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[CITE: 36USC220501]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
              CHAPTER 2205--UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
 
                        SUBCHAPTER I--CORPORATION
 
Sec. 220501. Title and Definitions

    (a) Title.--This chapter may be cited as the ``Ted Stevens Olympic 
and Amateur Sports Act''.
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this chapter--
        (1) ``amateur athlete'' means an athlete who meets the 
    eligibility standards established by the national governing body or 
    paralympic sports organization for the sport in which the athlete 
    competes.
        (2) ``amateur athletic competition'' means a contest, game, 
    meet, match, tournament, regatta, or other event in which amateur 
    athletes compete.
        (3) ``amateur sports organization'' means a not-for-profit 
    corporation, association, or other group organized in the United 
    States that sponsors or arranges an amateur athletic competition.
        (4) ``corporation'' means the United States Olympic Committee.
        (5) ``international amateur athletic competition'' means an 
    amateur athletic competition between one or more athletes 
    representing the United States, individually or as a team, and one 
    or more athletes representing a foreign country.
        (6) ``national governing body'' means an amateur sports 
    organization that is recognized by the corporation under section 
    220521 of this title.
        (7) ``paralympic sports organization'' means an amateur sports 
    organization which is recognized by the corporation under section 
    220521 of this title.
        (8) ``sanction'' means a certificate of approval issued by a 
    national governing body.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1466; Pub. L. 105-277, div. 
C, title I, Sec. 142(b)(2), (c), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-603.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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220501................................  36:373.                          Sept. 
21, 1950, ch. 975, title I, Sec.
                                                                          103, 
as added Nov. 8, 1978, Pub. L. 95-
                                                                          606, 
Sec.  1(b), 92 Stat. 3045.
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    In clause (3), the words ``club, federation, union'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In clause (5), the words ``one or more athletes'' are substituted 
for ``any athlete or athletes'' and for ``any athletic or athletes'' for 
clarity and to correct a grammatical error.
    In clause (6), a reference to section 220522 (restating 36:391(b) 
and (c)) is unnecessary because section 220521 incorporates the 
eligibility requirements of section 220522.


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 142(b)(2)(A), substituted ``Title and 
Definitions'' for ``Definitions'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 142(b)(2)(B), added subsec. (a).
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 142(b)(2)(C), designated existing 
provisions as subsec. (b) and inserted heading.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 142(c)(1), inserted ``or 
paralympic sports organization'' after ``national governing body''.
    Subsec. (b)(7), (8). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 142(c)(2), (3), added 
par. (7) and redesignated former par. (7) as (8).


   Report to Congress on Effectiveness of Chapter and Proposed Changes

    Pub. L. 105-277, div. C, title I, Sec. 142(q), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2681-609, provided that: ``Five years from the date of the 
enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1998], the United States Olympic 
Committee shall submit a special report to the Congress on the 
effectiveness of the provisions of chapter 2205 of title 36, United 
States Code, as amended by this Act, together with any additional 
proposed changes to that chapter the United States Olympic Committee 
determines are appropriate.''
