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36 U.S.C. § 220503 — Purposes

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-225 to r/title-36-PATRIOTIC-AND-NATIONAL-OBSERVANCES-CEREMONIES-AND-ORGANIZATIONS · 464 words · no verdicts yet

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This section lists the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee's purposes: representing the U.S. in the Olympic and Paralympic Games, promoting amateur athletics, and resolving athlete disputes. It also covers supporting underrepresented athletes, developing and providing access to facilities, assisting research, and keeping sports free from abuse.

The purposes of the corporation are—
(1) to set national goals for amateur athletic activities and encourage reaching those goals;
(2) to coordinate and develop amateur athletic activity in the United States tied to international amateur athletic competition, and to build productive working relationships among sports-related organizations;
(3) to have exclusive authority, directly or through member organizations or committees, over— (A) everything about U.S. participation in the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the Pan-American Games, and the Parapan American Games, including representing the U.S. in those games; and (B) organizing those games when they're held in the United States;
(4) to get the most capable amateur representation possible for the United States in each event of those games, directly or by delegating to the right national governing body;
(5) to promote and support amateur athletic activities involving the United States and other nations;
(6) to promote and encourage physical fitness and public participation in amateur athletics;
(7) to help organizations and people involved in sports develop amateur athletic programs for amateur athletes;
(8) to quickly resolve conflicts and disputes involving amateur athletes, national governing bodies, and amateur sports organizations, and to protect any amateur athlete's, coach's, trainer's, manager's, administrator's, or official's chance to take part in amateur athletic competition;
(9) to help develop and provide access to amateur athletic facilities for amateur athletes, and help make existing facilities available to them;
(10) to provide and coordinate technical information on physical training, equipment design, coaching, and performance analysis;
(11) to encourage and support research, development, and sharing of information on sports medicine and sports safety;
(12) to encourage and help amateur athletic activities for women;
(13) to encourage and help amateur athletic programs and competition for amateur athletes with disabilities, including — where possible — expanding chances for them to meaningfully take part in competitions for able-bodied amateur athletes;
(14) to encourage and help amateur athletes from racial and ethnic minorities take part in amateur athletic activities where they are underrepresented;
(15) to promote a sports environment free from abuse — emotional, physical, and sexual — of any amateur athlete; and
(16) to effectively oversee national governing bodies' compliance with, and carrying out of, the corporation's policies and procedures, including those on creating a safe sports environment as described in paragraph (15).

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The purposes of the corporation are—

(1)

to establish national goals for amateur athletic activities and encourage the attainment of those goals;

(2)

to coordinate and develop amateur athletic activity in the United States, directly related to international amateur athletic competition, to foster productive working relationships among sports-related organizations;

(3)

to exercise exclusive jurisdiction, directly or through constituent members of committees, over—

(A)

all matters pertaining to United States participation in the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the Pan-American Games, and the Parapan American Games, including representation of the United States in the games; and

(B)

the organization of the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the Pan-American Games, and the Parapan American Games when held in the United States;

(4)

to obtain for the United States, directly or by delegation to the appropriate national governing body, the most competent amateur representation possible in each event of the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the Pan-American Games, and the Parapan American Games;

(5)

to promote and support amateur athletic activities involving the United States and foreign nations;

(6)

to promote and encourage physical fitness and public participation in amateur athletic activities;

(7)

to assist organizations and persons concerned with sports in the development of amateur athletic programs for amateur athletes;

(8)

to provide swift resolution of conflicts and disputes involving amateur athletes, national governing bodies, and amateur sports organizations, and protect the opportunity of any amateur athlete, coach, trainer, manager, administrator, or official to participate in amateur athletic competition;

(9)

to foster the development of and access to amateur athletic facilities for use by amateur athletes and assist in making existing amateur athletic facilities available for use by amateur athletes;

(10)

to provide and coordinate technical information on physical training, equipment design, coaching, and performance analysis;

(11)

to encourage and support research, development, and dissemination of information in the areas of sports medicine and sports safety;

(12)

to encourage and provide assistance to amateur athletic activities for women;

(13)

to encourage and provide assistance to amateur athletic programs and competition for amateur athletes with disabilities, including, where feasible, the expansion of opportunities for meaningful participation by such amateur athletes in programs of athletic competition for able-bodied amateur athletes;

(14)

to encourage and provide assistance to amateur athletes of racial and ethnic minorities for the purpose of eliciting the participation of those minorities in amateur athletic activities in which they are underrepresented;

(15)

to promote a safe environment in sports that is free from abuse, including emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, of any amateur athlete; and

(16)

to effectively oversee the national governing bodies with respect to compliance with and implementation of the policies and procedures of the corporation, including policies and procedures on the establishment of a safe environment in sports as described in paragraph (15).

Source credit: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1466; Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title I, § 142(d), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–603; Pub. L. 115–126, title II, § 201, Feb. 14, 2018, 132 Stat. 320; Pub. L. 116–189, §§ 4(a)(3), 6(a), Oct. 30, 2020, 134 Stat. 945, 947.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-225 · 112 Stat. 1466
  • 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-277 · 112 Stat. 2681
  • 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-126 · 132 Stat. 320
  • 2020Amended · Pub. L. 116-189 · 134 Stat. 945, 947

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-225 on 1998-08-12.

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