I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6281 
To provide States with the resources needed to rid our schools of performance- 
enhancing drug use. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2008 
Mr. GALLEGLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To provide States with the resources needed to rid our 
schools of performance-enhancing drug use. 
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 ‘‘High School Sports 
Anti-Drug Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PILOT DRUG-TESTING PROGRAMS FOR PERFORM-
ANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to sup-
plement the other student drug-testing programs assisted 
by the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools of the De-
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partment of Education by establishing, through the Office, 
a grant program that will allow State educational agencies 
to test secondary school students for performance-enhanc-
ing drug use. 
(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation, acting through the Assistant Deputy Secretary of 
the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, shall award, 
on a competitive basis, grants to State educational agen-
cies to enable the State educational agencies to develop 
and carry out statewide pilot programs that test secondary 
school students for performance-enhancing drug use. 
(c) APPLICATION.—A State educational agency that 
desires to receive a grant under this section shall submit 
an application to the Secretary of Education at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require. 
(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Education shall give priority to 
State educational agencies that incorporate community or-
ganizations in carrying out the recovery, counseling, and 
treatment programs described in subsection (e)(1)(B). 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) DRUG-TESTING
PROGRAM
FOR
PERFORM-
ANCE-ENHANCING
DRUGS.—A State educational 
agency that receives a grant under this section shall 
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use not more than 90 percent of the grant funds to 
carry out the following: 
(A) Implement a drug-testing program for 
performance-enhancing drugs that is limited to 
testing secondary school students who meet 1 
or more of the following criteria: 
(i) The student participates in the 
school’s athletic program. 
(ii) The student is engaged in a com-
petitive, extracurricular, school-sponsored 
activity. 
(iii) The student and the student’s 
parent or guardian provides written con-
sent for the student to participate in a vol-
untary random drug-testing program for 
performance-enhancing drugs. 
(B) Provide recovery, counseling, and 
treatment programs for secondary school stu-
dents tested in the program who test positive 
for performance-enhancing drugs. 
(2) PREVENTION.—A State educational agency 
that receives a grant under this section shall use not 
less than 10 percent of the grant funds to establish 
statewide policies that discourage the use of per-
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formance-enhancing drugs, through educational or 
other related means. 
(f) REPORT.—For each year of the grant period, a 
State educational agency that receives a grant under this 
section shall prepare and submit an annual report to the 
Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and 
Drug-Free Schools on the impact of the pilot program, 
which report shall include— 
(1) the number and percentage of students who 
test positive for performance-enhancing drugs; 
(2) the cost of the pilot program; and 
(3) a description of any barriers to the pilot 
program, as well as aspects of the pilot program 
that were successful. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘State 
educational agency’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the 
meanings given the terms in section 9101 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 
for fiscal year 2009 and $20,000,000 for fiscal years 
2010 and 2011. 
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(2) SEPARATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of 
Education shall keep any funds authorized for this 
section under paragraph (1) separate from any 
funds available to the Secretary for other student 
drug-testing programs. 
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