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handle is hein.crs/crsmthabdit0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS22156 Updated June 10, 2005 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Drug Testing in Sports: Proposed Legislation Nathan Brooks Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary Following a wave of allegations that the use of performance enhancing drugs by American athletes is growing, various congressional committees have held hearings on the effectiveness of the drug testing policies and procedures of professional sports leagues. Currently, there are four bills before Congress that would create mandatory minimum drug testing procedures for pro sports leagues: S. 1114; H.R. 2565; H.R. 1862; and H.R. 2516. This report provides a summary of these four bills. Introduction. Following a wave of allegations that the use of performance enhancing drugs by American athletes is growing, various congressional committees have held hearings on the effectiveness of the drug testing policies and procedures of professional sports leagues.1 Currently, there are four bills before Congress: S. 1114 (Senator McCain); H.R. 2565 (Representative Davis); H.R. 1862 (Representative Stearns); and H.R. 2516 (Representative Sweeney). The McCain and Davis bills are virtually identical, and all four bills would establish minimum drug testing standards for some professional sports leagues. This report provides a summary of the four bills currently before Congress and a side-by-side comparison of their major provisions. It is noted at the outset that government-mandated random drug testing of pro athletes may raise some constitutional concerns.2 H.R. 2565. By statute, the authorization for the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) expired in 2003,' although ONDCP has continued to operate through 1 For a comparison of some of the testing regimes used in professional and Olympic sports, see CRS Report RL32894, Anti-Doping Policies: The Olympics and Selected Professional Sports, by L. Elaine Halchin. 2 See CRS Report RL3291 1, Federally Mandated Random Drug Testing in Professional Athletics: Constitutional Issues, by Charles V. Dale. ' 21 U.S.C. § 1712. See CRS Report RL32352, War on Drugs: Reauthorization of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, by Mark Eddy. Congressional Research Service +o The Library of Congress

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