Office of National Drug Control Reauthorization Act

Bill: 109-hr-2565
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2005-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Business records
College sports
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Designer drugs
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug testing
Drugs and athletes
Drugs and youth
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Executive Office of the President
Families
Federal Trade Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Football
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Hockey
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Legislation
Public service advertising
Restrictive trade practices
Salaries
Secondary education
Sports and Recreation
Standards
Steroids

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-24
text: 
Office of National Drug Control Reauthorization Act - Amends the Official of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to repeal provisions providing for termination of the Office. 
 
Clean Sports Act of 2005 - Prohibits a major professional league from arranging, promoting, organizing, or producing a professional game without meeting the requirements established by this Act for testing for the use of prohibited substances by professional athletes and for public disclosure of the names of athletes who test positive.
 
Requires a suspension of an athlete for a minimum of two years for the first violation and a lifetime ban for the second violation.
 
Allows a league to impose a lesser penalty if the athlete: (1) establishes that he did not know or suspect, and could not reasonably have known or suspected even with the exercise of utmost caution, that he had used the prohibited substance; or (2) provides substantial assistance to the league in identifying violations of the league's drug testing policy by other athletes or by any personnel working with or treating athletes.
 
Authorizes the Director of National Control Policy to modify standards for a league under exceptional circumstances or for good cause with limitations.
 
Require the Director to include additional professional sporting leagues or colleges if such additions would prevent the use of such substances by high school, college, or professional athletes.
 
Treats violations of this Act as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
 
Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the use of performance-enhancing substances by college athletes.
 
Requires the Director to establish a commission on high school and college athletics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-24
text: Introduced in House