[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 158 (Monday, November 10, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S12460]
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              AMENDING THE PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY ACT

  The text of the bill (S. 1506) to amend the Professional Boxing 
Safety Act, as passed by the Senate on November 9, 1997, is as follows:

                                S. 1506

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

     ``SEC. 15. PROTECTION FROM EXPLOITATION.

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

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