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36 U.S.C. § 220505

Powers and duties

United States · Title 36 — PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS · Status: effective

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36 U.S.C. § 220505, Powers and duties, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/472181
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The corporation shall adopt a constitution and bylaws. The corporation may amend its constitution only if the corporation— publishes, in its principal publication, a notice of the proposed amendment, including— The corporation may— The corporation may— The duty of the corporation to amateur athletes includes the adoption, effective implementation, and enforcement of policies and procedures designed— to ensure that each national governing body has in place policies and procedures to report immediately any allegation of child abuse of an amateur athlete, consistent with— with respect to a sport for which the corporation conducts separate programs for female and male athletes, to ensure that female and male athletes who represent the United States in international amateur athletic events receive, from funds directly provided by the corporation to the athlete (excluding any prize or award based on the athlete’s performance in an international amateur athletic competition), equivalent and nondiscriminatory compensation, wages, benefits, medical care, travel arrangements, and payment or reimbursement for expenses, all insofar as these are implemented in connection with such amateur athletic events, where “equivalent” means “equal” except that it shall be permissible—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 105-225(H.R. 1085)1998-08-12
    To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to patriotic and national observances, ceremonies, and organizations, as title 36, United States Code, "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations".
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-277(H.R. 4328)1998-10-21
    Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999
  • Amended byPub. L. 109-284(H.R. 866)2006-09-27
    To make technical corrections to the United States Code.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 116-189(S. 2330)2020-10-30
    Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 117-340(S. 2333)2023-01-05
    Equal Pay for Team USA Act of 2022
    House: 350–59Senate: no recorded tally