Professional Sports Responsibility Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3942
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2005-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Athletes
Baseball
Basketball
College sports
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Justice
Drug abuse
Drug testing
Drug traffic
Drugs and athletes
Drugs and youth
Education
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Football
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Hockey
Law
Licenses
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Steroids

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: 
Professional Sports Responsibility Act of 2005 - Requires the Attorney General to issue rules requiring major professional leagues (i.e., Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, and the National Hockey League) to test athletes for the illegal use of steroids and other performance-enhancing substances and Schedule I substances. Requires such regulations to establish: (1) the number of times each athlete should be tested and the prohibited substances; (2) a means for exempting substances used for a documented medical condition; (3) sufficient penalties for any athlete who tests positive and procedures for publicly disclosing such athlete's identity; and (4) an appeals process.
 
Requires the Attorney General to authorize a private nonprofit organization to be an accreditation body to annually certify that each league's testing meets established standards.
 
Allows the Attorney General to assess fines for failure to adopt or enforce the required testing policies.
 
Requires the Attorney General to report to Congress regarding any league that fails to comply with such policies and the effectiveness of the regulations under this Act.
 
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to double the maximum penalties for violations regarding anabolic steroids that occur near or at a sports facility or that involve an athlete.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study the illegal use of performance-enhancing substances and other controlled substances by college athletes.
 
Allows the Attorney General to include as a major professional league any additional professional sports league or National Collegiate Athletic Association entities if such additions would prevent the illegal use of performance-enhancing substances and other controlled substances by athletes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Introduced in House