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Union Calendar No. 200 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 835 

[Report No. 116–251, Part I] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 29, 2019 

Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. COHEN, Mr. HUDSON, Ms. 

DEGETTE, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. LONG, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. MOORE, Mr. RUSH, 

and Mr. TONKO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 

and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

OCTOBER 22, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. WATSON

COLEMAN, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. BASS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. 

THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. ROUDA, and Mrs. MCBATH

OCTOBER 22, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

OCTOBER 22, 2019 

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

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. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Doping fraud conspiracies which affect the 

9 results of Major International Sport Competitions 

10 harm the clean athletes, including the United States 

11 athletes, who participate in those competitions by 

12 denying them their due recognition and economic re13 wards. 

14 (2) Doping fraud conspiracies which affect the 

15 results of Major International Sport Competitions 

16 also harm the sponsors of clean athletes, including 

17 United States sponsors, whose sponsored athletes 

18 participate in these competitions by denying the 

19 sponsors the recognition they would have received 

20 had their sponsored athletes not been cheated out of 

21 their rightful placement by doped competitors. 

22 (3) Doping fraud conspiracies which affect the 

23 results of Major International Sport Competitions 

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1 basing the legitimacy of the product which they have 

2 paid to sponsor. 

3 (4) Doping fraud conspiracies which affect the 

4 results of Major International Sport Competitions 

5 also harm the media companies which broadcast 

6 those competitions by debasing the legitimacy of the 

7 product which they have paid to broadcast. 

8 (5) Doping fraud conspiracies which affect the 

9 results of Major International Sport Competitions 

10 also harm the general public who pay to watch these 

11 competitions in the expectation that they will be fair 

12 competitions competed on a level playing field. 

13 (6) Doping fraud conspiracies which affect the 

14 results of Major International Sport Competitions 

15 also hurt the sport organizations whose athletes par16 ticipate in those competitions because their sup17 porters assume that the competitions in which the 

18 athletes participate are fair competitions which em19 body the fundamental social values of sport and not 

20 sham exhibitions rigged in favor of cheaters who 

21 dope. 

22 (7) Doping fraud conspiracies in Major Inter23 national Sporting Competitions undermine the integ24 rity and value of not only those events but all orgaVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:36 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\H835.RH H835

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1 nized sport around the world, including the United 

2 States. 

3 (8) The economic impact of sport in the United 

4 States economy exceeds over $500,000,000,000 

5 yearly. Doping fraud conspiracies in Major Inter6 national Sport Competitions seriously threaten the 

7 value of that sector of the United States economy. 

8 (9) Doping fraud conspiracies often beget other 

9 illegal activity, including bribery and money laun10 dering. 

11 (10) The World Anti-Doping Code, which first 

12 went into effect in 2003, has been an effective tool 

13 in the fight against international doping by signifi14 cantly harmonizing the anti-doping rules of sport 

15 and the national laws of those countries which ad16 dress sport doping through legislation. 

17 (11) On August 25, 2003, the United States 

18 ratified the Convention. As a party to the Conven19 tion, the United States has agreed to ‘‘adopt appro20 priate measures at the national and international 

21 levels which are consistent with the Code . . . In 

22 abiding by the obligations contained in this Conven23 tion, each State Party undertakes to adopt appro24 priate measures. Such measures may include legisla25 tion, regulation, policies or administrative practices.’’ 


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1 (12) USADA was recognized by Congress, 

2 under the United States Anti-Doping Agency Reau3 thorization Act (Public Law 113–280; 128 Stat. 

4 3020), as the independent anti-doping organization 

5 for the amateur athletic competitions recognized by 

6 the United States Olympic Committee. Both 

7 USADA and the United States Olympic Committee 

8 are Signatories to the World Anti-Doping Code. 

9 (13) The mission of USADA is to preserve the 

10 integrity of competition, inspire true sport, and pro11 tect the rights of athletes. 

12 (14) As a party to the Convention, the United 

13 States has also agreed to ‘‘insure the application of 

14 the present Convention, notably through domestic 

15 coordination. To meet their obligations under [the] 

16 Convention, States Parties may rely on Anti-Doping 

17 Organizations as well as sports authorities and orga18 nizations.’’ Because USADA does not have search 

19 and seizure or subpoena powers, this cooperation by 

20 Federal agencies is very important to USADA in 

21 carrying out its mission. 

22 (15) Existing criminal statutes, such as con23 spiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to com24 mit mail fraud, have been important tools used by 

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1 ruption in connection with some Major International 

2 Sport Competitions. However, in other international 

3 sporting events, the facts of a doping fraud con4 spiracy may not support the use of existing laws. As 

5 is evident from the recent exposure of the doping 

6 fraud conspiracy in Russia involving the Sochi Olym7 pic Games and other Major International Sport 

8 Competitions before and after such Olympic Games, 

9 whistleblowers, including Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov 

10 and Yuliya and Vitaliy Stepanov, can play a critical 

11 role in exposing doping fraud conspiracies and other 

12 fraudulent acts in international sport. 

13 (16) These whistleblowers, including Dr. 

14 Grigory Rodchenkov and Yuliya and Vitaliy 

15 Stepanov, often expose major international doping 

16 fraud conspiracies at considerable personal risk. By 

17 criminalizing these conspiracies, such whistleblowers 

18 will be included under existing witness and inform19 ant protection laws. 

20 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

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

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

23 the term in Article 2 of the Convention. 


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

2 meaning given the term in Article 2 of the Conven3 tion. 

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

5 Anti-Doping Code most recently adopted by WADA 

6 on March 5, 2003. 

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

8 means the United Nations Educational, Scientific, 

9 and Cultural Organization International Convention 

10 Against Doping in Sport done at Paris October 19, 

11 2005, and ratified by the United States in 2008. 

12 (5) MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SPORT COMPETI13 TION.—The term ‘‘Major International Sport Com14 petition’’ means— 

15 (A) a competition in which— 

16 (i) 1 or more United States athletes 

17 and 3 or more athletes from other coun18 tries participate; and 

19 (ii)(I) the competition organizer or 

20 sanctioning body receives sponsorship or 

21 other financial support from an organiza22 tion doing business in the United States; 

23 or 

24 (II) the competition organizer or sanc25 tioning body receives compensation for the 


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1 right to broadcast the competition in the 

2 United States; and 

3 (5) MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SPORT COMPETI4 TION.—The term ‘‘Major International Sport Com5 petition’’— 

6 (A) means a competition— 

7 (i) in which 1 or more United States 

8 athletes and 3 or more athletes from other 

9 countries participate; 

10 (ii) that is governed by the anti-doping 

11 rules and principles of the Code; and 

12 (iii) in which— 

13 (I) the competition organizer or 

14 sanctioning body receives sponsorship 

15 or other financial support from an or16 ganization doing business in the 

17 United States; or 

18 (II) the competition organizer or 

19 sanctioning body receives compensation 

20 for the right to broadcast the competi21 tion in the United States; and 

22 (B) includes a competition that is a single 

23 event or a competition that consists of a series 

24 of events held at different times which, when 


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1 combined, qualify an athlete or team for an 

2 award or other recognition. 

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

4 individual, partnership, corporation, association, or 

5 other entity. 

6 (7) PROHIBITED METHOD.—The term ‘‘prohib7 ited method’’ has the meaning given the term in Ar8 ticle 2 of the Convention. 

9 (8) PROHIBITED SUBSTANCE.—The term ‘‘pro10 hibited substance’’ has the meaning given the term 

11 in Article 2 of the Convention. 

12 (9) SCHEME IN COMMERCE.—The term 

13 ‘‘scheme in commerce’’ means any scheme effec14 tuated in whole or in part through the use in inter15 state or foreign commerce of any facility for trans16 portation or communication. 

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

18 United States Anti-Doping Agency. 

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

20 World Anti-Doping Agency. 

21 SEC. 4. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL DOPING FRAUD CONSPIR22 ACIES. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any per24 son, other than an athlete, to knowingly carry into effect, 

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


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1 person to carry into effect a scheme in commerce to influ2 ence by use of a prohibited substance or prohibited method 

3 any major international sports competition. 

4 (b) EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.—There is 

5 extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over an offense under 

6 this section. 

7 SEC. 5. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND STATUTE OF LIMITA8 TIONS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

10 (1) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Whoever violates sec11 tion 4 shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment 

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

13 person is an individual or $1,000,000 if the defend14 ant is other than an individual, or both. 

15 (2) FORFEITURE.—Any property real or per16 sonal used in violation of section 4 may be seized 

17 and forfeited to the United States. 

18 (2) FORFEITURE.—Any property real or per19 sonal, tangible or intangible, may be seized and 

20 criminally forfeited to the United States if that prop21 erty— 

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

23 manner, to commit or facilitate a violation of 

24 section 4; or 


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1 (B) constitutes or is traceable to the pro2 ceeds taken, obtained, or retained in connection 

3 with or as a result of a violation of section 4. 

4 (b) LIMITATION ON PROSECUTION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—No person shall be pros6 ecuted, tried, or punished for violation of section 4 

7 unless the indictment is returned or the information 

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

9 offense was completed. 

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

11 States, filed before a return of an indictment, indi12 cating that evidence of an offense under this chapter 

13 is in a foreign country, the district court before 

14 which a grand jury is impaneled to investigate the 

15 offense shall suspend the running of this statute of 

16 limitation for the offense if the court finds by a pre17 ponderance of the evidence that an official request 

18 has been made for such evidence and that it reason19 ably appears, or reasonably cleared appeared at the 

20 time the request was made, that such evidence is, or 

21 was, in such foreign country. 

22 SEC. 6. RESTITUTION. 

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

24 amended in subsection (c)— 

25 (1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 


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

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

3 (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(iii) an offense described in section 4 

6 of the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 

7 2019;’’; and 

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

9 clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or (iii)’’ after ‘‘paragraph 

10 (1)(A)(ii)’’. 

11 SEC. 7. COORDINATION AND SHARING OF INFORMATION 

12 WITH USADA. 

13 Except as otherwise prohibited by law and except in 

14 cases in which the integrity of a criminal investigation 

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

16 United States under Article 7 of the Convention, the De17 partment of Justice, the Department of Homeland Secu18 rity, and the Food and Drug Administration shall coordi19 nate with USADA with regard to any investigation related 

20 to a potential violation of section 4 of this Act or anti21 doping rules adopted by USADA pursuant to the Code, 

22 to include sharing with USADA all information in the pos23 session of the Department of Justice, the Department of 

24 Homeland Security, or the Food and Drug Administration 

25 which may be relevant to any such potential violation. 


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Union Calendar No. 200 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 835 

[Report No. 116–251, Part I] 

A BILL 

To impose criminal sanctions on certain persons inits fight against doping, and for other purposes. the United States Anti-Doping Agency to assist acies, and to require sharing of information with to provide restitution for victims of such conspir- volved in international doping fraud conspiracies, 

OCTOBER 22, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with 

amendments 

OCTOBER 22, 2019 

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; comState of the Union and ordered to be printed mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 


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