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 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-604 "(A) establish gind maintain an Athletes' Advisory Establishment. Council composed of, and elected by, such amateur athletes to ensure communication between the corporation and such amateur athletes; and "(B) ensure that the membership and voting power held by such amateur athletes is not less than 20 percent of the membership and voting power held in the board of directors of the corporation and in the committees and entities of the corporation;"; and (2) inserting a comma and "the Paralympic Games," after "Ol3nnpic Games" in paragraph (3), (f) POWERS. — (1) GENERAL CORPORATE POWERS.—Section 220505(b)(9) is amended by striking "sued; and" and inserting "sued, except that any civil action brought in a State court against the corporation and solely relating to the corporation's responsibilities under this Act shall be removed, at the request of the corporation, to the district court of the United States in the district in which the action was brought, and such district court shall have original jurisdiction over the action without regard to the amount in controversy or citizenship of the parties involved, and except that neither tiiis paragraph nor any other provision of this chapter shall create a private right of action under this chapter; and". (2) POWERS RELATED TO AMATEUR ATHLETICS AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES. —Section 220505(c) is amended by— (A) striking "Organization;" in paragraph (2) and inserting "Organization and as its national Paralympic committee in relations with the International Paralympic Committee;"; (B) striking "Games and of in paragraph (3) and inserting "Games, the Paralympic Games, and"; (C) striking "Games;" in paragraph (4) and inserting "Games, or as paralympic sports organizations for any sport that is included on the program of the Paralympic Games;"; and (D) striking "Games," in paragraph (5) and inserting "Games, the Paral3nnpic Games, the Pan-American Games, world championship competition,". (g) USE OF OLYMPIC, PARALYMPIC, AND PAN-AMERICAN SYM- BOLS.— Section 220506 is amended by— (1) striking "rings;" in subsection (a)(2) and inserting "rings, the s3nnbol of the International Paraljnnpic Committee, consisting of 3 TaiGreuks, or the symbol of the Pan-American Sports Organization, consisting of a torch surrounded by concentric rings;"; (2) inserting "'Paraljnnpic', 'Paralympiad*, 'Pan-American', - • 'America Espirito Sport Fratemite'," before "or any combination" in subsection (a)(4); (3) inserting a comma and "International Paral3mipic Committee, the Pan-American Sports Organization," after "International Olympic Committee" in subsection (b); (4) inserting "the Paralympic team," before "the Psui-American team" in subsection (b); (5) inserting a comma and "Paralympic, or Pan-American Games" after "any Olympic" in subsection (c)(3);

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