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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3825

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

the United States Olympic Committee, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 24, 2004

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

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

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 

A BILL

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

charter of the United States Olympic Committee, and 

for other purposes.

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—
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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through 

2 (8) as paragraphs (6) through (9), respectively; and 

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(5) ‘independent director’ means an inde6 pendent director, as defined by the bylaws of the 

7 corporation, who, at minimum—

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

9 the Executive Committee of the corporation, 

10 during the 3-year period prior to appointment 

11 as an independent director; 

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

13 of the Athlete’s Advisory Council, the National 

14 Governing Bodies Council, or of the Inter15 national Olympic Committee, during the 3-year 

16 period prior to appointment as an independent 

17 director; 

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

19 prior to appointment as an independent direc20 tor, received any compensation from, and does 

21 not have a personal service contract with, the 

22 corporation, any United States Olympic Entity, 

23 any International Olympic entity, or a member 

24 of the corporation’s senior management; 
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1 ‘‘(D) has not, during the 3-year period 

2 prior to appointment as an independent direc3 tor, had such a close affiliation with a company 

4 or firm that is counsel, auditor, advisor, paid 

5 consultant of, or has a material business rela6 tionship with, the corporation, any United 

7 States Olympic entity, any International Olym8 pic entity, or a member of the corporation’s 

9 senior management, that in the judgment of the 

10 Nominating and Governance Committee would 

11 adversely affect the director’s ability to rep12 resent the interests of the United State public 

13 in the activities of the corporation; 

14 ‘‘(E) has no relationship with the corpora15 tion, any United States Olympic entity, any 

16 International Olympic entity, or a member of 

17 the corporation’s senior management that in 

18 the judgment of the Nominating and Govern19 ance Committee would adversely affect the di20 rector’s ability to represent the interests of the 

21 United State public in the activities of the cor22 poration; and 

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

24 of any person described in subparagraphs (A) 

25 through (E).’’. 
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1 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

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

3 amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘§ 220503. Purposes 

5 ‘‘The purposes of this corporation are—

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

7 through constituent members or committees, over—

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

9 States participation in the Olympic Games, the 

10 Paralympic Games, and the Pan American 

11 Games, including representation of the United 

12 States in such games; and 

13 ‘‘(B) the organization of the Olympic 

14 Games, the Paralympic Games, and the Pan 

15 American Games when held in the United 

16 States; 

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

18 by delegation to the appropriate national governing 

19 body or paralympic sports organization, the most 

20 competent amateur representation possible in each 

21 event of the Olympic Games, the Paralympic games, 

22 and the Pan American Games; 

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

24 or disputes involving amateur athletes, national gov25 erning bodies, paralympic sports organizations, and 

26 amateur sports organizations, and protect the oppor-
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1 tunity of any amateur athlete, coach, trainer, man2 ager, administrator, or official to participate in ama3 teur competition; and 

4 ‘‘(4) to encourage and provide assistance to 

5 amateur athletic programs and activities for women 

6 and men, athletes with disabilities, and athletes who 

7 are racial and ethnic minorities.’’. 

8 SEC. 4. GOVERNANCE. 

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

10 States Code, is amended by redesignating sections 220505 

11 through 220512 as sections 220506 through 220513, re12 spectively, and inserting after section 220504 the fol13 lowing new section: 

14 ‘‘§ 220505. Governance 

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

16 this chapter, the corporation shall adopt bylaws to estab17 lish and maintain provisions with respect to its governance 

18 which shall include the requirements contained in sub19 sections (b) through (f): 

20 ‘‘(b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—

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

22 governed by a Board of Directors (in this chapter 

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

24 ‘‘(A) ELECTED MEMBERS.—The Board 

25 shall be composed of 9 elected members who 
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1 shall be nominated by the Nominating and Gov2 ernance Committee (described in paragraph 

3 (7)(C)). The elected members shall consist of—

4 ‘‘(i) 5 members who shall be inde5 pendent directors; 

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

7 from among individuals proposed by the 

8 National Governing Bodies Council; and 

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

10 from among individuals proposed by the 

11 Athlete’s Advisory Council. 

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

13 shall have as ex officio members the members 

14 of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) 

15 that are required by that committee’s charter. 

16 ‘‘(C) NON-VOTING MEMBERS.—

17 ‘‘(i) LIAISON OF THE OLYMPIC ASSEM18 BLY.—The liaison of the Olympic Assem19 bly (described in subsection (d)(3)) shall 

20 serve as a nonvoting ex officio member of 

21 the Board. 

22 ‘‘(ii) REPRESENTATION OF

23 PARALYMPIC SPORTS ORGANIZATION.—Un24 less at least 1 of the elected members 

25 under subparagraph (A) is a representative 
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1 of a paralympic sports organization, such a 

2 representative shall be appointed by the 

3 Nominating and Governance Committee of 

4 the Board to serve as a nonvoting member 

5 of the Board. 

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

7 serve for appointed terms in accordance with the by8 laws of the corporation. Except as provided in para9 graph (6), no member shall serve on the Board for 

10 a period greater than 6 years. 

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

12 have demonstrated the highest character and integ13 rity, significant professional success, and a commit14 ment to public service, and shall have demonstrated 

15 by their vocation or experience the capacity to fur16 ther the objectives and purposes of the United 

17 States Olympic Committee, and shall have such 

18 other specific qualities or expertise as the Board 

19 considers necessary. 

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

21 from the Board only for cause, in accordance with 

22 the bylaws of the corporation. 

23 ‘‘(5) VOTING.—

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—
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1 ‘‘(i) ELECTED MEMBERS.—Each of 

2 the 9 elected members described in para3 graph (1)(A) shall have the number of 

4 votes equal to the number of ex officio 

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

6 ‘‘(ii) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The ex 

7 officio members described in paragraph 

8 (1)(B) shall each have 1 vote on all mat9 ters on which the Board votes except—

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

11 the Board; 

12 ‘‘(II) the election of new mem13 bers; 

14 ‘‘(III) the composition of Board 

15 committees; and 

16 ‘‘(IV) any matter which presents 

17 such members with a conflict of inter18 est. 

19 ‘‘(B) TIE VOTES.—A tie vote shall be bro20 ken as provided for in the bylaws of the cor21 poration, in accordance with the following: 

22 ‘‘(i) MATTERS OF PURELY BUSINESS

23 AND GOVERNANCE.—On matters related 

24 purely to the business and governance of 

25 the corporation, a tie vote of the Board 
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1 shall be broken by the majority of the 

2 votes cast by the independent directors de3 scribed in paragraph (1)(A)(i). 

4 ‘‘(ii) MATTERS RELATED TO SPORT.—

5 On matters related to sport and all mat6 ters other than those described in clause 

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

8 by a majority of the votes cast by the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 serve an additional 2 years (beyond the term estab16 lished for the Board in paragraph (2)) in order to 

17 complete his or her 4 year term as chair. The first 

18 chair elected after the date of enactment of the 

19 United States Olympic Committee Reform Act shall 

20 be an independent member. 

21 ‘‘(7) COMMITTEES.—In addition to any commit22 tees, subcommittees, and task forces as may be nec23 essary or appropriate and for which sufficient funds 

24 exist, the Board shall establish the following stand25 ing committees: 
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1 ‘‘(A) An Audit Committee, consisting of—

2 ‘‘(i) 3 Board members described in 

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

4 ‘‘(ii) 1 Board member described in 

5 paragraph (1)(A)(iii). 

6 ‘‘(B) An Ethics Committee, consisting of—

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

8 of ‘independent director’ in section 

9 220501(b)(5) and who are not members of 

10 the Board; 

11 ‘‘(ii) 1 person who meets the defini12 tion of ‘amateur athlete’ in section 

13 220501(b)(1) and who is not a member of 

14 the Board; and 

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

16 described in paragraph (1)(A). 

17 ‘‘(C) A Nominating and Governance Com18 mittee and a Compensation Committee, each 

19 consisting of—

20 ‘‘(i) 3 Board members described in 

21 paragraph (1)(A)(i); 

22 ‘‘(ii) 1 Board member described in 

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

24 ‘‘(iii) 1 Board member described in 

25 paragraph (1)(A)(iii). 
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1 ‘‘(8) REMUNERATION AND TRAVEL EX2 PENSES.—The members of the Board shall not re3 ceive any compensation, fee, salary, or other remu4 neration for their service on the Board, but shall be 

5 reimbursed for actual and reasonable travel expenses 

6 incurred for attending Board meetings or in further7 ance of duties that they have been requested to per8 form by the Chair. 

9 ‘‘(9) DUTIES.—The Board shall have the fol10 lowing duties: 

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

12 and operations in the United States and 

13 abroad, including all matters relating to finan14 cial, commercial, legal, personnel, and govern15 ance. 

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

17 corporation consistent with the corporation’s 

18 mission and purposes. 

19 ‘‘(C) To establish a Nominating and Gov20 ernance Committee to provide for a process for 

21 nominating new Board members. 

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

23 among those persons nominated by the Nomi24 nating and Governance Committee. 

25 ‘‘(E) To elect the chair of the Board. 
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1 ‘‘(F) To select and evaluate the Chief Ex2 ecutive Officer. 

3 ‘‘(G) To oversee the bid city process in the 

4 United States, and to monitor the organizing 

5 committee of the Olympic Games when the 

6 Games are held in the United States. 

7 ‘‘(c) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.—

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

9 a chief executive officer who shall not be a member 

10 of the Board of Directors. The chief executive officer 

11 shall be elected by, and report to, the Board, as pro12 vided in the bylaws of the corporation. The chief ex13 ecutive officer shall be responsible, with Board ap14 proval, for filling other key senior management posi15 tions as provided in the bylaws of the corporation. 

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

17 either directly or by delegation—

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

19 day-to-day affairs and business operations of 

20 the corporation, including relations with inter21 national organizations; and 

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

23 the corporation, as determined by the Board. 

24 ‘‘(d) OLYMPIC ASSEMBLY.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The corporation shall have 

2 an Olympic Assembly (in this chapter referred to as 

3 the Assembly) in which all of the constituencies of 

4 the corporation shall be represented. The size and 

5 composition of the Assembly shall be determined by 

6 the Board and shall include—

7 ‘‘(A) Olympic athletes and former Olympic 

8 athletes; 

9 ‘‘(B) representatives of Olympic sports or10 ganizations; 

11 ‘‘(C) representatives of Pan American 

12 sports organizations; 

13 ‘‘(D) a representative of an affiliated 

14 sports organization; 

15 ‘‘(E) representatives of community-based 

16 and education-based multisport organizations; 

17 ‘‘(F) representatives of the United States 

18 Armed Forces; and 

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

20 organization. 

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

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

23 first meeting following a Summer Olympic Games 

24 and extending until the first meeting following the 

25 subsequent Summer Olympic Games. There shall be 
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1 no limit to the number of terms which a member 

2 may serve. 

3 ‘‘(3) LIAISON.—Each Assembly shall elect a li4 aison from among its members who shall preside 

5 over the annual meetings of the Assembly, and who 

6 shall be limited to serving 1 term of 4 years. 

7 ‘‘(4) ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—

8 ‘‘(A) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—The Assem9 bly shall—

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

11 meeting of the Board of Directors, to rep12 resent the interests of its members; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) receive and review reports from 

14 the Board concerning sport matters and 

15 the business of the corporation. 

16 ‘‘(B) PERMITTED ACTIVITIES.—The As17 sembly may—

18 ‘‘(i) propose items for consideration 

19 by the chair to be included on the agenda 

20 for the Board; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) perform other functions as the 

22 Board determines to be appropriate. 

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

24 budget for the Assembly, which may pay the actual 

25 and reasonable expenses of members of the Assem-
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1 bly to attend the annual meeting, and any special 

2 meetings called by the Board. 

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

4 corporation shall maintain a standards and compliance 

5 program that includes, at minimum, the following require6 ments: 

7 ‘‘(1) The development and distribution of writ8 ten standards of conduct, as well as written policies, 

9 procedures, and protocols that promote the United 

10 States Olympic Committee’s commitment to compli11 ance with such standards and address specific areas 

12 of potential infractions of compliance. 

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

14 officer at the executive level who shall report to the 

15 Board and shall be charged with the responsibility 

16 for developing, operating, and monitoring the com17 pliance program. 

18 ‘‘(3) The development and implementation of 

19 regular, effective education and training programs 

20 for all affected United States Olympic Committee 

21 employees, including paid senior management, offi22 cers, volunteers, and directors of a member organi23 zation. 

24 ‘‘(4) The creation and maintenance of an effec25 tive line of communication between the compliance 
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1 officer and all United States Olympic Committee 

2 employees and volunteers, including a process, such 

3 as a hotline or other reporting system, to receive 

4 complaints, and the adoption of procedures to pro5 tect the anonymity of complainants and to protect 

6 complainants from retaliation. 

7 ‘‘(5) The use of audits and other risk evaluation 

8 techniques to monitor compliance, identify problem 

9 areas, affecting the United States Olympic Com10 mittee, its officers, employees, and volunteers, and 

11 assist in the reduction of identified problems. 

12 ‘‘(6) The development of policies and proce13 dures with respect to the investigation of identified 

14 systemic problems, which include direction regarding 

15 the prompt and proper response to detected offenses, 

16 such as the initiation of appropriate corrective action 

17 and preventive measures. 

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

19 allegations of illegal or improper activities and the 

20 enforcement of appropriate disciplinary action 

21 against United States Olympic Committee employees 

22 who have violated internal compliance policies, appli23 cable statutes, regulations, or other United states 

24 Olympic Committee requirements. 
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1 ‘‘(f) 10-YEAR REVIEW.—Not later than January 1, 

2 2014, and every 10 years thereafter, the Board shall ap3 point an independent commission to study and determine 

4 whether the governance structure of the corporation con5 tinues to serve the purpose for which it was created. Such 

6 commission shall transmit to Congress a report which 

7 shall include recommendations for changes to the govern8 ance structure of the corporation.’’. 

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

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

11 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.’’.

12 (c) POWERS RELATED TO AMATEUR ATHLETICS AND

13 THE OLYMPIC, PARALYMPIC, AND PAN-AMERICAN

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

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

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

17 PARALYMPIC, AND PAN-AMERICAN’’ after ‘‘OLYM18 PIC’’; and 
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1 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or 

2 paralympic sports organization’’ after ‘‘governing 

3 body’’. 

4 (d) TRANSITION.—

5 (1) CONTINUANCE OF EXISTING BOARD DURING

6 TRANSITION.—The individuals serving as members 

7 of the Board of Directors of the United States 

8 Olympic Committee on the date of enactment of this 

9 Act shall continue to serve as the Board until a 

10 Board of Directors has been elected under para11 graph (2)(B) of this subsection. 

12 (2) INITIAL NOMINATING AND GOVERNANCE

13 COMMITTEE.—

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

15 of Directors has been elected and taken office, 

16 the Nominating and Governance Committee re17 quired by section 220505(b)(6)(C) of title 36, 

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

19 shall consist of—

20 (i) 1 individual selected by the Ath21 lete’s Advisory Council from among its 

22 members; 

23 (ii) 1 individual selected by the Na24 tional Governing Bodies’ Council from 

25 among its members; 
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1 (iii) 1 individual selected by the pub2 lic-sector directors of the United States 

3 Olympic Committee from among such di4 rectors serving on the date of enactment of 

5 this Act; 

6 (iv) 1 individual selected by the Gov7 ernance and Ethics Task Force established 

8 by the United States Olympic Committee 

9 in February, 2003, from among its mem10 bers; and 

11 (v) 1 individual selected by the Inde12 pendent Commission on Reform estab13 lished by the United States Olympic Com14 mittee in March, 2003, from among its 

15 members, who shall chair the committee. 

16 (B) ELECTION OF NEW BOARD OF DIREC17 TORS.—The Nominating and Governance Com18 mittee established by paragraph (2) shall—

19 (i) elect an initial Board of Directors 

20 who shall serve for the terms provided in 

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

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

23 (ii) elect 1 of the independent mem24 bers described in section 

25 220505(b)(1)(A)(i) of that title (as amend-
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1 ed by this Act) to serve as chair until the 

2 terms of the members elected under clause 

3 (i) have expired. 

4 (C) ELIGIBILITY FOR NEW BOARD OF DI5 RECTORS.—Members of the initial Nominating 

6 and Governance Committee shall not be eligible 

7 to serve on the initial Board of Directors that 

8 has been elected under subparagraph (B), but 

9 shall be eligible for election to subsequent 

10 Boards. 

11 SEC. 5. OMBUDSMAN. 

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

13 (as amended by this Act) is amended—

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

15 and inserting ‘‘Board’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (2)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘cor17 poration’s executive director’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘Board’’; 

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

20 and redesignating clause (iii) of such paragraph as 

21 clause (ii); 

22 (4) in clause (ii) of paragraph (2)(A) (as so re23 designated), by striking ‘‘corporation’s executive 

24 committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Board’’; 
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1 (5) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘corpora2 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘Board’’; 

3 (6) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘cor4 poration’s executive committee by either the corpora5 tion’s executive director or’’ and inserting ‘‘Board’’; 

6 and 

7 (7) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii), by striking ‘‘cor8 poration’s executive committee’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘Board’’. 

10 SEC. 6. REPORTING. 

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

12 United States Code, (as amended by this Act) is amend13 ed—

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

15 ‘‘each’’; 

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

17 and 

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

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

20 (b) SPECIAL REPORT.—Notwithstanding any other 

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

22 submit to Congress any additional report, other than a 

23 report required by section 220512 of title 36, United 

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

25 the date of enactment of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 7. PROMOTION OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM IN THE 

2 UNITED STATES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce shall 

4 make grants to qualifying State entities to encourage 

5 international visitors to travel to and within the United 

6 States for tourism purposes in conjunction with the 

7 United States hosting the Olympic or Pan-American 

8 Games. The Secretary may require a State entity seeking 

9 a grant authorized by this section to submit an application 

10 for such grant at such time and in such form and manner 

11 as the Secretary may prescribe. 

12 (b) QUALIFYING STATE ENTITY.—As used in this 

13 section, the term ‘‘qualifying State entity’’ means a State 

14 or local agency having authority under State or local law 

15 to conduct programs to promote travel and tourism, in16 cluding State and local convention and visitor bureaus, 

17 multi-State entities governed by State tourism directors, 

18 and multi-jurisdiction entities governed by local tourism 

19 directors. 

20 (c) SUPPORT OF OTHER PROGRAMS OR COSTS PRO21 HIBITED.—Amounts appropriated under subsection (d) 

22 shall not be available to—

23 (1) cover the cost of any Federal, State, or local 

24 government program or marketing activity other 

25 than those authorized under this Act; 
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1 (2) reimburse the Federal Government for any 

2 function performed by an employee or agent of the 

3 Federal Government; or 

4 (3) create any additional full-time equivalent 

5 positions within the Federal Government. 

6 (d) FUNDING.—

7 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

8 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec9 retary of Commerce $1,000,000 for any year in 

10 which the United States hosts the Olympic or the 

11 Pan-American Games, to remain available until ex12 pended. 

13 (2) REVERSION OF UNOBLIGATED AMOUNTS.—

14 Funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) that 

15 remain unexpended and unobligated at the end of 

16 the fiscal year in which such games are hosted in the 

17 United States shall revert to the Treasury of the 

18 United States. 

19 SEC. 8. STUDY OF IMPACT TO INTERSTATE COMMERCE OF 

20 HOSTING OLYMPIC GAMES. 

21 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Commerce shall con22 duct a study on the projected impact on commerce of a 

23 United States bid city hosting the Olympic Games. The 

24 study shall include—
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1 (1) a projection of the costs and benefits to the 

2 host city and surrounding region of hosting the 

3 Olympic Games; 

4 (2) an analysis of the future economic benefit 

5 to be derived from any new infrastructure resulting 

6 from hosting the Olympic Games; 

7 (3) an assessment of the benefits to interstate 

8 commerce from preparing for and hosting the Olym9 pic Games, including new infrastructure, job cre10 ation, travel and tourism, and the marketing of 

11 goods and services; and 

12 (4) a comparison of projected benefits of 

13 hosting the Olympic Games to the benefits derived 

14 by former United States Olympic host cities. 

15 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce 

17 shall transmit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

18 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

19 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 

20 report of the findings of the study required by this section. 

21 SEC. 9. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

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

23 amended by this Act) is amended—

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

25 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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