(a)
(b)
(1) "amateur athlete" means an athlete who meets the eligibility standards established by the national governing body or paralympic sports organization for the sport in which the athlete competes.
(2) "amateur athletic competition" means a contest, game, meet, match, tournament, regatta, or other event in which amateur athletes compete.
(3) "amateur sports organization" means a not-for-profit corporation, association, or other group organized in the United States that sponsors or arranges an amateur athletic competition.
(4) "Center" means the United States Center for Safe Sport designated under section 220541.
(5) "child abuse" has the meaning given the term in section 212 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (34 U.S.C. 20302).
(6) "corporation" means the United States Olympic Committee.
(7) "international amateur athletic competition" means an amateur athletic competition between one or more athletes representing the United States, individually or as a team, and one or more athletes representing a foreign country.
(8) "national governing body" means an amateur sports organization that is recognized by the corporation under section 220521 of this title.
(9) "paralympic sports organization" means an amateur sports organization which is recognized by the corporation under section 220521 of this title.
(10) "sanction" means a certificate of approval issued by a national governing body.
Open Table|
Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 220501 | 36:373. | Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 975, title I, §103, as added Nov. 8, 1978, Pub. L. 95–606, §1(b), 92 Stat. 3045. |
In clause (3), the words "club, federation, union" are omitted as unnecessary.
In clause (5), the words "one or more athletes" are substituted for "any athlete or athletes" and for "any athletic or athletes" for clarity and to correct a grammatical error.
In clause (6), a reference to section 220522 (restating 36:391(b) and (c)) is unnecessary because section 220521 incorporates the eligibility requirements of section 220522.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Subsec. (b)(4) to (10). Pub. L. 115–126 added pars. (4) and (5) and redesignated former pars. (4) to (8) as (6) to (10), respectively.
2006—Pub. L. 109–284, §5(13), substituted "Short title and definitions" for "Title and Definitions" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–284, §5(14), substituted "Short Title" for "Title" in heading.
1998—Pub. L. 105–277, §142(b)(2)(A), substituted "Title and Definitions" for "Definitions" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–277, §142(b)(2)(B), added subsec. (a).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–277, §142(b)(2)(C), designated existing provisions as subsec. (b) and inserted heading.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105–277, §142(c)(1), inserted "or paralympic sports organization" after "national governing body".
Subsec. (b)(7), (8). Pub. L. 105–277, §142(c)(2), (3), added par. (7) and redesignated former par. (7) as (8).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Report to Congress on Effectiveness of Chapter and Proposed Changes
Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title I, §142(q), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–609, required the United States Olympic Committee to submit, five years from Oct. 21, 1998, a special report to Congress on the effectiveness of the provisions of this chapter, together with any additional proposed changes to this chapter the United States Olympic Committee determined to be appropriate.
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