HR 2651 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017

Introduced May 25, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Andy Barr R-KY

Latest action · Jun 22, 2018 Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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.

IntroducedMay 25, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017

This bill establishes the Horseracing Anti-Doping and Medication Control Authority as an independent non-profit corporation with responsibility for developing and administering an anti-doping and medication control program for: (1) Thoroughbred, Quarter, and Standardbred horses that participate in horse races that have a substantial relation to interstate commerce, (2) such horse races, and (3) the personnel engaged in the care, training, or racing of such horses.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all horse racing anti-doping and medication control matters. The Authority and such FTC jurisdiction shall terminate if an interstate compact providing for services consistent with such program is established within five years after the program takes effect.

The Authority may enter into agreements with state racing commissions to implement the program within their jurisdictions.

Program elements shall include:

anti-doping and medication control rules,
lists of permitted and prohibited substances and methods,
a prohibition on the administration of any such substance within 24 hours of a horse's next racing start, and
testing and laboratory standards.

The Authority shall:

develop, maintain, and publish such lists;
establish a list of anti-doping and medication control rule violations applicable to either covered horses or persons;
establish standards and the process for laboratory accreditation and sample testing; and
promulgate rules for anti-doping and medication control results management, for the disciplinary process for violation results management, and for imposing sanctions for violations.

The bill sets forth civil enforcement provisions.

Activities under this bill are funded by an assessment placed on state racing commissions based on the calculation of cost per racing starter.

Cosponsors 131

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 25, 2017 to Nov 27, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	May 25, 2017
R-VA	Barbara Comstock		Jun 7, 2017
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Jun 7, 2017
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jun 7, 2017
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Jun 7, 2017
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Jun 7, 2017
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Jun 13, 2017
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jun 13, 2017
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jun 13, 2017
R-CA	Stephen Knight		Jun 13, 2017
R-NJ	Thomas MacArthur		Jun 13, 2017
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jun 13, 2017
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Jun 15, 2017
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Jun 15, 2017
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Jun 15, 2017
R-FL	Carlos Curbelo		Jun 21, 2017
R-NY	Chris Collins		Jun 21, 2017
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Jun 21, 2017
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Jun 21, 2017
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Jun 21, 2017
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jun 21, 2017
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Jun 21, 2017
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Jun 22, 2017
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Jun 22, 2017
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Jun 22, 2017
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Jun 22, 2017
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Jun 26, 2017
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Jun 26, 2017
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Jun 26, 2017
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Jun 28, 2017
R-AZ	Martha McSally		Jun 28, 2017
R-IN	Trey Hollingsworth		Jun 29, 2017
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Jul 11, 2017
D-CA	Judy Chu		Jul 11, 2017
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Jul 11, 2017
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Jul 11, 2017
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		Jul 12, 2017
D-TX	Gene Green		Jul 13, 2017
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jul 13, 2017
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Jul 17, 2017
R-WV	Evan H. Jenkins		Jul 17, 2017
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jul 17, 2017
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Jul 17, 2017
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Jul 17, 2017
R-NY	John J. Faso		Jul 18, 2017
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Jul 18, 2017
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jul 19, 2017
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Jul 19, 2017
R-NY	Tom Reed		Jul 19, 2017
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jul 24, 2017
R-NY	Claudia Tenney		Jul 24, 2017
R-CA	Paul Cook		Jul 24, 2017
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		Jul 26, 2017
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		Jul 26, 2017
R-NY	John Katko		Jul 26, 2017
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Jul 27, 2017
R-NY	Peter T. King		Jul 28, 2017
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Sep 6, 2017
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Sep 6, 2017
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Sep 6, 2017
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Sep 6, 2017
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Sep 6, 2017
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Sep 6, 2017
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Sep 6, 2017
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Sep 13, 2017
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.		Sep 13, 2017
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Sep 13, 2017
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Sep 13, 2017
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Sep 13, 2017
R-FL	Matt Gaetz		Sep 13, 2017
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Sep 14, 2017
D-CO	Jared Polis		Sep 14, 2017
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Sep 14, 2017
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Sep 25, 2017
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Sep 25, 2017
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Sep 25, 2017
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Sep 25, 2017
D-MD	John K. Delaney		Sep 26, 2017
R-IN	Luke Messer		Sep 26, 2017
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Sep 28, 2017
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Oct 2, 2017
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Oct 2, 2017
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		Oct 2, 2017
D-FL	Val Butler Demings		Oct 2, 2017
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Oct 4, 2017
D-WA	Denny Heck		Oct 10, 2017
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Oct 10, 2017
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Oct 24, 2017
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Oct 24, 2017
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Oct 24, 2017
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Oct 24, 2017
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Oct 24, 2017
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Oct 31, 2017
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Oct 31, 2017
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		Oct 31, 2017
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Oct 31, 2017
D-FL	Charlie Crist		Nov 1, 2017
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Nov 1, 2017
R-NC	Ted Budd		Nov 1, 2017
D-NY	Grace Meng		Nov 2, 2017
R-KS	Ron Estes		Nov 2, 2017
R-VA	Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.		Nov 2, 2017
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Dec 7, 2017
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Dec 7, 2017
R-NC	David Rouzer		Dec 14, 2017
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Jan 29, 2018
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		May 23, 2018
R-MI	Mike Bishop		May 24, 2018
D-CT	James A. Himes		May 25, 2018
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Jun 5, 2018
R-AS	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen		Jun 6, 2018
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jun 6, 2018
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		Jun 6, 2018
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham		Jun 6, 2018
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Jun 7, 2018
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Jun 8, 2018
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jun 12, 2018
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Jun 12, 2018
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Jun 14, 2018
D-NV	Dina Titus		Jun 20, 2018
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Jun 20, 2018
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Jun 21, 2018
D-NC	David E. Price		Jun 21, 2018
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Jun 21, 2018
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Jun 21, 2018
D-FL	Darren Soto		Jun 25, 2018
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jul 25, 2018
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Sep 6, 2018
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Sep 13, 2018
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Sep 27, 2018
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Nov 27, 2018

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred May 25, 2017
	Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee	Referred May 26, 2017Hearings Jun 22, 2018

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 22, 2018Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 26, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
May 25, 2017Introduced in House
May 25, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 91, May 25, 2017, page H4607.

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
Serial No. 115-143	H.R. 2651, THE HORSERACING INTEGRITY ACT OF 2017113 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Jun 22, 2018

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To improve the integrity and safety of horseracing by requiring a uniform anti-doping and medication control program to be developed and enforced by an independent Horseracing Anti-Doping and Medication Control Authority.
Short Titles as Introduced: Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Sports and Recreation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 25, 2017Introduced in House

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