I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 835 
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 Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
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 re-
quire sharing of information with the United States Anti- 
Doping Agency to assist its fight against doping, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rodchenkov Anti- 
Doping Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Doping fraud conspiracies which affect the 
results of Major International Sport Competitions 
harm the clean athletes, including the United States 
athletes, who participate in those competitions by 
denying them their due recognition and economic re-
wards. 
(2) Doping fraud conspiracies which affect the 
results of Major International Sport Competitions 
also harm the sponsors of clean athletes, including 
United States sponsors, whose sponsored athletes 
participate in these competitions by denying the 
sponsors the recognition they would have received 
had their sponsored athletes not been cheated out of 
their rightful placement by doped competitors. 
(3) Doping fraud conspiracies which affect the 
results of Major International Sport Competitions 
also harm the sponsors of those competitions by de-
basing the legitimacy of the product which they have 
paid to sponsor. 
(4) Doping fraud conspiracies which affect the 
results of Major International Sport Competitions 
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also harm the media companies which broadcast 
those competitions by debasing the legitimacy of the 
product which they have paid to broadcast. 
(5) Doping fraud conspiracies which affect the 
results of Major International Sport Competitions 
also harm the general public who pay to watch these 
competitions in the expectation that they will be fair 
competitions competed on a level playing field. 
(6) Doping fraud conspiracies which affect the 
results of Major International Sport Competitions 
also hurt the sport organizations whose athletes par-
ticipate in those competitions because their sup-
porters assume that the competitions in which the 
athletes participate are fair competitions which em-
body the fundamental social values of sport and not 
sham exhibitions rigged in favor of cheaters who 
dope. 
(7) Doping fraud conspiracies in Major Inter-
national Sporting Competitions undermine the integ-
rity and value of not only those events but all orga-
nized sport around the world, including the United 
States. 
(8) The economic impact of sport in the United 
States economy exceeds over $500,000,000,000 
yearly. Doping fraud conspiracies in Major Inter-
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national Sport Competitions seriously threaten the 
value of that sector of the United States economy. 
(9) Doping fraud conspiracies often beget other 
illegal activity, including bribery and money laun-
dering. 
(10) The World Anti-Doping Code, which first 
went into effect in 2003, has been an effective tool 
in the fight against international doping by signifi-
cantly harmonizing the anti-doping rules of sport 
and the national laws of those countries which ad-
dress sport doping through legislation. 
(11) On August 25, 2003, the United States 
ratified the Convention. As a party to the Conven-
tion, the United States has agreed to ‘‘adopt appro-
priate measures at the national and international 
levels which are consistent with the Code . . . In 
abiding by the obligations contained in this Conven-
tion, each State Party undertakes to adopt appro-
priate measures. Such measures may include legisla-
tion, regulation, policies or administrative practices.’’ 
(12) USADA was recognized by Congress, 
under the United States Anti-Doping Agency Reau-
thorization Act (Public Law 113–280; 128 Stat. 
3020), as the independent anti-doping organization 
for the amateur athletic competitions recognized by 
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the United States Olympic Committee. Both 
USADA and the United States Olympic Committee 
are Signatories to the World Anti-Doping Code. 
(13) The mission of USADA is to preserve the 
integrity of competition, inspire true sport, and pro-
tect the rights of athletes. 
(14) As a party to the Convention, the United 
States has also agreed to ‘‘insure the application of 
the present Convention, notably through domestic 
coordination. To meet their obligations under [the] 
Convention, States Parties may rely on Anti-Doping 
Organizations as well as sports authorities and orga-
nizations.’’ Because USADA does not have search 
and seizure or subpoena powers, this cooperation by 
Federal agencies is very important to USADA in 
carrying out its mission. 
(15) Existing criminal statutes, such as con-
spiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to com-
mit mail fraud, have been important tools used by 
United States law enforcement agencies to fight cor-
ruption in connection with some Major International 
Sport Competitions. However, in other international 
sporting events, the facts of a doping fraud con-
spiracy may not support the use of existing laws. As 
is evident from the recent exposure of the doping 
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fraud conspiracy in Russia involving the Sochi Olym-
pic Games and other Major International Sport 
Competitions before and after such Olympic Games, 
whistleblowers, including Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov 
and Yuliya and Vitaliy Stepanov, can play a critical 
role in exposing doping fraud conspiracies and other 
fraudulent acts in international sport. 
(16) 
These 
whistleblowers, 
including 
Dr. 
Grigory 
Rodchenkov 
and 
Yuliya 
and 
Vitaliy 
Stepanov, often expose major international doping 
fraud conspiracies at considerable personal risk. By 
criminalizing these conspiracies, such whistleblowers 
will be included under existing witness and inform-
ant protection laws. 
SEC. 3. 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. 
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(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’’ means— 
(A) a competition in which— 
(i) 1 or more United States athletes 
and 3 or more athletes from other coun-
tries participate; and 
(ii)(I) the competition organizer or 
sanctioning body receives sponsorship or 
other financial support from an organiza-
tion doing business in the United States; 
or 
(II) the competition organizer or sanc-
tioning body receives compensation 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 
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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. 
(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. 4. 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 
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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. 
(b) EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.—There is 
extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over an offense under 
this section. 
SEC. 5. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND STATUTE OF LIMITA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Whoever violates sec-
tion 4 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 used in violation of section 4 may be seized 
and forfeited to the United States. 
(b) LIMITATION ON PROSECUTION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—No person shall be pros-
ecuted, tried, or punished for violation of section 4 
unless the indictment is returned or the information 
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-
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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 cleared at the time the 
request was made, that such evidence is, or was, in 
such foreign country. 
SEC. 6. 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 4 
of the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 
2019;’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding 
clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or (iii)’’ after ‘‘paragraph 
(1)(A)(ii)’’. 
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SEC. 7. COORDINATION AND SHARING OF INFORMATION 
WITH USADA. 
Except as otherwise prohibited by law, in furtherance 
of the obligation of the United States under Article 7 of 
the Convention, the Department of Justice, the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, and the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration shall coordinate with USADA with regard to 
any investigation related to a potential violation of section 
4 of this Act or anti-doping rules adopted by USADA pur-
suant to the Code, to include sharing with USADA all in-
formation 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. 
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