Engage in good-faith contract negotiations that empower boxers to make decisions in their best interest
She will require good-faith contract negotiations that empower boxers to make decisions in their best interest.
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Evidence
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Haley M. Stevens [D-MI-11] as a cosponsor of H.R.4624, the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act, with date cosponsored 10/03/2025.
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The bill states purposes including providing increased choice and opportunity to professional boxers by allowing a boxer to choose to participate in the alternative system offered by a unified boxing organization. It also sets conditions for UBOs covering contracted boxers, medical support, anti-doping, conflicts of interest, and minimum boxer payment.
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Congress.gov shows H.R.4624 sponsored by Rep. Brian Jack and the latest action as House ordered to be reported amended by a 30-4 vote on 01/21/2026. The tracker still shows the bill status as Introduced, with later steps Passed House, Passed Senate, To President, and Became Law not completed on the page reviewed.
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Current U.S. Code already contains section 6307b, Protection from coercive contracts, added by Public Law 106-210 on May 26, 2000. It makes certain coercive boxing contract provisions unenforceable and bars requiring future promotional rights for mandatory bouts.
Assessments
The promised federal requirement for good-faith boxer contract negotiations was not enacted. Stevens cosponsored H.R.4624 in the 119th Congress, a relevant boxing reform bill that advanced in committee, but Congress.gov still shows it had not passed the House, Senate, gone to the President, or become law. Existing federal coercive-contract protections predate Stevens' House service and cannot be credited as fulfillment of this promise. Her cosponsorship counts as a serious legislative effort, but the promised outcome remains undelivered.