Background
On June 5, 2015, Representatives Joe Pitts (R-PA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Anna Eshoo (D-CA) introduced the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2015 to regulate/prohibit substances, drugs, medications, and treatments that may be used in racing. The legislation is basically the same as the bill they introduced in the last Congress.
The bill calls for an “independent anti-doping organization” to be responsible for “ensuring the integrity of horse races that are the subject of interstate off-track wagers and the safety of persons involved in such horseraces.” The bill gives this anti-doping organization authority to permit/prohibit the drugs and medications that may be administered to a horse in a race subject to an interstate off-track wager and set the withdrawal period for its administration.