2015 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade (Sections 1 - 8405)
Chapter 89 - Professional Boxing Safety (Sections 6301 - 6313)
Sec. 6312 - Professional boxing matches conducted on Indian reservations
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 89 - PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY Sec. 6312 - Professional boxing matches conducted on Indian reservations |
| Contains | section 6312 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 104-272, §21, formerly §13, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3313; renumbered §21, Pub. L. 106-210, §4(1), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 322. |
| Statutes at Large References | 110 Stat. 3313 114 Stat. 322 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 104-272, Public Law 106-210 |
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For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) Indian tribeThe term "Indian tribe" has the same meaning as in section 450b(e) of title 25.
(2) ReservationThe term "reservation" means the geographically defined area over which a tribal organization exercises governmental jurisdiction.
(3) Tribal organizationThe term "tribal organization" has the same meaning as in section 450b(l) of title 25.
(b) Requirements(1) In generalNotwithstanding any other provision of law, a tribal organization of an Indian tribe may, upon the initiative of the tribal organization—
(A) regulate professional boxing matches held within the reservation under the jurisdiction of that tribal organization; and
(B) carry out that regulation or enter into a contract with a boxing commission to carry out that regulation.
(2) Standards and licensingIf a tribal organization regulates professional boxing matches pursuant to paragraph (1), the tribal organization shall, by tribal ordinance or resolution, establish and provide for the implementation of health and safety standards, licensing requirements, and other requirements relating to the conduct of professional boxing matches that are at least as restrictive as—
(A) the otherwise applicable standards and requirements of a State in which the reservation is located; or
(B) the most recently published version of the recommended regulatory guidelines certified and published by the Association of Boxing Commissions.
(Pub. L. 104–272, §21, formerly §13, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3313; renumbered §21, Pub. L. 106–210, §4(1), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 322.)
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