Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1281
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2003-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Advice and consent of the Senate
Ambulances
Athletes
Boxing
Bribery
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Communicable diseases
Confidential communications
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Contracts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Data banks
Department of Labor
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Executive compensation
Executive reorganization
Extortion
Federal officials
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health
Health information systems
Identification devices
Indian lands
Injunctions
Intellectual property
Internet
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Local laws
Medical personnel
Medical records
Medical supplies
Minorities
Native Americans
Occupational health and safety
Organized crime
Parties to actions
Physical examinations
Physicians
Presidential appointments
Prosecution
Restrictive trade practices
Right of privacy
Salaries
Science, Technology, Communications
Self-incrimination
Sports agents
Standards
State laws
Subpoena
Surety and fidelity
Trademarks
Transfer of employees
Transportation and Public Works
Web sites
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to: (1) authorize a tribal organization to establish a boxing commission to regulate professional matches on Indian land and to implement professional boxing requirements at least as restrictive as the State's requirements or United States Boxing Administration (USBA) guidelines; (2) prohibit any person from arranging, promoting, organizing, producing, or fighting in a match within the United States unless the match is approved by the USBA and supervised by the Association of Boxing Commission (ABC); (3) require pre-fight physical examinations to test for infectious diseases and to require the presence during any match of an ambulance and emergency medical personnel with resuscitation equipment; (4) require a boxing commission to make a health and safety disclosure to a boxer when issuing an identification card and to establish procedures for review of a summary suspension when a hearing is requested which provide an opportunity for a person to present evidence; (5) require USBA to develop guidelines for boxing contracting requirements and for rating professional boxers; (6) require the sanctioning organization for a match and its promoter to disclose charges, fees, and contractual agreements within seven days of a match of 10 rounds or more; (7) prohibit a promoter from arranging a championship match or a match scheduled for 10 rounds or more unless all participating judges and referees have been licensed by USBA; (8) require USBA to maintain a comprehensive medical registry for every licensed boxer; and (9) apply conflict-of-interest provisions to USBA officers and employees.
Establishes USBA as an administration of the Department of Labor to: (1) protect the health, safety, and general interests of boxers and to ensure uniformity, fairness, and integrity in professional boxing; (2) establish standards for, and issue, suspend, and revoke, boxing licenses; and (3) maintain a national computerized registry of boxing personnel.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2003-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: 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 consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: 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 consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: 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 consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House