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[CITE: 36USC220505]

 
     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. 220505. Powers

    (a) Constitution and Bylaws.--The corporation shall adopt a 
constitution and bylaws. The corporation may amend its constitution only 
if the corporation--
        (1) publishes, in its principal publication, a notice of the 
    proposed amendment, including--
            (A) the substantive terms of the amendment;
            (B) the time and place of the corporation's regular meeting 
        at which adoption of the amendment is to be decided; and
            (C) a provision informing interested persons that they may 
        submit materials as authorized in clause (2) of this subsection; 
        and

        (2) gives all interested persons an opportunity to submit 
    written comments and information for at least 60 days after 
    publication of notice of the proposed amendment and before adoption 
    of the amendment.

    (b) General Corporate Powers.--The corporation may--
        (1) adopt and alter a corporate seal;
        (2) establish and maintain offices to conduct the affairs of the 
    corporation;
        (3) make contracts;
        (4) accept gifts, legacies, and devises in furtherance of its 
    corporate purposes;
        (5) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as 
    necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation;
        (6) borrow money, issue instruments of indebtedness, and secure 
    its obligations by granting security interests in its property;
        (7) publish a magazine, newspaper, and other publications 
    consistent with its corporate purposes;
        (8) approve and revoke membership in the corporation;
        (9) sue and be sued, except that any civil action brought in a 
    State court against the corporation and solely relating to the 
    corporation's responsibilities under this Act \1\ shall be removed, 
    at the request of the corporation, to the district court of the 
    United States in the district in which the action was brought, and 
    such district court shall have original jurisdiction over the action 
    without regard to the amount in controversy or citizenship of the 
    parties involved, and except that neither this paragraph nor any 
    other provision of this chapter shall create a private right of 
    action under this chapter; and
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``chapter''.
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        (10) do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the 
    purposes of the corporation.

    (c) Powers Related to Amateur Athletics and the Olympic Games.--The 
corporation may--
        (1) serve as the coordinating body for amateur athletic activity 
    in the United States directly related to international amateur 
    athletic competition;
        (2) represent the United States as its national Olympic 
    committee in relations with the International Olympic Committee and 
    the Pan-American Sports Organization and as its national Paralympic 
    committee in relations with the International Paralympic Committee;
        (3) organize, finance, and control the representation of the 
    United States in the competitions and events of the Olympic Games, 
    the Paralympic Games, and the Pan-American Games, and obtain, 
    directly or by delegation to the appropriate national governing 
    body, amateur representation for those games;
        (4) recognize eligible amateur sports organizations as national 
    governing bodies for any sport that is included on the program of 
    the Olympic Games or the Pan-American Games, or as paralympic sports 
    organizations for any sport that is included on the program of the 
    Paralympic Games;
        (5) facilitate, through orderly and effective administrative 
    procedures, the resolution of conflicts or disputes that involve any 
    of its members and any amateur athlete, coach, trainer, manager, 
    administrator, official, national governing body, or amateur sports 
    organization and that arise in connection with their eligibility for 
    and participation in the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the 
    Pan-American Games, world championship competition, the Pan-American 
    world championship competition, or other protected competition as 
    defined in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation; and
        (6) provide financial assistance to any organization or 
    association, except a corporation organized for profit, in 
    furtherance of the purposes of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1468; Pub. L. 105-277, div. 
C, title I, Sec. 142(f), 112 Stat. 2681-604.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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220505(a).............................  36:375(b).                       Sept. 
21, 1950, ch. 975, title I, Secs.
                                                                          105 (
less (a) (words before cl. (1)
                                                                          relat
ed to perpetual succession)),
                                                                          109, 
as added Nov. 8, 1978, Pub. L. 95-
                                                                          606, 
Sec.  1(b), 92 Stat. 3047, 3048.
220505(b).............................  36:375(a) (words before cl. (1)
                                         less perpetual succession),
                                         (6)-(10), (12)-(16).
                                        36:379.
220505(c).............................  36:375(a) (words before cl. (1)
                                         less perpetual succession),
                                         (1)-(5), (11).
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    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ``not inconsistent 
with the laws of the United States or of any State'' are omitted as 
unnecessary. In clause (1), the word ``amendment'' is substituted for 
``alteration'' for consistency. Before subclause (A), the word 
``general'' is omitted as unnecessary. In subclause (B), the words 
``adoption of the amendment'' are substituted for ``the alteration'' for 
clarity. In clause (2), the word ``comments'' is substituted for 
``views, or arguments'' to omit unnecessary words. The words ``a period 
of'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In subsection (b), the text of 36:379 is omitted as executed and 
obsolete. In clause (4), the word ``devises'' is substituted for 
``devices'' to use standard contemporary spelling. In clause (5), the 
words ``acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer'' are substituted 
for ``acquire, hold, and dispose of'' for consistency in the revised 
title. The words ``real and personal'' and ``may be'' are omitted as 
unnecessary. The words ``to carry out the purposes of the corporation'' 
are substituted for ``for its corporate purposes'' for consistency in 
the revised title. In clause (6), the words ``to carry out its corporate 
purposes'' are omitted as unnecessary and for consistency in the revised 
title. The words ``issue instruments of indebtedness, and secure its 
obligations by granting security interests in its property'' are 
substituted for ``issue notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness 
therefor, and secure the same by mortgage'' for consistency in the 
revised title. The words ``subject in each case to the laws of the 
United States or of any State'' are omitted as unnecessary.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (b)(9). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 142(f)(1), substituted 
``sued, except that any civil action brought in a State court against 
the corporation and solely relating to the corporation's 
responsibilities under this Act shall be removed, at the request of the 
corporation, to the district court of the United States in the district 
in which the action was brought, and such district court shall have 
original jurisdiction over the action without regard to the amount in 
controversy or citizenship of the parties involved, and except that 
neither this paragraph nor any other provision of this chapter shall 
create a private right of action under this chapter; and'' for ``sued; 
and''.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 142(f)(2)(A), substituted 
``Organization and as its national Paralympic committee in relations 
with the International Paralympic Committee;'' for ``Organization''.
    Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 142(f)(2)(B), substituted 
``Games, the Paralympic Games, and'' for ``Games and of''.
    Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 142(f)(2)(C), substituted 
``Games, or as paralympic sports organizations for any sport that is 
included on the program of the Paralympic Games;'' for ``Games;''.
    Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 142(f)(2)(D), substituted 
``Games, the Paralympic Games, the Pan-American Games, world 
championship competition,'' for ``Games,''.
