SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES BOXING COM-
MISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Boxing Com-
mission is established as a commission within the Depart-
ment of Commerce. 
(b) MEMBERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall con-
sist of 3 members appointed by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—No member of the Com-
mission may, while serving as a member of the Com-
mission—
(A) be engaged as a professional boxer, 
boxing promoter, agent, fight manager, match-
maker, referee, judge, or in any other capacity 
in the conduct of the business of professional 
boxing; 
(B) have any pecuniary interest in the 
earnings of any boxer or the proceeds or out-
come of any boxing match; or 
(C) serve as a member of a boxing commis-
sion. 
(3) BIPARTISAN MEMBERSHIP.—Not more than 
2 members of the Commission may be members of 
the same political party.
(4) GEOGRAPHIC BALANCE.—Not more than 2 
members of the Commission may be residents of the 
same geographic region of the United States when 
appointed to the Commission. For purposes of the 
preceding sentence, the area of the United States 
east of the Mississippi River is a geographic region, 
and the area of the United States west of the Mis-
sissippi River is a geographic region. 
(5) TERMS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term of a member 
of the Commission shall be 3 years. No member 
of the Commission shall serve more than 2 
terms. 
(B) MIDTERM VACANCIES.—A member of 
the Commission appointed to fill a vacancy in 
the Commission occurring before the expiration 
of the term for which the member’s predecessor 
was appointed shall be appointed for the re-
mainder of that unexpired term. 
(C) CONTINUATION
PENDING
REPLACE-
MENT.—A member of the Commission may 
serve after the expiration of that member’s 
term until a successor has taken office. 
(6) REMOVAL.—A member of the Commission 
may be removed by the President only for cause.
(c) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall em-
ploy an Executive Director to perform the adminis-
trative functions of the Commission under this Act, 
and such other functions and duties of the Commis-
sion as the Commission shall specify. 
(2) DISCHARGE OF FUNCTIONS.—Subject to the 
authority, direction, and control of the Commission 
the Executive Director shall carry out the functions 
and duties of the Commission under this Act. 
(d) GENERAL COUNSEL.—The Commission shall em-
ploy a General Counsel to provide legal counsel and advice 
to the Executive Director and the Commission in the per-
formance of its functions under this Act, and to carry out 
such other functions and duties as the Commission shall 
specify. 
(e) STAFF.—The Commission shall employ such addi-
tional staff as the Commission considers appropriate to 
assist the Executive Director and the General Counsel in 
carrying out the functions and duties of the Commission 
under this Act. 
(f) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall hold its first 
meeting no later than 30 days after all members shall have 
been appointed. 
(g) COMPENSATION.—
(1) MEMBERS OF COMMISSION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 
Commission shall be compensated at a rate 
equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate 
of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Exec-
utive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 
United States Code, for each day (including 
travel time) during which such member is en-
gaged in the performance of the duties of the 
Commission. 
(B) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of 
the Commission shall be allowed travel ex-
penses, including per diem in lieu of subsist-
ence, at rates authorized for employees of agen-
cies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 
United States Code, while away from their 
homes or regular places of business in the per-
formance of services for the Commission. 
(2) EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
AND
STAFF.—The 
Commission shall fix the compensation of the Execu-
tive Director, the General Counsel, and other per-
sonnel of the Commission. The rate of pay for the 
Executive Director, the General Counsel, and other 
personnel may not exceed the rate payable for level
V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. FUNCTIONS. 
(a) PRIMARY FUNCTIONS.—The primary functions of 
the Commission are—
(1) to protect the general interests of boxers 
consistent with the provisions of this Act; and 
(2) to ensure uniformity, fairness, and integrity 
in professional boxing. 
(b) SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS.—The Commission shall—
(1) promulgate uniform standards for profes-
sional boxing in consultation with the Association of 
Boxing Commissions; 
(2) except as otherwise determined by the Com-
mission, oversee all professional boxing matches in 
the United States; 
(3) work with the boxing commissions of the 
several States and tribal organizations to improve 
the status and standards of professional boxing in 
the United States; 
(4) ensure, in cooperation with the Attorney 
General (who shall represent the Commission in any 
judicial proceeding under this Act), the chief law en-
forcement officer of the several States, and other ap-
propriate officers and agencies of Federal, State,