Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2018

Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2018

This bill prohibits certain conduct to facilitate doping fraud (i.e., the use of a performance-enhancing drug to gain an unfair competitive advantage) at a major international competition.

Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful to knowingly and intentionally:

• participate in doping fraud;
• administer a performance-enhancing drug;
• manufacture, distribute, dispense, or possess a performance-enhancing drug with the intent to commit or attempt to commit doping fraud; or
• retaliate against an individual who discloses evidence of doping fraud.

The bill sets forth civil remedies and criminal penalties—a fine and a prison term of up to five years—with respect to a violation.