 
                necessary to determine whether any person has violated, 
                or is about to violate, any provision of this Act or 
                any regulation prescribed under this Act;
                    (B) require or permit any person to file with it a 
                statement in writing, under oath or otherwise as the 
                Commission shall determine, as to all the facts and 
                circumstances concerning the matter to be investigated;
                    (C) in its discretion, publish information 
                concerning any violations; and
                    (D) investigate any facts, conditions, practices, 
                or matters to aid in the enforcement of the provisions 
                of this Act, in the prescribing of regulations under 
                this Act, or in securing information to serve as a 
                basis for recommending legislation concerning the 
                matters to which this Act relates.
            (2) Powers.--
                    (A) In general.--For the purpose of any 
                investigation under paragraph (1), or any other 
                proceeding under this Act, any officer designated by 
                the Commission may administer oaths and affirmations, 
                subpoena or otherwise compel the attendance of 
                witnesses, take evidence, and require the production of 
                any books, papers, correspondence, memorandums, or 
                other records which the Commission considers relevant 
                or material to the inquiry.
                    (B) Witnesses and evidence.--The attendance of 
                witnesses and the production of any documents under 
                subparagraph (A) may be required from any place in the 
                United States or any State at any designated place of 
                hearing.
            (3) Enforcement of subpoenas.--
                    (A) Civil action.--In case of contumacy by, or 
                refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person, the 
                Commission may file an action in any court of the 
                United States within the jurisdiction of which an 
                investigation or proceeding is carried out, or where 
                that person resides or carries on business, to enforce 
                the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the 
                production of books, papers, correspondence, 
                memorandums, and other records. The court may issue an 
                order requiring the person to appear before the 
                Commission to produce records, if so ordered, or to 
                give testimony concerning the matter under 
                investigation or in question.
                    (B) Failure to obey.--Any failure to obey an order 
                issued by a court under subparagraph (A) may be 
                punished as contempt of that Court.
                    (C) Process.--All process in any contempt case 
                under subparagraph (A) may be served in the judicial 
                district in which the person is an inhabitant or in 
                which the person may be found.
                    (D) Criminal offense.--Any person who, without just 
                cause, fails or refuses to attend and testify or to 
                answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, 
                correspondence, memorandums, and other records, if in 
                the power of such person so to do, in obedience to the 
                subpoena of the Commission, shall be guilty of a 
                misdemeanor and, shall be subject to a fine of not more 
                than $1,000, to imprisonment for a term of not more 
                than one year, or both.
            (4) Evidence of criminal misconduct.--
                    (A) In general.--No person may be excused from 
                attending and testifying or from producing books, 
                papers, contracts, agreements, and other records and 
                documents before the Commission, in obedience to the 
                subpoena of the Commission, or in any cause or 
                proceeding instituted by the Commission, on the ground 
                that the testimony or evidence, documentary or 
                otherwise, required of that person may tend to 
                incriminate the person or subject the person to a 
                penalty or forfeiture.
                    (B) Limited immunity.--No individual may be 
                prosecuted or subject to any penalty or forfeiture for, 
                or on account of, any transaction, matter, or thing 
                concerning which that individual is compelled, after 
                having claimed a privilege against self-incrimination, 
                to testify or produce evidence, documentary or 
                otherwise, except that the individual so testifying 
                shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for 
                perjury committed in so testifying.
            (5) Injunctive relief.--If the Commission determines that 
        any person is engaged or about to engage in any act or practice 
        that constitutes a violation of any provision of this Act, or 
        of any regulation prescribed under this Act, the Commission may 
        bring an action in the appropriate district court of the United 
        States, the United States District Court for the District of 
        Columbia, or the United States courts of any territory or other 
        place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, to 
        enjoin the act or practice, and upon a proper showing, the 
        court shall grant without bond a permanent or temporary 
        injunction or restraining order.
            (6) Mandamus.--Upon application of the Commission, the 
        district courts of the United States, the United States 
        District Court for the District of Columbia, and the United 
        States courts of any territory or other place subject to the 
        jurisdiction of the United States, shall have jurisdiction to 
        issue writs of mandamus commanding any person to comply with 
        the provisions of this Act or any order of the Commission.
    (d) Intervention in Civil Actions.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission, on behalf of the public 
        interest, may intervene of right as provided under rule 24(a) 
        of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in any civil action 
        relating to professional boxing filed in a United States 
        district court.
            (2) Amicus filing.--The Commission may file a brief in any 
        action filed in a court of the United States on behalf of the 
        public interest in any case relating to professional boxing.
    (e) Hearings by Commission.--Hearings conducted by the Commission 
under this Act may be public and may be held before any officer of the 
Commission. The Commission shall keep appropriate records of the 
hearings.

SEC. 12. SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF LOCAL BOXING PLAN TO COMMISSION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, an agency, that regulates professional boxing 
for a State or Indian tribe shall submit to the National Boxing 
Commission a local boxing plan that meets the requirements of 
subsection (b).
    (b) Local Boxing Plan Requirements.--The local boxing plan 
submitted for an agency of a State or an Indian tribe under subsection 
(a)--
            (1) shall establish or provide for the agency to regulate 
        professional boxing in the State or on Indian lands, 
        respectively, in compliance with the minimum standards 
        established by the Commission; and
            (2) may establish a registration procedure, consistent with 
        the provisions of section 7, by which the agency requires that 
        each individual and organization involved in professional 
        boxing in the State or on Indian lands, respectively--
                    (A) be registered with the agency in accordance 
                with the minimum Federal boxing standards; and
                    (B) pay a registration fee to the Commission in an 
                amount determined by the Commission pursuant to section 
                7(d).
    (c) Approval and Disapproval of Local Boxing Plan.--Not later than 
60 days after the date on which an agency submits a local boxing plan 
under this section, the Commission shall--
            (1) approve the plan if the plan meets the requirements of 
        subsection (b); or
            (2) disapprove the plan and notify the agency of the 
        reasons for the disapproval.
    (d) Withdrawal of Approval.--The Commission shall withdraw its 
approval of any local boxing plan if the Commission determines that the 
plan, or the administration of the plan, no longer meets the 
requirements of subsection (b).
    (e) Prohibition of Certain Professional Boxing Matches.--Beginning 
three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, no boxing 
match may be held in a State or on Indian lands where--
            (1) there is not in effect a local boxing plan approved by 
        the Commission under subsection (c), whether by reason of a 
        failure to comply with the submittal requirement under 
        subsection (a) or a disapproval or withdrawal of approval by 
        the Commission; or
            (2) there is in effect a local boxing plan approved by the 
        Commission under subsection (c), if the Commission determines 
        that there are reasonable grounds for belief that the boxing 
        standards established by the Commission under this Act are not 
        being met in connection with boxing matches.

SEC. 13. NONINTERFERENCE WITH LOCAL BOXING AUTHORITIES.

    (a) Noninterference.--Nothing in this Act prohibits any local 
boxing authority from exercising any of its powers, duties, or 
functions with respect to the regulation or supervision of professional 
boxing or boxing matches to the extent not inconsistent with the 
provisions of this Act.
    (b) Minimum Standards.--Nothing in this Act prohibits any local 
boxing authority from enforcing local standards or requirements that 
exceed the minimum standards or requirements promulgated by the 
National Boxing Commission under this Act.

SEC. 14. INFORMATION FROM OTHER AGENCIES.

    (a) Authority.--Notwithstanding section 552a of title 5, United 
States Code, or any other provision of law, the National Boxing 
Commission may obtain directly from any executive department, agency, 
bureau, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or 
instrumentality any information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics 
that assist the Commission in carrying out the purposes of this Act. 
Each department, agency, bureau, board, commission, office, independent 
establishment, or instrumentality shall furnish to the Commission any 
information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics requested by the 
Commission.
    (b) Obligation To Secure Confidential Information.--Any 
information, including suggestions, estimates, and statistics, secured 
by the Commission that, but for subsection (a), could not be secured by 
the Commission by reason of section 552a of title 5, United States 
Code, or any other provision of law shall be treated by the Commission 
as confidential information.
    (c) Disclosure of Confidential Information.--
            (1) Prohibition.--Except as provided in paragraph (2) or 
        (3), no officer or employee of the Commission may disclose to 
        any person other than an officer or employee of the Commission 
        any information referred to in subsection (b). Nothing in this 
        subsection shall be construed to authorize the Commission to 
        withhold information from Congress.
            (2) Consented disclosures.--Information referred to in 
        subsection (b) may be disclosed pursuant to the prior written 
        consent of the person with respect to whom the information is 
        maintained, but only to the extent, under circumstances, and 
        for purposes that may be allowed under regulations that the 
        Commission shall prescribe.
            (3) Court-ordered disclosures.--
                    (A) Disclosure.--Whether or not the person, with 
                respect to whom any information referred to in 
                subsection (b) is maintained, gives consent, the 
                information may be disclosed if disclosure is ordered 
                by a court of competent jurisdiction.
                    (B) Criteria for court ordered disclosure.--In 
                assessing whether to order disclosure, the court shall 
                weigh the public interest and the need for disclosure 
                against any prejudice to the person together with the 
                effective administration and enforcement of the 
                provisions of this Act.
                    (C) Safeguards.--In fashioning its disclosure 
                order, with respect to a particular record or set of 
                records, a court shall segregate, if possible, 
                information that must be disclosed from information 
                that may not be disclosed, and the court shall impose 
                in its order appropriate safeguards against 
                unauthorized disclosure of any segregated information.
    (d) Civil Penalties.--
            (1) Authority.--Whoever violates any provision of this 
        section may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 
        for each violation. The penalty shall be assessed by a court in 
        a civil action brought by the Attorney General of the United 
        States.
            (2) Referrals to attorney general.--The Commission shall 
        refer to the Attorney General the name of any person it has 
        reasonable cause to believe has violated any provision of this 
        section.

SEC. 15. OTHER ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER AGENCIES.

    Any employee of any executive department, agency, bureau, board, 
commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality may 
be detailed to the Commission, upon the request of the Commission, on a 
reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, with the consent of the 
appropriate authority having jurisdiction over the employee. While so 
detailed, an employee shall continue to receive the compensation 
provided pursuant to law for the employee's regular position of 
employment and shall retain, without interruption, the rights and 
privileges of that employment.

SEC. 16. AUDIT AND REPORTS.

    (a) Audit.--The Comptroller General shall conduct an annual audit 
of the finances of the Commission, to be completed in time for 
inclusion in the report required by subsection (b).
    (b) Annual Report.--The Commission shall submit a report on the 
National Boxing Commission to Congress each year. The annual report 
shall include the following:
            (1) A detailed discussion of the activities of the 
        Commission for the year covered by the report.
            (2) A description of the local boxing authority of each 
        State and Indian tribe.
            (3) The results of the audit performed under subsection (a) 
        for the year covered by the report.
    (c) Public Report.--The Commission shall annually issue and 
publicize a report of the Commission on the progress made at Federal 
and State levels and on Indian lands in the reform of professional 
boxing and commenting on issues of continuing concern to the 
Commission.

SEC. 17. INFORMAL RULEMAKING.

    To the maximum extent that the Commission determines practicable, 
the Commission shall prescribe regulations in accordance with the 
procedures provided under section 553 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 18. INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) Members.--
            (1) Initial terms.--Notwithstanding section 5(c), of the 
        members first appointed to the National Boxing Commission--
                    (A) one member shall be appointed for a term of one 
                year;
                    (B) one member shall be appointed for a term of 2 
                years;
                    (C) one member shall be appointed for a term of 3 
                years; and
                    (D) one member shall be appointed for a term of 4 
                years.
            (2) Time for appointments.--The appointments of the initial 
        members of the Commission shall be made not later than 60 days 
        after the effective date of this Act.
    (b) Initial Meeting.--The initial meeting of the Commission shall 
be held not later than 90 days after the effective date of this Act.
    (c) Persons Licensed by States and Indian Tribes as of Effective 
Date.--
            (1) Temporary exemption.--The requirements for licensing or 
        registration under section 7 do not apply to a person for the 
        performance of an activity as a boxer, boxing judge, or 
        referee, or the performance of any other professional activity 
        in relation to a boxing match, if the person is licensed by a 
        State or Indian tribe to perform that activity as of the 
        effective date of this Act.
            (2) Expiration.--The exemption under paragraph (1) with 
        respect to a license issued by a State or Indian tribe expires 
        on the earlier of--
                    (A) the date on which the license expires; or
                    (B) the date that is two years after the date of 
                the enactment of this Act.
    (d) First Annual Report on the Commission.--The first annual report 
under section 16(b) shall be submitted not later than one year after 
the effective date of this Act.

SEC. 19. SPECIAL REPORT.

    Not later than one year after the effective date of this Act, the 
National Boxing Commission shall submit to Congress a report on the 
feasibility of establishing a pension system for professional boxing 
participants.

SEC. 20. EXECUTIVE LEVEL PAY RATE FOR COMMISSIONERS.

    Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
            ``Commissioner, National Boxing Commission (3).''.

SEC. 21. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated for the National Boxing 
Commission for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for the 
Commission to perform its functions for that fiscal year.

SEC. 22. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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