‘‘(5) INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.—If the Commission 
determines that any person is engaged or about to 
engage in any act or practice that constitutes a vio-
lation of any provision of this Act, or of any regula-
tion prescribed under this Act, the Commission may 
bring an action in the appropriate district court of 
the United States, the United States District Court 
for the District of Columbia, or the United States 
courts of any territory or other place subject to the 
jurisdiction of the United States, to enjoin the act 
or practice, and upon a proper showing, the court 
shall grant without bond a permanent or temporary 
injunction or restraining order. 
‘‘(6) MANDAMUS.—Upon application of the 
Commission, the district courts of the United States, 
the United States District Court for the District of 
Columbia, and the United States courts of any terri-
tory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the 
United States, shall have jurisdiction to issue writs 
of mandamus commanding any person to comply 
with the provisions of this Act or any order of the 
Commission. 
‘‘(c) INTERVENTION IN CIVIL ACTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission, on behalf 
of the public interest, may intervene of right as pro-
vided under rule 24(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil 
Procedure in any civil action relating to professional 
boxing filed in a district court of the United States. 
‘‘(2) AMICUS
FILING.—The Commission may 
file a brief in any action filed in a court of the 
United States on behalf of the public interest in any 
case relating to professional boxing. 
‘‘(d) HEARINGS
BY COMMISSION.—Hearings con-
ducted by the Commission under this Act shall be public 
and may be held before any officer of the Commission. 
The Commission shall keep appropriate records of the 
hearings. 
‘‘SEC. 208. NONINTERFERENCE WITH BOXING COMMIS-
SIONS. 
‘‘(a) NONINTERFERENCE.—Nothing in this Act pro-
hibits any boxing commission from exercising any of its 
powers, duties, or functions with respect to the regulation 
or supervision of professional boxing or professional box-
ing matches to the extent not inconsistent with the provi-
sions of this Act. 
‘‘(b) MINIMUM STANDARDS.—Nothing in this Act 
prohibits any boxing commission from enforcing local 
standards or requirements that exceed the minimum 
standards or requirements promulgated by the Commis-
sion under this Act.
‘‘SEC. 209. ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER AGENCIES. 
‘‘Any employee of any executive department, agency, 
bureau, board, commission, office, independent establish-
ment, or instrumentality may be detailed to the Commis-
sion, upon the request of the Commission, on a reimburs-
able or nonreimbursable basis, with the consent of the ap-
propriate authority having jurisdiction over the employee. 
While so detailed, an employee shall continue to receive 
the compensation provided pursuant to law for the employ-
ee’s regular position of employment and shall retain, with-
out interruption, the rights and privileges of that employ-
ment. 
‘‘SEC. 210. REPORTS. 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Commission shall sub-
mit a report on its activities to the Senate Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of 
Representatives Committee on Commerce each year. The 
annual report shall include— 
‘‘(1) a detailed discussion of the activities of the 
Commission for the year covered by the report; and 
‘‘(2) an overview of the licensing and enforce-
ment activities of the State and tribal organization 
boxing commissions. 
‘‘(b) PUBLIC REPORT.—The Commission shall annu-
ally issue and publicize a report of the Commission on the 
progress made at Federal and State levels and on Indian
lands in the reform of professional boxing, which shall in-
clude comments on issues of continuing concern to the 
Commission. 
‘‘(c) FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
ON
THE COMMIS-
SION.—The first annual report under this title shall be 
submitted not later than 2 years after the effective date 
of this title. 
‘‘SEC. 211. INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION. 
‘‘(a) TEMPORARY EXEMPTION.—The requirements 
for licensing under this title do not apply to a person for 
the performance of an activity as a boxer, boxing judge, 
or referee, or the performance of any other professional 
activity in relation to a professional boxing match, if the 
person is licensed by a boxing commission to perform that 
activity as of the effective date of this title. 
‘‘(b) EXPIRATION.—The exemption under subsection 
(a) with respect to a license issued by a boxing commission 
expires on the earlier of— 
‘‘(1) the date on which the license expires; or 
‘‘(2) the date that is 2 years after the date of 
the enactment of the Professional Boxing Amend-
ments Act of 2005. 
‘‘SEC. 212. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated for the Commission for each fiscal year such
sums as may be necessary for the Commission to perform 
its functions for that fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) RECEIPTS CREDITED AS OFFSETTING COLLEC-
TIONS.—Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 
States Code, any fee collected under this title— 
‘‘(1) shall be credited as offsetting collections to 
the account that finances the activities and services 
for which the fee is imposed; 
‘‘(2) shall be available for expenditure only to 
pay the costs of activities and services for which the 
fee is imposed; and 
‘‘(3) shall remain available until expended.’’. 
SEC. 23. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) PBSA.—The Professional Boxing Safety Act of 
1996, as amended by this Act, is further amended— 
(1) by amending section 1 to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘Professional Boxing Safety Act’. 
‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents 
for this Act is as follows: 
‘‘Section 1. Short title; table of contents. 
‘‘Sec. 2. Definitions. 
‘‘TITLE I—PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY 
‘‘Sec. 101. Purposes. 
‘‘Sec. 102. Approval or sanction requirement. 
‘‘Sec. 103. Safety standards. 
‘‘Sec. 104. Registration. 
‘‘Sec. 105. Review.
‘‘Sec. 106. Reporting. 
‘‘Sec. 107. Contract requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 108. Protection from coercive contracts. 
‘‘Sec. 109. Sanctioning organizations. 
‘‘Sec. 110. Required disclosures to State boxing commissions by sanctioning or-
ganizations. 
‘‘Sec. 111. Required disclosures by promoters and broadcasters. 
‘‘Sec. 112. Medical registry. 
‘‘Sec. 113. Confidentiality. 
‘‘Sec. 114. Judges and referees. 
‘‘Sec. 115. Conflicts of interest. 
‘‘Sec. 116. Enforcement. 
‘‘Sec. 117. Professional boxing matches conducted on Indian lands. 
‘‘Sec. 118. Relationship with State or Tribal law. 
‘‘TITLE II—UNITED STATES BOXING COMMISSION 
‘‘Sec. 201. Purpose. 
‘‘Sec. 202. United States Boxing Commission. 
‘‘Sec. 203. Functions. 
‘‘Sec. 204. Licensing and registration of boxing personnel. 
‘‘Sec. 205. National registry of boxing personnel. 
‘‘Sec. 206. Consultation requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 207. Misconduct. 
‘‘Sec. 208. Noninterference with boxing commissions. 
‘‘Sec. 209. Assistance from other agencies. 
‘‘Sec. 210. Reports. 
‘‘Sec. 211. Initial implementation. 
‘‘Sec. 212. Authorization of appropriations.’’; 
(2) by inserting before section 3 the following: 
‘‘TITLE I—PROFESSIONAL 
BOXING SAFETY’’; 
(3) by redesignating sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, and 22 
as sections 101 through 118, respectively; 
(4) in section 113(b) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘section 13’’ and inserting ‘‘section 111’’; 
(5) in section 116(b)(1) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘9(b), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, or 16,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘107, 108, 109, 110, 111, or 114,’’;
(6) in section 116(b)(2) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘9(b), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, or 16’’ and in-
serting ‘‘107, 108, 109, 110, 111, or 114’’; 
(7) in section 116(b)(3) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘section 17(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
115(a)’’; 
(8) in section 116(e)(3) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘section 10’’ and inserting ‘‘section 108’’; 
and 
(9) by striking ‘‘of this Act’’ each place it ap-
pears in sections 101 through 120 (as so redesig-
nated) and inserting ‘‘of this title’’. 
(b) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Section 5315 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘Members of the United States Boxing Commission.’’. 
SEC. 24. STUDY AND REPORT ON DEFINITION OF PRO-
MOTER. 
(a) STUDY.—The United States Boxing Commission 
shall conduct a study on how the term ‘‘promoter’’ should 
be defined for purposes of the Professional Boxing Safety 
Act. 
(b) HEARINGS.—As part of that study, the Commis-
sion shall hold hearings and solicit testimony at those 
hearings from boxers, managers, promoters, premium,