The U.S. Senate Committee for Commerce, Science, & Transportation will hold a hearing on the Ali Act Revival legislation that passed the House and makes its way to the Senate. “Return to Your Corners: Have Federal Boxing Laws Gone the Distance or Slipped the Jab?” will include different voices from the hearings heard in Congress […]
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TKO-backed Ali Act passes House
On Tuesday afternoon, the US House of Representatives passed the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act. The new legislation will go on to be voted on in the Senate and when it passes that hurdle will move along to the President for signature. Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) delivered remarks on the […]
BREAKING: Vote in the House on Ali Revival Act Tuesday
According to this week’s schedule by Majority Leader Steve Scalise, the Muhammad Ali Boxing Revival Act is scheduled for a vote on Tuesday, March 24th. The bill is here. There was a hearing in December by the House Subcommittee on Education and Workforce. It then held a markup session in January which included comments from […]
Congressional Report on Ali Revival Act released
The Committee on Education and Workforce released its report on the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act. The 41-page report includes commentary on the proposed bill which made it out of the subcommittee with a couple proposed amendments. Only 4 congresspeople voted against the bill which would create Universal Boxing Organizations that would parallel traditional […]
Zuffa responds to Congresswoman’s questions
Zuffa prepared responses to queries by Minnesota Congresswoman’s Ilhan Omar with respect to a Congressional Subcommittee Hearing that occurred in December and a subsequent hearing held in January in which the subcommittee passed the bill to move on in the long process even prior to getting to a House vote. There have been amendments made […]