Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73
§220512 Complete teams
Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Patriotic and National Organizations › Part Part B— - Organizations › Chapter CHAPTER 2205— - UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - CORPORATION › § 220512
Summary
For Olympic, Paralympic, Pan‑American, or Parapan American events, the corporation may, directly or by delegating to national governing bodies, choose athletes who lack its eligibility when eligible athletes are too few, and it may decline even if a team remains incomplete.
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Title 36, §220512
Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
In obtaining representation for the United States in each competition and event of the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Pan-American Games, and Parapan American Games, the corporation, either directly or by delegation to the appropriate national governing body, may select, but is not obligated to select (even if not selecting will result in an incomplete team for an event), athletes who have not met the eligibility standard of the national governing body and the corporation when the number of athletes who have met the eligibility standards of such entities is insufficient to fill the roster for an event.
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2020—Pub. L. 116–189 substituted “Pan-American Games, and Parapan American Games” for “and Pan-American Games” and struck out “or paralympic sports organization” after “appropriate national governing body”. 2006—Pub. L. 109–284 substituted “and the corporation” for “and the Corporation”.
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Citation
36 U.S.C. § 220512
Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73