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Calendar No. 509 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 835 

[Report No. 116–247] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 23, 2019 

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

and Transportation 

AUGUST 6, 2020 

Reported by Mr. WICKER, without amendment 

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. 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

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

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

4 the term in Article 2 of the Convention. 

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

6 meaning given the term in Article 2 of the Conven7 tion. 

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

9 Anti-Doping Code most recently adopted by WADA 

10 on March 5, 2003. 

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

12 means the United Nations Educational, Scientific, 

13 and Cultural Organization International Convention 

14 Against Doping in Sport done at Paris October 19, 

15 2005, and ratified by the United States in 2008. 

16 (5) MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SPORT COMPETI17 TION.—The term ‘‘Major International Sport Com18 petition’’— 

19 (A) means a competition— 

20 (i) in which one or more United 

21 States athletes and three or more athletes 

22 from other countries participate; 

23 (ii) that is governed by the anti24 doping rules and principles of the Code; 

25 and 

26 (iii) in which— 


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1 (I) the competition organizer or 

2 sanctioning body receives sponsorship 

3 or other financial support from an or4 ganization doing business in the 

5 United States; or 

6 (II) the competition organizer or 

7 sanctioning body receives compensa8 tion for the right to broadcast the 

9 competition in the United States; and 

10 (B) includes a competition that is a single 

11 event or a competition that consists of a series 

12 of events held at different times which, when 

13 combined, qualify an athlete or team for an 

14 award or other recognition. 

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

16 individual, partnership, corporation, association, or 

17 other entity. 

18 (7) PROHIBITED METHOD.—The term ‘‘prohib19 ited method’’ has the meaning given the term in Ar20 ticle 2 of the Convention. 

21 (8) PROHIBITED SUBSTANCE.—The term ‘‘pro22 hibited substance’’ has the meaning given the term 

23 in Article 2 of the Convention. 

24 (9) SCHEME IN COMMERCE.—The term 

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1 tuated in whole or in part through the use in inter2 state or foreign commerce of any facility for trans3 portation or communication. 

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

5 United States Anti-Doping Agency. 

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

7 World Anti-Doping Agency. 

8 SEC. 3. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL DOPING FRAUD CONSPIR9 ACIES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any per11 son, other than an athlete, to knowingly carry into effect, 

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

13 person to carry into effect a scheme in commerce to influ14 ence by use of a prohibited substance or prohibited method 

15 any major international sports competition. 

16 (b) EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.—There is 

17 extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over an offense under 

18 this section. 

19 SEC. 4. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND STATUTE OF LIMITA20 TIONS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

22 (1) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Whoever violates sec23 tion 3 shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment 

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


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1 person is an individual or $1,000,000 if the defend2 ant is other than an individual, or both. 

3 (2) FORFEITURE.—Any property real or per4 sonal, tangible or intangible, may be seized and 

5 criminally forfeited to the United States if that 

6 property— 

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

8 manner, to commit or facilitate a violation of 

9 section 3; or 

10 (B) constitutes or is traceable to the pro11 ceeds taken, obtained, or retained in connection 

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

13 (b) LIMITATION ON PROSECUTION.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—No person shall be pros15 ecuted, tried, or punished for violation of section 3 

16 unless the indictment is returned or the information 

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

18 offense was completed. 

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

20 States, filed before a return of an indictment, indi21 cating that evidence of an offense under this chapter 

22 is in a foreign country, the district court before 

23 which a grand jury is impaneled to investigate the 

24 offense shall suspend the running of this statute of 

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1 ponderance of the evidence that an official request 

2 has been made for such evidence and that it reason3 ably appears, or reasonably appeared at the time the 

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

5 such foreign country. 

6 SEC. 5. RESTITUTION. 

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

8 amended in subsection (c)— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

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

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

12 (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol13 lowing: 

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

15 of the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 

16 2019;’’; and 

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

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

19 ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(ii)’’. 

20 SEC. 6. COORDINATION AND SHARING OF INFORMATION 

21 WITH USADA. 

22 Except as otherwise prohibited by law and except in 

23 cases in which the integrity of a criminal investigation 

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

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1 partment of Justice, the Department of Homeland Secu2 rity, and the Food and Drug Administration shall coordi3 nate with USADA with regard to any investigation related 

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

5 sharing with USADA all information in the possession of 

6 the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland 

7 Security, or the Food and Drug Administration which may 

8 be relevant to any such potential violation. 

9 SEC. 7. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

10 The budgetary effects of this Act, and the amend11 ments made by this Act, for the purpose of complying with 

12 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be deter13 mined by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budg14 etary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, sub15 mitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 

16 Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 

17 such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on 

18 passage. 


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Calendar No. 509 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 835 

[Report No. 116–247] 

AN ACT 

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, 

AUGUST 6, 2020 

Reported without amendment 


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