---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 6309"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "6309"
heading: "Enforcement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/6309"
units:
  - "Chapter 89 — Professional Boxing Safety"
---

# §6309. Enforcement

- (a) **Injunctions—** Whenever the Attorney General of the United States has reasonable cause to believe that a [person](/usc/15/7a.md?p=6) is engaged in a violation of this chapter, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate district court of the United States requesting such relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order, against the [person](/usc/15/7a.md?p=6), as the Attorney General determines to be necessary to restrain the [person](/usc/15/7a.md?p=6) from continuing to engage in, sanction, promote, or otherwise participate in a [professional boxing match](/usc/15/6301.md?p=8) in violation of this chapter.
- (b) **Criminal penalties—**
  - (1) **Managers, promoters, matchmakers, and licensees—** Any [manager](/usc/15/6301.md?p=5), [promoter](/usc/15/6301.md?p=9), [matchmaker](/usc/15/6301.md?p=6), and [licensee](/usc/15/6301.md?p=4) who knowingly violates, or coerces or causes any other [person](/usc/15/7a.md?p=6) to violate, any provision of this chapter, other than section 6307a(b),[^1] 6307b, 6307c, 6307d, 6307e, 6307f, or [6307h](/usc/15/6307h.md) of this title, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for not more than 1 year or fined not more than $20,000, or both.
  - (2) **Violation of antiexploitation, sanctioning organization, or disclosure provisions—** Any [person](/usc/15/7a.md?p=6) who knowingly violates any provision of section 6307a(b),[^1] 6307b, 6307c, 6307d, 6307e, 6307f, or [6307h](/usc/15/6307h.md) of this title shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for not more than 1 year or fined not more than—
    - (A) $100,000; and
    - (B) if a violation occurs in connection with a [professional boxing match](/usc/15/6301.md?p=8) the gross revenues for which exceed $2,000,000, an additional amount which bears the same ratio to $100,000 as the amount of such revenues compared to $2,000,000, or both.
  - (3) **Conflict of interest—** Any member or employee of a [boxing commission](/usc/15/6301.md?p=2-A), any [person](/usc/15/7a.md?p=6) who administers or enforces [State](/usc/15/6301.md?p=10) boxing laws, and any member of the Association of [Boxing Commissions](/usc/15/6301.md?p=2-A) who knowingly violates [section 6308(a) of this title](/usc/15/6308.md?p=a) shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for not more than 1 year or fined not more than $20,000, or both.
  - (4) **Boxers—** Any [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $1,000.
- (c) **Actions by States—** Whenever the chief law enforcement officer of any [State](/usc/15/6301.md?p=10) has reason to believe that a [person](/usc/15/7a.md?p=6) or organization is engaging in practices which violate any requirement of this chapter, the [State](/usc/15/6301.md?p=10), as parens patriae, may bring a civil action on behalf of its residents in an appropriate district court of the United States—
  - (1) to enjoin the holding of any [professional boxing match](/usc/15/6301.md?p=8) which the practice involves;
  - (2) to enforce compliance with this chapter;
  - (3) to obtain the fines provided under [subsection (b)](#b) or appropriate restitution; or
  - (4) to obtain such other relief as the court may deem appropriate.
- (d) **Private right of action—** Any [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) who suffers economic injury as a result of a violation of any provision of this chapter may bring an action in the appropriate Federal or [State](/usc/15/6301.md?p=10) court and recover the damages suffered, court costs, and reasonable attorneys fees and expenses.
- (e) **Enforcement against Federal Trade Commission, State Attorneys General, etc.** Nothing in this chapter authorizes the enforcement of—
  - (1) any provision of this chapter against the Federal Trade Commission, the United States Attorney General, or the chief legal officer of any [State](/usc/15/6301.md?p=10) for acting or failing to act in an official capacity;
  - (2) [subsection (d)](#d) of this section against a [State](/usc/15/6301.md?p=10) or political subdivision of a [State](/usc/15/6301.md?p=10), or any agency or instrumentality thereof; or
  - (3) [section 6307b of this title](/usc/15/6307b.md) against a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) acting in his capacity as a [boxer](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1).

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Section 6307a does not contain a subsec. (b).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–272, § 18, formerly § 10, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3312; renumbered § 18 and amended Pub. L. 106–210, §§ 4(1), 6, May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 322, 326.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2000—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 106–210, § 6(1), inserted “, other than section 6307a(b), 6307b, 6307c, 6307d, 6307e, 6307f, or 6307h of this title,” after “this chapter”.

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 106–210, § 6(3), added par. (2). Former par. (2) redesignated (3).

Subsec. (b)(3), (4). Pub. L. 106–210, § 6(2), (4), redesignated pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (4), respectively, and in par. (3) substituted “section 6308(a)” for “section 6308”.

Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 106–210, § 6(5), added subsecs. (c) to (e).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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