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[CITE: 36USC220527]

 
     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. 220527. Complaints against national governing bodies

    (a) General.--(1) An amateur sports organization or person that 
belongs to or is eligible to belong to a national governing body may 
seek to compel the national governing body to comply with sections 
220522, 220524, and 220525 of this title by filing a written complaint 
with the corporation. A copy of the complaint shall be served on the 
national governing body.
    (2) The corporation shall establish procedures for the filing and 
disposition of complaints under this section.
    (b) Exhaustion of Remedies.--(1) An organization or person may file 
a complaint under subsection (a) of this section only after exhausting 
all available remedies within the national governing body for correcting 
deficiencies, unless it can be shown by clear and convincing evidence 
that those remedies would have resulted in unnecessary delay.
    (2) Within 30 days after a complaint is filed, the corporation shall 
decide whether the organization or person has exhausted all available 
remedies as required by paragraph (1) of this subsection. If the 
corporation determines that the remedies have not been exhausted, it may 
direct that the remedies be pursued before the corporation considers the 
complaint further.
    (c) Hearings.--If the corporation decides that all available 
remedies have been exhausted as required by subsection (b)(1) of this 
section, it shall hold a hearing, within 90 days after the complaint is 
filed, to receive testimony to decide whether the national governing 
body is complying with sections 220522, 220524, and 220525 of this 
title.
    (d) Disposition of Complaint.--(1) If the corporation decides, as a 
result of the hearing, that the national governing body is complying 
with sections 220522, 220524, and 220525 of this title, it shall so 
notify the complainant and the national governing body.
    (2) If the corporation decides, as a result of the hearing, that the 
national governing body is not complying with sections 220522, 220524, 
and 220525 of this title, it shall--
        (A) place the national governing body on probation for a 
    specified period of time, not to exceed 180 days, which the 
    corporation considers necessary to enable the national governing 
    body to comply with those sections; or
        (B) revoke the recognition of the national governing body.

    (3) If the corporation places a national governing body on probation 
under paragraph (2) of this subsection, it may extend the probationary 
period if the national governing body has proven by clear and convincing 
evidence that, through no fault of its own, it needs additional time to 
comply with sections 220522, 220524, and 220525 of this title. If, at 
the end of the period allowed by the corporation, the national governing 
body has not complied with those sections, the corporation shall revoke 
the recognition of the national governing body.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1476.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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220527(a)(1)..........................  36:395(a)(1) (1st, last          Sept. 
21, 1950, ch. 975, title II, Sec.
                                         sentences).                       205(
a), as added Nov. 8, 1978, Pub.
                                                                          L. 95
-606, Sec.  2, 92 Stat. 3055.
220527(a)(2)..........................  36:395(a)(1) (3d sentence).
220527(b)(1)..........................  36:395(a)(1) (2d sentence).
220527(b)(2)..........................  36:395(a)(2).
220527(c).............................  36:395(a)(3)(A).
220527(d).............................  36:395(a)(3)(B)-(D).
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    In subsection (b)(2), the words ``or person'' are added for clarity 
and consistency in the section. The words ``all available remedies'' are 
substituted for ``its remedies'' for consistency with subsection (b)(1) 
of this section. The words ``within the applicable national governing 
body'' are omitted as unnecessary.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 220529 of this title.
