I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5365 
To amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to include fighters 
of combat sports in the safety provisions of such Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2016 
Mr. MULLIN (for himself and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; 
which was 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 consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to 
include fighters of combat sports in the safety provisions 
of such Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Muhammad Ali Expan-
sion Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS FIGHTERS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Professional 
Boxing Safety Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 6301) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(15) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11), 
(12), (13), (14), (15), (16), and (17), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) FIGHTER.—The term ‘fighter’ means an 
individual who fights in a professional mixed martial 
arts competition or other professional combat sport 
competition.’’; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (7), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(8) COMBAT SPORT COMPETITION.—The term 
‘combat sport competition’ means a professional 
fight that allows fighters to use one or more forms 
of martial arts, including mixed martial arts. Such 
term does not include— 
‘‘(A) a combat sport that allows the use of 
a weapon or foreign object; or 
‘‘(B) a competition that is regulated by an 
amateur sports organization.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(18) MIXED MARTIAL ARTS.—The term ‘mixed 
martial arts’ means a full-contact combat sport that 
allows fighters to use both striking and grappling 
techniques, and both standing and on the ground, 
from a variety of other combat sports and martial 
arts.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Sections 3 through 21 (other than section 
20) of the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 
(15 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) are amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or fighter’’ after ‘‘boxer’’ 
each place it appears; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and fighters’’ after ‘‘box-
ers’’ each place it appears; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘or combat sport competi-
tion’’ after ‘‘boxing match’’ each place it ap-
pears; 
(D) by inserting ‘‘and combat sport com-
petitions’’ after ‘‘boxing matches’’ each place it 
appears; 
(E) by inserting ‘‘or competition’’ after 
‘‘the match’’ each place it appears; and 
(F) by striking ‘‘boxing service provider’’ 
and inserting ‘‘boxing or combat sport service 
provider’’. 
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