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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3144

To amend title 36, United States Code, to amend the Federal charter of 

the United States Olympic Committee. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2003

Mr. STEARNS (for himself, Mr. STUPAK, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL

To amend title 36, United States Code, to amend the Federal 

charter of the United States Olympic Committee.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Olympic 

5 Committee Reform Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 Section 220501(b) of title 36, United States Code, 

8 is amended—

9 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through 

10 (8) as paragraphs (6) through (9), respectively; and 
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1 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(5) ‘independent director’ means an inde4 pendent director, as defined by the bylaws of the 

5 corporation, who, at minimum—

6 ‘‘(A) has not been an officer or director of 

7 the Executive Committee of the corporation, 

8 during the 3-year period prior to appointment 

9 as an independent director; 

10 ‘‘(B) has not been an officer or a member 

11 of the Athlete’s Advisory Council, the National 

12 Governing Bodies Council, or of the Inter13 national Olympic Committee, during the 3-year 

14 period prior to appointment as an independent 

15 director; 

16 ‘‘(C) has not, during the 3-year period 

17 prior to appointment as an independent direc18 tor, received any compensation from, and does 

19 not have a personal service contract with, the 

20 corporation, any United States Olympic Entity, 

21 any International Olympic entity, or a member 

22 of the corporation’s senior management; 

23 ‘‘(D) has not, during the 3-year period 

24 prior to appointment as an independent direc25 tor, had such a close affiliation with a company 
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1 or firm that is counsel, auditor, advisor, paid 

2 consultant of, or has a material business rela3 tionship with, the corporation, any United 

4 States Olympic entity, any International Olym5 pic entity, or a member of the corporation’s 

6 senior management, that in the judgment of the 

7 Nominating and Governance Committee would 

8 adversely affect the director’s ability to rep9 resent the interests of the United State public 

10 in the activities of the corporation; 

11 ‘‘(E) has no relationship with the corpora12 tion, any United States Olympic entity, any 

13 International Olympic entity, or a member of 

14 the corporation’s senior management that in 

15 the judgment of the Nominating and Govern16 ance Committee would adversely affect the di17 rector’s ability to represent the interests of the 

18 United State public in the activities of the cor19 poration; and 

20 ‘‘(F) is not an immediate family member 

21 of any person described in subparagraphs (A) 

22 through (E).’’. 

23 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

24 Section 220503 of title 36, United States Code, is 

25 amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘§ 220503. Purposes 

2 ‘‘The purposes of this corporation are—

3 ‘‘(1) to exercise exclusive jurisdiction directly or 

4 through constituent members or committees, over—

5 ‘‘(A) all matters pertaining to the United 

6 States participation in the Olympic Games, the 

7 Paralympic Games, and the Pan American 

8 Games, including representation of the United 

9 States in such games; and 

10 ‘‘(B) the organization of the Olympic 

11 Games, the Paralympic Games, and the Pan 

12 American Games when held in the United 

13 States; 

14 ‘‘(2) to obtain for the United States, directly or 

15 by delegation to the appropriate national governing 

16 body or paralympic sports organization, the most 

17 competent amateur representation possible in each 

18 event of the Olympic Games, the Paralympic games, 

19 and the Pan American Games; 

20 ‘‘(3) to provide for swift resolution of conflicts 

21 or disputes involving amateur athletes, national gov22 erning bodies, paralympic sports organizations, and 

23 amateur sports organizations, and protect the oppor24 tunity of any amateur athlete, coach, trainer, man25 ager, administrator, or official to participate in ama26 teur competition; and 
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1 ‘‘(4) to encourage and provide assistance to 

2 amateur athletic programs and activities for women 

3 and men, athletes with disabilities, and athletes who 

4 are racial and ethnic minorities.’’. 

5 SEC. 4. GOVERNANCE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2205 of title 36, United 

7 States Code, is amended by redesignating sections 220505 

8 through 220512 as sections 220506 through 220513, re9 spectively, and inserting after section 220504 the fol10 lowing new section: 

11 ‘‘§ 220505. Governance 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the provisions of 

13 this chapter, the corporation shall adopt bylaws to estab14 lish and maintain provisions with respect to its governance 

15 which shall include the requirements contained in sub16 sections (b) through (f): 

17 ‘‘(b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The corporation shall be 

19 governed by a Board of Directors (in this chapter 

20 referred to as the ‘Board’) as follows: 

21 ‘‘(A) ELECTED MEMBERS.—The Board 

22 shall be composed of 9 elected members who 

23 shall be nominated by the Nominating and Gov24 ernance Committee (described in paragraph 

25 (7)(C)). The elected members shall consist of—
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1 ‘‘(i) 5 members who shall be inde2 pendent directors; 

3 ‘‘(ii) 2 members who shall be elected 

4 from among individuals proposed by the 

5 National Governing Bodies Council; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) 2 members who shall be elected 

7 from among individuals proposed by the 

8 Athlete’s Advisory Council. 

9 ‘‘(B) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The Board 

10 shall have as ex officio members the members 

11 of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) 

12 that are required by that committee’s charter. 

13 ‘‘(C) NON-VOTING MEMBERS.—

14 ‘‘(i) LIAISON OFTHE OLYMPIC ASSEM15 BLY.—The liaison of the Olympic Assem16 bly (described in subsection (d)(3)) shall 

17 serve as a nonvoting ex officio member of 

18 the Board. 

19 ‘‘(ii) REPRESENTATION OF

20 PARALYMPIC SPORTS ORGANIZATION.—Un21 less at least 1 of the elected members 

22 under subparagraph (A) is a representative 

23 of a paralympic sports organization, such a 

24 representative shall be appointed by the 

25 Nominating and Governance Committee of 
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1 the Board to serve as a nonvoting member 

2 of the Board. 

3 ‘‘(2) TERMS.—Members of the Board shall 

4 serve for appointed terms in accordance with the by5 laws of the corporation. No member shall serve on 

6 the Board for a period greater than 6 years. 

7 ‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—Each member shall 

8 have demonstrated the highest character and integ9 rity, significant professional success, and a commit10 ment to public service, and shall have demonstrated 

11 by their vocation or experience the capacity to fur12 ther the objectives and purposes of the United 

13 States Olympic Committee, and shall have such 

14 other specific qualities or expertise as the Board 

15 considers necessary. 

16 ‘‘(4) REMOVAL.—Members may be removed 

17 from the Board only for cause, in accordance with 

18 the bylaws of the corporation. 

19 ‘‘(5) VOTING.—

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—

21 ‘‘(i) ELECTED MEMBERS.—Each of 

22 the 9 elected members described in para23 graph (1)(A) shall have the number of 

24 votes equal to the number of ex officio 

25 members described in paragraph (1)(B). 
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1 ‘‘(ii) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The ex 

2 officio members described in paragraph 

3 (1)(B) shall each have 1 vote on all mat4 ters on which the Board votes except—

5 ‘‘(I) the selection of the chair of 

6 the Board; 

7 ‘‘(II) the election of new mem8 bers; 

9 ‘‘(III) the composition of Board 

10 committees; and 

11 ‘‘(IV) any matter which presents 

12 such members with a conflict of inter13 est. 

14 ‘‘(B) TIE VOTES.—A tie vote shall be bro15 ken as provided for in the bylaws of the cor16 poration, in accordance with the following: 

17 ‘‘(i) MATTERS OFPURELY BUSINESS

18 AND GOVERNANCE.—On matters related 

19 purely to the business and governance of 

20 the corporation, a tie vote of the Board 

21 shall be broken by the majority of the 

22 votes cast by the independent directors de23 scribed in paragraph (1)(A)(i). 

24 ‘‘(ii) MATTERS RELATED TO SPORT.—

25 On matters related to sport and all mat-
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1 ters other than those described in clause 

2 (i), a tie vote of the Board shall be broken 

3 by a majority of the votes cast by the 

4 members described in clauses (ii) and (iii) 

5 of paragraph (1)(A), and the ex officio 

6 members described in paragraph (1)(B). 

7 ‘‘(6) CHAIR.—The Board shall elect 1 of the 

8 members to serve as chair of the Board, who shall 

9 serve as chair for a term of 4 years. The chair may 

10 serve an additional 2 years (beyond the 4 year term 

11 established for the Board in paragraph (2)) in order 

12 to complete his or her 4 year term as chair. The 

13 first chair elected after the date of enactment of the 

14 United States Olympic Committee Reform Act shall 

15 be an independent member. 

16 ‘‘(7) COMMITTEES.—In addition to any commit17 tees, subcommittees, and task forces as may be nec18 essary or appropriate and for which sufficient funds 

19 exist, the Board shall establish the following stand20 ing committees: 

21 ‘‘(A) An Audit Committee, consisting of—

22 ‘‘(i) 3 Board members described in 

23 paragraph (1)(A)(i); and 

24 ‘‘(ii) 1 Board member described in 

25 paragraph (1)(A)(iii). 
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1 ‘‘(B) An Ethics Committee, consisting of—

2 ‘‘(i) 3 persons who meet the definition 

3 of ‘independent director’ in section 

4 220501(b)(5) and who are not members of 

5 the Board; 

6 ‘‘(ii) 1 person who meets the defini7 tion of ‘amateur athlete’ in section 

8 220501(b)(1) and who is not a member of 

9 the Board; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) 1 elected member of the Board 

11 described in paragraph (1)(A). 

12 ‘‘(C) A Nominating and Governance Com13 mittee and a Compensation Committee, each 

14 consisting of—

15 ‘‘(i) 3 Board members described in 

16 paragraph (1)(A)(i); 

17 ‘‘(ii) 1 Board member described in 

18 paragraph (1)(A)(ii); and 

19 ‘‘(iii) 1 Board member described in 

20 paragraph (1)(A)(iii). 

21 ‘‘(8) REMUNERATION AND TRAVEL EX22 PENSES.—The members of the Board shall not re23 ceive any compensation, fee, salary, or other remu24 neration for their service on the Board, but shall be 

25 reimbursed for actual and reasonable travel expenses 
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1 incurred for attending Board meetings or in further2 ance of duties that they have been requested to per3 form by the Chair. 

4 ‘‘(9) DUTIES.—The Board shall have the fol5 lowing duties: 

6 ‘‘(A) To oversee the corporation’s business 

7 and operations in the United States and 

8 abroad, including all matters relating to finan9 cial, commercial, legal, personnel, and govern10 ance. 

11 ‘‘(B) To set the policy and direction of the 

12 corporation consistent with the corporation’s 

13 mission and purposes. 

14 ‘‘(C) To establish a Nominating and Gov15 ernance Committee to provide for a process for 

16 nominating new Board members. 

17 ‘‘(D) To elect new Board members from 

18 among those persons nominated by the Nomi19 nating and Governance Committee. 

20 ‘‘(E) To select and evaluate the Chief Ex21 ecutive Officer. 

22 ‘‘(F) To oversee the bid city process in the 

23 United States, and to monitor the organizing 

24 committee of the Olympic Games when the 

25 Games are held in the United States. 
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1 ‘‘(c) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.—

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The corporation shall have 

3 a chief executive officer who shall not be a member 

4 of the Board of Directors. The chief executive officer 

5 shall be elected by, and report to, the Board, as pro6 vided in the bylaws of the corporation. The chief ex7 ecutive officer shall be responsible, with Board ap8 proval, for filling other key senior management posi9 tions as provided in the bylaws of the corporation. 

10 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The chief executive officer shall, 

11 either directly or by delegation—

12 ‘‘(A) manage all staff functions and the 

13 day-to-day affairs and business operations of 

14 the corporation, including relations with inter15 national organizations; and 

16 ‘‘(B) implement the mission and policies of 

17 the corporation, as determined by the Board. 

18 ‘‘(d) OLYMPIC ASSEMBLY.—

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The corporation shall have 

20 an Olympic Assembly (in this chapter referred to as 

21 the Assembly) in which all of the constituencies of 

22 the corporation shall be represented. The size and 

23 composition of the Assembly shall be determined by 

24 the Board and shall include—
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1 ‘‘(A) Olympic athletes and former Olympic 

2 athletes; 

3 ‘‘(B) representatives of Olympic sports or4 ganizations; 

5 ‘‘(C) representatives of Pan American 

6 sports organizations; 

7 ‘‘(D) a representative of an affiliated 

8 sports organization; 

9 ‘‘(E) representatives of community-based 

10 and education-based multisport organizations; 

11 ‘‘(F) representatives of the United States 

12 Armed Forces; and 

13 ‘‘(G) a representative of a State Olympic 

14 organization. 

15 ‘‘(2) TERMS.—Each member of the Assembly 

16 shall serve for a term of 4 years, beginning with the 

17 first meeting following a Summer Olympic Games 

18 and extending until the first meeting following the 

19 subsequent Summer Olympic Games. There shall be 

20 no limit to the number of terms which a member 

21 may serve. 

22 ‘‘(3) LIAISON.—Each Assembly shall elect a li23 aison from among its members who shall preside 

24 over the annual meetings of the Assembly, and who 

25 shall be limited to serving 1 term of 4 years. 
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1 ‘‘(4) ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—

2 ‘‘(A) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—The Assem3 bly shall—

4 ‘‘(i) meet annually, at the time of a 

5 meeting of the Board of Directors, to rep6 resent the interests of its members; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) receive and review reports from 

8 the Board concerning sport matters and 

9 the business of the corporation. 

10 ‘‘(B) PERMITTED ACTIVITIES.—The As11 sembly may—

12 ‘‘(i) propose items for consideration 

13 by the chair to be included on the agenda 

14 for the Board; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) perform other functions as the 

16 Board determines to be appropriate. 

17 ‘‘(5) EXPENSES.—The Board shall set the 

18 budget for the Assembly, which may pay the actual 

19 and reasonable expenses of members of the Assem20 bly to attend the annual meeting, and any special 

21 meetings called by the Board. 

22 ‘‘(e) STANDARDS AND COMPLIANCE PROGRAM.—The 

23 corporation shall maintain a standards and compliance 

24 program that includes, at minimum, the following require25 ments: 
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1 ‘‘(1) The development and distribution of writ2 ten standards of conduct, as well as written policies, 

3 procedures, and protocols that promote the United 

4 States Olympic Committee’s commitment to compli5 ance with such standards and address specific areas 

6 of potential infractions of compliance. 

7 ‘‘(2) The designation of a compliance or ethics 

8 officer at the executive level who shall report to the 

9 Board and shall be charged with the responsibility 

10 for developing, operating, and monitoring the com11 pliance program. 

12 ‘‘(3) The development and implementation of 

13 regular, effective education and training programs 

14 for all affected United States Olympic Committee 

15 employees, including paid senior management, offi16 cers, volunteers, and directors of a member organi17 zation. 

18 ‘‘(4) The creation and maintenance of an effec19 tive line of communication between the compliance 

20 officer and all United States Olympic Committee 

21 employees and volunteers, including a process, such 

22 as a hotline or other reporting system, to receive 

23 complaints, and the adoption of procedures to pro24 tect the anonymity of complainants and to protect 

25 complainants from retaliation. 
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1 ‘‘(5) The use of audits and other risk evaluation 

2 techniques to monitor compliance, identify problem 

3 areas, affecting the United States Olympic Com4 mittee, its officers, employees, and volunteers, and 

5 assist in the reduction of identified problems. 

6 ‘‘(6) The development of policies and proce7 dures with respect to the investigation of identified 

8 systemic problems, which include direction regarding 

9 the prompt and proper response to detected offenses, 

10 such as the initiation of appropriate corrective action 

11 and preventive measures. 

12 ‘‘(7) The development of a system to respond to 

13 allegations of illegal or improper activities and the 

14 enforcement of appropriate disciplinary action 

15 against United States Olympic Committee employees 

16 who have violated internal compliance policies, appli17 cable statutes, regulations, or other United states 

18 Olympic Committee requirements. 

19 ‘‘(f)10-YEAR REVIEW.—Not later than January 1, 

20 2014, and every 10 years thereafter, the Board shall ap21 point an independent commission to study and determine 

22 whether the governance structure of the corporation con23 tinues to serve the purpose for which it was created. Such 

24 commission shall transmit to Congress a report which 
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1 shall include recommendations for changes to the govern2 ance structure of the corporation.’’. 

3 (b) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections for 

4 subchapter I of chapter 2205 of title 36, United States 

5 Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—CORPORATION

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘220501. Title and definitions. 

‘‘220502. Organization. 

‘‘220503. Purposes. 

‘‘220504. Membership. 

‘‘220505. Governance. 

‘‘220506. Powers. 

‘‘220507. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges. 

‘‘220508. Restrictions. 

‘‘220509. Headquarters, principle office, and meetings. 

‘‘220510. Resolution of disputes. 

‘‘220511. Services of process. 

‘‘220512. Annual report. 

‘‘220513. Complete teams.’’.

6 (c) POWERS RELATED TO AMATEUR ATHLETICS AND

7 THE OLYMPIC, PARALYMPIC, AND PAN-AMERICAN

8 GAMES.—Section 220506(c) of title 36, United States 

9 Code, (as amended by this Act) is amended—

10 (1) in the subsection heading by inserting ‘‘, 

11 PARALYMPIC, AND PAN-AMERICAN’’ after ‘‘OLYM12 PIC’’; and 

13 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or 

14 paralympic sports organization’’ after ‘‘governing 

15 body’’. 

16 (d) TRANSITION.—

17 (1) CONTINUANCE OFEXISTING BOARD DURING

18 TRANSITION.—The individuals serving as members 
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1 of the Board of Directors of the United States 

2 Olympic Committee on the date of enactment of this 

3 Act shall continue to serve as the Board until a 

4 Board of Directors has been elected under para5 graph (2)(B) of this subsection. 

6 (2) INITIAL NOMINATING AND GOVERNANCE

7 COMMITTEE.—

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Until the initial Board 

9 of Directors has been elected and taken office, 

10 the Nominating and Governance Committee re11 quired by section 220505(b)(6)(C) of title 36, 

12 United States Code, (as amended by this Act) 

13 shall consist of—

14 (i) 1 individual selected by the Ath15 lete’s Advisory Council from among its 

16 members; 

17 (ii) 1 individual selected by the Na18 tional Governing Bodies’ Council from 

19 among its members; 

20 (iii) 1 individual selected by the pub21 lic-sector directors of the United States 

22 Olympic Committee from among such di23 rectors serving on the date of enactment of 

24 this Act; 
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1 (iv) 1 individual selected by the Gov2 ernance and Ethics Task Force established 

3 by the United States Olympic Committee 

4 in February, 2003, from among its mem5 bers; and 

6 (v) 1 individual selected by the Inde7 pendent Commission on Reform estab8 lished by the United States Olympic Com9 mittee in March, 2003, from among its 

10 members, who shall chair the committee. 

11 (B) ELECTION OFNEW BOARD OFDIREC12 TORS.—The Nominating and Governance Com13 mittee established by paragraph (2) shall—

14 (i) elect an initial Board of Directors 

15 who shall serve for the terms provided in 

16 section 220505(b)(2)(C) of title 36, United 

17 States Code (as amended by this Act); and 

18 (ii) elect 1 of the independent mem19 bers described in section 

20 220505(b)(1)(A)(i) of that title (as amend21 ed by this Act) to serve as chair until the 

22 terms of the members elected under clause 

23 (i) have expired. 

24 (C) ELIGIBILITY FOR NEW BOARD OF DI25 RECTORS.—Members of the initial Nominating 
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1 and Governance Committee shall not be eligible 

2 to serve on the initial Board of Directors that 

3 has been elected under subparagraph (B), but 

4 shall be eligible for election to subsequent 

5 Boards. 

6 SEC. 5. OMBUDSMAN. 

7 Section 220510(b) of title 36, United States Code, 

8 (as amended by this Act) is amended—

9 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘corporation’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘Board’’; 

11 (2) in paragraph (2)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘cor12 poration’s executive director’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘Board’’; 

14 (3) by striking clause (ii) of paragraph (2)(A) 

15 and redesignating clause (iii) of such paragraph as 

16 clause (ii); 

17 (4) in clause (ii) of paragraph (2)(A) (as so re18 designated), by striking ‘‘corporation’s executive 

19 committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Board’’; 

20 (5) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘corpora21 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘Board’’; 

22 (6) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘cor23 poration’s executive committee by either the corpora24 tion’s executive director or’’ and inserting ‘‘Board’’; 

25 and 
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1 (7) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii), by striking ‘‘cor2 poration’s executive committee’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘Board’’. 

4 SEC. 6. REPORTING. 

5 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 220512 of title 36, 

6 United States Code, (as amended by this Act) is amend7 ed—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘every fourth’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘each’’; 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘4 years’’ and inserting ‘‘year’’; 

11 and 

12 (3) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘such 4-year 

13 period’’ and inserting ‘‘the preceding year’’. 

14 (b) SPECIAL REPORT.—Notwithstanding any other 

15 provision of law, the corporation shall not be required to 

16 submit to Congress any additional report, other than a 

17 report required by section 220512 of title 36, United 

18 States Code, (as amended by this Act) until 2 years after 

19 the date of enactment of this Act. 

20 SEC. 7. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

21 Chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, (as 

22 amended by this Act) is amended—

23 (1) in section 220501, by moving paragraph (7) 

24 2 ems to the right; 
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1 (2) in section 220504, by striking ‘‘constitution 

2 and’’ both places it appears; 

3 (3) in section 220506—

4 (A) in subsection (a)—

5 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik6 ing ‘‘CONSTITUTION AND’’; 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘constitution and’’; 

8 and 

9 (iii) by striking ‘‘may amend its con10 stitution’’ and inserting ‘‘may amend its 

11 bylaws’’; and 

12 (B) in subsection (b)(9), by striking ‘‘this 

13 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘this chapter’’; 

14 (C) in subsection (c)(5), by striking ‘‘con15 stitution and’’; 

16 (4) in section 220507(d)—

17 (A) by moving paragraph (3) 2 ems to the 

18 left; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘sub20 sections’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’; 

21 (5) in section 220510—

22 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘con23 stitution and’’ each place it appears; 

24 (B) in subsection (b)(1)(A)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘constitution and’’ both 

2 places it appears; 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘a paralympic sports 

4 organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘paralympic 

5 sports organizations’’; 

6 (6) in section 220513, by striking ‘‘Corpora7 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘corporation’’; 

8 (7) in section 220521, by striking ‘‘subsections 

9 (a) or (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a) or (b)’’; 

10 (8) in section 220522(a)(4)(B), by striking 

11 ‘‘constitution and’’ and 

12 (9) in section 220529, by striking ‘‘constitution 

13 and’’ both places it appears.

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