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36 U.S.C. § 220526 — Restricted amateur athletic competitions
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**(a) Exclusive Jurisdiction.—** An amateur sports organization that conducts amateur athletic competition shall have exclusive jurisdiction over that competition if participation is restricted to a specific class of amateur athletes, such as high school students, college students, members of the Armed Forces, or similar groups or categories.
**(b) Sanctions for International Competition.—** An amateur sports organization under subsection (a) of this section shall obtain a sanction from the appropriate national governing body if the organization wishes to—
(1) conduct international amateur athletic competition in the United States; or
(2) sponsor international amateur athletic competition to be held outside the United States.
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**(a) Exclusive Jurisdiction.—** An amateur sports organization that conducts amateur athletic competition shall have exclusive jurisdiction over that competition if participation is restricted to a specific class of amateur athletes, such as high school students, college students, members of the Armed Forces, or similar groups or categories.
**(b) Sanctions for International Competition.—** An amateur sports organization under subsection (a) of this section shall obtain a sanction from the appropriate national governing body if the organization wishes to—
(1) conduct international amateur athletic competition in the United States; or
(2) sponsor international amateur athletic competition to be held outside the United States.
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**(a) Authority.—** For the sport that it governs, a national governing body may—
(1) represent the United States in the appropriate international sports federation;
(2) establish national goals and encourage the attainment of those goals;
(3) serve as the coordinating body for amateur athletic activity in the United States;
(4) exercise jurisdiction over international amateur athletic activities and sanction international amateur athletic competition held in the United States and sanction the sponsorship of international amateur athletic competition held outside the United States;
(5) conduct amateur athletic competition, including national championships, and international amateur athletic competition in the United States, and establish procedures for determining eligibility standards for participation in competition, except for amateur athletic competition specified in [section 220526 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section220526&num=0&edition=prelim);
(6) recommend to the corporation individuals and teams to represent the United States in the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the Pan-American Games, and the Parapan American Games; and
(7) designate individuals and teams to represent the United States in international amateur athletic competition (other than the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the Pan-American Games, and the Parapan American Games) and certify, in accordance with applicable international rules, the amateur eligibility of those individuals and teams.
**(b) Replacement of National Governing Body Pursuant to Arbitration.—** A national governing body may not exercise any authority under subsection (a) of this section for a particular sport after another amateur sports organization has bee
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TITLE 36—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
§ 220526
117–340, set out as a note under section 220505 of this
title.
§ 220525. Granting sanctions for amateur athletic
competitions
(a) PROMPT REVIEW
AND DECISION.—For the
sport that it governs, a national governing body
promptly shall—
(1) review a request by an amateur sports or-
ganization or person for a sanction to hold an
international amateur athletic competition in
the United States or to sponsor United States
amateur athletes to compete in international
amateur athletic competition outside the
United States; and
(2) grant the sanction if—
(A) the national governing body does not
decide by clear and convincing evidence that
holding or sponsoring an international ama-
teur athletic competition would be detri-
mental to the best interest of the sport; and
(B) the requirements of subsection (b) of
this section are met.
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—An amateur sports organi-
zation or person may be granted a sanction
under this section only if the organization or
person meets the following requirements:
(1) The organization or person must pay the
national governing body any required sanc-
tioning fee, if the fee is reasonable and non-
discriminatory.
(2) For a sanction to hold an international
amateur athletic competition in the United
States, the organization or person must—
(A) submit to the national governing body
an audited or notarized financial report of
similar events, if any, conducted by the or-
ganization or person; and
(B) demonstrate that the requirements of
paragraph (4) of this subsection have been
met.
(3) For a sanction to sponsor United States
amateur athletes to compete in international
amateur athletic competition outside the
United States,
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