Eligibility requirements

An amateur sports organization, a high-performance management organization, or a paralympic sports organization is eligible to be certified, or to continue to be certified, as a national governing body only if it— submits— agrees to submit to binding arbitration in any controversy involving— demonstrates that it is autonomous in the governance of its sport, except with respect to the oversight of the organization, in that it— ensures that the selection criteria for individuals and teams that represent the United States are— provides for reasonable direct representation on its board of directors or other governing board for any amateur sports organization, high-performance management organization, or paralympic sports organization that— demonstrates, based on guidelines approved by the corporation, the Athletes’ Advisory Council, and the National Governing Bodies’ Council, that— its board of directors and other such governing boards have established criteria and election procedures for, and maintain among their voting members, individuals who— any exception to such guidelines by such organization has been approved by— commits to submitting annual reports to the corporation that include, for each calendar year— a description of the manner in which the organization— a detailed statement of—