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(1) In general .— The duty of the corporation to amateur athletes includes the adoption, effective implementation, and enforcement of policies and procedures designed— (A) to immediately report to law enforcement and the Center any allegation of child abuse of an amateur athlete who is a minor; (B) 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— (i) the policies and procedures developed under subparagraph (C) of section 220541(a)(1); and (ii) the requirement described in paragraph (2)(A) of section 220542(a); (C) to ensure that each national governing body and the corporation enforces temporary measures and sanctions issued pursuant to the authority of the Center; and (D) 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— (i) to consider merit, performance, seniority, or quantity of play in determining contract or other terms of participation; and (ii) to provide more beneficial terms of participation to athletes representing the United States in international events to address disparities in outside income, including in compensation made available by international sports federations and other event organizers, or the need to foster underdeveloped programs or address documented and justifiable personal need on the part of specific athletes or teams.
Source
36 USC § 220505(d)(1)
Scoping language
None identified, default scope is assumed to be the parent (subchapter I) of this section.