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[CITE: 36USC220521]

 
     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 II--NATIONAL GOVERNING BODIES
 
Sec. 220521. Recognition of amateur sports organizations as 
        national governing bodies
        
    (a) General Authority.--For any sport which is included on the 
program of the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, or the Pan-American 
Games, the corporation is authorized to recognize as a national 
governing body (in the case of a sport on the program of the Olympic 
Games or Pan-American Games) or as a paralympic sports organization (in 
the case of a sport on the program of the Paralympic Games for which a 
national governing body has not been designated under section 220522(b)) 
an amateur sports organization which files an application and is 
eligible for such recognition in accordance with the provisions of 
subsections \1\ (a) or (b) of section 220522. The corporation may 
recognize only one national governing body for each sport for which an 
application is made and approved, except as provided in section 
220522(b) with respect to a paralympic sports organization.
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    (b) Public Hearing.--Before recognizing an organization as a 
national governing body, the corporation shall hold at least 2 public 
hearings on the application. The corporation shall publish notice of the 
time, place, and nature of the hearings. Publication shall be made in a 
regular issue of the corporation's principal publication at least 30 
days, but not more than 60 days, before the date of the hearings. The 
corporation shall send written notice, which shall include a copy of the 
application, at least 30 days prior to the date of any such public 
hearing to all amateur sports organizations known to the corporation in 
that sport.
    (c) Recommendation to International Sports Federation.--Within 61 
days after recognizing an organization as a national governing body, the 
corporation shall recommend and support in any appropriate manner the 
national governing body to the appropriate international sports 
federation as the representative of the United States for that sport.
    (d) Review of Recognition.--The corporation may review all matters 
related to the continued recognition of an organization as a national 
governing body and may take action it considers appropriate, including 
placing conditions on the continued recognition.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1471; Pub. L. 105-277, div. 
C, title I, Sec. 142(l), 112 Stat. 2681-607.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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220521(a).............................  36:391(a) (1st, 2d sentences).   Sept. 
21, 1950, ch. 975, title II,
                                                                          Secs.
  201(a), (d), 204, 205(b)(5), as
                                                                          added
 Nov. 8, 1978, Pub. L. 95-606,
                                                                          Sec. 
 2, 92 Stat. 3050, 3052, 3055,
                                                                          3057.
220521(b).............................  36:391(a) (3d-last sentences).
220521(c).............................  36:391(d).
                                        36:395(b)(5).
220521(d).............................  36:394.
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    In subsection (b), the words ``under the authority granted under 
this subchapter and in accordance with the procedures and requirements 
of this section'' are omitted as unnecessary. The words ``public 
hearing'' are substituted for ``hearing open to the public'', and the 
words ``for such recognition'' are omitted, to eliminate unnecessary 
words.
    In subsection (c), the words ``in accordance with subsection (a) of 
this section'' in 36:391(d) and ``in accordance with this subsection'' 
in 36:395(b)(5) are omitted as unnecessary.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 142(l)(1), inserted first 
sentence and struck out former first sentence which read as follows: 
``For any sport that is included on the program of the Olympic Games or 
the Pan-American Games, the corporation may recognize as a national 
governing body an amateur sports organization that files an application 
and is eligible under section 220522 of this title.''
    Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 142(l)(2), substituted ``approved, except as 
provided in section 220522(b) with respect to a paralympic sports 
organization.'' for ``approved.''
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 142(l)(3)-(5), substituted ``hold 
at least 2 public hearings'' for ``hold a public hearing'', substituted 
``hearings.'' for ``hearing.'' in two places, and inserted at end ``The 
corporation shall send written notice, which shall include a copy of the 
application, at least 30 days prior to the date of any such public 
hearing to all amateur sports organizations known to the corporation in 
that sport.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 220501, 220504 of this 
title.
