SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE RULES COMMITTEE ON H.R. 1065 – UNITED STATES BOXING COMMISSION ACT

(in alphabetical order)

SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS

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Filner #3
Requires the Boxing Commission to establish guidelines for rating boxers; these guidelines must be followed by organizations that sanction boxing events.

Filner #4
Adds additional protections for professional boxers by also requiring the Boxing Commission to: (1) require a copy of any contract for a boxing match; (2) establish minimum standards for the availability of medical services at professional boxing matches; (3) encourage a life, accident, and health insurance fund for professional boxers and other members of the professional boxing community; (4) conduct discussions and enter into agreements with foreign boxing entities on methods of applying minimum health standards to foreign boxing events and foreign boxers, trainers, cut men, referees, ringside physicians, and other professional boxing personnel.

Flake #2
Strikes all after the enacting clause and expresses the sense of Congress that the Federal government should not establish a commission funded by taxpayer dollars to monitor the boxing industry. REVISED

Sodrel #1
Requires the costs of the Commission to be borne by the boxing industry, rather than the taxpayer, through licensing fees.

Sodrel #6
Specifies that funds sufficient for the operation of the Commission and administration of the Act are to be raised through licensing fees.

Stearns #5
Manager’s Amendment. Clarifies that fees authorized to be collected shall be available to fund the operations of the Commission and the administration of the Act. Also clarifies that offsetting collections are available to the Commission subject to appropriation.