IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 835 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 23, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To impose criminal sanctions on certain persons involved 

in international doping fraud conspiracies, to provide 

restitution for victims of such conspiracies, and to require sharing of information with the United States AntiDoping Agency to assist its fight against doping, and 

for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Rodchenkov Anti5 Doping Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 (1) ANTI-DOPING ORGANIZATION.—The term 

8 ‘‘anti-doping organization’’ has the meaning given 

9 the term in Article 2 of the Convention. 

10 (2) ATHLETE.—The term ‘‘athlete’’ has the 

11 meaning given the term in Article 2 of the Conven12 tion. 

13 (3) CODE.—The term ‘‘Code’’ means the World 

14 Anti-Doping Code most recently adopted by WADA 

15 on March 5, 2003. 

16 (4) CONVENTION.—The term ‘‘Convention’’ 

17 means the United Nations Educational, Scientific, 

18 and Cultural Organization International Convention 

19 Against Doping in Sport done at Paris October 19, 

20 2005, and ratified by the United States in 2008. 

21 (5) MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SPORT COMPETI22 TION.—The term ‘‘Major International Sport Com23 petition’’— 

24 (A) means a competition— 


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1 (i) in which one or more United 

2 States athletes and three or more athletes 

3 from other countries participate; 

4 (ii) that is governed by the anti5 doping rules and principles of the Code; 

6 and 

7 (iii) in which— 

8 (I) the competition organizer or 

9 sanctioning body receives sponsorship 

10 or other financial support from an or11 ganization doing business in the 

12 United States; or 

13 (II) the competition organizer or 

14 sanctioning body receives compensa15 tion for the right to broadcast the 

16 competition in the United States; and 

17 (B) includes a competition that is a single 

18 event or a competition that consists of a series 

19 of events held at different times which, when 

20 combined, qualify an athlete or team for an 

21 award or other recognition. 

22 (6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means any 

23 individual, partnership, corporation, association, or 

24 other entity. 


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1 (7) PROHIBITED METHOD.—The term ‘‘prohib2 ited method’’ has the meaning given the term in Ar3 ticle 2 of the Convention. 

4 (8) PROHIBITED SUBSTANCE.—The term ‘‘pro5 hibited substance’’ has the meaning given the term 

6 in Article 2 of the Convention. 

7 (9) SCHEME IN COMMERCE.—The term 

8 ‘‘scheme in commerce’’ means any scheme effec9 tuated in whole or in part through the use in inter10 state or foreign commerce of any facility for trans11 portation or communication. 

12 (10) USADA.—The term ‘‘USADA’’ means the 

13 United States Anti-Doping Agency. 

14 (11) WADA.—The term ‘‘WADA’’ means the 

15 World Anti-Doping Agency. 

16 SEC. 3. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL DOPING FRAUD CONSPIR17 ACIES. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any per19 son, other than an athlete, to knowingly carry into effect, 

20 attempt to carry into effect, or conspire with any other 

21 person to carry into effect a scheme in commerce to influ22 ence by use of a prohibited substance or prohibited method 

23 any major international sports competition. 


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1 (b) EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.—There is 

2 extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over an offense under 

3 this section. 

4 SEC. 4. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND STATUTE OF LIMITA5 TIONS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

7 (1) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Whoever violates sec8 tion 3 shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment 

9 for not more than 10 years, fined $250,000 if the 

10 person is an individual or $1,000,000 if the defend11 ant is other than an individual, or both. 

12 (2) FORFEITURE.—Any property real or per13 sonal, tangible or intangible, may be seized and 

14 criminally forfeited to the United States if that 

15 property— 

16 (A) is used or intended to be used, in any 

17 manner, to commit or facilitate a violation of 

18 section 3; or 

19 (B) constitutes or is traceable to the pro20 ceeds taken, obtained, or retained in connection 

21 with or as a result of a violation of section 3. 

22 (b) LIMITATION ON PROSECUTION.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—No person shall be pros24 ecuted, tried, or punished for violation of section 3 

25 unless the indictment is returned or the information 


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1 is filed within 10 years after the date on which the 

2 offense was completed. 

3 (2) TOLLING.—Upon application in the United 

4 States, filed before a return of an indictment, indi5 cating that evidence of an offense under this chapter 

6 is in a foreign country, the district court before 

7 which a grand jury is impaneled to investigate the 

8 offense shall suspend the running of this statute of 

9 limitation for the offense if the court finds by a pre10 ponderance of the evidence that an official request 

11 has been made for such evidence and that it reason12 ably appears, or reasonably appeared at the time the 

13 request was made, that such evidence is, or was, in 

14 such foreign country. 

15 SEC. 5. RESTITUTION. 

16 Section 3663A of title 18, United States Code, is 

17 amended in subsection (c)— 

18 (1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

19 (A) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) 

20 as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and 

21 (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(iii) an offense described in section 3 

24 of the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 

25 2019;’’; and 


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1 (2) in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding 

2 subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or (iii)’’ after 

3 ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(ii)’’. 

4 SEC. 6. COORDINATION AND SHARING OF INFORMATION 

5 WITH USADA. 

6 Except as otherwise prohibited by law and except in 

7 cases in which the integrity of a criminal investigation 

8 would be affected, in furtherance of the obligation of the 

9 United States under Article 7 of the Convention, the De10 partment of Justice, the Department of Homeland Secu11 rity, and the Food and Drug Administration shall coordi12 nate with USADA with regard to any investigation related 

13 to a potential violation of section 3 of this Act, to include 

14 sharing with USADA all information in the possession of 

15 the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland 

16 Security, or the Food and Drug Administration which may 

17 be relevant to any such potential violation. 

18 SEC. 7. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

19 The budgetary effects of this Act, and the amend20 ments made by this Act, for the purpose of complying with 

21 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be deter22 mined by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budg23 etary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, sub24 mitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 

25 Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 


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1 such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on 

2 passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 22, 

2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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