I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1754 
To improve the integrity and safety of horseracing by requiring a uniform 
anti-doping and medication control program to be developed and enforced 
by an independent Horseracing Anti-Doping and Medication Control Au-
thority. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2019 
Mr. TONKO (for himself, Mr. BARR, Ms. TITUS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. KILMER, Mr. 
SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. DELAURO, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. COL-
LINS of New York, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. RODNEY 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. WATKINS, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. COOK, Mr. JOYCE 
of Ohio, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. 
CARTER of Georgia, and Mr. KATKO) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To improve the integrity and safety of horseracing by requir-
ing a uniform anti-doping and medication control pro-
gram to be developed and enforced by an independent 
Horseracing Anti-Doping and Medication Control Au-
thority. 
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 ‘‘Horseracing Integrity 
Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Recognizing the substantial relation that 
horseracing has to interstate commerce, Congress 
enacted the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 (15 
U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) to regulate pari-mutuel wager-
ing on horseracing in order to protect and further 
the horseracing industry of the United States. This 
Act does not modify or supplement the Interstate 
Horseracing Act of 1978 or impair or restrict the 
operation and enforcement of State law or regulation 
of horseracing with respect to matters unrelated to 
anti-doping and medication control or for violations 
of State or Federal criminal law. 
(2) Approximately 40 percent of the 635,890 
starts by Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, and 
Standardbred racehorses in 2018 were made by 
horses that competed in more than one State. Those 
Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, and Standardbred 
racehorses which participated in races in more than 
one State in 2018 made over 55 percent of all 
United States racing starts that year. 
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(3) Uniform adoption of national anti-doping 
and medication control standards for horseracing in 
the United States will promote interstate commerce, 
encourage fair competition and a level playing field, 
assure full and fair disclosure of information to pur-
chasers of breeding stock and to the wagering pub-
lic, will improve the marketplace for domestic and 
international sales of United States horses, will pro-
vide a platform for consistency with all major inter-
national horseracing standards, address growing do-
mestic concerns over disparities with international 
rules, and provide for the safety and welfare of 
horses and jockeys. 
(4) The use of therapeutic medications in horse-
racing in the United States must place the health 
and welfare of the horse at the highest level of pri-
ority while achieving consistency with the uses per-
mitted in major international horseracing jurisdic-
tions. Because the various States have been unable 
to adopt a national uniform anti-doping and medica-
tion control program, national uniform regulations 
with respect to the use of, and testing for, drugs ca-
pable of affecting the results of a horse race and 
therapeutic medications used in horseracing, such 
rules, procedures, and enforcement policies should be 
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implemented, consistent with internationally accept-
ed best practices, by an independent anti-doping and 
medication control organization authorized by an act 
of Congress. 
(5) For human sports, Congress has dem-
onstrated its commitment to fair competition 
through legislation, oversight, funding, and by its 
execution of an international treaty, the UNESCO 
International Convention Against Doping in Sport. 
By ratifying the UNESCO Convention, the United 
States agreed to adopt appropriate measures con-
sistent with the principles of the World Anti-Doping 
Code and to take appropriate action, including legis-
lation, regulation, policies, or administrative prac-
tices to implement that commitment. 
(6) In the context of Olympic sports, Congress 
has recognized the United States Anti-Doping Agen-
cy as an independent anti-doping and medication 
control organization possessing high-level expertise 
and credibility in the development and administra-
tion of an anti-doping and medication control pro-
gram. 
(7) Congress supports the establishment of an 
independent anti-doping and medication control or-
ganization to ensure the wagering public’s con-
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fidence in the fairness of horseracing and to 
strengthen and harmonize anti-doping and medica-
tion control rules and sanctions for horseracing in 
order to ensure fair and transparent horseraces and 
to deter the commission of anti-doping and medica-
tion control rule violations. 
(8) The movement of horses among the States 
for 
the 
purpose 
of 
participating 
in 
covered 
horseraces, the widespread acceptance, receipt, and 
transmission of wagers on covered horseraces in 
interstate commerce, and the need to ensure integ-
rity of competition in, and wagering on, covered 
horseraces warrant congressional action as set forth 
in this Act. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘Authority’’ means 
the independent Horseracing Anti-Doping and Medi-
cation Control Authority established by section 5. 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(3) COVERED HORSERACE.—The term ‘‘covered 
horserace’’ means any horserace that has a substan-
tial relation to interstate commerce, including any 
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horserace that is the subject of interstate off-track 
wagers. 
(4) COVERED
HORSE.—The term ‘‘covered 
horse’’ means any Thoroughbred, Quarter, or 
Standardbred horse, beginning on the date of the 
horse’s first timed and reported workout at a race 
track that participates in covered horseraces or a li-
censed training facility until the Authority receives 
written notice that the horse has been retired. 
(5) COVERED
PERSONS.—The term ‘‘covered 
persons’’ means all trainers, owners, veterinarians, 
persons (legal and natural) licensed by a State rac-
ing commission and the agents, assigns and employ-
ees of such persons and other horse support per-
sonnel who are engaged in the care, training, or rac-
ing of covered horses. 
(6) 
EQUINE
CONSTITUENCIES.—The 
term 
‘‘equine constituencies’’ means, collectively, the own-
ers and breeders, trainers, racetracks, veterinarians, 
State racing commissions, and jockeys. 
(7) EQUINE INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE.—The 
term ‘‘equine industry representative’’ means an or-
ganization regularly and significantly engaged in the 
equine industry, including organizations that rep-
resent the interests of, and whose membership con-
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sists of, owners and breeders, trainers, racetracks, 
veterinarians, State racing commissions, and jock-
eys. 
(8) HORSERACING ANTI-DOPING AND MEDICA-
TION CONTROL PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘horseracing 
anti-doping and medication control program’’ means 
the program established under section 6. 
(9) INTERSTATE
OFF-TRACK
WAGER.—The 
term ‘‘interstate off-track wager’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 3 of the Interstate Horse-
racing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3002). 
(10) JOCKEY.—The term ‘‘jockey’’ means a 
rider or driver of a covered horse in covered 
horseraces. 
(11) 
MEDICATION
AND
REGULATORY
EX-
PERTS.—The term ‘‘medication and regulatory ex-
perts’’ means organizations or associations that are 
actively involved in the establishment of equine 
medication standards, or groups or associations rep-
resenting entities responsible for the current regula-
tion of the equine industry, or groups or associations 
representing equine practitioners and veterinarians. 
(12) OWNERS
AND
BREEDERS.—The term 
‘‘owners and breeders’’ means those persons who ei-
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ther hold ownership interests in covered horses or 
who are in the business of breeding covered horses. 
(13) PROHIBITED METHODS.—The term ‘‘pro-
hibited methods’’ means any methods that are on 
the list of prohibited methods identified in section 
6(g). 
(14) PROHIBITED
SUBSTANCES.—The term 
‘‘prohibited substances’’ means any substances that 
are on the list of prohibited substances identified in 
section 6(g). 
(15) PERMITTED METHODS.—The term ‘‘per-
mitted methods’’ means those methods identified in 
the list of permitted methods identified in section 
6(g). 
(16) 
PERMITTED
SUBSTANCES.—The 
term 
‘‘permitted substances’’ means those substances con-
tained in the list of permitted substances identified 
in section 6(g). 
(17) 
RACETRACK.—The 
term 
‘‘racetrack’’ 
means an organization licensed by a State racing 
commission to conduct covered horseraces. 
(18) STATE
RACING
COMMISSION.—The term 
‘‘State racing commission’’ means that entity des-
ignated by State statute or, in the absence of stat-
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ute, by regulation, with jurisdiction to regulate the 
conduct of horseracing within the State. 
(19) TRAINERS.—The term ‘‘trainer’’ means an 
individual engaged in the training of covered horses. 
(20) VETERINARIAN.—The term ‘‘veterinarian’’ 
means a licensed veterinarian who provides veteri-
nary services to covered horses. 
(21) WORKOUT.—The term ‘‘workout’’ means a 
timed running of a horse over a predetermined dis-
tance not associated with a race or, with regard to 
a horse taking part in harness or pace racing, its 
first qualifying race. 
SEC. 4. JURISDICTION FOR HORSERACING ANTI-DOPING 
AND MEDICATION CONTROL MATTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective upon the effective date 
of the anti-doping and medication control program as set 
forth in section 10, the Authority shall exercise authority 
over all horseracing anti-doping and medication control 
matters consistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) POWERS AND AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Authority shall be es-
tablished as a private, independent, self-regulatory, 
nonprofit corporation with responsibility for devel-
oping and administering an anti-doping and medica-
tion control program for covered horses, covered per-
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