Amateur Sports Integrity Act
Latest action · May 14, 2001 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 41.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 5, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the Director, in carrying out such program, to: (1) consider research proposals involving performance-enhancing substances banned from use by competitors in events sanctioned by organizations such as the International Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Committee, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and Major League Baseball; (2) fund research on the detection of naturally-occurring steroids, such as testosterone, and other testosterone precursors (e.g., androstendione), and other substances, such as human growth hormone and erythropoietin for which no tests are available but for which there is evidence of abuse or abuse potential; (3) fund research that focuses on population studies to ensure that tests are accurate for men, women, and all relevant age and major ethnic groups; and (4) not fund research on drugs of abuse, such as cocaine, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, phencyclidine, marijuana, morphine/codeine, and methamphetamine/amphetamine.
Sets forth minium criteria for grant applicants. Requires the Director to: (1) give preference to laboratories with an established record of athletic drug testing analysis; and (2) establish a minimum individual grant award of not less than $500,000 per fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 103) Requires the Director to: (1) develop a grant program to fund educational substance abuse prevention and intervention programs related to the use of such banned performance-enhancing substances by high school and college student athletes; and (2) establish a minimum individual grant award of not less than $300,000 per fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations.
Title II: Gambling - Amends the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to make it unlawful for a governmental entity to sponsor, operate, advertise, promote, license, or authorize by law or compact, or for a person to sponsor, operate, advertise, or promote, a lottery, sweepstakes, or other betting, gambling, or wagering scheme based on a competitive game at the Summer or Winter Olympics, a competitive game in which high school or college athletes participate, or a performance of high school or college athletes in a competitive game, unless all of the monies paid by the participants, as an entry fee or otherwise, are paid out to winning participants.
Permits a civil action to enjoin a violation of this title to be commenced by the Attorney General or a local educational agency, college, or sports organization whose competitive game is alleged to be the basis of the violation.
Requires each college: (1) include in each annual report on campus crime required under the student assistance program statistics and other information on the occurrence of illegal gambling, including gambling over the Internet; and (2) include in each annual statement of policy on alcoholic beverages and underage drinking a statement of policy regarding underage and other illegal gambling activity, including a description of any gambling abuse education programs available to students and employees. Directs the Attorney General to periodically review colleges' policies, procedures, and practices with respect to campus crimes and security related to illegal gambling, including the integrity of athletic contests in which college students participate.
(Sec. 202) Provides for the judicial review of actions challenging the constitutionality of the prohibition set forth in this title.
Title III: Internet Gambling - Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act - Prohibits any financial institution from knowingly accepting in connection with the participation of another person in Internet gambling: (1) credit; or (2) the proceeds of any other form of financial transaction involving a financial institution as payor or financial intermediary for another.
Grants Federal district courts exclusive jurisdiction, and authorizes the United States, through the Attorney General, or a State's attorney general, to institute proceedings, to prevent or restrain violations of this Act. Provides for criminal penalties and temporary and permanent injunctions against such wagering.
Shields certain financial intermediaries from liability for unknowing involvement or unknowing use of their facilities in any credit transaction, electronic fund transfer, money transmitting service, drawing, paying, transferring, or collecting a check or draft instrument for such wagering.
(Sec. 304) Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide that if an appropriate Federal banking agency determines that an insured depository institution is engaged in activities proscribed under this Act, such agency may issue an order prohibiting such institution from continuing to engage in such activities.
(Sec. 305) Amends the Child Online Protection Act to require each institution of higher education to monitor the use of its wire communications facilities for purposes of detecting certain wagering transmissions or lose its eligibility for Federal education funding for the next academic year.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 5, 2001 to Dec 14, 2001; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VT | James M. Jeffords | Original | Apr 5, 2001 |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Original | Apr 5, 2001 |
| D-NC | John Edwards | Apr 23, 2001 | |
| R-IL | Peter Fitzgerald | Apr 23, 2001 | |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | May 7, 2001 | |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | May 10, 2001 | |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Jun 8, 2001 | |
| R-AR | Tim Hutchinson | Jun 12, 2001 | |
| R-NC | Jesse Helms | Jun 19, 2001 | |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Jun 27, 2001 | |
| D-GA | Zell Miller | Dec 14, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Apr 5, 2001Hearings Apr 26, 2001Markup May 3, 2001Reported May 14, 2001 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 14, 2001Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain with amendments. With written report No. 107-16. Minority views filed.
- May 14, 2001Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 41.
- May 3, 2001Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Apr 26, 2001Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-1092.
- Apr 5, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Apr 5, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3543-3544)
- Apr 5, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3543, S3544 | John McCain R-AZ, Sam Brownback R-KS | Apr 5, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- May 9, 2001S. 718, Amateur Sports Integrity Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 3, 2001</p>
- May 9, 2001S. 718, Amateur Sports Integrity ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 3, 2001
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-1092 | AMATEUR SPORTS INTEGRITY ACT, S. 71895 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Apr 26, 2001 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RS21275 | Internet Gambling: A Sketch of Legislative Proposals in the 107th Congress Archived | Report | Oct 8, 2002 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish a program to support research and training in methods of detecting the use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Amateur Sports Integrity Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Amateur Sports Integrity Act
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Athletic Performance-Enhancing Drugs Research and Detection Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate for portions of this bill
- Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act
- Athletic Performance-Enhancing Drugs Research and Detection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Sports and Recreation.
- Advertising
- Age (Law)
- Alcohol and youth
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Checks
- College sports
- College students
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Constitutional law
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Criminal liability
- Criminal statistics
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse prevention
- Drug testing
- Drugs and athletes
- Drugs and youth
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electronic funds transfers
- Elementary and secondary education
- Families
- Federal aid to higher education
- Federal aid to medical research
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Football
- Gambling
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- High school students
- Higher education
- Hormone research
- Hormones
- Injunctions
- Internet
- Judicial review
- Law
- Liability (Law)
- Licenses
- Lotteries
- Medical laboratories
- Olympic games
- Pharmaceutical research
- Professional sports
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sex hormones
- Sports and Recreation
- Steroids
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 14, 2001Reported to Senate
- Apr 5, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
