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PUBLIC LAW 116–206—DEC. 4, 2020
RODCHENKOV ANTI-DOPING
ACT OF 2019
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134 STAT. 998
PUBLIC LAW 116–206—DEC. 4, 2020
Public Law 116–206
116th Congress
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.
21 USC 2401.
Rodchenkov
Anti-Doping Act
of 2019.
21 USC 2401
note.
Dec. 4, 2020
[H.R. 835]
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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.
Courts.
Deadline.
Time period.
21 USC 2403.
21 USC 2402.
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 835:
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116–251, Pt. 1 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 116–247 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transporta-
tion).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 165 (2019): Oct. 22, considered and passed House.
Vol. 166 (2020): Nov. 16, considered and passed Senate.
DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2020):
Dec. 4, Presidential statement.
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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.
Approved December 4, 2020.
21 USC 2404.
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