H. R. 835 

One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty 

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 Anti-Doping Agency 

to assist its fight against doping, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act 

of 2019’’. 

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

(1) ANTI-DOPING ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘anti-doping 

organization’’ has the meaning given the term in Article 2 

of the Convention. 

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

the term in Article 2 of the Convention. 

(3) CODE.—The term ‘‘Code’’ means the World Anti-Doping 

Code most recently adopted by WADA on March 5, 2003. 

(4) CONVENTION.—The term ‘‘Convention’’ means the 

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization International Convention Against Doping in Sport done 

at Paris October 19, 2005, and ratified by the United States 

in 2008. 

(5) MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SPORT COMPETITION.—The term 

‘‘Major International Sport Competition’’— 

(A) means a competition— 

(i) in which one or more United States athletes 

and three or more athletes from other countries participate; 

(ii) that is governed by the anti-doping rules and 

principles of the Code; and 

(iii) in which— 

(I) the competition organizer or sanctioning 

body receives sponsorship or other financial support from an organization doing business in the 

United States; or 

(II) the competition organizer or sanctioning 

body receives compensation for the right to broadcast the competition in the United States; and 

(B) includes a competition that is a single event or 

a competition that consists of a series of events held at 

different times which, when combined, qualify an athlete 

or team for an award or other recognition. 
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(6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means any individual, 

partnership, corporation, association, or other entity. 

(7) PROHIBITED METHOD.—The term ‘‘prohibited method’’ 

has the meaning given the term in Article 2 of the Convention. 

(8) PROHIBITED SUBSTANCE.—The term ‘‘prohibited substance’’ has the meaning given the term in Article 2 of the 

Convention. 

(9) SCHEME IN COMMERCE.—The term ‘‘scheme in commerce’’ means any scheme effectuated in whole or in part 

through the use in interstate or foreign commerce of any facility 

for transportation or communication. 

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

Anti-Doping Agency. 

(11) WADA.—The term ‘‘WADA’’ means the World AntiDoping Agency. 

SEC. 3. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL DOPING FRAUD CONSPIRACIES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any person, other 

than an athlete, to knowingly carry into effect, attempt to carry 

into effect, or conspire with any other person to carry into effect 

a scheme in commerce to influence by use of a prohibited substance 

or prohibited method any major international sports competition. 

(b) EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.—There is extraterritorial 

Federal jurisdiction over an offense under this section. 

SEC. 4. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.— 

(1) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Whoever violates section 3 shall 

be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not more than 

10 years, fined $250,000 if the person is an individual or 

$1,000,000 if the defendant is other than an individual, or 

both. 

(2) FORFEITURE.—Any property real or personal, tangible 

or intangible, may be seized and criminally forfeited to the 

United States if that property— 

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

to commit or facilitate a violation of section 3; or 

(B) constitutes or is traceable to the proceeds taken, 

obtained, or retained in connection with or as a result 

of a violation of section 3. 

(b) LIMITATION ON PROSECUTION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or 

punished for violation of section 3 unless the indictment is 

returned or the information is filed within 10 years after the 

date on which the offense was completed. 

(2) TOLLING.—Upon application in the United States, filed 

before a return of an indictment, indicating that evidence of 

an offense under this chapter is in a foreign country, the 

district court before which a grand jury is impaneled to investigate the offense shall suspend the running of this statute 

of limitation for the offense if the court finds by a preponderance 

of the evidence that an official request has been made for 

such evidence and that it reasonably appears, or reasonably 

appeared at the time the request was made, that such evidence 

is, or was, in such foreign country. 
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SEC. 5. RESTITUTION. 

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

in subsection (c)— 

(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

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

(iv) and (v), respectively; and 

(B) by inserting after clause (ii) the following: 

‘‘(iii) an offense described in section 3 of the 

Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2019;’’; and 

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

(A), by inserting ‘‘or (iii)’’ after ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(ii)’’. 

SEC. 6. COORDINATION AND SHARING OF INFORMATION WITH USADA. 

Except as otherwise prohibited by law and except in cases 

in which the integrity of a criminal investigation would be affected, 

in furtherance of the obligation of the United States under Article 

7 of the Convention, the Department of Justice, the Department 

of Homeland Security, and the Food and Drug Administration shall 

coordinate with USADA with regard to any investigation related 

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

with USADA all information in the possession of the Department 

of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, or the Food 

and Drug Administration which may be relevant to any such potential violation. 

SEC. 7. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

The budgetary effects of this Act, and the amendments made 

by this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory PayAs-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the 

latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ 

for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 

such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.