US Congress Senate Bill 1820 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-2-1)
Status: Introduced on June 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes the Horseracing Anti-Doping and Medication Control Authority as an independent, private 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; and (2) the personnel engaged in the care, training, or racing of such horses. The Federal Trade Commission shall have oversight over the authority. An interstate compact may be established after five years to take over the authority's duties. The sale of a Thoroughbred, Quarter, or Standardbred horse shall be considered an unfair or deceptive act or practice if the seller (1) knows or has reason to know the horse has been administered a substance that the authority determines has a long-term degrading effect on the soundness of the horse, and (2) fails to disclose to the buyer the administration of such substance.

Horseracing Integrity Act of 2019

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]
Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB1754 (Related) 2020-09-30 - Received in the Senate.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1820/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1820/BILLS-116s1820is.pdf