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[CITE: 15USC6312]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                 CHAPTER 89--PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY
 
Sec. 6312. Professional boxing matches conducted on Indian 
        reservations
        

(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 
    450b(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 450b(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.

(Pub. L. 104-272, Sec. 21, formerly Sec. 13, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3313; renumbered Sec. 21, Pub. L. 106-210, Sec. 4(1), May 26, 2000, 114 
Stat. 322.)
