FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 722 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JiNGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Sports, more than a physical game, is a good way of establishing 
discipline and building character. With proper disposition, any person engaged 
into any sporting activity, as studies suggest, becomes a better individual, not 
only physically but even emotionally, intellectually and to a certain extent 
spiritually. 
Unfortunately, pressures, emanating from sports' highly competitive nature 
and the consequent overzealous desire to win, move an individual to resort to 
cheating, such as taking of perf0rmance-enhancement drugs, if only to ensure 
victory. Suddenly, sports ceases to be a test of endurance but a venue for 
dishonesty and fiendish maneuverings. 
Although the government expends effort to penalize those athletes found 
to be taking performance-enhancement drugs, the same prove futile because of 
inability to detect new forms of drugs and who among the athletes are taking the 
same. 
The purpose of this measu,re is to direct the Philippine Sports Commission 
(PSC) to establish a program to support research and training in methods of 
detecting the use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes. Through this, the 
government can finally curb effectively the sad practice of our athletes and 
hence, consequently restoring the image of sports as a source of national pride 
and not public shame. 
Hence, immediate passage of the bill is earnestly sought. 
Senator 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 722 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
DIRECTING THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH A 
PROGRAM TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN METHODS OF 
DETECTING THE USE OF PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS BY 
ATHLETES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Tit/e.- This Act shall be known as the "Athletic 
Perlormance-Enhancing Drugs Research and Detection Act. " 
SEC. 2. Research and Detection Programs Established. -
a) IN GENERAL- The Chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission 
(PSC), in coordination with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) 
shall establish and administer a program to support research into the use of 
performance-enhancing substances by athletes, and methods of detecting their 
use. 
b) GRANTS-
(1) IN GENERAL-
The program shall include grants of financial 
assistance, awarded on a competition basis, to support the advancement and 
improvement of research into the use of performance-enhancing substances by 
athletes, and methods of detecting their use; 
(2) BANNED SUBSTANCES- In carrying out the program, the Chairman 
shall consider research proposals involving performance-enhancing substances 
banned from use by competitors in events sanctioned by organizations, such as 
the International Olympic Committee, the Philippine Olympic Committee, and 
other bodies. 
(3) RESEARCH CONCENTRATION- In carrying out the program, the 
Chairman shall-
(A) fund research on the detection of naturally-occurring steroids, 
such 
as 
testosterone, 
and 
other 
testosterone 
precursors 
(e.g., 
androstendione), and other substances, such as human growth hormone 


and erythropoietin for which no tests are available but for which there is 
evidence of abuse or abuse potential; 
(6) fund research that focuses on population studies to ensure that 
tests are accurate for men, women, all relevant age, and major ethnic 
groups; and 
(C) not fund research on drugs of abuse, 
phencyclidine, 
marijuana, 
morphine/codeine, 
barbiturates, and methamphetamine/amphetamine. 
e) TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC PEER REVIEW-
such as cocaine, 
benzodiazepines, 
(1) IN GENERAL- The Chairman shall establish appropriate technical and 
scientific peer review procedures for evaluating applications for grants under the 
program. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION- The Chairman shall-
(A) ensure that grant applicants meet a set of minimum criteria 
before receiving consideration for an award under the program; 
(8) Give preference to laboratories with an established record of 
athletic drug testing analysis; 
(3) CRITERIA- The list of minimum criteria shall include requirements that 
each applicant-
(A) Demonstrate a record of publication and research in the area of 
drug testing; 
(6) Provide a plan detailing the direct transference of the research 
findings to lab applications in athletic drug testing; and 
(C) Certify that it is a not-for-profit research program. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to comply with requirements of 
this Act. 
(5) PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS 
a) IN GENERAL- The Chairman shall develop a grant program to 
fund educational substance abuse prevention and intervention programs 
related to the use of performance-enhancing SUbstances by high school 
and college student athletes. The chairman shall establish a set of 
minimum criteria for applicants to receive consideration for an award 
under the program. The list of minimum criteria shall include requirements 
that each applicant-
1) 
propose an intervention and prevention program 
based on methodologically sound evaluation with 
evidence of drug prevention efficacy; and 
2) 
demonstrate a record of publication and research 
in the area of athletic drug use prevention. 


SEC. 3. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held 
invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provisions not 
otherwise affected shall remain valid and subsisting. 
SEC. 4. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruqtion, administrative order, rule or regulation 
contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, 
modified or amended accordingly. 
SEC. 5. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,