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Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6561-6562) Bill TextA bill to provide States with the resources needed to rid our schools of performance-enhancing drug use. 5/23/2007--Introduced. Drug Free Varsity Sports Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education, acting through the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, to award competitive grants to states to develop and carry out statewide pilot programs that randomly test secondary school students for performance-enhancing drug use. Requires a parent's or guardian's written consent before a student may be tested. Directs grantees to: (1) provide recovery, counseling, and treatment programs for students who test positive for performance-enhancing drug use; and (2) spend at least 10% of grant funds on preventing such drug use.
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Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Bill TextTo amend the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to require, as a condition to the consent for off-track wagering, that horsemen's groups and host racing commissions offer insurance coverage for professional jockeys and other horseracing personnel, and for other purposes. 5/3/2007--Introduced. Jockeys' Insurance Fairness Act - Amends the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to add as conditions for the acceptance of interstate off-track wagers by an off-track betting system that: (1) a consenting host racing associations’s agreement with the horseman’s group must provide that such group shall pay not less than 50% of the amount it receives to the host racing commission for the purpose of offering insurance coverage for professional jockeys, exercise riders, and backside personnel and trainers (except where such persons are included in a state worker’s compensation program); and (2) the consenting host racing commission must agree to offer such insurance. Defines [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Criminal justice, Drug abuse, Drug law enforcement, Drug traffic, Hormones, Medical care, Medical ethics, Medicine, Physicians, Sports, Steroids
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to add human growth hormone to schedule III, to prohibit the sale of prescriptions for controlled substances for illegitimate purposes, and for other purposes. 3/14/2007--Introduced. Controlling the Abuse of Prescriptions Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to add growth hormone, recombinant human growth hormone, or human growth hormone as a schedule III controlled substance; and (2) establish a good faith standard for practitioners in dispensing prescriptions of controlled substances.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Children, Drug abuse, Drug testing, Drugs and youth, Elementary and secondary education, Families, Federal aid to education, Parent and child, Secondary education, Sports, Steroids, Students
Latest Action: 06/17/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill TextTo provide States with the resources needed to rid our schools of performance-enhancing drug use. 6/17/2008--Introduced. High School Sports Anti-Drug Act - Directs the Secretary of Education, acting through the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, to award competitive grants to states to develop and carry out statewide pilot programs that randomly test secondary school students for performance-enhancing drug use. Requires a parent's or guardian's written consent before a student may be tested. Directs grantees to: (1) provide recovery, counseling, and treatment programs for students who test positive for performance-enhancing drug use; and (2) spend at least 10% of grant funds on preventing such drug use.
Latest Action: 01/14/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Controlled Substances Act to add human growth hormone to schedule III. 12/19/2007--Introduced. Human Growth Hormone Restriction Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to classify as a Schedule III controlled substance growth hormone, recombinant human growth hormone, or human growth hormone.
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Also tagged in: Budgets, Children, Drug abuse, Drug testing, Drugs and youth, Elementary and secondary education, Families, Federal aid to education, Parent and child, Secondary education, Sports, Steroids, Students
Latest Action: 06/17/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill TextTo provide States with the resources needed to rid our schools of performance-enhancing drug use. 6/17/2008--Introduced. High School Sports Anti-Drug Act - Directs the Secretary of Education, acting through the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, to award competitive grants to states to develop and carry out statewide pilot programs that randomly test secondary school students for performance-enhancing drug use. Requires a parent's or guardian's written consent before a student may be tested. Directs grantees to: (1) provide recovery, counseling, and treatment programs for students who test positive for performance-enhancing drug use; and (2) spend at least 10% of grant funds on preventing such drug use.
Latest Action: 01/14/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Controlled Substances Act to add human growth hormone to schedule III. 12/19/2007--Introduced. Human Growth Hormone Restriction Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to classify as a Schedule III controlled substance growth hormone, recombinant human growth hormone, or human growth hormone.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Children, Drug abuse, Drug testing, Drugs and youth, Elementary and secondary education, Families, Federal aid to education, Parent and child, Parental consent, Secondary education, Sports, Steroids, Students
Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6561-6562) Bill TextA bill to provide States with the resources needed to rid our schools of performance-enhancing drug use. 5/23/2007--Introduced. Drug Free Varsity Sports Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education, acting through the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, to award competitive grants to states to develop and carry out statewide pilot programs that randomly test secondary school students for performance-enhancing drug use. Requires a parent's or guardian's written consent before a student may be tested. Directs grantees to: (1) provide recovery, counseling, and treatment programs for students who test positive for performance-enhancing drug use; and (2) spend at least 10% of grant funds on preventing such drug use.
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Animals, Athletes, Business, Contracts, Drug abuse, Drug testing, Gambling, Horse racing, Horses, Labor, Law, Protection of animals, Sports, Steroids, Workers' compensation
Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Bill TextTo amend the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to require, as a condition to the consent for off-track wagering, that horsemen's groups and host racing commissions offer insurance coverage for professional jockeys and other horseracing personnel, and for other purposes. 5/3/2007--Introduced. Jockeys' Insurance Fairness Act - Amends the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to add as conditions for the acceptance of interstate off-track wagers by an off-track betting system that: (1) a consenting host racing associations’s agreement with the horseman’s group must provide that such group shall pay not less than 50% of the amount it receives to the host racing commission for the purpose of offering insurance coverage for professional jockeys, exercise riders, and backside personnel and trainers (except where such persons are included in a state worker’s compensation program); and (2) the consenting host racing commission must agree to offer such insurance. Defines [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Criminal justice, Drug abuse, Drug law enforcement, Drug traffic, Hormones, Medical care, Medical ethics, Medicine, Physicians, Sports, Steroids
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to add human growth hormone to schedule III, to prohibit the sale of prescriptions for controlled substances for illegitimate purposes, and for other purposes. 3/14/2007--Introduced. Controlling the Abuse of Prescriptions Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to add growth hormone, recombinant human growth hormone, or human growth hormone as a schedule III controlled substance; and (2) establish a good faith standard for practitioners in dispensing prescriptions of controlled substances.
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