36 U.S.C. § 220512 — Complete teams

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-277 to r/title-36-PATRIOTIC-AND-NATIONAL-OBSERVANCES-CEREMONIES-AND-ORGANIZATIONS · 97 words · no verdicts yet

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When picking the U.S. team for the Olympics, Paralympics, Pan-American Games, or Parapan American Games, the corporation does not have to fill every spot on the roster. It may leave a spot empty rather than pick an athlete who hasn't met the eligibility standards, even if that leaves the team incomplete.

This section has no lettered parts. When the corporation — either on its own or through a national governing body — picks who represents the United States in an Olympic, Paralympic, Pan-American, or Parapan American event, it does not have to select an athlete just to fill an empty roster spot. If not enough athletes have met the eligibility standards of the national governing body and the corporation to fill an event's roster, the corporation may choose to leave the team incomplete rather than pick an athlete who doesn't meet those standards.

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

In obtaining representation for the United States in each competition and event of the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Pan-American Games, and Parapan American Games, the corporation, either directly or by delegation to the appropriate national governing body, may select, but is not obligated to select (even if not selecting will result in an incomplete team for an event), athletes who have not met the eligibility standard of the national governing body and the corporation when the number of athletes who have met the eligibility standards of such entities is insufficient to fill the roster for an event.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title I, § 142(k)(1), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–606; amended Pub. L. 109–284, § 5(19), Sept. 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 1212; Pub. L. 116–189, §§ 4(a)(8), 7(a)(2)(A)(ii), Oct. 30, 2020, 134 Stat. 945, 956.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-277 · 112 Stat. 2681
2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-284 · 120 Stat. 1212
2020Amended · Pub. L. 116-189 · 134 Stat. 945, 956

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-277 on 1998-10-21.

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