1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the
Professional Boxing Amendments Act of
2009
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Sec. 2. Amendment of Professional Boxing
Safety Act of 1996.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Purposes.
Sec. 5. United States Boxing Commission
approval, or ABC or commission sanction, required for matches.
Sec. 6. Safety standards.
Sec. 7. Registration.
Sec. 8. Review.
Sec. 9. Reporting.
Sec. 10. Contract
requirements.
Sec. 11. Coercive contracts.
Sec. 12. Sanctioning
organizations.
Sec. 13. Required disclosures by
sanctioning organizations.
Sec. 14. Required disclosures by promoters
and broadcasters.
Sec. 15. Judges and referees.
Sec. 16. Medical registry.
Sec. 17. Conflicts of
interest.
Sec. 18. Enforcement.
Sec. 19. Repeal of deadwood.
Sec. 20. Recognition of tribal
law.
Sec. 21. Establishment of United States
Boxing Commission.
Sec. 22. Study and report on definition of
promoter.
Sec. 23. Effective date.
2.Amendment of
Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996Except as otherwise expressly provided,
whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall
be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Professional
Boxing Safety Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).
3.
(a)Section 2 (15 U.S.C. 6301) is amended to read as
follows:
2.In this Act:
(1)The
term Commission means the United States Boxing Commission.
(2)The term bout agreement means a contract
between a promoter and a boxer that requires the boxer to participate in a
professional boxing match for a particular date.
(3)The
term boxer means an individual who fights in a professional boxing
match.
(4)The term boxing commission means an
entity authorized under State or tribal law to regulate professional boxing
matches.
(5)The term boxer registry means any entity
certified by the Commission for the purposes of maintaining records and
identification of boxers.
(6)The term boxing service provider means a
promoter, manager, sanctioning body, licensee, or matchmaker.
(7)The term contract provision means any
legal obligation between a boxer and a boxing service provider.
(8)Indian lands;
indian tribeThe 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).
(9)The
term licensee means an individual who serves as a trainer, corner
man, second, or cut man for a boxer.
(10)The
term manager means a person other than a promoter who, under
contract, agreement, or other arrangement with a boxer, undertakes to control
or administer, directly or indirectly, a boxing-related matter on behalf of
that boxer, including a person who is a booking agent for a boxer.
(11)The
term matchmaker means a person that proposes, selects, and
arranges for boxers to participate in a professional boxing match.
(12)The
term physician means a doctor of medicine legally authorized to
practice medicine by the State in which the physician performs such function or
action and who has training and experience in dealing with sports injuries,
particularly head trauma.
(13)Professional
boxing matchThe term professional boxing match
means a boxing contest held in the United States between individuals for
financial compensation. The term professional boxing match does
not include a boxing contest that is regulated by a duly recognized amateur
sports organization, as approved by the Commission.
(14)The
term promoter—
(A)means the person
primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing a professional
boxing match; but
(B)does not include
a hotel, casino, resort, or other commercial establishment hosting or
sponsoring a professional boxing match unless—
(i)the hotel,
casino, resort, or other commercial establishment is primarily responsible for
organizing, promoting, and producing the match; and
(ii)there is no
other person primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing the
match.
(15)The term promotional agreement means a
contract, for the acquisition of rights relating to a boxer’s participation in
a professional boxing match or series of boxing matches (including the right to
sell, distribute, exhibit, or license the match or matches), with—
(A)the boxer who is
to participate in the match or matches; or
(B)the nominee of a
boxer who is to participate in the match or matches, or the nominee is an
entity that is owned, controlled or held in trust for the boxer unless that
nominee or entity is a licensed promoter who is conveying a portion of the
rights previously acquired.
(16)The
term State means each of the 50 States, Puerto Rico, the District
of Columbia, and any territory or possession of the United States, including
the Virgin Islands.
(17)The term sanctioning organization means
an organization, other than a boxing commission, that sanctions professional
boxing matches, ranks professional boxers, or charges a sanctioning fee for
professional boxing matches in the United States—
(A)between boxers
who are residents of different States; or
(B)that are
advertised, otherwise promoted, or broadcast (including closed circuit
television) in interstate commerce.
(18)The
term suspension includes within its meaning the temporary
revocation of a boxing license.
(19)The term tribal organization has the
same meaning as in section 4(l) of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
450b(l)).
.
(b)Section 21 (15 U.S.C. 6312) is amended to read as
follows:
21.Professional
boxing matches conducted on Indian lands
(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a tribal
organization may establish a boxing commission to regulate professional boxing
matches held on Indian land under the jurisdiction of that tribal
organization.
(b)A tribal organization that establishes a boxing
commission shall, by tribal ordinance or resolution, establish and provide for
the implementation of health and safety standards, licensing requirements, and
other requirements relating to the conduct of professional boxing matches that
are at least as restrictive as—
(1)the otherwise
applicable requirements of the State in which the Indian land on which the
professional boxing match is held is located; or
(2)the guidelines
established by the United States Boxing Commission.
(c)Application of
Act to Boxing Matches on Tribal LandsThe provisions of this Act
apply to professional boxing matches held on tribal lands to the same extent
and in the same way as they apply to professional boxing matches held in any
State.
.
4.Section 3(2) (15 U.S.C. 6302(2)) is amended
by striking State
.
5.United States
Boxing Commission approval, or ABC or Commission sanction, required for
matches
(a)Section 4 (15 U.S.C. 6303) is amended to read as
follows:
4.Approval or
sanction requirement
(a)No person may arrange, promote, organize, produce, or
fight in a professional boxing match within the United States unless the
match—
(1)is approved by
the Commission; and
(2)is held in a
State, or on tribal land of a tribal organization, that regulates professional
boxing matches in accordance with standards and criteria established by the
Commission.
(b)
(1)For purposes of subsection (a), the Commission shall be
presumed to have approved any match other than—
(A)a match with
respect to which the Commission has been informed of an alleged violation of
this Act and with respect to which it has notified the supervising boxing
commission that it does not approve;
(B)a match
advertised to the public as a championship match;
(C)a match scheduled
for 10 rounds or more; or
(D)a match in which
1 of the boxers has—
(i)suffered 10
consecutive defeats in professional boxing matches; or
(ii)has been knocked
out 5 consecutive times in professional boxing matches.
(2)Delegation of
approval authorityNotwithstanding paragraph (1), the Commission
shall be presumed to have approved a match described in subparagraph (B), (C),
or (D) of paragraph (1) if—
(A)the Commission
has delegated its approval authority with respect to that match to a boxing
commission; and
(B)the boxing
commission has approved the match.
(3)Except as may be otherwise provided by the Commission by
rule, in paragraph (1)(D)(ii), the term knocked out means knocked
down and unable to continue after a count of 10 by the referee or stopped from
continuing because of a technical
knockout.
.
(b)Section 19 (15 U.S.C. 6310) is repealed.
6.Section 5 (15 U.S.C.
6304) is amended—
(1)by striking
requirements or an alternative requirement in effect under regulations
of a boxing commission that provides equivalent protection of the health and
safety of boxers:
and inserting requirements:
;
(2)by adding at the
end of paragraph (1) The examination shall include testing for
infectious diseases in accordance with standards established by the
Commission.
;
(3)by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
(2)An ambulance
continuously present on
site.
;
(4)by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively, and inserting
after paragraph (2) the following:
(3)Emergency medical
personnel with appropriate resuscitation equipment continuously present on
site.
;
and
(5)by striking
match.
in paragraph (5), as redesignated, and inserting
match in an amount prescribed by the Commission.
.
7.Section 6 (15 U.S.C. 6305) is
amended—
(1)by inserting
or Indian tribe
after State
the second place it
appears in subsection (a)(2);
(2)by striking the
first sentence of subsection (c) and inserting A boxing commission
shall, in accordance with requirements established by the Commission, make a
health and safety disclosure to a boxer when issuing an identification card to
that boxer.
;
(3)by striking
should
in the second sentence of subsection (c) and inserting
shall, at a minimum,
; and
(4)by adding at the
end the following:
(d)Copy of
Registration and Identification Cards To Be Sent to CommissionA
boxing commission shall furnish a copy of each registration received under
subsection (a), and each identification card issued under subsection (b), to
the
Commission.
.
8.Section 7 (15 U.S.C. 6306) is
amended—
(1)by striking
that, except as provided in subsection (b), no
in subsection
(a)(2) and inserting that no
;
(2)by striking
paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a) and inserting the following:
(3)Procedures to
review a summary suspension when a hearing before the boxing commission is
requested by a boxer, licensee, manager, matchmaker, promoter, or other boxing
service provider which provides an opportunity for that person to present
evidence.
;
(3)by striking
subsection (b); and
(4)by striking
(a) Procedures.—
.
9.Section 8 (15 U.S.C. 6307) is
amended—
(1)by striking
48 business hours
and inserting 2 business
days
;
(2)by striking
bxoing
and inserting boxing
; and
(3)by striking
each boxer registry.
and inserting the
Commission.
.
10.Section 9 (15
U.S.C. 6307a) is amended to read as follows:
9.
(a)The Commission, in consultation with the Association of
Boxing Commissions, shall develop guidelines for minimum contractual provisions
that shall be included in each bout agreement, boxer-manager contract, and
promotional agreement. Each boxing commission shall ensure that these minimal
contractual provisions are present in any such agreement or contract submitted
to it.
(b)Filing and
Approval Requirements
(1)A
manager or promoter shall submit a copy of each boxer-manager contract and each
promotional agreement between that manager or promoter and a boxer to the
Commission, and, if requested, to the boxing commission with jurisdiction over
the bout.
(2)A boxing commission may not approve a professional
boxing match unless a copy of the bout agreement related to that match has been
filed with it and approved by it.
(c)A boxing commission may not approve a professional boxing
match unless the promoter of that match has posted a surety bond, cashier’s
check, letter of credit, cash, or other security with the boxing commission in
an amount acceptable to the boxing
commission.
.
11.Section 10 (15
U.S.C. 6307b) is amended—
(1)by striking
paragraph (3) of subsection (a);
(2)by inserting
or
elimination
after mandatory
in the heading of
subsection (b); and
(3)by inserting
or elimination
after mandatory
in subsection
(b).
12.Sanctioning
organizations
(a)Section 11 (15 U.S.C. 6307c) is amended to read as
follows:
11.Sanctioning
organizations
(a)Within 1 year after the date of enactment of the
Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2009, the Commission shall develop
guidelines for objective and consistent written criteria for the rating of
professional boxers based on the athletic merits and professional record of the
boxers. Within 90 days after the Commission’s promulgation of the guidelines,
each sanctioning organization shall adopt the guidelines and follow
them.
(b)Notification of
Change in RatingA sanctioning organization shall, with respect
to a change in the rating of a boxer previously rated by such organization in
the top 10 boxers—
(1)post a copy,
within 7 days after the change, on its Internet website or home page, if any,
including an explanation of the change, for a period of not less than 30
days;
(2)provide a copy of
the rating change and a thorough explanation in writing under penalty of
perjury to the boxer and the Commission;
(3)provide the boxer
an opportunity to appeal the ratings change to the sanctioning organization;
and
(4)apply the
objective criteria for ratings required under subsection (a) in considering any
such appeal.
(c)If, after disposing with an appeal under subsection
(b)(3), a sanctioning organization receives a petition from a boxer challenging
that organization’s rating of the boxer, it shall (except to the extent
otherwise required by the Commission), within 7 days after receiving the
petition—
(1)provide to the
boxer a written explanation under penalty of perjury of the organization’s
rating criteria, its rating of the boxer, and the rationale or basis for its
rating (including a response to any specific questions submitted by the boxer);
and
(2)submit a copy of
its explanation to the Association of Boxing Commissions and the Commission for
their
review.
.
(b)Section 18(e) (15 U.S.C. 6309(e)) is amended—
(1)by striking
Federal Trade
Commission,
in the subsection heading and inserting
United States Boxing
Commission
; and
(2)by striking
Federal Trade Commission,
in paragraph (1) and inserting
United States Boxing Commission,
.
13.Required
disclosures by sanctioning organizationsSection 12 (15 U.S.C. 6307d) is
amended—
(1)by striking the
matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting Within 7 days after a
professional boxing match of 10 rounds or more, the sanctioning organization,
if any, for that match shall provide to the Commission, and, if requested, to
the boxing commission in the State or on Indian land responsible for regulating
the match, a written statement of—
;
(2)by striking
will assess
in paragraph (1) and inserting has assessed,
or will assess,
; and
(3)by striking
will receive
in paragraph (2) and inserting has received,
or will receive,
.
14.Required
disclosures by promoters and broadcastersSection 13 (15 U.S.C. 6307e) is
amended—
(1)by striking
PROMOTERS.
in the section
caption and inserting PROMOTERS AND
BROADCASTERS.
;
(2)by striking so
much of subsection (a) as precedes paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:
(a)Disclosures to
Boxing Commissions and the CommissionWithin 7 days after a
professional boxing match of 10 rounds or more, the promoter of any boxer
participating in that match shall provide to the Commission, and, if requested,
to the boxing commission in the State or on Indian land responsible for
regulating the
match—
;
(3)by striking
writing,
in subsection (a)(1) and inserting writing,
other than a bout agreement previously provided to the
commission,
;
(4)by striking
all fees, charges, and expenses that will be
in subsection
(a)(3)(A) and inserting a written statement of all fees, charges, and
expenses that have been, or will be,
;
(5)by inserting
a written statement of
before all
in subsection
(a)(3)(B);
(6)by inserting
a statement of
before any
in subsection
(a)(3)(C);
(7)by striking the
matter in subsection (b) following Boxer.—
and preceding paragraph (1)
and inserting Within 7 days after a professional boxing match of 10
rounds or more, the promoter of the match shall provide to each boxer
participating in the bout or match with whom the promoter has a bout or
promotional agreement a statement of—
;
(8)by striking
match;
in subsection (b)(1) and inserting match, and that
the promoter has paid, or agreed to pay, to any other person in connection with
the match;
; and
(9)by adding at the
end the following:
(d)Required
Disclosures by Broadcasters
(1)A broadcaster that owns the television broadcast rights
for a professional boxing match of 10 rounds or more shall, within 7 days after
that match, provide to the Commission—
(A)a statement of
any advance, guarantee, or license fee paid or owed by the broadcaster to a
promoter in connection with that match;
(B)a copy of any
contract executed by or on behalf of the broadcaster with—
(i)a
boxer who participated in that match; or
(ii)the boxer’s
manager, promoter, promotional company, or other representative or the owner or
representative of the site of the match; and
(C)a list
identifying sources of income received from the broadcast of the match.
(2)Copy to boxing
commissionUpon request from the boxing commission in the State
or Indian land responsible for regulating a match to which paragraph (1)
applies, a broadcaster shall provide the information described in paragraph (1)
to that boxing commission.
(3)The
information provided to the Commission or to a boxing commission pursuant to
this subsection shall be confidential and not revealed by the Commission or a
boxing commission, except that the Commission may publish an analysis of the
data in aggregate form or in a manner which does not disclose confidential
information about identifiable broadcasters.
(4)Television
broadcast rightsIn paragraph (1), the term television
broadcast rights means the right to broadcast the match, or any part
thereof, via a broadcast station, cable service, or multichannel video
programming distributor as such terms are defined in section 3(5), 602(6), and
602(13) of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 153(5), 602(6), and 602(13),
respectively).
.
15.
(a)Section 16 (15 U.S.C. 6307h) is amended—
(1)by inserting
(a) Licensing and Assignment
Requirement.—
before No person
;
(2)by striking
certified and approved
and inserting
selected
;
(3)by inserting
or Indian lands
after State
; and
(4)by adding at the
end the following:
(b)Championship
and 10-Round BoutsIn addition to the requirements of subsection
(a), no person may arrange, promote, organize, produce, or fight in a
professional boxing match advertised to the public as a championship match or
in a professional boxing match scheduled for 10 rounds or more unless all
referees and judges participating in the match have been licensed by the
Commission.
(c)Role of
Sanctioning OrganizationA sanctioning organization may provide a
list of judges and referees deemed qualified by that organization to a boxing
commission, but the boxing commission shall select, license, and appoint the
judges and referees participating in the match.
(d)Assignment of
Nonresident Judges and RefereesA boxing commission may assign
judges and referees who reside outside that commission’s State or Indian
land.
(e)A judge or referee shall provide to the boxing
commission responsible for regulating a professional boxing match in a State or
on Indian land a statement of all consideration, including reimbursement for
expenses, that the judge or referee has received, or will receive, from any
source for participation in the match. If the match is scheduled for 10 rounds
or more, the judge or referee shall also provide such a statement to the
Commission.
.
(b)Section 14 (15 U.S.C. 6307f) is repealed.
16.The Act is amended by
inserting after section 13 (15 U.S.C. 6307e) the following:
14.
(a)The Commission shall establish and maintain, or certify a
third party entity to establish and maintain, a medical registry that contains
comprehensive medical records and medical denials or suspensions for every
licensed boxer.
(b)The Commission shall determine—
(1)the nature of
medical records and medical suspensions of a boxer that are to be forwarded to
the medical registry; and
(2)the time within
which the medical records and medical suspensions are to be submitted to the
medical registry.
(c)The
Commission shall establish confidentiality standards for the disclosure of
personally identifiable information to boxing commissions that will—
(1)protect the
health and safety of boxers by making relevant information available to the
boxing commissions for use but not public disclosure; and
(2)ensure that the
privacy of the boxers is
protected.
.
17.Section 17 (15 U.S.C.
6308) is amended—
(1)by striking
enforces State boxing laws,
in subsection (a) and inserting
implements State or tribal boxing laws, no officer or employee of the
Commission,
;
(2)by striking
belong to,
and inserting hold office in,
in
subsection (a);
(3)by striking the
last sentence of subsection (a); and
(4)by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:
(b)A
boxer may not own or control, directly or indirectly, an entity that promotes
the boxer’s bouts if that entity is responsible for—
(1)executing a bout
agreement or promotional agreement with the boxer’s opponent; or
(2)providing any
payment or other compensation to—
(A)the boxer’s
opponent for participation in a bout with the boxer;
(B)the boxing
commission that will regulate the bout; or
(C)ring officials
who officiate at the
bout.
.
18.Section 18 (15 U.S.C. 6309) is
amended—
(1)by striking
(a) Injunctions.—
in subsection (a) and
inserting (a) Actions by Attorney
General.—
;
(2)by inserting
any officer or employee of the Commission,
after
laws,
in subsection (b)(3);
(3)by inserting
has engaged in or
after organization
in
subsection (c);
(4)by striking
subsection (b)
in subsection (c)(3) and inserting
subsection (b), a civil penalty, or
; and
(5)by striking
boxer
in subsection (d) and inserting
person
.
19.Section 20 (15 U.S.C.
6311) is repealed.
20.Recognition of
tribal lawSection 22 (15
U.S.C. 6313) is amended—
(1)by insert
OR TRIBAL
in the section
heading after STATE
; and
(2)by inserting
or Indian tribe
after State
.
21.Establishment
of United States Boxing Commission
(a)The Act is amended by adding at the end the
following:
<enum>II</enum><header>UNITED STATES
BOXING COMMISSION</header>
<section id="ID1EC24B0571CB4D9090C8FBE42E0D18BF"><enum>201.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to protect the
health, safety, and welfare of boxers and to ensure fairness in the sport of
professional boxing.</text>
</section><section id="ID1D23CF342E0D4A80A0C9CD339635D10C"><enum>202.</enum><header>United States
Boxing Commission</header>
<subsection id="ID9D35E93BFF7C46BCAC8CA8FB36B9EC65"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The United States Boxing Commission is established as a
commission within the Department of Commerce.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDE46111A01261475A90AB62D364728F24"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Members</header>
<paragraph id="ID324696CDD6D343B9A3A3B6D28119732F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall consist of 3 members appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0396819CF6814DABA5F8D1C45B276186"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header>
<subparagraph id="ID473F42D90E0B4EAD9F901A7811C643F7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each member of the Commission shall be a citizen of the
United States who—</text>
<clause id="ID4ECE64CBFEEB4C38AF99A70D133ADD19"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has extensive
experience in professional boxing activities or in a field directly related to
professional sports;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID40B5FBDA88D8415092D7D4E81CFBD819"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is of
outstanding character and recognized integrity; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE5184E8546FE4795BB9FF657242369C3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is selected on
the basis of training, experience, and qualifications and without regard to
political party affiliation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID72A288BBB6B243C38DB35B781430CC84"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Specific
qualifications for certain members</header><text>At least 1 member of the
Commission shall be a former member of a local boxing authority. If
practicable, at least 1 member of the Commission shall be a physician or other
health care professional duly licensed as such.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF0F9C981BC3F497C8E7B46D9775C228E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Disinterested
persons</header><text>No member of the Commission may, while serving as a
member of the Commission—</text>
<clause id="IDD454DF82B6E34AB490696D9474F5F57D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>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;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID00ED28D91B8D413C80C9530EC30B5BB0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have any
pecuniary interest in the earnings of any boxer or the proceeds or outcome of
any boxing match; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDAAAEFD7A02974DB4AD476259DB8CFB1B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>serve as a
member of a boxing commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1A53DB1949964AA2AAA04D5359AEA31C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Bipartisan
membership</header><text>Not more than 2 members of the Commission may be
members of the same political party.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA96EFAEFB286473CB4BD64478DA2A722"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Geographic
balance</header><text>Not more than 2 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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC2FC33425A1F447EB1A0940FED9D3940"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Terms</header>
<subparagraph id="ID4B148BDBD8684CFD9DA2BC3CA7A674B2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term of a member of the Commission shall be 3
years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3BE1D2C968504073BD38C11E6A041F2B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reappointment</header><text>Members
of the Commission may be reappointed to the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7BA7303A8AFF4984875F14909CFF9A32"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Midterm
vacancies</header><text>A member of the Commission appointed to fill a vacancy
in the Commission 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.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID53C729F9201D40BEA7B1DB3ACCD52306"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Continuation
pending replacement</header><text>A member of the Commission may serve after
the expiration of that member’s term until a successor has taken office.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID14408738C12C421EB96563305A9B1B5E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Removal</header><text>A
member of the Commission may be removed by the President only for cause.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF4A329CAD8294177AFDC837D221E90E0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Executive
Director</header>
<paragraph id="ID0DCA294CE5554433BD0BCEBED6874D23"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall employ an Executive Director to
perform the administrative functions of the Commission under this Act, and such
other functions and duties of the Commission as the Commission shall
specify.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1A97DD2294FC45799255D8A5B5DAE9BC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Discharge of
functions</header><text>Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the
Commission the Executive Director shall carry out the functions and duties of
the Commission under this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2F4E68038286465E9291572715635C0F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>General
Counsel</header><text>The Commission shall employ a General Counsel to provide
legal counsel and advice to the Executive Director and the Commission in the
performance of its functions under this Act, and to carry out such other
functions and duties as the Commission shall specify.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDF2A91494C0F241C2BE51D1232A1C4E8C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>The
Commission shall employ such additional staff as the Commission considers
appropriate to assist the Executive Director and the General Counsel in
carrying out the functions and duties of the Commission under this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID225CA2C84FF94070B9118FD7421FFF3D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Compensation</header>
<paragraph id="IDC6C9D2BA2F484DC5ACA25FFD7663421E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Members of
commission</header>
<subparagraph id="ID778B3562ACF0427FADC014E826F20F03"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each member of the Commission shall be compensated at a
rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed
for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United
States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which such member is
engaged in the performance of the duties of the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDAEFA91FF367A429BB3903590BF7B8FCA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Travel
expenses</header><text>The members of the Commission shall be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for
employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United
States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the
performance of services for the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3F2B92F3135D4FA39C46FD4F1040C658"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Executive
director and staff</header><text>The Commission shall fix the compensation of
the Executive Director, the General Counsel, and other personnel of the
Commission. The rate of pay for the Executive Director, the General Counsel,
and other personnel may not exceed the rate payable for level V of the
Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID609100FFAF8F432A995A1414E4875709"><enum>203.</enum><header>Functions</header>
<subsection id="ID9BB489BE08854DBAAB111867240A019C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Primary
Functions</header><text>The primary functions of the Commission are—</text>
<paragraph id="IDCA809982761444368916065D71E38CE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to protect the
health, safety, and general interests of boxers consistent with the provisions
of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID48358938138740C99CAC1674230642DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to ensure
uniformity, fairness, and integrity in professional boxing.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDDFFE5E79A0B34EF6943F8ECF22D81351"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specific
Functions</header><text>The Commission shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDDED21A0049134C15ADD10A7BB0CDAFEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>administer title
I of this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7E29661C97FA48AAAA823618BF9F590D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promulgate
uniform standards for professional boxing in consultation with the Association
of Boxing Commissions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD47255A909E5433B84BDF25DDB046FF5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>except as
otherwise determined by the Commission, oversee all professional boxing matches
in the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1B7210C3795246898FE80A963C533AC2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>work with the
boxing commissions of the several States and tribal organizations—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2521F572AD6D4260B88FF22C45BCF73E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to improve the
safety, integrity, and professionalism of professional boxing in the United
States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB83854150E28444D9A7EE375306A9006"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to enhance
physical, medical, financial, and other safeguards established for the
protection of professional boxers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3904842ECDE04AE98435F12DE2D77241"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to improve the
status and standards of professional boxing in the United States;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDDA160CE42C3D496FB7116936E3C6FC97"><enum>(5)</enum><text>ensure, in
cooperation with the Attorney General (who shall represent the Commission in
any judicial proceeding under this Act), the chief law enforcement officer of
the several States, and other appropriate officers and agencies of Federal,
State, and local government, that Federal and State laws applicable to
professional boxing matches in the United States are vigorously, effectively,
and fairly enforced;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB64CD9C86072401F8D0970C8E6199CC6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>review boxing
commission regulations for professional boxing and provide assistance to such
authorities in meeting minimum standards prescribed by the Commission under
this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8D195E9730D74E75891560FC2682768D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2F36C0E71B404CA9914A0F5B799E048A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>if the Commission
determines it to be appropriate, publish a newspaper, magazine, or other
publication and establish and maintain a website consistent with the purposes
of the Commission;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDF5341819BAA496DAED61D30AEEF113D"><enum>(9)</enum><text>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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9B19D1BABB444D59A8990BB9098689B5"><enum>(10)</enum><text>promulgate
rules, regulations, and guidance, and take any other action necessary and
proper to accomplish the purposes of, and consistent with, the provisions of
this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID05F98DC5E79B466C8342A37B7CA9C095"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header><text>The
Commission may not—</text>
<paragraph id="IDD3DBE15A085C4F6D8038AE9727E925B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promote boxing
events or rank professional boxers; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3A8E77A9D6E64D2F9069432E8365D9F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide technical
assistance to, or authorize the use of the name of the Commission by, boxing
commissions that do not comply with requirements of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC880EB01BE4B4863B1E9CBB2AA3A41A5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of
Name</header><text>The Commission shall have the exclusive right to use the
name <quote>United States Boxing Commission</quote>. 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 or exchange 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 <quote>Trademark Act of 1946</quote>; 15 U.S.C. 1051 et
seq.).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDE259F04387704E499CF472EAB6F5F7B0"><enum>204.</enum><header>Licensing and
registration of boxing personnel</header>
<subsection id="IDB3E29D6ADA2B465F851DB1DDFA9343F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Licensing</header>
<paragraph id="ID3AD3A41EA5E044B0AAD4DDC05E1C7477"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement for
license</header><text>No person may compete in a professional boxing match or
serve as a boxing manager, boxing promoter, or sanctioning organization for a
professional boxing match except as provided in a license granted to that
person under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9624C7C09BA94F4086B0539F13B69C5D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application and
term</header>
<subparagraph id="ID675BCF7740534D6DAB6493B91649E543"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall—</text>
<clause id="IDE798F7F7FC8C418D9BADBE524B3F4DA5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>establish
application procedures, forms, and fees;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9A1171A9D54B4C08A60778094691FB99"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>establish and
publish appropriate standards for licenses granted under this section;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDCF4C214CDDB848FFB214C97BBB4AF4B5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>issue a license
to any person who, as determined by the Commission, meets the standards
established by the Commission under this title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9D11888223334368B567103EF4BCD024"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A
license issued under this section shall be for a renewable—</text>
<clause id="IDA4998817FFF34CF39ED169519D7ADBF4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>4-year term for a
boxer; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3692F0DA064540829771C07B18D812C2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>2-year term for
any other person.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDD586DAF9FF34E90B4477191435E71C9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>The
Commission may issue a license under this paragraph through boxing commissions
or in a manner determined by the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID487E25F086CF43E0BD3561CD07407FED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Licensing
Fees</header>
<paragraph id="ID7FEBB968850843159BB27E0E50E03E6F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
Commission may prescribe and charge reasonable fees for the licensing of
persons under this title. The Commission may set, charge, and adjust varying
fees on the basis of classifications of persons, functions, and events
determined appropriate by the Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID53918B22CDDB463498C370B6C20E29C3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>In
setting and charging fees under paragraph (1), the Commission shall ensure
that, to the maximum extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID40CF7DD5EDE8478C9F29EE8260C33078"><enum>(A)</enum><text>club boxing is
not adversely effected;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE0584754FC354442B8583CEF048FA992"><enum>(B)</enum><text>sanctioning
organizations and promoters pay comparatively the largest portion of the fees;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7DC7E789AA6240D694A0663DCE4434C8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>boxers pay as
small a portion of the fees as is possible.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDCE04BDBFBE114B98948730C1EAC89893"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Collection</header><text>Fees
established under this subsection may be collected through boxing commissions
or by any other means determined appropriate by the Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDC9ECBA48CE684DF185BD61017B5F4FAA"><enum>205.</enum><header>National
registry of boxing personnel</header>
<subsection id="ID507845336A29404F9348F2B9548064A5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for
Registry</header><text>The Commission shall establish and maintain (or
authorize a third party to establish and maintain) a unified national
computerized registry for the collection, storage, and retrieval of information
related to the performance of its duties.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0125DC30AF364CD08990D0A23E259484"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
information in the registry shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID3E1C0C8B53114A76B7F56C51162C6ED9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Boxers</header><text>A
list of professional boxers and data in the medical registry established under
section 114 of this Act, which the Commission shall secure from disclosure in
accordance with the confidentiality requirements of section 114(c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8629C720B8ED4491B3C99D121E3AA2B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other
personnel</header><text>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 professional boxing
matches.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDF7DC41463D54406FA9056BC89A6B80C6"><enum>206.</enum><header>Consultation
requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission
shall consult with the Association of Boxing Commissions—</text>
<paragraph id="ID2AE1428DB77A4A899174BC23F5F53797"><enum>(1)</enum><text>before
prescribing any regulation or establishing any standard under the provisions of
this title; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID451247D7656545168B3061259139531B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not less than
once each year regarding matters relating to professional boxing.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID14733305B933450DA4FC86D8CA1B675F"><enum>207.</enum><header>Misconduct</header>
<subsection id="ID7767694845544C229D0A012FEE42883A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Suspension and
Revocation of License or Registration</header>
<paragraph id="IDC82DF82D3F834E9B9BA3994407F1D67C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
Commission may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, suspend or revoke
any license issued under this title if the Commission finds that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3AE4B1F8035C4999AA8C20B4544001B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the license
holder has violated any provision of this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCDD56B37B9C644EE930F691A2E61A145"><enum>(B)</enum><text>there are
reasonable grounds for belief that a standard prescribed by the Commission
under this title 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</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID79A3BD7C77F1492EA39500126A77413A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the suspension or
revocation is necessary for the protection of health and safety or is otherwise
in the public interest.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID501841F09B2F4253A0BDBEDBA8D78E6D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Period of
suspension</header>
<subparagraph id="IDA27691C740E54691B0B5FEF6A8B38929"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A suspension of a license under this section shall be
effective for a period determined appropriate by the Commission except as
provided in subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID38CC444529FF4F03A10A66EABE1C8351"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Suspension for
medical reasons</header><text>In the case of a suspension or denial of the
license of a boxer for medical reasons by the Commission, the Commission may
terminate the suspension or denial at any time that a physician certifies that
the boxer is fit to participate in a professional boxing match. The Commission
shall prescribe the standards and procedures for accepting certifications under
this subparagraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID85B3A5E8453F446BA684823527D142BB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Period of
revocation</header><text>In the case of a revocation of the license of a boxer,
the revocation shall be for a period of not less than 1 year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID185893BC871C4D2ABA8A8FD5BA6F3CCB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investigations
and Injunctions</header>
<paragraph id="ID94DD04339CD7468E9AA4218DD79B1B5A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
Commission may—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDB30AEF7F9F29406A8E4FC656DE291C50"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF00C86C46CEF42E7B2495620D69F464F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8D4EC90D33214CB096E51A1EE4DD3CF3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in its
discretion, publish information concerning any violations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID63FEAB1E72BD486481761CD3B49452B3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2335DBECB93D43AE8F316AB2B2C0E753"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Powers</header>
<subparagraph id="IDA948FD9D5904403DBF703230F1C346E1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For the purpose of any investigation under paragraph (1)
or any other proceeding under this title—</text>
<clause id="IDB99FD3C1C53E4B15B6079B59C414E88D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>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, memoranda, or other records
the Commission considers relevant or material to the inquiry; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF57B62CF3E4F4795BFAF592EC49FCD3D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the provisions
of sections 6002 and 6004 of title 18, United States Code, shall apply.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7FEE243835F2409BA9749B5665477EF4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Witnesses and
evidence</header><text>The attendance of witnesses and the production of any
documents under subparagraph (A) may be required from any place in the United
States, including Indian land, at any designated place of hearing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE891D4834AF04AC4996980A73D7D5540"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Enforcement of
subpoenas</header>
<subparagraph id="ID7E9DCADD12B64E0C8F18FEE001E5F22B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Civil
action</header><text>In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena
issued to, any person, the Commission may file an action in any district 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.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF2DA3D60348449B8822779B7E1204E11"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Failure to
obey</header><text>Any failure to obey an order issued by a court under
subparagraph (A) may be punished as contempt of that court.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID10D066E5A720400F874C9E3455D2250E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Process</header><text>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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID220118D106B54D578FA9E0ACD0571631"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Evidence of
criminal misconduct</header>
<subparagraph id="ID8D7E7403B04049F381EBEDD4550C93CB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1DA1A258078A48BAB8BB53D06B007464"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limited
immunity</header><text>No individual may be prosecuted or subject to any
penalty or forfeiture for, or on account of, any transaction, matter, or thing
concerning the matter about 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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID67C7279D041E47D39B802F97EFECD5DD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Injunctive
relief</header><text>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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4F62218482BB41B0A74B383F63AE8DCF"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Mandamus</header><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID71F1629E28444B86AD0748132A009E4D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Intervention in
Civil Actions</header>
<paragraph id="ID9576878C17C04DCD87E01D34526AF7CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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
district court of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAA7AD8022C4F457282205AC44D8D5637"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amicus
filing</header><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDDC7B42061F0840CB988CBAD36EBFA5F9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Hearings by
Commission</header><text>Hearings conducted by the Commission under this Act
shall be public and may be held before any officer of the Commission. The
Commission shall keep appropriate records of the hearings.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID23ADB40727884FE4BD6BA49E210FF63C"><enum>208.</enum><header>Noninterference
with boxing commissions</header>
<subsection id="ID22BD45F21E694167B212AFB266562AD6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Noninterference</header><text>Nothing
in this Act prohibits any boxing commission from exercising any of its powers,
duties, or functions with respect to the regulation or supervision of
professional boxing or professional boxing matches to the extent not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID5F767CEC7E7B47CEB7BC2ABB1574D069"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum
Standards</header><text>Nothing in this Act prohibits any boxing commission
from enforcing local standards or requirements that exceed the minimum
standards or requirements promulgated by the Commission under this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID46227090453A483FA5AF1EF0ED5FE153"><enum>209.</enum><header>Assistance
from other agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</section><section id="IDE97CBF35D7094C5AA6A61AD6FAF69FF7"><enum>210.</enum><header>Reports</header>
<subsection id="IDBB189FCB6A764D15882AE027A255B29B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual
Report</header><text>The Commission shall submit a report on its activities to
the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of
Representatives Committee on Commerce each year. The annual report shall
include—</text>
<paragraph id="ID573C791841A04CE1B6E096D31F2D6E27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a detailed
discussion of the activities of the Commission for the year covered by the
report; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID61A161B7E4A04CE4B4821A49B5F17222"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an overview of
the licensing and enforcement activities of the State and tribal organization
boxing commissions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF03E48B9421D4655B87CBC761475BBCF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public
Report</header><text>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, which shall include comments
on issues of continuing concern to the Commission.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID34EEEC513DB2439FBE13E3FA34BCA044"><enum>(c)</enum><header>First Annual
Report on the Commission</header><text>The first annual report under this title
shall be submitted not later than 2 years after the effective date of this
title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID6CF2F496FF334708A416595846F48DC4"><enum>211.</enum><header>Initial
implementation</header>
<subsection id="IDDD28E769C874429BA2F8AEAF5E3813B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Temporary
Exemption</header><text>The requirements for licensing under this title 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 professional boxing match, if the person is licensed by a boxing
commission to perform that activity as of the effective date of this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDEA0CA0AED684488D98A603829A05D072"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expiration</header><text>The
exemption under subsection (a) with respect to a license issued by a boxing
commission expires on the earlier of—</text>
<paragraph id="ID50312470A75E4E0DA18B4B682CD940FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the date on which
the license expires; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4D6276515F5B4752A31D2FD2E1318FAD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the date that is
2 years after the date of the enactment of the Professional Boxing Amendments
Act of 2009.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDCFB5A9DC70324837ACEB2F436EB942E1"><enum>212.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="ID739A0DB46E05489DADD7654D42DF0328"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for the
Commission for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for the
Commission to perform its functions for that fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDA4A3BB9EF83E4765BFA7C1B0151FF97A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Receipts
Credited as Offsetting Collections</header><text>Notwithstanding section 3302
of title 31, United States Code, any fee collected under this title—</text>
<paragraph id="IDCEDD50565D464F59B4F0EAC925E644E1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be credited
as offsetting collections to the account that finances the activities and
services for which the fee is imposed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID18F3CA5778FE43A3AC68E83AFA330153"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be
available for expenditure only to pay the costs of activities and services for
which the fee is imposed; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD8D55BEAA9594611A1C93DD55176257B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall remain
available until
expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>.
(b)
(1)The
Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996, as amended by this Act, is further
amended—
(A)by amending
section 1 to read as follows:
1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Professional Boxing
Safety Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—PROFESSIONAL BOXING
SAFETY
Sec. 101. Purposes.
Sec. 102. Approval or sanction
requirement.
Sec. 103. Safety standards.
Sec. 104. Registration.
Sec. 105. Review.
Sec. 106. Reporting.
Sec. 107. Contract
requirements.
Sec. 108. Protection from coercive
contracts.
Sec. 109. Sanctioning
organizations.
Sec. 110. Required disclosures to State
boxing commissions by sanctioning organizations.
Sec. 111. Required disclosures by
promoters and broadcasters.
Sec. 112. Medical registry.
Sec. 113. Confidentiality.
Sec. 114. Judges and
referees.
Sec. 115. Conflicts of
interest.
Sec. 116. Enforcement.
Sec. 117. Professional boxing matches
conducted on Indian lands.
Sec. 118. Relationship with State or
Tribal law.
TITLE II—UNITED STATES BOXING
COMMISSION
Sec. 201. Purpose.
Sec. 202. United States Boxing
Commission.
Sec. 203. Functions.
Sec. 204. Licensing and registration of
boxing personnel.
Sec. 205. National registry of boxing
personnel.
Sec. 206. Consultation
requirements.
Sec. 207. Misconduct.
Sec. 208. Noninterference with boxing
commissions.
Sec. 209. Assistance from other
agencies.
Sec. 210. Reports.
Sec. 211. Initial
implementation.
Sec. 212. Authorization of
appropriations.
;
(B)by inserting
before section 3 the following:
<enum>I</enum><header>PROFESSIONAL
BOXING
SAFETY</header>
;
(C)by redesignating
sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, and 22 as
sections 101 through 118, respectively;
(D)by striking
subsection (a) of section 113, as redesignated, and inserting the
following:
(a)Except to the extent required in a legal, administrative,
or judicial proceeding, a boxing commission, an Attorney General, or the
Commission may not disclose to the public any matter furnished by a promoter
under section
111.
;
(E)by striking
section 13
in subsection (b) of section 113, as redesignated,
and inserting section 111
;
(F)by striking
9(b), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, or 16,
in paragraph (1) of section
116(b), as redesignated, and inserting 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, or
114,
;
(G)by striking
9(b), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, or 16
in paragraph (2) of section
116(b), as redesignated, and inserting 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, or
114
;
(H)by striking
section 17(a)
in subsection (b)(3) of section 116, as
redesignated, and inserting section 115(a)
;
(I)by striking
section 10
in subsection (e)(3) of section 116, as redesignated,
and inserting section 108
; and
(J)by striking
of this Act
each place it appears in sections 101 through 120,
as redesignated, and inserting of this title
.
(2)Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
Members of the
United States Boxing
Commission.
.
22.Study and
report on definition of promoter
(a)The
United States Boxing Commission shall conduct a study on how the term
promoter should be defined for purposes of the Professional Boxing
Safety Act.
(b)As
part of that study, the Commission shall hold hearings and solicit testimony at
those hearings from boxers, managers, promoters, premium, cable, and satellite
program service providers, hotels, casinos, resorts, and other commercial
establishments that host or sponsor professional boxing matches, and other
interested parties with respect to the definition of that term as it is used in
the Professional Boxing Safety Act.
(c)Not
later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Commission shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
House of Representatives a report on the study conducted under subsection (a).
The report shall—
(1)set forth a
proposed definition of the term promoter for purposes of the
Professional Boxing Safety Act; and
(2)describe the
findings, conclusions, and rationale of the Commission for the proposed
definition, together with any recommendations of the Commission, based on the
study.
23.
(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), the amendments made
by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
(b)1-Year Delay
for Certain Title II
ProvisionsSections 205 through 212 of the Professional Boxing
Safety Act of 1996, as added by section 21(a) of this Act, shall take effect 1
year after the date of enactment of this Act.