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S 1470 110th Congress Senate

Drug Free Varsity Sports Act of 2007

Official title: A bill to provide States with the resources needed to rid our schools of performance-enhancing drug use.

Introduced: May 23, 2007 See on congress.gov
Education Drug abuseDrug testingDrugs and athletesDrugs and youth
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Economics and Public FinanceElementary and secondary educationFamiliesFederal aid to educationParent and childSecondary educationSports and RecreationSteroidsStudents
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May 23, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6562)
May 23, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6561-6562)
May 23, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 23, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6562)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Drug Free Varsity Sports Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education, acting through the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, to award competitive grants to states to develop and carry out statewide pilot programs that randomly test secondary school students for performance-enhancing drug use.

Requires a parent's or guardian's written consent before a student may be tested.

Directs grantees to: (1) provide recovery, counseling, and treatment programs for students who test positive for performance-enhancing drug use; and (2) spend at least 10% of grant funds on preventing such drug use.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6281 Related bill High School Sports Anti-Drug Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 23, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1470: Drug Free Varsity Sports Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1470/
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"S. 1470: Drug Free Varsity Sports Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1470/.
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S. 1470, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1470/.
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