Declares that a contract provision shall be considered to be in restraint of trade, contrary to public policy, and unenforceable, against any boxer to the extent that it contains a coercive provision as provided in this Act and that: (1) it is for a period greater than a year; or (2) the other boxer under contract to the promoter came under that contract pursuant to a coercive provision. Specifies that no subsequent contract provision extending any rights or compensation covered herein shall be enforceable against a boxer if the effective date of the contract containing such provision is earlier than three months before the expiration of the relevant time period. Makes this paragraph applicable to any contract between a commercial broadcaster and a boxer, or granting any rights with respect to that boxer, involving a broadcast in or affecting interstate commerce, regardless of the broadcast medium.
Prohibits a boxing service provider from requiring a boxer to grant any future promotional rights as a requirement of competing in a professional boxing match (match) that is a mandatory bout under the rules of the sanctioning organization.
Prohibits a sanctioning organization from receiving any compensation, directly or indirectly, in connection with a match until: (1) it provides the boxers with notice that the sanctioning organization shall, within seven days after receiving a request from a boxer questioning that organization's rating of the boxer, provide to the boxer a written explanation of the organization's 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 submits a copy of its explanation to the ABC; and (2) with respect to a change in the rating of a boxer previously rated by such organization in the top ten boxers, the organization posts a copy, within seven days of such change, on the Internet website or home page, if any, including an explanation of such change, for a period of not less than 30 days, and provides a copy of the rating change and explanation to an association to which at least a majority of the State boxing commissions belong.
Prohibits a sanctioning organization from receiving any compensation, directly or indirectly, in connection with a match unless, not later than January 31 of each year, it submits to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and to the ABC: (1) a complete description of the organization's ratings criteria, policies, and general sanctioning fee schedule; (2) the bylaws of the organization; (3) the appeals procedure of the organization for a boxer's rating; and (4) a list and business address of the organization's officials who vote on the ratings of boxers.
Requires a sanctioning organization to: (1) provide such information in writing and, for any document greater than two pages in length, also in electronic form; and (2) promptly notify the FTC of any material change in the information submitted.
Directs the FTC to make such information received available to the public. Allows the FTC to assess sanctioning organizations a fee to offset the costs it incurs in processing the information and making it available to the public. Permits a sanctioning organization, in lieu of submitting the information required above to the FTC, to provide the information to the public by maintaining a website on the Internet that: (1) is readily accessible by the general public using generally available search engines and does not require a password or payment of a fee for full access to all the information; (2) contains all the information required to be submitted to the FTC in an easy to search and use format; and (3) is updated whenever there is a material change in the information.
Sets forth provisions regarding required disclosures: (1) to State boxing commissions by sanctioning organizations; (2) for promoters; and (3) for judges and referees.
Provides that neither a boxing commission nor an Attorney General may disclose to the public any matter required to be furnished by a promoter under this Act, except to the extent required in a legal, administrative, or judicial proceeding. Specifies that if a State law governing a boxing commission requires that such information be made public, a promoter is not required to file such information with such State if the promoter files such information with the ABC.
Prohibits any person from arranging, promoting, organizing, producing, or fighting in a match unless all referees and judges participating have been certified and approved by the boxing commission responsible for regulating the match in the State where the match is held.
Amends the Act to prohibit: (1) a promoter from having a direct or indirect financial interest in the management of a boxer; or (2) a manager from having a direct or indirect financial interest in the promotion of a boxer, or from being employed by or receiving compensation or other benefits from a promoter, except for amounts received as consideration under the manager's contract with the boxer. Specifies that this provision does not prohibit a boxer from acting as his own promoter or manager, and that it only applies to boxers participating in a boxing match of ten rounds or more.
Prohibits an officer or employee of a sanctioning organization from receiving any compensation, gift, or benefit from a promoter, boxer, or manager, except for the receipt of: (1) payment by a promoter, boxer, or manager of a sanctioning organization's published fee for sanctioning a match or reasonable expenses in connection therewith if the payment is reported to the responsible boxing commission; or (2) the receipt of a gift or benefit of de minimis value.
Amends the Act to set penalties for violation of anti-exploitation, sanctioning organization, or disclosure provisions. Authorizes specified civil actions by States and a private right of action by any boxer suffering economic injury because of a violation of this Act. Provides that nothing in this Act authorizes enforcement against the FTC, specified Federal or State officers or entities, or a boxer acting in his capacity as a boxer.
Amends the Act to: (1) define "promoter" to exclude a hotel, casino, resort, or other commercial establishment hosting or sponsoring a professional boxing match unless the establishment is primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing the match, and there is no other person primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing the match; and (2) include the Virgin Islands within the definition of "State" under the Act. Defines "suspension" to include revocation of a boxing license.
Requires each boxing commission to establish procedures to: (1) ensure that no boxer is permitted to box (with exceptions) while under suspension from any boxing commission due to unsportsmanlike conduct or other inappropriate behavior inconsistent with generally accepted methods of competition in a match; and (2) review a suspension where appealed by a licensee, manager, matchmaker, promoter, or other boxing service provider (currently limited to appeals by a boxer).
Changes the renewal period for professional boxer identification cards from two to four years.
Provides that if no State commission is available to supervise a boxing match: (1) the match may not be held unless it is supervised by an association of boxing commissions to which at least a majority of the States belong; and (2) any reporting or other requirement relating to a supervising commission allowed under the Act shall be deemed to refer to such entity.
Expresses the sense of Congress that a boxing commission should, upon issuing an identification card to a boxer, make an appropriate health and safety disclosure to that boxer, including the risks associated with boxing (in particular, the risk and frequency of brain injury and the advisability that a boxer periodically undergo medical procedures designed to detect brain injury).
[106th Congress Public Law 210]
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Public Law 106-210
106th Congress
An Act
To reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in the professional
boxing industry. <<NOTE: May 26, 2000 - [H.R. 1832]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in <<NOTE: Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform
Act.>> Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 15 USC 6301 note.>> SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act''.
SEC. 2. <<NOTE: 15 USC 6301 note.>> FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Professional boxing differs from other major, interstate
professional sports industries in the United States in that it
operates without any private sector association, league, or
centralized industry organization to establish uniform and
appropriate business practices and ethical standards. This has
led to repeated occurrences of disreputable and coercive
business practices in the boxing industry, to the detriment of
professional boxers nationwide.
(2) State officials are the proper regulators of
professional boxing events, and must protect the welfare of
professional boxers and serve the public interest by closely
supervising boxing activity in their jurisdiction. State boxing
commissions do not currently receive adequate information to
determine whether boxers competing in their jurisdiction are
being subjected to contract terms and business practices which
may violate State regulations, or are onerous and confiscatory.
(3) Promoters who engage in illegal, coercive, or unethical
business practices can take advantage of the lack of equitable
business standards in the sport by holding boxing events in
States with weaker regulatory oversight.
(4) The sanctioning organizations which have proliferated in
the boxing industry have not established credible and objective
criteria to rate professional boxers, and operate with virtually
no industry or public oversight. Their ratings are susceptible
to manipulation, have deprived boxers of fair opportunities for
advancement, and have undermined public confidence in the
integrity of the sport.
(5) Open competition in the professional boxing industry has
been significantly interfered with by restrictive and
anticompetitive business practices of certain promoters and
sanctioning bodies, to the detriment of the athletes and the
ticket-buying public. Common practices of promoters and
sanctioning organizations represent restraints of interstate
trade in the United States.
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(6) It is necessary and appropriate to establish national
contracting reforms to protect professional boxers and prevent
exploitive business practices, and to require enhanced financial
disclosures to State athletic commissions to improve the public
oversight of the sport.
SEC. 3. <<NOTE: 15 USC 6301 note.>> PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to protect the rights and welfare of professional boxers
on an interstate basis by preventing certain exploitive,
oppressive, and unethical business practices;
(2) to assist State boxing commissions in their efforts to
provide more effective public oversight of the sport; and
(3) to promote honorable competition in professional boxing
and enhance the overall integrity of the industry.
SEC. 4. PROTECTING BOXERS FROM EXPLOITATION.
The Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.)
is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 9 through 15 <<NOTE: 15
USC 6308-6313, 6301 note.>> as sections 17 through 23,
respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 8 the following new sections:
``SEC. 9. <<NOTE: Deadline. Guidelines. 15 USC 6307a.>> CONTRACT
REQUIREMENTS.
``Within 2 years after the date of the enactment of the Muhammad Ali
Boxing Reform Act, the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) shall
develop and shall approve by a vote of no less than a majority of its
member State boxing commissioners, guidelines for minimum contractual
provisions that should be included in bout agreements and boxing
contracts. It is the sense of the Congress that State boxing commissions
should follow these ABC guidelines.
``SEC. 10. <<NOTE: 15 USC 6307b.>> PROTECTION FROM COERCIVE CONTRACTS.
``(a) General Rule.--
``(1)(A) A contract provision shall be considered to be in
restraint of trade, contrary to public policy, and unenforceable
against any boxer to the extent that it--
``(i) is a coercive provision described in
subparagraph (B) and is for a period greater than 12
months; or
``(ii) is a coercive provision described in
subparagraph (B) and the other boxer under contract to
the promoter came under that contract pursuant to a
coercive provision described in subparagraph (B).
``(B) A coercive provision described in this subparagraph is
a contract provision that grants any rights between a boxer and
a promoter, or between promoters with respect to a boxer, if the
boxer is required to grant such rights, or a boxer's promoter is
required to grant such rights with respect to a boxer to another
promoter, as a condition precedent to the boxer's participation
in a professional boxing match against another boxer who is
under contract to the promoter.
``(2) <<NOTE: Applicability.>> This subsection shall only
apply to contracts entered into after the date of the enactment
of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act.
``(3) No subsequent contract provision extending any rights
or compensation covered in paragraph (1) shall be enforceable
against a boxer if the effective date of the contract containing
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such provision is earlier than 3 months before the expiration of
the relevant time period set forth in paragraph (1).
``(b) Promotional Rights Under Mandatory Bout Contracts.--No boxing
service provider may require a boxer to grant any future promotional
rights as a requirement of competing in a professional boxing match that
is a mandatory bout under the rules of a sanctioning organization.
``(c) Protection from Coercive Contracts with Broadcasters.--
Subsection (a) of this section applies to any contract between a
commercial broadcaster and a boxer, or granting any rights with respect
to that boxer, involving a broadcast in or affecting interstate
commerce, regardless of the broadcast medium. For the purpose of this
subsection, any reference in subsection (a)(1)(B) to `promoter' shall be
considered a reference to `commercial broadcaster'.
``SEC. 11. <<NOTE: 15 USC 6307c.>> SANCTIONING ORGANIZATIONS.
``(a) Objective <<NOTE: Deadline. Guidelines.>> Criteria.--Within 2
years after the date of the enactment of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform
Act, the Association of Boxing Commissions shall develop and shall
approve by a vote of no less than a majority of its member State boxing
commissioners, guidelines for objective and consistent written criteria
for the ratings of professional boxers. It is the sense of the Congress
that sanctioning bodies and State boxing commissions should follow these
ABC guidelines.
``(b) Appeals Process.--A sanctioning organization shall not be
entitled to receive any compensation, directly or indirectly, in
connection with a boxing match, until it provides the boxers with notice
that the sanctioning organization shall, within 7 days after receiving a
request from a boxer questioning that organization's rating of the
boxer--
``(1) provide to the boxer a written explanation of the
organization's 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.
``(c) Notification of Change in Rating.--A sanctioning organization
shall not be entitled to receive any compensation, directly or
indirectly, in connection with a boxing match, until, with respect to a
change in the rating of a boxer previously rated by such organization in
the top 10 boxers, the organization--
``(1) posts a copy, within 7 days of such change, on its
Internet website or home page, if any, including an explanation
of such change, for a period of not less than 30 days; and
``(2) provides a copy of the rating change and explanation
to an association to which at least a majority of the State
boxing commissions belong.
``(d) Public Disclosure.--
``(1) Federal trade commission filing.--A sanctioning
organization shall not be entitled to receive any compensation
directly or indirectly in connection with a boxing match unless,
not later than January 31 of each year, it submits to the
Federal Trade Commission and to the ABC--
``(A) a complete description of the organization's
ratings criteria, policies, and general sanctioning fee
schedule;
``(B) the bylaws of the organization;
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``(C) the appeals procedure of the organization for
a boxer's rating; and
``(D) a list and business address of the
organization's officials who vote on the ratings of
boxers.
``(2) Format; updates.--A sanctioning organization shall--
``(A) provide the information required under
paragraph (1) in writing, and, for any document greater
than 2 pages in length, also in electronic form; and
``(B) <<NOTE: Notification.>> promptly notify the
Federal Trade Commission of any material change in the
information submitted.
``(3) Federal trade commission to make information available
to public.--The Federal Trade Commission shall make information
received under this subsection available to the public. The
Commission may assess sanctioning organizations a fee to offset
the costs it incurs in processing the information and making it
available to the public.
``(4) Internet alternative.--In lieu of submitting the
information required by paragraph (1) to the Federal Trade
Commission, a sanctioning organization may provide the
information to the public by maintaining a website on the
Internet that--
``(A) is readily accessible by the general public
using generally available search engines and does not
require a password or payment of a fee for full access
to all the information;
``(B) contains all the information required to be
submitted to the Federal Trade Commission by paragraph
(1) in an easy to search and use format; and
``(C) is updated whenever there is a material change
in the information.
``SEC. 12. <<NOTE: 15 USC 6307d.>> REQUIRED DISCLOSURES TO STATE BOXING
COMMISSIONS BY SANCTIONING ORGANIZATIONS.
``A sanctioning organization shall not be entitled to receive any
compensation directly or indirectly in connection with a boxing match
until it provides to the boxing commission responsible for regulating
the match in a State a statement of--
``(1) all charges, fees, and costs the organization will
assess any boxer participating in that match;
``(2) all payments, benefits, complimentary benefits, and
fees the organization will receive for its affiliation with the
event, from the promoter, host of the event, and all other
sources; and
``(3) such additional information as the commission may
require.
``SEC. 13. <<NOTE: 15 USC 6307e.>> REQUIRED DISCLOSURES FOR PROMOTERS.
``(a) Disclosures to the Boxing Commissions.--A promoter shall not
be entitled to receive any compensation directly or indirectly in
connection with a boxing match until it provides to the boxing
commission responsible for regulating the match in a State a statement
of--
``(1) a copy of any agreement in writing to which the
promoter is a party with any boxer participating in the match;
``(2) a statement made under penalty of perjury that there
are no other agreements, written or oral, between the promoter
and the boxer with respect to that match; and
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``(3)(A) all fees, charges, and expenses that will be
assessed by or through the promoter on the boxer pertaining to
the event, including any portion of the boxer's purse that the
promoter will receive, and training expenses;
``(B) all payments, gifts, or benefits the promoter is
providing to any sanctioning organization affiliated with the
event; and
``(C) any reduction in a boxer's purse contrary to a
previous agreement between the promoter and the boxer or a purse
bid held for the event.
``(b) Disclosures to the Boxer.--A promoter shall not be entitled to
receive any compensation directly or indirectly in connection with a
boxing match until it provides to the boxer it promotes--
``(1) the amounts of any compensation or consideration that
a promoter has contracted to receive from such match;
``(2) all fees, charges, and expenses that will be assessed
by or through the promoter on the boxer pertaining to the event,
including any portion of the boxer's purse that the promoter
will receive, and training expenses; and
``(3) any reduction in a boxer's purse contrary to a
previous agreement between the promoter and the boxer or a purse
bid held for the event.
``(c) Information To Be Available to State Attorney General.--A
promoter shall make information required to be disclosed under this
section available to the chief law enforcement officer of the State in
which the match is to be held upon request of such officer.
``SEC. 14. <<NOTE: 15 USC 6307f.>> REQUIRED DISCLOSURES FOR JUDGES AND
REFEREES.
``A judge or referee shall not be entitled to receive any
compensation, directly or indirectly, in connection with a boxing match
until it provides to the boxing commission responsible for regulating
the match in a State a statement of all consideration, including
reimbursement for expenses, that will be received from any source for
participation in the match.
``SEC. 15. <<NOTE: 15 USC 6307g.>> CONFIDENTIALITY.
``(a) In General.--Neither a boxing commission or an Attorney
General may disclose to the public any matter furnished by a promoter
under section 13 except to the extent required in a legal,
administrative, or judicial proceeding.
``(b) Effect of Contrary State Law.--If a State law governing a
boxing commission requires that information that would be furnished by a
promoter under section 13 shall be made public, then a promoter is not
required to file such information with such State if the promoter files
such information with the ABC.
``SEC. 16. <<NOTE: 15 USC 6307h.>> JUDGES AND REFEREES.
``No person may arrange, promote, organize, produce, or fight in a
professional boxing match unless all referees and judges participating
in the match have been certified and approved by the boxing commission
responsible for regulating the match in the State where the match is
held.''.
SEC. 5. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Section 17 of the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C.
6308) (as redesignated by section 4 of this Act) is amended--
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(1) in the first sentence by striking ``No member'' and
inserting ``(a) Regulatory Personnel.--No member''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Firewall Between Promoters and Managers.--
``(1) In general.--It is unlawful for--
``(A) a promoter to have a direct or indirect
financial interest in the management of a boxer; or
``(B) a manager--
``(i) to have a direct or indirect financial
interest in the promotion of a boxer; or
``(ii) to be employed by or receive
compensation or other benefits from a promoter,
except for amounts received as consideration under
the manager's contract with the boxer.
``(2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1)--
``(A) does not prohibit a boxer from acting as his
own promoter or manager; and
``(B) only applies to boxers participating in a
boxing match of 10 rounds or more.
``(c) Sanctioning Organizations.--
``(1) Prohibition on receipts.--Except as provided in
paragraph (2), no officer or employee of a sanctioning
organization may receive any compensation, gift, or benefit,
directly or indirectly, from a promoter, boxer, or manager.
``(2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) does not apply to--
``(A) the receipt of payment by a promoter, boxer,
or manager of a sanctioning organization's published fee
for sanctioning a professional boxing match or
reasonable expenses in connection therewith if the
payment is reported to the responsible boxing
commission; or
``(B) the receipt of a gift or benefit of de minimis
value.''.
SEC. 6. ENFORCEMENT.
Subsection (b) of section 18 of the Professional Boxing Safety Act
of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 6309) (as redesignated by section 4 of this Act) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting a comma and ``other than
section 9(b), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, or 16,'' after ``this Act'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs
(3) and (4), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Violation of antiexploitation, sanctioning
organization, or disclosure provisions.--Any person who
knowingly violates any provision of section 9(b), 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, or 16 of this Act shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned
for not more than 1 year or fined not more than--
``(A) $100,000; and
``(B) if a violation occurs in connection with a
professional boxing match the gross revenues for which
exceed $2,000,000, an additional amount which bears the
same ratio to $100,000 as the amount of such revenues
compared to $2,000,000, or both.''; and
(4) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by paragraph 2 of this
subsection) by striking ``section 9'' and inserting ``section
17(a)''; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
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``(c) Actions by States.--Whenever the chief law enforcement officer
of any State has reason to believe that a person or organization is
engaging in practices which violate any requirement of this Act, the
State, as parens patriae, may bring a civil action on behalf of its
residents in an appropriate district court of the United States--
``(1) to enjoin the holding of any professional boxing match
which the practice involves;
``(2) to enforce compliance with this Act;
``(3) to obtain the fines provided under subsection (b) or
appropriate restitution; or
``(4) to obtain such other relief as the court may deem
appropriate.
``(d) Private Right of Action.--Any boxer who suffers economic
injury as a result of a violation of any provision of this Act may bring
an action in the appropriate Federal or State court and recover the
damages suffered, court costs, and reasonable attorneys fees and
expenses.
``(e) Enforcement Against Federal Trade Commission, State Attorneys
General, Etc.--Nothing in this Act authorizes the enforcement of--
``(1) any provision of this Act against the Federal Trade
Commission, the United States Attorney General, or the chief
legal officer of any State for acting or failing to act in an
official capacity;
``(2) subsection (d) of this section against a State or
political subdivision of a State, or any agency or
instrumentality thereof; or
``(3) section 10 against a boxer acting in his capacity as a
boxer.''.
SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) Definitions.--Section 2(a) of the Professional Boxing Safety Act
of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 6301(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (9) by inserting after ``match.'' the
following: ``The term `promoter' does not include a hotel,
casino, resort, or other commercial establishment hosting or
sponsoring a professional boxing match unless--
``(A) the hotel, casino, resort, or other commercial
establishment is primarily responsible for organizing,
promoting, and producing the match; and
``(B) there is no other person primarily responsible
for organizing, promoting, and producing the match.'';
(2) in paragraph (10) by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``, including the Virgin Islands.''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(11) Effective date of the contract.--The term `effective
date of the contract' means the day upon which a boxer becomes
legally bound by the contract.
``(12) Boxing service provider.--The term `boxing service
provider' means a promoter, manager, sanctioning body, licensee,
or matchmaker.
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``(13) Contract provision.--The term `contract provision'
means any legal obligation between a boxer and a boxing service
provider.
``(14) Sanctioning organization.--The term `sanctioning
organization' means an organization that sanctions 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.
``(15) Suspension.--The term `suspension' includes within
its meaning the revocation of a boxing license.''.
(b) State Boxing Commission Procedures.--Section 7(a)(2) of the
Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 6306(a)(2)) is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C) by striking ``or'';
(2) in subparagraph (D) by striking ``documents.'' at the
end and inserting ``documents; or''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(E) unsportsmanlike conduct or other inappropriate
behavior inconsistent with generally accepted methods of
competition in a professional boxing match.''.
(c) Renewal Period for Identification Cards.--Section 6(b)(2) of the
Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 6305(b)(2)) is amended
by striking ``2 years.'' and inserting ``4 years.''.
(d) Review of Suspensions.--Section 7(a)(3) of the Professional
Boxing Safety Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 6306(a)(3)) is amended by striking
``boxer'' and inserting ``boxer, licensee, manager, matchmaker,
promoter, or other boxing service provider''.
(e) Alternative Supervision.--Section 4 of the Professional Boxing
Safety Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 6303) is amended--
(1) by striking ``No person'' and inserting ``(a) No
person''; and
(2) by inserting at the end thereof the following:
``(b) For the purpose of this Act, if no State commission is
available to supervise a boxing match according to subsection (a),
then--
``(1) the match may not be held unless it is supervised by
an association of boxing commissions to which at least a
majority of the States belong; and
``(2) any reporting or other requirement relating to a
supervising commission allowed under this section shall be
deemed to refer to the entity described in paragraph (1).''.
(f ) Health and Safety Disclosures.--Section 6 of the Professional
Boxing Safety Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 6305) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
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``(c) Health and Safety Disclosures.--It is the sense of the
Congress that a boxing commission should, upon issuing an identification
card to a boxer under subsection (b)(1), make a health and safety
disclosure to that boxer as that commission considers appropriate. The
health and safety disclosure should include the health and safety risks
associated with boxing, and, in particular, the risk and frequency of
brain injury and the advisability that a boxer periodically undergo
medical procedures designed to detect brain injury.''.
Approved May 26, 2000.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1832 (S. 305):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-449, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Commerce).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-83 accompanying S. 305 (Comm. on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 145 (1999):
Nov. 8, considered and passed House.
Vol. 146 (2000):
Apr. 7, considered and passed
Senate, amended.
May 22, House concurred in Senate
amendments.
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Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H11649-11651)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11649-11651)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.
Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 421.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2445)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mr. Oxley moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1832.
Enacted as Public Law 106-210
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On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H3489-3491; text: CR H3489)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 106-210.
Became Public Law No: 106-210.