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H.R. 1733: Interstate Horseracing Improvement Act of 2011

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H.R. 1733: Interstate Horseracing Improvement Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-04 · Sports and Recreation · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Interstate Horseracing Improvement Act of 2011

Plain summary

Interstate Horseracing Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to prohibit: (1) entering a horse in a race that is subject to an interstate off-track wager if the person knows the horse is under the influence of a performance-enhancing drug; or (2) knowingly providing a horse with such a drug if the horse, while under the influence of such drug, will participate in a race that is subject to an interstate off-track wager. Prohibits a host racing association from conducting a race that is the subject of an interstate off-track wager unless it has in place a policy that: (1) bans providing a performance-enhancing drug to a horse that will participate in such race while under the influence of the drug, (2) bans the racing of a horse that is under the influence, and (3) requires that an accredited third party conformity assessment body test the first-place horse and one additional randomly selected horse for any such drug and report any test results demonstrating that a horse may have participated while under the influence to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and any host racing commission that entered into an agreement to enforce this Act's provisions. Sets forth penalties for violations, including: (1) civil penalties and suspension of a person providing a horse with such drug, and (2) suspension of a horse that is provided with such a drug or that is raced in violation of this Act. Provides for enforcement of this Act through private civil actions and by the FTC, including through an agreement with a host state's racing commission.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Interstate Horseracing Improvement Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] · 25 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), James A. Himes (D-CT), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Judy Chu (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr1733 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112