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[CITE: 36USC220529]

 
     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. 220529. Arbitration of corporation determinations

    (a) Right to Review.--A party aggrieved by a determination of the 
corporation under section 220527 or 220528 of this title may obtain 
review by any regional office of the American Arbitration Association.
    (b) Procedure.--(1) A demand for arbitration must be submitted 
within 30 days after the determination of the corporation.
    (2) On receipt of a demand for arbitration, the Association shall 
serve notice on the parties to the arbitration and on the corporation, 
and shall immediately proceed with arbitration according to the 
commercial rules of the Association in effect at the time the demand is 
filed, except that--
        (A) the arbitration panel shall consist of at least 3 
    arbitrators, unless the parties to the proceeding agree to a lesser 
    number;
        (B) the arbitration hearing shall take place at a site selected 
    by the Association, unless the parties to the proceeding agree to 
    the use of another site; and
        (C) the arbitration hearing shall be open to the public.

    (3) A decision by the arbitrators shall be by majority vote unless 
the concurrence of all arbitrators is expressly required by the 
contesting parties.
    (4) Each party may be represented by counsel or by any other 
authorized representative at the arbitration proceeding.
    (5) The parties may offer any evidence they desire and shall produce 
any additional evidence the arbitrators believe is necessary to an 
understanding and determination of the dispute. The arbitrators shall be 
the sole judges of the relevancy and materiality of the evidence 
offered. Conformity to legal rules of evidence is not necessary.
    (c) Settlement.--The arbitrators may settle a dispute arising under 
this chapter before making a final award, if agreed to by the parties 
and achieved in a manner not inconsistent with the constitution and 
bylaws of the corporation.
    (d) Binding Nature of Decision.--Final decision of the arbitrators 
is binding on the parties if the award is not inconsistent with the 
constitution and bylaws of the corporation.
    (e) Reopening Hearings.--(1) At any time before a final decision is 
made, the hearings may be reopened by the arbitrators on their own 
motion or on the motion of a party.
    (2) If the reopening is based on the motion of a party, and if the 
reopening would result in the arbitrators' decision being delayed beyond 
the specific period agreed to at the beginning of the arbitration 
proceedings, all parties to the decision must agree to reopen the 
hearings.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1478.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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220529(a).............................  36:395(c)(1) (1st sentence).     Sept. 
21, 1950, ch. 975, title II, Sec.
                                                                           205(
c), as added Nov. 8, 1978, Pub.
                                                                          L. 95
-606, Sec.  2, 92 Stat. 3057.
220529(b)(1)..........................  36:395(c)(1) (2d sentence).
220529(b)(2)..........................  36:395(c)(1) (last sentence).
220529(b)(3)..........................  36:395(c)(4).
220529(b)(4)..........................  36:395(c)(3) (1st sentence).
220529(b)(5)..........................  36:395(c)(3) (2d, last
                                         sentences).
220529(c).............................  36:395(c)(2).
220529(d).............................  36:395(c)(5).
220529(e).............................  36:395(c)(6).
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    In subsection (a), the reference to 36:391(c) is omitted because 
36:391(c) is omitted as executed. See the revision note for section 
220522 of the revised title. The words ``may obtain review by'' are 
substituted for ``The right to review . . . shall be to'' for clarity.
    In subsection (b)(2)(A) and (B), the word ``mutually'' is omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In subsection (b)(4), the word ``duly'' is omitted as unnecessary.
    In subsection (c), the words ``in any arbitration'', ``the 
provisions of'', ``mutually'', and ``to the proceeding'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In subsection (d), the word ``involved'' is omitted as unnecessary.
    In subsection (e), the word ``contesting'' is omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In subsection (e)(2), the words ``the reopening is based on the 
motion of a party'' are substituted for ``any contesting party makes 
such a motion'' for clarity.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 220522 of this title.
