GOLD Act

Bill: 117-hr-4906
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2021-08-03
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Asia

Athletes

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Europe

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Japan

Olympic games

Organized crime

Russia
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-08-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Guarantee Oversight and Litigation on Doping Act or the GOLD Act</strong></p> <p>This bill expands federal enforcement for criminal offenses related to international doping fraud conspiracies.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill makes the offenses predicate offenses (i.e., underlying offenses) for prosecutions under the federal money laundering statute and the federal racketeering statute. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4906 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 3, 2021 Mr. Cohen (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Hudson , Mr. Malinowski , and Mr. Burgess ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to include doping fraud as a predicate offense for racketeering and money laundering offenses, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guarantee Oversight and Litigation on Doping Act or the GOLD Act . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the punishment of Russia for persistent decades-long state-run doping fraud by the international sport governance structure has been insufficient and Russia's competing status as ROC at Tokyo 2020 demonstrates to authoritarian states around the world that systematic doping will be tolerated; and (2) aggressive enforcement of the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2019 ( 21 U.S.C. 2401 et seq. ) can create the deterrent required to curb doping fraud as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 ( 15 U.S.C. 78dd–1 et seq. ) curbed foreign bribery and the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation should prioritize enforcement of the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2019 ( 21 U.S.C. 2401 et seq. ). 3. Predicate offenses Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 1956(c)(7)(D)— (A) by striking or section 104(a) and inserting section 104(a) ; and (B) by inserting after North Korea) the following: , or section 3 of the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2019 ( 21 U.S.C. 2402 ) (relating to prohibited activities with respect to major international doping fraud conspiracies) ; and (2) in section 1961(1)— (A) by striking or (G) any act and inserting (G) any act ; and (B) by inserting after section 2332(b)(g)(5)(B) the following: , or (H) any act that is indictable under section 3 of the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2019 ( 21 U.S.C. 2402 ) .