28-U.S.C.-3701

§3701 – Definitions

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Title 28 > Part VI > Chapter 178 > Section 3701

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• Reference: Section 3701
• Legend: §3701 – Definitions
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

For purposes of this chapter—

(1) the term amateur sports organization means—

(A) a person or governmental entity that sponsors, organizes, schedules, or conducts a competitive game in which one or more amateur athletes participate, or

(B) a league or association of persons or governmental entities described in subparagraph (A),

(2) the term governmental entity means a State, a political subdivision of a State, or an entity or organization, including an entity or organization described in section 4(5) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703(5)), that has governmental authority within the territorial boundaries of the United States, including on lands described in section 4(4) of such Act (25 U.S.C. 2703(4)),

(3) the term professional sports organization means—

(A) a person or governmental entity that sponsors, organizes, schedules, or conducts a competitive game in which one or more professional athletes participate, or

(B) a league or association of persons or governmental entities described in subparagraph (A),

(4) the term person has the meaning given such term in section 1 of title 1, and

(5) the term State means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, or any territory or possession of the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 102–559, §2(a), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4227.)

Effective Date

Pub. L. 102–559, §3, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4229, provided that: This Act [enacting this chapter and provisions set out as a note under section 1 of this title] shall take effect on January 1, 1993.

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