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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 4, 2003
Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to: (1) authorize a tribal organization to establish a boxing commission to regulate professional boxing matches held on Indian land; (2) prohibit any person from arranging, promoting, organizing, producing, or fighting in a match within the United States unless the match is approved by the United States Boxing Administration (USBA) (established under this Act) and supervised by the Association of Boxing Commission (ABC); (3) require pre-fight boxer physical examinations to include testing for infectious diseases and to require the continuous on-site presence during any match of an ambulance and emergency medical personnel with resuscitation equipment; (4) provide for boxing registration with the appropriate boxing commission of an Indian tribe; (5) require a boxing commission to make a health and safety disclosure to a boxer when issuing an identification card and to establish procedures for review of a summary suspension when a hearing is requested which provides an opportunity for a person to present evidence; (6) require USBA (currently ABC) to develop guidelines for boxing contracting requirements and for rating professional boxers; (7) require the sanctioning organization for a match and its promoter to provide disclosures of charges, fees, and contractual agreements within seven days of a match of 10 rounds or more; (8) prohibit a promoter from arranging a championship match or a match scheduled for 10 rounds or more unless all participating judges and referees have been licensed by USBA; (9) require USBA to establish and maintain a registry of comprehensive medical records and medical denials or suspensions for every licensed boxer; and (10) apply conflict-of-interest provisions to USBA officers and employees.Establishes USBA as an administration of the Department of Labor to: (1) protect the health, safety, and general interests of boxers and to ensure uniformity, fairness, and integrity in professional boxing; (2) establish standards for, and issue, suspend, and revoke, boxing licenses; and (3) maintain a national computerized registry of boxing personnel, including managers, promoters, and sanctioning organizations.
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Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · R–AZ
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S3499-3510; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S3499-3508)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 98.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-47.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-47.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1878-1882)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1877-1878)
Introduced in Senate
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