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21 USC § 2401 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s2401"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "21 USC § 2401 - Definitions"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "2401"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL SPORTS DOPING"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 116–206, § 2, Dec. 4, 2020, 134 Stat. 998.)"
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# § 2401. Definitions

**(1)** **Anti-doping organization** The term “anti-doping organization” has the meaning given the term in Article 2 of the Convention.

**(2)** **Athlete** The term “athlete” has the meaning given the term in Article 2 of the Convention.

**(3)** **Code** March 5, 2003

The term “Code” means the World Anti-Doping Code most recently adopted by WADA on .

**(4)** **Convention** October 19, 2005

The term “Convention” means the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization International Convention Against Doping in Sport done at Paris , and ratified by the United States in 2008.

**1** **Major international sport competition** The term “Major International Sport Competition”— [^1]

So in original. Term is not capitalized as used in this chapter.

**(A)** means a competition—

**(i)** in which one or more United States athletes and three or more athletes from other countries participate;

**(ii)** that is governed by the anti-doping rules and principles of the Code; and

**(iii)** in which—

**(I)** the competition organizer or sanctioning body receives sponsorship or other financial support from an organization doing business in the United States; or

**(II)** the competition organizer or sanctioning body receives compensation for the right to broadcast the competition in the United States; and

**(B)** includes a competition that is a single event or a competition that consists of a series of events held at different times which, when combined, qualify an athlete or team for an award or other recognition.

**(6)** **Person** The term “person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity.

**(7)** **Prohibited method** The term “prohibited method” has the meaning given the term in Article 2 of the Convention.

**(8)** **Prohibited substance** The term “prohibited substance” has the meaning given the term in Article 2 of the Convention.

**(9)** **Scheme in commerce** The term “scheme in commerce” means any scheme effectuated in whole or in part through the use in interstate or foreign commerce of any facility for transportation or communication.

**(10)** **USADA** The term “USADA” means the United States Anti-Doping Agency.

**(11)** **WADA** The term “WADA” means the World Anti-Doping Agency.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 116–206, § 2, Dec. 4, 2020, 134 Stat. 998.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This Act [enacting this chapter and amending
> 
> , Crimes and Criminal Procedure] may be cited as the ‘Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2019’.”

, , , provided that: