---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 6311"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "6311"
heading: "Studies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/6311"
units:
  - "Chapter 89 — Professional Boxing Safety"
---

# §6311. Studies

- (a) **Pension—** The Secretary of Labor shall conduct a study on the feasibility and cost of a national pension system for [boxers](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1), including potential funding sources.
- (b) **Health, safety, and equipment—** The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall conduct a study to develop recommendations for health, safety, and equipment standards for [boxers](/usc/15/6301.md?p=1) and for [professional boxing matches](/usc/15/6301.md?p=8).
- (c) **Reports—** Not later than one year after October 9, 1996, the Secretary of Labor shall submit a report to the Congress on the findings of the study conducted pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a). Not later than 180 days after October 9, 1996, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a report to the Congress on the findings of the study conducted pursuant to [subsection (b)](#b).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–272, § 20, formerly § 12, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3313; renumbered § 20, Pub. L. 106–210, § 4(1), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 322.)

## Notes

### 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.