§6312 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

A tribal organization may regulate professional boxing matches on its reservation. It can run the rules itself or hire a boxing commission. If it does regulate, the tribal government must pass an ordinance or resolution that sets and enforces health and safety rules, licensing, and other requirements. Those rules must be at least as strict as either the State rules that would apply or the latest recommended guidelines from the Association of Boxing Commissions. Indian tribe — the federal legal meaning of a tribe. Reservation — the land area where a tribal government has authority. Tribal organization — the tribal government entity.

Title 15, §6312

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

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

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

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

(b)(1)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)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.

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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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