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Week Ending June 4, 2004

HR 3866 Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004.

BRIEF

The bill would amend the Controlled Substances Act by imposing twice the maximum penalty on anyone manufacturing, distributing, or possessing with intent to distribute an anabolic steroid within 1000 feet of a sports facility.

The U.S. Sentencing Commission would be directed to review the Federal sentencing guidelines with respect to offenses involving anabolic steroids and to consider amending such guidelines to provide for increased penalties.

The definition of "anabolic steroid" would be modified to include certain steroid precursors (including tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) and androstenedione) and to exclude dehydroepiandrosterone.

The Attorney General would be authorized, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to exempt from regulation under such Act any compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any anabolic steroid that is intended for administration to a human being or an animal and that does not present any significant potential for abuse because of its concentration, preparation, formulation, or delivery system.

The Secretary is directed to prepare a report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees evaluating the health risks associated with dietary supplements not addressed in this Act which contain substances similar to those added to the list of controlled substances under this Act.

Sponsor: Rep. James S. Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI-5th)

Vote: Passed House 408 to 3 (RC-226)

Cost to the taxpayer: No discernible cost.##