Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 89 — Professional Boxing Safety
§ 6307e. Required disclosures for promoters
Statutory text
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—
a copy of any agreement in writing to which the promoter is a party with any boxer participating in the match;
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
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;
all payments, gifts, or benefits the promoter is providing to any sanctioning organization affiliated with the event; and
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.
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—
the amounts of any compensation or consideration that a promoter has contracted to receive from such match;
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
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.
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.
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.
Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–272 § 13 · 110 Stat. 3309
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 6307e
(Pub. L. 104–272, § 13, as added Pub. L. 106–210, § 4(2), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 324.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 104–272, § 13, as added Pub. L. 106–210, § 4(2), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 324.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 13. PROFESSIONAL BOXING MATCHES CONDUCTED ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS. (a) Definitions.— For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) Indian tribe.— The term “Indian tribe” has the same meaning as in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)). (2) Reservation.— The term “reservation” means the geographically defined area over which a tribal organization exercises governmental jurisdiction. (3) Tribal organization.— The term “tribal organization” has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Indian Self- Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(l)). (b) Requirements.— (1) In general.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a tribal organization of an Indian tribe may, upon the initiative of the tribal organization— (A) regulate professional boxing matches held within the reservation under the jurisdiction of that tribal organization; and (B) carry out that regulation or enter into a contract with a boxing commission to carry out that regulation. (2) Standards and licensing.— If a tribal organization regulates professional boxing matches pursuant to paragraph (1), the tribal organization shall, by tribal ordinance or resolution, establish and provide for the implementation of health and safety standards, licensing requirements, and other requirements relating to the conduct of professional boxing matches that are at least as restrictive as— (A) the otherwise applicable standards and requirements of a State in which the reservation is located; or (B) the most recently published version of the recommended regulatory guidelines certified and published by the Association of Boxing Commissions.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 13 of Pub. L. 104–272 was renumbered section 21 and is classified to section 6312 of this title.
Credits
(Pub. L. 104–272, § 13, as added Pub. L. 106–210, § 4(2), , 114 Stat. 324.)