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United States

Federation	Division	Bench Shirts		Lifting Suits			Testing
		Plies	Material	Plies	Material	Brief
100% Raw		0	-	0	-	No	Yes
AAU	Raw	0	-	0	-	No	Yes
	Equip	1	Pol	1	Pol	No	Yes
ADAU		0	-	0	-	No	Yes
ADFPF	Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	Yes
	Equip	1	Pol	1	Pol	No	Yes
AFPF		UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No
	AAFPF	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes
	AFPF Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	No
	AAFPF Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	Yes
APA	Open	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol	Yes	No
	Tested	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol	Yes	Yes
	Unl Open	Unl	Pol,Den,Can	Unl	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No
	Unl Test	Unl	Pol,Den,Can	Unl	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes
	Raw Open	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	No
	Raw Test	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	Yes
APC		2	Pol,Den	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No
	UAPC	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes
APF		UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No
	AAPF	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes
	APF Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	No
	AAPF Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	Yes
IBP	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	Yes
	Equip	1	Pol	1	Pol	No	Yes
IPA	Pro	Unl	Pol,Den,Can	2	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No
	Amateur	2	Pol,Den,Can	2	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes
	Pro-Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	No
	Am-Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	Yes
NASA	Equip	1	Pol,Den	1	Pol,Den	Yes	Yes
	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	Yes
PPL	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	Yes
	Equip	1	Pol,Den,Can	1	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes
SLP		1	Pol	1	Pol	Yes	Yes
SPF	Single	1	Pol,Den,Can	1	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No
	Multi	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No
	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	-	No
SSA	Unlimited	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No
	Single	1	Pol,Den,Can	1	Pol,Den,Can	No	No
UPA	Open	2	Pol,Den,Can	2	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No
	Tested	2	Pol,Den,Can	2	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes
	Raw Open	0	-	0	-	No	No
	Raw Test	0	-	0	-	No	Yes
USAPL		1	Pol	1	Pol	No	Yes
	Raw	0(w)	-	0(s)	-	No	Yes
USPF		1	Pol	1	Pol	Yes	No*
WABDL		2	Pol,Den	1	Pol	Yes	Yes
WNPF	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	Yes
	Equip	1	Pol,Den	1	Pol,Den	No	Yes
	Unlimited	3	Pol,Den	2	Pol,Den	Yes	Yes
WNPFLT	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	Yes
	Equip	1	Pol	1	Pol	No	Yes

International

Federation	Division	Bench Shirts		Lifting/Squat Suits			Drug Test
		Plies	Material	Plies	Material	Briefs
GPC		2	Pol,Den	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No
IPF		1	Pol	1	Pol	No	Yes
WDFPF	Raw	0	-	0	-	No	Yes
WPA	Open	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol	Yes	No
WPC		UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No
		UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes
WPF		1	Pol	1	Pol,Can	Yes	No
WPO		2	Pol,Den	3	Pol,Can	Yes	No
WUAP		2	Pol,Den	Unl	Pol,Can,Den	Yes	Yes

Canada

Federation	Division	Bench Shirts		Lifting/Squat Suits			Drug Test
		Plies	Material	Plies	Material	Briefs
CDFPA	Equipped	1	Pol,Den	1	Pol	Yes	Yes
	Unequipped	0	-	0	-	No	Yes
CPA	Open	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol	Yes	No
	Tested	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol	Yes	Yes
CPO		3	Pol,Den	3	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No
CPU		1	Pol	1	Pol	No	Yes
IPA		2	Pol,Den	Unl	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No

Great Britain

Federation	Division	Bench Shirts		Lifting/Squat Suits			Drug Test
		Plies	Material	Plies	Material	Briefs
BDFPA	Equipped	1	Pol,Den	1	Pol	Yes	Yes
	Unequipped	0	-	0	-	No	Yes
BPC		2	Pol,Den	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No
BWLA		1	Pol	1	Pol	No	Yes
BPO		1	Pol,Den	1	Pol,Can,Den	Yes	No

Abbreviations Key:
Pol = Polyester | Can = Canvas | Den = Denim
* - Some USPF meets are drug tested as determined by the meet director.
(w) - Wrist wraps allowed.
(k) - Knee wraps allowed.
(s) - Knee sleeves allowed.