The
United States Bowling Congress is a sports membership organization dedicated to
ten-pin bowling in the
United States. It was formed in 2005 by a merger of the
American Bowling Congress — the original codifier of all tenpin bowling standards, rules and regulations from 1895 onwards; the
Women's International Bowling Congress — founded in 1916, as the female bowlers' counterpart to the then all-male ABC; the Young American Bowling Alliance, and USA Bowling. The USBC's headquarters are located in
Arlington, Texas, after having moved from the
Milwaukee suburb of
Greendale, Wisconsin in November, 2008. The move enabled the USBC to combine its operations with the Bowling Proprietors' Association of America (BPAA).