Sec. 4. Expansion of authorities and duties of amateur sports organizations recognized by the United States Olympic Committee to prevent the abuse of minor and amateur athletes
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Section 220523(a) of title 36, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (6), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in paragraph (7), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: develop training, oversight practices, policies, and procedures to prevent the abuse, including physical abuse and sexual abuse, of any minor or amateur athlete by any adult. . Section 220524 of such title is amended— in paragraph (8), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in paragraph (9), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: develop and enforce policies, mechanisms, and procedures to prevent the abuse, including physical abuse and sexual abuse, of any minor or amateur athlete, including— requiring all members of the national governing body or a facility under the jurisdiction of the national governing body and adults authorized by such members to interact with minor or amateur athletes, to immediately report all allegations of sexual abuse to law enforcement authorities and other appropriate authorities whenever such members or adults learn of facts leading them to reasonably suspect that a minor or amateur athlete has suffered an incident of sexual abuse; establishing a mechanism, approved by a trained expert on child abuse, that allows a complainant to easily report an incident of sexual abuse committed by a member or adult described in subparagraph
(A)to interact with a minor or amateur athlete, to the national governing body or another authority; procedures to ensure that each amateur athlete who is a minor is prevented from being in a one-on-one situation with an adult (who is not the minor’s legal guardian) at a facility under the jurisdiction of the national governing body without being in an observable and interruptible distance from another adult; and oversight procedures, including regular and random audits conducted by subject matter experts unaffiliated with the national governing body, of all members and adults described in subparagraph
(A)to ensure that policies and procedures developed under this paragraph are followed correctly and that consistent training is offered and given to all members regarding prevention of sexual abuse; and in the case of a national governing body with jurisdiction over more than one athletic facility, establish a mechanism by which— the national governing body can— receive a report from one of such facilities regarding a case in which an adult authorized by the facility to interact with a minor or amateur athlete at such facility is expelled from or leaves such facility for sexual misconduct, including because of a mere allegation of sexual misconduct; and share a report received under subparagraph
(A)with each of the other athletic facilities under the jurisdiction of the national governing body; and an athletic facility under the jurisdiction of the national governing body can— review the reports received by the national governing body under subparagraph (A)(i) to assess any allegations of sexual misconduct made in such reports; and withhold providing to an adult who is the subject of an allegation of sexual misconduct in a report reviewed under clause
(i)authority to interact with a minor or amateur athlete at such facility until such time as the facility determines that there is no risk to a minor or amateur athlete at such facility. . Section 220522 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: Nothing in paragraph
(a)shall be construed to limit the ability of a national governing body to develop a policy or procedure to prevent an individual who is the subject of an allegation of sexual misconduct from interacting with a minor or amateur athlete until such time as the national governing body, or any person under the jurisdiction of the national governing body, determines that there is no risk to the minor or amateur athlete by allowing the individual to interact with the minor or amateur athlete. .