# § 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: