S. 275: Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2004

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S. 275: Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2004

108th Congress · introduced 2003-02-04 · Sports and Recreation · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2004

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Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to: (1) authorize a tribal organization to establish a boxing commission to regulate professional boxing matches held on Indian land; (2) prohibit any person from arranging, promoting, organizing, producing, or fighting in a match within the United States unless the match is approved by the United States Boxing Administration (USBA) (established under this Act) and supervised by the Association of Boxing Commission (ABC); (3) require pre-fight boxer physical examinations to include testing for infectious diseases and to require the continuous on-site presence during any match of an ambulance and emergency medical personnel with resuscitation equipment; (4) provide for boxing registration with the appropriate boxing commission of an Indian tribe; (5) require a boxing commission to make a health and safety disclosure to a boxer when issuing an identification card and to establish procedures for review of a summary suspension when a hearing is requested which provides an opportunity for a person to present evidence; (6) require USBA (currently ABC) to develop guidelines for boxing contracting requirements and for rating professional boxers; (7) require the sanctioning organization for a match and its promoter to provide disclosures of charges, fees, and contractual agreements within seven days of a match of 10 rounds or more; (8) prohibit a promoter from arranging a championship match or a match scheduled for 10 rounds or more unless all participating judges and referees have been licensed by USBA; (9) require USBA to establish and maintain a registry of comprehensive medical records and medical denials or suspensions for every licensed boxer; and (10) apply conflict-of-interest provisions to USBA officers and employees. Establishes USBA as an administration of the Department of Labor to: (1) protect the health, safety, and general interests of boxers and to ensure uniformity, fairness, and integrity in professional boxing; (2) establish standards for, and issue, suspend, and revoke, boxing licenses; and (3) maintain a national computerized registry of boxing personnel, including managers, promoters, and sanctioning organizations.

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Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 275, Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2003 (2003-03-21); CBO cost estimate: S. 275, Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2003 (2003-03-21)

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• Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s275.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>

Record fed-us-cong108-s275 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108