15 U.S.C. § 6312: Professional boxing matches…

Summary

A tribal organization may decide to regulate professional boxing matches held on its reservation. It can run the rules itself or hire a boxing commission to do it. The tribe must pass an ordinance or resolution that sets health and safety rules, licensing rules, and other requirements for those matches. Those rules must be at least as strict as either the State’s applicable standards or the most recently published recommended regulatory guidelines of the Association of Boxing Commissions. Definitions: Indian tribe — has the same meaning as in 25 U.S.C. 5304(e). Reservation — the land area where a tribe’s government has authority. Tribal organization — has the same meaning as in 25 U.S.C. 5304(l).

Title 15, §6312

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(a)Definitions

For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)Indian tribe

The term “Indian tribe” has the same meaning as in section 5304(e) of title 25.

(2)Reservation

The term “reservation” means the geographically defined area over which a tribal organization exercises governmental jurisdiction.

(3)Tribal organization

The term “tribal organization” has the same meaning as in section 5304(l) of title 25.

(b)Requirements

(1)In general

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a tribal organization of an Indian tribe may, upon the initiative of the tribal organization—

(A)regulate professional boxing matches held within the reservation under the jurisdiction of that tribal organization; and

(B)carry out that regulation or enter into a contract with a boxing commission to carry out that regulation.

(2)Standards and licensing

If a tribal organization regulates professional boxing matches pursuant to paragraph (1), the tribal organization 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—

(A)the otherwise applicable standards and requirements of a State in which the reservation is located; or

(B)the most recently published version of the recommended regulatory guidelines certified and published by the Association of Boxing Commissions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1997, see section 23 of Pub. L. 104–272, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.

§6312 Professional Boxing Matches Conducted on Indian Reservations

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Title 15, §6312

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