15 U.S.C. § 6307c: Sanctioning organizations

Within 2 years after May 26, 2000 , 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. 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 submit a copy of its explanation to the Association of Boxing Commissions. 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 provides a copy of the rating change and explanation to an association to which at least a majority of the State boxing commissions belong. a complete description of the organization’s ratings criteria, policies, and general sanctioning fee schedule; the bylaws of the organization; the appeals procedure of the organization for a boxer’s rating; and a list and business address of the organization’s officials who vote on the ratings of boxers. provide the information required under paragraph (1) in writing, and, for any document greater than 2 pages in length, also in electronic form; and promptly notify the Federal Trade Commission of any material change in the information submitted. The Federal Trade Commission shall make information received under this subsection available to the public. The Commission may assess sanctioning organizations a fee to offset the costs it incurs in processing the information and making it available to the public. is readily accessible by the general public using generally available search engines and does not require a password or payment of a fee for full access to all the information; contains all the information required to be submitted to the Federal Trade Commission by paragraph (1) in an easy to search and use format; and is updated whenever there is a material change in the information.