A law, championed by Kansas Senator Jerry Moran, has been signed into law by President Trump. Its sweeping Olympic reform legislation concerns the health and safety of U. S. Olympic, Paralympic and Amateur athletes.
The law ‘Empowering of Olympic, Paralympic and Amateur Athletes Act’, follows and eighteen month investigation into systemic abuse within the U. S. Olympic Movement. The Joint Investigation was launched the day after Larry Nassar, who worked for the U. S. Gymnastic Federation, was sentenced to prison; and included four subcommittee hearings, interviews with Olympic athletes and survivors and the retrieval of over 70,000 pages of documents.
“We are pleased to announce the President signed our sweeping Olympic Reform Legislation into Law,” Moran and Blumenthal said. “This law would not be possible were it not for the athletes and courageous survivors who traveled to Washington, shared their stories and demanded change so that future generations of athletes can train, compete and succeed without fear of abuse. The Law will bring about change in the Olympic movement and allow us to keep our promise to the survivors to get this bill across the finish line.”
