Creation of the White House Task Force on Drug Use in Sports and Authorization for the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy To Serve as the United States Government's Representative on the Board of the World Anti-Doping Agency

Executive Order 13165 of August 9, 2000

Creation of the White House Task Force on Drug
Use in Sports and Authorization for the Director of the
Office of National Drug Control Policy To Serve as the
United States Government's Representative on the Board
of the World Anti-Doping Agency

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the Office of National Drug Control
Reauthorization Act of 1998, (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.),
and in order to develop recommendations for Federal
agency actions to address the use of drugs in sports,
in particular among young people, it is hereby ordered
as follows:

Section 1. Policy. The use of drugs in sports has
reached a level that endangers not just the legitimacy
of athletic competition but also the lives and health
of athletes--from the elite ranks to youth leagues. The
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse issued in 1999
found that in just 1 year's time the rate of steroid
use among young people rose roughly 50 percent among
both sexes and across all age groups. It is the policy
of my Administration to take the steps needed to help
eliminate illicit or otherwise banned drug use and
doping in sports at the State, national, and
international level.

Sec. 2. Establishment of a White House Task Force on
Drug Use in Sports. (a) There is established a White
House Task Force on Drug Use in Sports (Task Force).
The Task Force shall comprise the co-vice chairs of the
White House Olympic Task Force (the “Olympic Task
Force Vice Chairs”), and representatives designated by
the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the
Department of Health and Human Services, the Department
of Labor, the President's Council on Physical Fitness
and Sports, the Office of Management and Budget, the
National Security Council, the Department of State, the
Department of the Treasury, the Department of
Education, the Department of Justice, the Department of
Transportation, the National Institute on Drug Abuse,
and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration.

    (b) The Task Force shall develop recommendations
for the President on further executive and legislative
actions that can be undertaken to address the problem
of doping and drug use in sports. In developing the
recommendations, the Task Force shall consider, among
other things: (i) the health and safety of America's
athletes, in particular our Nation's young people; (ii)
the integrity of honest athletic competition; and (iii)
the views and recommendations of State and local
governments, the private sector, citizens, community
groups, and nonprofit organizations, on actions to
address this threat. The Task Force, through its
Chairs, shall submit its recommendations to the
President.
    (c) The Director of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy (the Director), the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services, and the
Olympic Task Force Vice Chairs or their designees shall
serve as the Task Force Chairs.
    (d) To the extent permitted by law and at the
request of the Chairs, agencies shall cooperate with
and provide information to the Task Force.

Sec. 3. Participation in the World Anti-Doping Agency.
(a) As part of my Administration's efforts to address
the problem of drug use in sports, the

United States has played a leading role in the
formation of a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) by the
Olympic and sports community and the nations of the
world. Through these efforts, the United States has
been selected to serve as a governmental representative
on the board of the WADA. This order will authorize the
Director to serve as the United States Government's
representative on the WADA board.

    (b) Pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., the
Director, or in his absence his designee, is hereby
authorized to take all necessary and proper actions to
execute his responsibilities as United States
representative to the WADA.
    (c) To assist the Director in carrying out these
responsibilities as the United States Government
representative to the WADA and to the extent permitted
by law, Federal employees may serve in their official
capacity, inter alia, on WADA Committees or WADA
advisory committees, serving as experts to the WADA.

    (Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

     August 9, 2000.