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 PUBLIC LAW 106-210—MAY 26, 2000 114 STAT. 323 such provision is earlier than 3 months before the expiration of the relevant time period set forth in paragraph (1). " (b) PROMOTIONAL RIGHTS UNDER MANDATORY BOUT CON- TRACTS. —No boxing service provider may require a boxer to grant any future promotional rights as a requirement of competing in a professional boxing match that is a mandatory bout under the rules of a sanctioning organization. " (c) PROTECTION FROM COERCIVE CONTRACTS WITH BROAD- CASTERS. —Subsection (a) of this section applies to any contract between a commercial broadcaster and a boxer, or granting any rights with respect to that boxer, involving a broadcast in or affecting interstate commerce, regardless of the broadcast medium. For the purpose of this subsection, any reference in subsection (a)(1)(B) to 'promoter' shall be considered a reference to 'commercial broadcaster'. "SEC. 11. SANCTIONING ORGANIZATIONS. "(a) OBJECTIVE CRITERIA.—Within 2 years after the date of the enactment of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act, the Association of Boxing Commissions shall develop and shall approve by a vote of no less than a majority of its member State boxing commissioners, guidelines for objective and consistent written criteria for the ratings of professional boxers. It is the sense of the Congress that sanctioning bodies and State boxing commissions should follow these ABC guidelines. "(b) APPEALS PROCESS. —A sanctioning organization shall not be entitled to receive any compensation, directly or indirectly, in connection with a boxing match, until it provides the boxers with notice that the sanctioning organization shall, within 7 days after receiving a request from a boxer questioning that organization's rating of the boxer— "(1) provide to the boxer a written explanation of the organization's criteria, its rating of the boxer, and the rationale or basis for its rating (including a response to any specific questions submitted by the boxer); and "(2) submit a copy of its explanation to the Association of Boxing Commissions. "(c) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN RATING.—A sanctioning organization shall not be entitled to receive any compensation, directly or indirectly, in connection with a boxing match, until, with respect to a change in the rating of a boxer previously rated by such organization in the top 10 boxers, the organization— "(1) posts a copy, within 7 days of such change, on its Internet website or home page, if any, including an explanation of such change, for a period of not less than 30 days; and "(2) provides a copy of the rating change and explanation to an association to which at least a majority of the State boxing commissions belong. "(d) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE. — "(1) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION FILING. —A sanctioning organization shall not be entitled to receive any compensation directly or indirectly in connection with a boxing match unless, not later than January 31 of each year, it submits to the Federal Trade Commission and to the ABC— "(A) a complete description of the organization's ratings criteria, policies, and general sanctioning fee schedule; "(B) the bylaws of the organization; 15 USC 6307c. Deadline. Guidelines.

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