or to give testimony concerning the matter under 
investigation or in question. 
(B) FAILURE
TO
OBEY.—Any failure to 
obey an order issued by a court under subpara-
graph (A) may be punished as contempt of that 
court. 
(C) PROCESS.—All process in any contempt 
case under subparagraph (A) may be served in 
the judicial district in which the person is an in-
habitant or in which the person may be found. 
(4) EVIDENCE OF CRIMINAL MISCONDUCT.—No 
person may be excused from attending and testifying 
or from producing books, papers, contracts, agree-
ments, and other records and documents before the 
Commission, in obedience to the subpoena of the Com-
mission, or in any cause or proceeding instituted by 
the Commission, on the ground that the testimony or 
evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of that 
person may tend to incriminate the person or subject 
the person to a penalty or forfeiture. 
(5) INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.—If the Commission or 
the Executive Director determines that any person is 
engaged or about to engage in any act or practice 
that constitutes a violation of any provision of this 
Act, or of any regulation prescribed under this Act,
the Commission or the Executive Director 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 jurisdic-
tion of the United States, to enjoin the act or prac-
tice, 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 Com-
mission, the district courts of the United States, the 
United States District Court for the District of Co-
lumbia, and the United States courts of any territory 
or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States, shall have jurisdiction to issue writs of man-
damus 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 provided 
under rule 24(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Proce-
dure in any civil action relating to professional box-
ing 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 re-
lating to professional boxing. 
(d) HEARINGS BY COMMISSION.—Hearings conducted 
by the Commission under this Act shall be public and may 
be held before any officer of the Commission. The Commis-
sion shall keep appropriate records of the hearings. 
SEC. 9. NONINTERFERENCE WITH BOXING COMMISSIONS. 
(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 boxing 
matches to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions 
of this Act. 
(b) MINIMUM STANDARDS.—Nothing in this Act pro-
hibits any boxing commission from enforcing local stand-
ards or requirements that exceed the minimum standards 
or requirements promulgated by the Commission under this 
Act. 
SEC. 10. 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 reimbursable 
or nonreimbursable basis, with the consent of the appro-
priate authority having jurisdiction over the employee.