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title: "15 U.S.C. § 6302"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 6302 - Purposes

## Text

The purposes of this chapter are—

(1) to improve and expand the system of safety precautions that protects the welfare of professional boxers; and

(2) to assist State boxing commissions to provide proper oversight for the professional boxing industry in the United States.

(Pub. L. 104–272, § 3, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3310.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective Jan. 1, 1997, see section 23 of Pub. L. 104–272, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.