Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73

§220513 Annual amateur athlete survey

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 › § 220513

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each year the corporation must hire an outside group to run an anonymous questionnaire of amateur athletes who are currently competing. The survey asks how satisfied athletes are with the corporation and their national governing body and asks about conduct, culture, and any issues around sexual harassment and abuse. The contract must require the survey to be developed with the Center. If the corporation or a national governing body tries to interfere with or bias the survey, that must be reported to Congress right away. The corporation must post the survey results on its website for the public to see.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §220513

Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Not less frequently than annually, the corporation shall cause an independent third-party organization, under contract, to conduct an anonymous survey of amateur athletes who are actively engaged in amateur athletic competition with respect to—

(1)their satisfaction with the corporation and the applicable national governing body; and

(2)the behaviors, attitudes, and feelings within the corporation and the applicable national governing body relating to sexual harassment and abuse.

(b)A contract under subsection (a) shall require the independent third-party organization to develop the survey in consultation with the Center.

(c)If the corporation or a national governing body makes any effort to undermine the independence of, introduce bias into, or otherwise influence a survey under subsection (a), such activity shall be reported immediately to Congress.

(d)The corporation shall make the results of each such survey available to the public on an internet website of the corporation.

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 220513

Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73