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15 U.S.C. § 6301 — Definitions
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For purposes of this chapter:
(1) **Boxer** — The term “boxer” means an individual who fights in a professional boxing match.
(2) **Boxing commission**
(A) 11 So in original. No subpar. (B) has been enacted. The term “boxing commission” means an entity authorized under State law to regulate professional boxing matches.
(3) **Boxer registry** — The term “boxer registry” means any entity certified by the Association of Boxing Commissions for the purposes of maintaining records and identification of boxers.
(4) **Licensee** — The term “licensee” means an individual who serves as a trainer, second, or cut man for a boxer.
(5) **Manager** — The term “manager” means a person who receives compensation for service as an agent or representative of a boxer.
(6) **Matchmaker** — The term “matchmaker” means a person that proposes, selects, and arranges the boxers to participate in a professional boxing match.
(7) **Physician** — 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.
(8) **Professional boxing match** — The term “professional boxing match” means a boxing contest held in the United States between individuals for financial compensation. Such term does not include a boxing contest that is regulated by an amateur sports organization.
(9) **Promoter** — The term “promoter” means the person primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing a professional boxing match. 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 produc
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For purposes of this chapter:
(1) **Boxer** — The term “boxer” means an individual who fights in a professional boxing match.
(2) **Boxing commission**
(A) 11 So in original. No subpar. (B) has been enacted. The term “boxing commission” means an entity authorized under State law to regulate professional boxing matches.
(3) **Boxer registry** — The term “boxer registry” means any entity certified by the Association of Boxing Commissions for the purposes of maintaining records and identification of boxers.
(4) **Licensee** — The term “licensee” means an individual who serves as a trainer, second, or cut man for a boxer.
(5) **Manager** — The term “manager” means a person who receives compensation for service as an agent or representative of a boxer.
(6) **Matchmaker** — The term “matchmaker” means a person that proposes, selects, and arranges the boxers to participate in a professional boxing match.
(7) **Physician** — 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.
(8) **Professional boxing match** — The term “professional boxing match” means a boxing contest held in the United States between individuals for financial compensation. Such term does not include a boxing contest that is regulated by an amateur sports organization.
(9) **Promoter** — The term “promoter” means the person primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing a professional boxing match. 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.
(10) **State** — 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.
(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.
(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.
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**(a) Regulatory personnel** No member or employee of a boxing commission, no person who administers or enforces State boxing laws, and no member of the Association of Boxing Commissions may belong to, contract with, or receive any compensation from, any person who sanctions, arranges, or promotes professional boxing matches or who otherwise has a financial interest in an active boxer currently registered with a boxer registry. For purposes of this section, the term “compensation” does not include funds held in escrow for payment to another person in connection with a professional boxing match. The prohibition set forth in this section shall not apply to any contract entered into, or any reasonable compensation received, by a boxing commission to supervise a professional boxing match in another State as described in [section 6303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section6303&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(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
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The purposes of this chapter are—
(1) to improve and expand the system of safety precautions that protects the welfare of professional boxers; and
(2) to assist State boxing commissions to provide proper oversight for the professional boxing industry in the United States.
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**(a)** No person may arrange, promote, organize, produce, or fight in a professional boxing match held in a State that does not have a boxing commission unless the match is supervised by a boxing commission from another State and subject to the most recent version of the recommended regulatory guidelines certified and published by the Association of Boxing Commissions as well as any additional relevant professional boxing regulations and requirements of such other State.
**(b)** For the purpose of this chapter, 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).
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No person may arrange, promote, organize, produce, or fight in a professional boxing match without meeting each of the following requirements or an alternative requirement in effect under regulations of a boxing commission that provides equivalent protection of the health and safety of boxers:
(1) A physical examination of each boxer by a physician certifying whether or not the boxer is physically fit to safely compete, copies of which must be provided to the boxing commission.
(2) Except as otherwise expressly provided under regulation of a boxing commission promulgated subsequent to October 9, 1996, an ambulance or medical personnel with appropriate resuscitation equipment continuously present on site.
(3) A physician continuously present at ringside.
(4) Health insurance for each boxer to provide medical coverage for any injuries sustained in the match.
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**(a) Requirements** Each boxer shall register with—
(1) the boxing commission of the State in which such boxer resides; or
(2) in the case of a boxer who is a resident of a foreign country, or a State in which there is no boxing commission, the boxing commission of any State that has such a commission.
**(b) Identification card**
(1) **Issuance** — A boxing commission shall issue to each professional boxer who registers in accordance with subsection (a), an identification card that contains each of the following:
(A) A recent photograph of the boxer.
(B) The social security number of the boxer (or, in the case of a foreign boxer, any similar citizen identification number or professional boxer number from the country of residence of the boxer).
(C) A personal identification number assigned to the boxer by a boxing registry.
(2) **Renewal** — Each professional boxer shall renew his or her identification card at least once every 4 years.
(3) **Presentation** — Each professional boxer shall present his or her identification card to the appropriate boxing commission not later than the time of the weigh-in for a professional boxing match.
**(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.
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**(a) Procedures** Each boxing commission shall establish each of the following procedures:
(1) Procedures to evaluate the professional records and physician’s certification of each boxer participating in a professional boxing match in the State, and to deny authorization for a boxer to fight where appropriate.
(2) Procedures to ensure that, except as provided in subsection (b), no boxer is permitted to box while under suspension from any boxing commission due to—
(A) a recent knockout or series of consecutive losses;
(B) an injury, requirement for a medical procedure, or physician denial of certification;
(C) failure of a drug test;
(D) the use of false aliases, or falsifying, or attempting to falsify, official identification cards or documents; or
(E) unsportsmanlike conduct or other inappropriate behavior inconsistent with generally accepted methods of competition in a professional boxing match.
(3) Procedures to review a suspension where appealed by a boxer, licensee, manager, matchmaker, promoter, or other boxing service provider, including an opportunity for a boxer to present contradictory evidence.
(4) Procedures to revoke a suspension where a boxer—
(A) was suspended under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2) of this subsection, and has furnished further proof of a sufficiently improved medical or physical condition; or
(B) furnishes proof under subparagraph (C) or (D) of paragraph (2) that a suspension was not, or is no longer, merited by the facts.
**(b) Suspension in another State** A boxing commission may allow a boxer who is under suspension in any State to participate in a professional boxing match—
(1) for any reason other than those listed in subsection (a) if such commission notifies in writing and consults with the desig
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Not later than 48 business hours after the conclusion of a professional boxing match, the supervising boxing commission shall report the results of such boxing match and any related suspensions to each boxer registry.
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**(a) In general** Neither a boxing commission or 11 So in original. Probably should be “nor”. an Attorney General may disclose to the public any matter furnished by a promoter under [section 6307e of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section6307e&num=0&edition=prelim) 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 6307e of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section6307e&num=0&edition=prelim) 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.
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**(a) Injunctions** Whenever the Attorney General of the United States has reasonable cause to believe that a person is engaged in a violation of this chapter, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate district court of the United States requesting such relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order, against the person, as the Attorney General determines to be necessary to restrain the person from continuing to engage in, sanction, promote, or otherwise participate in a professional boxing match in violation of this chapter.
**(b) Criminal penalties**
(1) **Managers, promoters, matchmakers, and licensees** — Any manager, promoter, matchmaker, and licensee who knowingly violates, or coerces or causes any other person to violate, any provision of this chapter, other than section 6307a(b),11 So in original. Section 6307a does not contain a subsec. (b). 6307b, 6307c, 6307d, 6307e, 6307f, or 6307h of this title, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for not more than 1 year or fined not more than $20,000, or both.
(2) **Violation of antiexploitation, sanctioning organization, or disclosure provisions** — Any person who knowingly violates any provision of section 6307a(b),1 6307b, 6307c, 6307d, 6307e, 6307f, or 6307h of this title 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.
(3) **Conflict of interest** — Any member or employee of a boxing commission, any person who administers or enforces State boxing
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Each promoter who intends to hold a professional boxing match in a State that does not have a boxing commission shall, not later than 14 days before the intended date of that match, provide written notification to the supervising boxing commission designated under [section 6303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section6303&num=0&edition=prelim). Such notification shall contain each of the following:
(1) Assurances that, with respect to that professional boxing match, all applicable requirements of this chapter will be met.
(2) The name of any person who, at the time of the submission of the notification—
(A) is under suspension from a boxing commission; and
(B) will be involved in organizing or participating in the event.
(3) For any individual listed under paragraph (2), the identity of the boxing commission that issued the suspension described in paragraph (2)(A).
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