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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 6931
To amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to provide additional
safety standards for professional boxing.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 19, 2020
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
Labor, 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 com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to
provide additional safety standards for professional boxing.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Professional Boxing
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Safety Enhancement Act of 2020’’.
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SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS.
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Section 5 of the Professional Boxing Safety Act of
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1996 (15 U.S.C. 6304) is amended—
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(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
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striking ‘‘or an alternative requirement in effect
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under regulations of a boxing commission that pro-
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vides equivalent protection of the health and safety
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of boxers’’;
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(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
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paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and
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(3) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
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following:
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‘‘(2) A boxer shall provide with the application
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for a license or for renewal of the license an original
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or certified copy of the results of medical tests
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which—
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‘‘(A) were performed by a laboratory dur-
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ing the calendar year for which the license is
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being issued or no earlier than 30 days before
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the date on which the application is submitted;
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‘‘(B) show that the boxer is not infected
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with the human immunodeficiency virus; and
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‘‘(C) show that the boxer is not infected
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with the hepatitis virus.
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‘‘(3) An ambulance continuously present on
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site.
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‘‘(4) Emergency medical personnel with appro-
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priate resuscitation equipment continuously present
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on site.’’.
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