<P> The Amateur Sports Act of 1978 (later renamed in the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act) established the USOC as the coordinating body for all Olympic - related athletic activity in the United States, specifically relating to international competition . The USOC was also given the responsibility of promoting and supporting physical fitness and public participation in athletic activities by encouraging developmental programs in its member organizations . The provisions protect individual athletes, and provide the USOC's counsel and authority to oversee Olympic and Paralympic business in the United States . </P> <P> The public law not only protects the trademarks of the IOC and USOC, but also gives the USOC exclusive rights to the words "Olympic," "Olympiad" and "Citius, Altius, Fortius," as well as commercial use of Olympic and Paralympic marks and terminology in the United States, excluding Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which fall under the authority of separate NOCs and NPCs . </P> <P> One of the many revolutionary elements contained within the legislation was the Paralympic Amendment--an initiative that fully integrated the Paralympic Movement into the USOC by Congressional mandate in 1998 . </P> <P> U.S. Paralympics, a division of the USOC, was founded in 2001 . In addition to selecting and managing the teams which compete for the United States in the Paralympic Games, U.S. Paralympics is also responsible for supporting Paralympic community and military sports programs around the country . In 2006, the USOC created the Paralympic Military Program with the goal of providing Paralympic sports as a part of the rehabilitation process for injured soldiers . Through the U.S. Olympic Committee Paralympic Military Program, USOC hosted the Warrior Games for wounded service personnel from 2010 to 2014, until the organization of the event was taken on by the Department of Defense in 2015 . </P>

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