§ 6305. — Registration.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC6305]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 89--PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY
Sec. 6305. Registration
(a) Requirements
Each boxer shall register with--
(1) the boxing commission of the State in which such boxer
resides; or
(2) in the case of a boxer who is a resident of a foreign
country, or a State in which there is no boxing commission, the
boxing commission of any State that has such a commission.
(b) Identification card
(1) Issuance
A boxing commission shall issue to each professional boxer who
registers in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, an
identification card that contains each of the following:
(A) A recent photograph of the boxer.
(B) The social security number of the boxer (or, in the case
of a foreign boxer, any similar citizen identification number or
professional boxer number from the country of residence of the
boxer).
(C) A personal identification number assigned to the boxer
by a boxing registry.
(2) Renewal
Each professional boxer shall renew his or her identification
card at least once every 4 years.
(3) Presentation
Each professional boxer shall present his or her identification
card to the appropriate boxing commission not later than the time of
the weigh-in for a professional boxing match.
(c) Health and safety disclosures
It is the sense of the Congress that a boxing commission should,
upon issuing an identification card to a boxer under subsection (b)(1)
of this section, make a health and safety disclosure to that boxer as
that commission considers appropriate. The health and safety disclosure
should include the health and safety risks associated with boxing, and,
in particular, the risk and frequency of brain injury and the
advisability that a boxer periodically undergo medical procedures
designed to detect brain injury.
(Pub. L. 104-272, Sec. 6, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3310; Pub. L. 106-210,
Sec. 7(c), (f), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 328.)
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 106-210, Sec. 7(c), substituted ``4
years'' for ``2 years''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-210, Sec. 7(f), added subsec. (c).
