§ 6305. Registration

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1996

   Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–272 § 6 · 110 Stat. 3309

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 6305

   Pub. L. 104–272, § 6, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3310

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 104–272, § 6, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3310

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 6. REGISTRATION. (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 2 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.

2. 2000

   Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act

   Pub. L. 106–210 § 7(c) · 114 Stat. 321

   Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 6305(b)(2)

   Pub. L. 106–210, § 7(c), substituted “4 years” for “2 years”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 106–210, § 7(c), substituted “4 years” for “2 years”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (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.”.

3. 2000

   Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act

   Pub. L. 106–210 § 7(f) · 114 Stat. 321

   Added · 15 U.S.C. § 6305(c)

   Pub. L. 106–210, § 7(f), added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–210, § 7(f), added subsec. (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (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: “(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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