HR 1281 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 13, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Peter T. King R-NY

Latest action · Apr 14, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 13, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 20, 2004 to May 4, 2004.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Apr 20, 2004
R-NE	Tom Osborne		May 4, 2004

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Mar 13, 2003
	Workforce Protections Subcommittee	Referred Apr 14, 2003
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Mar 13, 2003
	Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee	Referred Mar 24, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 14, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Mar 24, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 13, 2003Introduced in House
Mar 13, 2003Referred 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 108-127	EXAMINING PROFESSIONAL BOXING: ARE FURTHER REFORMS NEEDED?56 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Sep 9, 2004

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996, and to establish the United States Boxing Administration.
Short Titles as Introduced: Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Sports and Recreation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 13, 2003Introduced in House

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