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The bill strengthens athlete voice, U.S. oversight, and leverage to push for stricter anti-doping rules, but doing so by conditioning or withholding funding risks reducing global anti-doping capacity and straining international cooperation.
U.S. athletes (including student-athletes) will gain a clearer official definition and a formal role in governance, increasing their voice in anti-doping decisions and potentially improving protections for clean competitors.
ONDCP is authorized to press WADA for stronger conflict-of-interest rules and anti-doping standards, which could strengthen testing, enforcement, and protections for clean athletes.
Taxpayers and Congress will get greater transparency and oversight because ONDCP must report barriers to U.S. representation within 180 days and provide a spending plan 30 days before obligating funds to WADA, enabling earlier congressional review of expenditures and representation issues.
Withholding or conditioning U.S. dues to WADA could reduce funding for global anti-doping programs, weakening testing, education, and other operations that protect clean athletes and reducing U.S. influence inside WADA.
Using withheld funds or political pressure risks diplomatic friction with international partners and could harm multilateral cooperation needed to enforce global anti-doping standards.
New reporting and pre-obligation requirements increase administrative burden on ONDCP and may delay U.S. funding commitments or program actions through WADA.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Gives ONDCP authority to assess WADA governance, require reforms and athlete protections, and withhold U.S. dues if standards aren't met; requires reports and pre‑obligation spending plans.
Introduced January 23, 2025 by Marsha Blackburn · Last progress January 23, 2025
Gives the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) new authority to assess World Anti‑Doping Agency (WADA) governance, require specified governance reforms and independent‑athlete protections, and use withholding of U.S. dues as leverage if WADA falls short. ONDCP must consult U.S. sports bodies, make a determination within 90 days, report and explain barriers within 180 days, and submit a spending plan to Appropriations committees at least 30 days before obligating funds to WADA.