Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
19TH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
House Bill No. 10322 
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Introduced by Representative 
MICHAEL L. ROMERO 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Article XIV section 19 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, states that the 
State shall promote physical education and encourage sports programs, league 
competitions, and amateur sports, including training for international 
competitions, to foster self-discipline, teamwork, and excellence for the 
development of a healthy nation. 
The use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports has been a big concern 
not only of the Philippines but all international sports governing bodies. 
They have enacted measures to ensure that athletes stay clean, and 
competition is fair. However, there are still instances when athletes have been 
found to have used performance-enhancing drugs or have taken banned 
substances whether knowingly or not. 
This is why we need an organization that will work towards combating and 
preventing doping in all international and national level sports; testing for 
prohibited substances and methods, and penalizing violations. This will 
ensure the country's full participation in all international competitions. 
This House bill seeks to guarantee the advancing of the country’s sports 
and development policies and programs towards increased share and 
opportunity of each Filipino in socioeconomic progress, the enhancement of 
our forces and policies.  
Furthermore, this House bill seeks to attain a better quality of life for all 
Filipinos through management and maintenance of sports level resources and 
the environment. 
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This house bill seeks to empower the Philippine Sports Commission 
(PSC) to establish a comprehensive National anti-doping Program. 
Thus, the early passage of this bill is earnestly requested. 
MICHAEL L. ROMERO Ph.D. 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
19TH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
House Bill No. 10322 
_________________________________________________________________ 
Introduced by Representative 
MICHAEL L. ROMERO 
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AN ACT 
EMPOWERING THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION (PSC) 
EXPANDING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, STRENGTHENING 
ITS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR A COMPREHENSIVE 
NATIONAL ANTI-DOPING PROGRAM, TO FOSTER THE 
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SPORTS-
RELATED PLANS, POLICIES AND PROJECTS IN THE 
PURSUANT OF ITS MANDATE, REFORMS AND GUIDELINES 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
congress assembled: 
SECTION 
1. 
SHORT TITLE. - This Act shall be known as the " 
Philippine Sports Commission anti-doping Act of 2024 ". 
SECTION 2. 
DECLARATION OF POLICY. It shall hereby be a 
declared of the policy of the State to promote physical education, encourage 
and sustain the development of sports in the country to foster physical fitness, 
self-discipline, teamwork and excellence for the development of a healthy and 
alert citizenry through a unified national sports promotion and development 
program, and that the establishment and creation of a single, unified and 
integrated national sports policy-making body shall further this objective.
The State shall recognize that the anti-doping problem is a principal 
element in long-range planning if the government is to achieve their socio-
economic goals and fulfill the aspirations of their people. 


 
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) shall be the entity designated as 
possessing the primary authority and responsibility to adopt and implement 
anti-doping rules in the Philippines, direct the collection of, manage test 
results as well as the conduct of hearings at the national level, and implement 
designed anti-doping education programs, and undertake social research 
relevant to anti-doping efforts. 
  
The state shall hereby be a declared policy of the state to elevate our 
capacity to preserve and protect its athletes.  
It shall carry on its mandate to formulate and adopt coherent, integrated 
and comprehensive long-term plans, programs and recommendations on 
sports as it relates to economic and social development consistent with and 
implementing the development policy. 
The state shall strengthen institutional capacities to formulate, 
coordinate and implement integrated population and development strategies, 
policies, and programs based on socioeconomic and demographic data, 
information and knowledge. 
It shall hereby provide the necessary support to fund and establish the 
immediate anti-doping development strategies.  
The State shall spearhead the application of modern techniques and 
technology to ensure the preservation and development of its athletes. Thus, 
to ensure the well-being of the entire nation. 
 
SECTION 3. 
ESTABLISHMENT 
OF 
A 
COMPREHENSIVE 
NATIONAL ANTI-DOPING PROGRAM — There shall hereby be established a 
comprehensive anti-doping program.  
Existing structures, facilities and equipment’s that would meet the 
standard requirements could be upgraded to effectively serve and be 
designated as such in compliance with rules and regulations set by the 
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). 
SECTION 4. 
PROHIBITED ACTS - The Philippine Sports 
Commission (PSC) seeks the following acts committed by athletes, athlete 


 
support personnel, sports federations, or sports organizations as anti-doping 
violations: 
• 
presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an 
athlete's bodily specimen; 
• 
use or attempted use of a prohibited substance or method; 
• 
refusal or failure, without compelling justification, to submit to sample 
collection after notification as authorized in terms of applicable anti-
doping rules or otherwise evading sample collection 
• 
violation of applicable requirements regarding athlete availability for 
out-of-competition testing, including failure to provide required 
whereabouts information and missed tests which are declared based on 
reasonable rules; 
• 
tampering, or attempting to tamper, with any part of doping control; 
• 
possession of prohibited substances and methods; 
• 
trafficking in any prohibited substance or method; 
• 
administration or attempted administration of a prohibited substance 
or method to any athlete, or assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, 
covering up, or any other type of complicity involving an anti-doping 
rule violation or any attempted violation; and 
• 
violation of any provision of this Act, prevailing Anti-Doping Rules, the 
Code, and Convention, and their amendments. 
 
SECTION 
5. 
SCOPE 
Any athlete, athlete support personnel, NSA, sports 
association/organization/club found to have committed anti-doping 
violations, will be punished in terms of the applicable provisions according to 
prevailing Rules, including but not limited to: 
• 
disqualification wherein the results in a particular competition or event 
are invalidated, with all resulting consequences including forfeiture of 
medals, points, and prizes; 
• 
ineligibility, meaning barred for a specified period of time (temporary or 
perpetual) from participating in any competition or other activity, 
withholding of financial support and access to sporting facilities; 
• 
provisional suspension or barred temporarily from participating in any 
competition before a final decision, and 
• 
fine amounting to not less than one million pesos (P1,000,000.00). 
 
SECTION 
6. 
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS 
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) shall have the following additional 
mandates:  


 
• 
promote participation in sport, free from doping to protect the 
health and well-being of competitors and the rights of all 
persons who take part in sport; 
• 
set procedure for adopting testing methods, establishment of 
registered testing pools, sample collection, accreditation of 
testing laboratories, standards to be maintained by testing 
laboratories based on the Code of International Standards for 
testing laboratories, among others; 
• 
set procedure for analysis of samples, and results 
management; 
• 
specify anti-doping rules applicable and consequences of anti 
doping rule violation, as well as procedures applicable in 
relation to negative analytical findings and adverse analytical 
findings and principles governing provisional suspension of an 
athlete; 
• 
set procedures for re-entry of a banned athlete; 
• 
set procedures for providing access to independent observers; 
• 
set procedures in relation to in-competition testing and out-of-
competition testing of athletes; 
• 
create awareness to discourage the practice of doping in sport 
among the public and the sporting community in particular; 
• 
use World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) accredited 
laboratories for analysis of samples and other required 
specimens; 
• 
carry out investigations in matters of doping in sports; 
• 
provide information to athletes, athlete support personnel on 
the procedures for, and developments concerning the 
collection and testing of samples following the code and any 
standards developed by WADA; 
• 
maintain the whereabouts register and a registered testing 
pool in accordance with the code; 
• 
prosecute anti-doping offenses, among others. 
Equally, the proposed measure does not require the consent of any person or 
authority for the conduct of any investigation or imposition of any 
administrative sanctions. 
SECTION 7. 
SUPERVISING AND ASSESSMENT CONCERNS. — 
the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) shall provide the necessary 
technical and financial assistance to ensure the effective operations and 
integration. 
SECTION 8. 
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY. — the Philippine Sports 
Commission (PSC). 
SECTION 9. 
IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS. — 
Within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Philippine Sports 


 
Commission (PSC) shall, in consultation with other concerned government 
and private agencies, promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to 
carry out the provisions of this Act. 
SECTION 10. 
TRANSITORY PROVISION – Existing industries, 
businesses and offices affected by the implementation of this Act shall be given 
six (6) months transitory period from the effectivity of the IRR or such other 
period as may be determined, to comply with the requirements of this Act. 
SECTION 
11. 
PROGRESS 
REPORT – The Chairman of the 
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) shall prepare an annual report on the 
status of the implementation of the Anti-doping Programs which shall be 
submitted, to the Office of the President and to the Chairpersons of the 
Committee on Economic Affairs of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives. 
SECTION 
12. 
INCREASE OF PERSONNEL. – The Philippine 
Sports Commission (PSC) shall maintain a sufficient staffing pattern. Hence, 
it is authorized to increase its manpower to meet such required and may 
continue to increase personnel per percentage rate increase of committed 
mandates annually or as the need arises. 
SECTION 
13. 
PERIOD 
OF 
IMPLEMENTATION 
– The 
modernization program under this Act shall be implemented for an initial 
period of three (3) years:  
Provided, that payments for multi-year contract obligations incurred 
under this Act may extend beyond this period:  
Provided, further, That the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) shall 
continue to develop, modernize and constantly update its operational 
capabilities to keep pace with best global practices. 
SECTION 14. 
PERIODIC REPORTS - The Chairman of the 
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) shall submit periodic reports on its 
findings and make recommendations on actions to be taken by both Congress 


 
and Senate and the appropriate departments, in order to carry out the 
objectives and mandates of this Act. 
SECTION 15. 
AUTOMATIC REVIEW - Every three (3) years after 
the effectivity of this Act, an independent review panel composed of experts 
to be appointed by the President of the Republic shall review the policies and 
programs 
in 
the 
defense 
and 
security 
sector 
and 
shall 
make 
recommendations, based on its findings, to the President and to both Houses 
of Congress. 
SECTION 16. 
SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. — If any provision of this 
Act shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining provisions which 
are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect. 
SECTION 17. 
REPEALING CLAUSE. — All laws, decrees, executive 
orders, rules and regulations, and other issuances, or parts thereof, contrary 
to or inconsistent with this Act are hereby modified, amended or repealed 
accordingly. 
SECTION 18. 
EFFECTIVITY. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) 
days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general 
circulation. 
Approved,