IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 835 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 23, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
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 re-
quire sharing of information with the United States Anti- 
Doping Agency to assist its fight against doping, and 
for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 Conven-
tion. 
(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
COMPETI-
TION.—The term ‘‘Major International Sport Com-
petition’’— 
(A) means a competition— 
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(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 or-
ganization doing business in the 
United States; or 
(II) the competition organizer or 
sanctioning body receives compensa-
tion 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. 
(6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means any 
individual, partnership, corporation, association, or 
other entity. 
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(7) PROHIBITED METHOD.—The term ‘‘prohib-
ited method’’ has the meaning given the term in Ar-
ticle 2 of the Convention. 
(8) PROHIBITED SUBSTANCE.—The term ‘‘pro-
hibited 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 effec-
tuated in whole or in part through the use in inter-
state or foreign commerce of any facility for trans-
portation or communication. 
(10) USADA.—The term ‘‘USADA’’ means the 
United States Anti-Doping Agency. 
(11) WADA.—The term ‘‘WADA’’ means the 
World Anti-Doping Agency. 
SEC. 3. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL DOPING FRAUD CONSPIR-
ACIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any per-
son, 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 influ-
ence by use of a prohibited substance or prohibited method 
any major international sports competition. 
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(b) EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.—There is 
extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over an offense under 
this section. 
SEC. 4. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND STATUTE OF LIMITA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Whoever violates sec-
tion 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 defend-
ant is other than an individual, or both. 
(2) FORFEITURE.—Any property real or per-
sonal, 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 pro-
ceeds 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 pros-
ecuted, tried, or punished for violation of section 3 
unless the indictment is returned or the information 
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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, indi-
cating 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 pre-
ponderance of the evidence that an official request 
has been made for such evidence and that it reason-
ably appears, or reasonably appeared at the time the 
request was made, that such evidence is, or was, in 
such foreign country. 
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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) an offense described in section 3 
of the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 
2019;’’; and 
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(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 De-
partment of Justice, the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, and the Food and Drug Administration shall coordi-
nate 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 amend-
ments made by this Act, for the purpose of complying with 
the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be deter-
mined by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budg-
etary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, sub-
mitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
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