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Requires the Office of National Drug Control Policy to determine each year whether the World Anti-Doping Agency has a fair, independent governance model with fair U.S. representation, and allows the Office to withhold U.S. membership dues if it does not.
Official title: Restoring Confidence in the World Anti-Doping Agency Act of 2025
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Senate
Introduced
23-JAN-2025
Referred
23-JAN-2025
Approved by committee
25-JUN-2025
Reported
23-FEB-2026
On the calendar
23-FEB-2026
- Requires an annual determination on whether the World Anti-Doping Agency has an independent governance model, fair U.S. representation, and fair processes for selecting independent athletes to decision-making roles.
- Directs the Office to use best efforts to bring the agency into compliance and to submit a report to Congress on barriers to U.S. participation within 180 days of a negative determination.
- Allows the Office to voluntarily withhold up to the full amount of U.S. membership dues, with withheld funds not obligated by fiscal year end returned to the Treasury.
- Requires the Office to submit a spending plan to the appropriate congressional committees at least 30 days before obligating funds to the agency.
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Reported to Senate, 23-FEB-2026).
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