36 U.S.C. § 220504 — Membership

(a) Eligibility.— Who can be a member of the corporation is set by its constitution and bylaws, and only national governing bodies can be members.
(b) Required Provisions for Representation.— In its constitution and bylaws, the corporation must set up and keep rules for reasonably representing—
(1) national governing bodies — including through a National Governing Bodies' Council made up of representatives that each national governing body's board picks, to keep communication open between the corporation and the national governing bodies;
(2) amateur athletes who are actively competing, or who have represented the United States in international amateur athletic competition — including through rules that (A) set up and maintain an Athletes' Advisory Council; (B) make sure the chair of that council, or the chair's designee, has voting power on the corporation's board of directors and in its committees and entities; (C) require that (i) at least one-third of the corporation's board of directors be made up of, and elected by, such amateur athletes, and (ii) at least 20 percent of the board be amateur athletes who (I) are actively representing the United States internationally, or (II) have represented the United States internationally within the past 10 years; and (D) make sure these amateur athletes hold at least one-third of the membership and voting power on the board and in the corporation's committees and entities, including any panel that resolves grievances;
(3) amateur sports organizations that run a national program or regular national amateur competition in two or more sports on the program of the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the Pan-American Games, or the Parapan American Games, at a skill level suited to selecting amateur athletes to represent the United States internationally; and
(4) individuals not connected with any amateur sports organization who, in the corporation's judgment, represent the American public's interests in the corporation's activities.
(c) Conflict of Interest.— An athlete who represents athletes under subsection (b)(2) cannot be employed by the Center, or hold decision-making authority for the Center, for two years after that athlete stops representing them.
(d) Certification Requirements.— The corporation's bylaws must describe all generally applicable requirements for certifying membership in the corporation.