---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 220530"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "220530"
heading: "Other amateur sports organizations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/220530"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 2205 — United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee"
  - "Subchapter II — National Governing Bodies"
---

# §220530. Other amateur sports organizations

- (a) **In General.—** An applicable [amateur sports organization](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-3) shall—
  - (1) comply with the reporting requirements of section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 ([34 U.S.C. 20341](/usc/34/20341.md));
  - (2) establish reasonable procedures to limit one-on-one interactions, including communications, between an [amateur athlete](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-1) who is a minor and an adult (who is not the minor’s legal guardian) at a facility under the jurisdiction of the applicable [amateur sports organization](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-3) without being in an observable and interruptible distance from another adult, except under emergency circumstances;
  - (3) offer and provide consistent training to all adult members who are in regular contact with [amateur athletes](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-1) who are minors, and subject to parental consent, to members who are minors, regarding prevention and reporting of [child abuse](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-6) to allow a complainant to report easily an incident of [child abuse](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-6) to appropriate persons; and
  - (4) prohibit [retaliation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-11), by the applicable [amateur sports organization](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-3), against any individual who makes—
    - (A) a report under [paragraph (1)](#a-1); or
    - (B) any other report relating to abuse of any [amateur athlete](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-1), including emotional, physical, and sexual abuse.
- (b) **Definition of Applicable Amateur Sports Organization.—** In this section, the term “applicable [amateur sports organization](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-3)” means an [amateur sports organization](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-3)—
  - (1) that is not otherwise subject to the requirements under subchapter III;
  - (2) that participates in an interstate or [international amateur athletic competition](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-8); and
  - (3) whose membership includes any adult who is in regular contact with an [amateur athlete](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-1) who is a minor.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 115–126, title II, § 204(a), Feb. 14, 2018, 132 Stat. 324; amended Pub. L. 116–189, § 7(f), Oct. 30, 2020, 134 Stat. 960.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2020—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 116–189, § 7(f)(1), inserted “, including communications,” after “interactions”.

Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 116–189, § 7(f)(2), substituted “makes—” and subpars. (A) and (B) for “makes a report under paragraph (1).”