H. R. 835 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty 
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 require 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 Representatives 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 Convention. 
(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 Organiza-
tion International Convention Against Doping in Sport done 
at Paris October 19, 2005, and ratified by the United States 
in 2008. 
(5) MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SPORT COMPETITION.—The term 
‘‘Major International Sport Competition’’— 
(A) means a competition— 
(i) in which one or more United States athletes 
and three or more athletes from other countries partici-
pate; 
(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 sup-
port from an organization doing business in the 
United States; or 
(II) the competition organizer or sanctioning 
body receives compensation for the right to broad-
cast 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.
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(6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means any individual, 
partnership, corporation, association, or other entity. 
(7) PROHIBITED METHOD.—The term ‘‘prohibited method’’ 
has the meaning given the term in Article 2 of the Convention. 
(8) PROHIBITED
SUBSTANCE.—The term ‘‘prohibited sub-
stance’’ has the meaning given the term in Article 2 of the 
Convention. 
(9) SCHEME
IN
COMMERCE.—The term ‘‘scheme in com-
merce’’ means any scheme effectuated in whole or in part 
through the use in interstate or foreign commerce of any facility 
for transportation 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 CONSPIRACIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any person, 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 influence 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. 4. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Whoever violates section 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 defendant is other than an individual, or 
both. 
(2) FORFEITURE.—Any property real or personal, 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 proceeds 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 prosecuted, tried, or 
punished for violation of section 3 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, indicating that evidence of 
an offense under this chapter is in a foreign country, the 
district court before which a grand jury is impaneled to inves-
tigate the offense shall suspend the running of this statute 
of limitation for the offense if the court finds by a preponderance 
of the evidence that an official request has been made for 
such evidence and that it reasonably appears, or reasonably 
appeared at the time the request was made, that such evidence 
is, or was, in such foreign country.
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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 following: 
‘‘(iii) an offense described in section 3 of the 
Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2019;’’; and 
(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 Department of Justice, the Department 
of Homeland Security, and the Food and Drug Administration shall 
coordinate 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 poten-
tial violation. 
SEC. 7. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, and the amendments made 
by this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay- 
As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the 
latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ 
for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.