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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2175 

To amend the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to require, as a condition 

to the consent for off-track wagering, that horsemen’s groups and host 

racing commissions offer insurance coverage for professional jockeys and 

other horseracing personnel, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 3, 2007 

Mr. STUPAK (for himself and Mr. WHITFIELD) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to require, 

as a condition to the consent for off-track wagering, 

that horsemen’s groups and host racing commissions 

offer insurance coverage for professional jockeys and 

other horseracing personnel, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jockeys’ Insurance 

5 Fairness Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. CONDITION FOR CONSENT OF OFF-TRACK WAGER2 ING. 

3 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 5(a) of the Interstate 

4 Horseracing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3004(a)) is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

8 subparagraph (C); 

9 (B) by adding after subparagraph (A) the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(B) that as a condition precedent to such 

12 consent (except in a State where jockeys, exer13 cise riders, or backside personnel and trainers 

14 are included in a State worker’s compensation 

15 program under the laws or regulations of such 

16 State effective on June 30, 2006) the terms 

17 and conditions of the agreement described in 

18 subparagraph (A) provide that not less than 50 

19 percent of any amount received by the horse20 men’s group under such agreement be paid by 

21 the horsemen’s group to the host racing com22 mission for the purpose of the host racing com23 mission offering insurance coverage for profes24 sional jockeys, exercise riders, and backside per25 sonnel and trainers; and provided further,’’; and 

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1 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the 

2 semicolon the following: ‘‘, including the consent of 

3 such commission to offer insurance coverage with 

4 the funds obtained by such commission based on the 

5 terms and conditions of the written agreement as set 

6 forth in paragraph (1)(B)’’. 

7 (b) DEFINITION.—Section 3 of the Interstate Horse8 racing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3002) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (22), by striking the period at 

10 the end and inserting a semicolon; 

11 (2) by adding after paragraph (22) the fol12 lowing new paragraphs: 

13 ‘‘(23) ‘insurance coverage’ means health and in14 jury insurance for jockeys, exercise riders, and back15 side personnel and trainers who are employed or 

16 under contract for training or horseracing in the 

17 State of the host racing association and who may be 

18 injured in the performance of their official duties 

19 while so employed or under contract; 

20 ‘‘(24) ‘exercise rider’ means an individual em21 ployed as a rider by a horse trainer or any other 

22 person to assist in the exercising and training of a 

23 horse for horseracing; and 

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1 ‘‘(25) ‘jockey’ means a professional jockey who 

2 is licensed by one or more State to compete as a 

3 rider in horseracing.’’. 

4 (c) AMENDMENT TO FINDINGS.—Section 2(a) of the 

5 Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3001(a)) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

8 inserting a semicolon; 

9 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 

10 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(3) there is a need for the Federal govern13 ment, in ensuring such cooperation, to ensure that 

14 jockeys, exercise riders, and backside personnel and 

15 trainers who may be injured in the performance of 

16 their official duties while employed or under contract 

17 in horseracing receive insurance coverage.’’. 

18 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON STEROIDS. 

19 The Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 

20 3001 et seq.) is further amended— 

21 (1) by redesignating sections 6 through 9 as 

22 sections 7 through 10, respectively; 

23 (2) in section 8(a) (as so redesignated), by 

24 striking ‘‘with section 6.’’ and inserting ‘‘with sec25 tion 7. A jockey, exercise rider, or trainer or other 

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1 backside personnel may bring such an action for a 

2 violation of the condition in section 5(a)(1)(B) or a 

3 violation of section 6.’’; and 

4 (3) by inserting after section 5 the following: 

5 ‘‘PROHIBITION ON STEROIDS

6 ‘‘SEC. 6. No person may enter a horse in any horse7 race that is the subject of an interstate off-track wager 

8 if such horse has been given anabolic steroids of any kind. 

9 The appropriate host racing commission shall develop pro10 cedures for and administer appropriate testing for the 

11 presence of anabolic steroids.’’. 

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