Sec. 3. Definitions
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Section 2 ( 15 U.S.C. 6301 ) is amended to read as follows: In this Act: The term bout agreement means a contract between a promoter and a boxer that requires the boxer to participate in a professional boxing match for a particular date. The term boxer means an individual who fights in a professional boxing match. The term boxing commission means an entity authorized under State or tribal law to regulate professional boxing matches. The term boxer registry means any entity certified by the Commission for the purposes of maintaining records and identification of boxers.
The term boxing service provider means a promoter, manager, sanctioning body, licensee, or matchmaker. The term Commission means the United States Boxing Commission. The term contract provision means any legal obligation between a boxer and a boxing service provider. The terms Indian lands and Indian tribe have the meanings given such terms in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2703 ). The term licensee means an individual who serves as a trainer, corner man, second, or cut man for a boxer.
The term manager means a person other than a promoter who, under contract, agreement, or other arrangement with a boxer, undertakes to control or administer, directly or indirectly, a boxing-related matter on behalf of that boxer, including a person who is a booking agent for a boxer. The term matchmaker means a person that proposes, selects, and arranges for boxers to participate in a professional boxing match. The term physician means a doctor of medicine legally authorized to practice medicine by the State in which the physician performs such function or action and who has training and experience in dealing with sports injuries, particularly head trauma.
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term professional boxing match means a boxing contest held in the United States between individuals for financial compensation. The term professional boxing match does not include a boxing contest that is regulated by a duly recognized amateur sports organization, as approved by the Commission. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term promoter means the person primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing a professional boxing match.
The term promoter does not include a hotel, casino, resort, or other commercial establishment hosting or sponsoring a professional boxing match unless— the hotel, casino, resort, or other commercial establishment is primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing the match; and there is no other person primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing the match. The term promotional agreement means a contract, for the acquisition of rights relating to a boxer's participation in a professional boxing match or series of boxing matches (including the right to sell, distribute, exhibit, or license the match or matches), with— the boxer who is to participate in the match or matches; or the nominee of a boxer who is to participate in the match or matches, or the nominee is an entity that is owned, controlled or held in trust for the boxer unless that nominee or entity is a licensed promoter who is conveying a portion of the rights previously acquired.
The term State means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States, including the Virgin Islands. The term sanctioning organization means an organization, other than a boxing commission, that sanctions professional boxing matches, ranks professional boxers, or charges a sanctioning fee for professional boxing matches in the United States— between boxers who are residents of different States; or that are advertised, otherwise promoted, or broadcast (including closed circuit television) in interstate commerce.
The term suspension includes within its meaning the temporary revocation of a boxing license. The term tribal organization has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 450b ). . Section 21 ( 15 U.S.C. 6312 ) is amended to read as follows: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a tribal organization may establish a boxing commission to regulate professional boxing matches held on Indian land under the jurisdiction of that tribal organization.
A tribal organization that establishes a boxing commission 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— the otherwise applicable requirements of the State in which the Indian land on which the professional boxing match is held is located; or the guidelines established by the United States Boxing Commission.
The provisions of this Act apply to professional boxing matches held on tribal lands to the same extent and in the same way as they apply to professional boxing matches held in any State. .
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