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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 89 — Professional Boxing Safety

§ 6311. Studies

Statutory text

(a)

Pension

The Secretary of Labor shall conduct a study on the feasibility and cost of a national pension system for boxers, including potential funding sources.

(b)

Health, safety, and equipment

The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall conduct a study to develop recommendations for health, safety, and equipment standards for boxers and for professional boxing matches.

(c)

Reports

Not later than one year after , the Secretary of Labor shall submit a report to the Congress on the findings of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a). Not later than 180 days after , the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a report to the Congress on the findings of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (b).

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. Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996

    Pub. L. 104–272 § 20 · 110 Stat. 3309

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 6311

    Pub. L. 104–272, § 20, formerly § 12, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3313

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 104–272, § 20, formerly § 12, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3313

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 12. STUDIES. (a) Pension.— The Secretary of Labor shall conduct a study on the feasibility and cost of a national pension system for boxers, including potential funding sources. (b) Health, Safety and Equipment.— The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall conduct a study to develop recommendations for health, safety, and equipment standards for boxers and for professional boxing matches. (c) Reports.— Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall submit a report to the Congress on the findings of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a). Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a report to the Congress on the findings of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (b).

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , see section 23 of Pub. L. 104–272, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.

Credits

1996–2000 · 2 acts
  1. 1996Pub. L. 104–272, § 20, formerly § 12, , 110 Stat. 3313
  2. 2000renumbered § 20, Pub. L. 106–210, § 4(1), , 114 Stat. 322.
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(Pub. L. 104–272, § 20, formerly § 12, , 110 Stat. 3313; renumbered § 20, Pub. L. 106–210, § 4(1), , 114 Stat. 322.)

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