I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6158 
To amend the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to require, as a condition 
to the consent for off-track wagering, that horsemen’s groups and host 
racing commissions offer insurance coverage for professional jockeys and 
other horseracing personnel, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 
Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself and Mr. STUPAK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to require, 
as a condition to the consent for off-track wagering, 
that horsemen’s groups and host racing commissions 
offer insurance coverage for professional jockeys and 
other horseracing personnel, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CONDITION FOR CONSENT OF OFF-TRACK WA-
GERING. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 5(a) of the Interstate 
Horseracing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3004(a)) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C); 
(B) by adding after subparagraph (A) the 
following: 
‘‘(B) that as a condition precedent to such 
consent (except in a State where jockeys, exer-
cise riders, or backside personnel and trainers 
are included in a State worker’s compensation 
program under the laws or regulations of such 
State effective on June 30, 2006) the terms 
and conditions of the agreement described in 
subparagraph (A) provide that not less than 50 
percent of any amount received by the horse-
men’s group under such agreement be paid by 
the horsemen’s group to the host racing com-
mission for the purpose of the host racing com-
mission offering insurance coverage for profes-
sional jockeys, exercise riders, and backside per-
sonnel and trainers; and provided further,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the 
semicolon the following: ‘‘, including the consent of 
such commission to offer insurance coverage with 
the funds obtained by such commission based on the 
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terms and conditions of the written agreement as set 
forth in paragraph (1)(B)’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 3 of the Interstate Horse-
racing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3002) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (22), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) by adding after paragraph (22) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(23) ‘insurance coverage’ means health and in-
jury insurance for jockeys, exercise riders, and back-
side personnel and trainers who are employed or 
under contract for training or horseracing in the 
State of the host racing association and who may be 
injured in the performance of their official duties 
while so employed or under contract; 
‘‘(24) ‘exercise rider’ means an individual em-
ployed as a rider by a horse trainer or any other 
person to assist in the exercising and training of a 
horse for horseracing; and 
‘‘(25) ‘jockey’ means a professional jockey who 
is licensed by one or more State to compete as a 
rider in horseracing.’’. 
(c) AMENDMENT TO FINDINGS.—Section 2(a) of the 
Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3001(a)) 
is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) there is a need for the Federal govern-
ment, in ensuring such cooperation, to ensure that 
jockeys, exercise riders, and backside personnel and 
trainers who may be injured in the performance of 
their official duties while employed or under contract 
in horseracing receive insurance coverage.’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON STEROIDS. 
The Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 
3001 et seq.) is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 6 through 9 as 
sections 7 through 10, respectively; 
(2) in section 8(a) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘with section 6.’’ and inserting ‘‘with sec-
tion 7. A jockey, exercise rider, or trainer or other 
backside personnel may bring such an action for a 
violation of the condition in section 5(a)(1)(B) or a 
violation of section 6.’’; and 
(3) by inserting after section 5 the following: 
‘‘PROHIBITION ON STEROIDS 
‘‘SEC. 6. No person may enter a horse in any horse-
race that is the subject of an interstate off-track wager 
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if such horse has been given anabolic steroids of any kind. 
The appropriate host racing commission shall develop pro-
cedures for and administer appropriate testing for the 
presence of anabolic steroids.’’. 
Æ 
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