{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/senate-approves-bipartisan-bill-to-protect-consumers-from-steroids", "Senate Approves Bipartisan Bill to Protect Consumers from Steroids", "2014-12-12", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Sheldon Whitehouse", "W000802", "www.whitehouse.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.12.14\n\t\t\t Senate Approves Bipartisan Bill to Protect Consumers from Steroids \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, D.C. \u2013 The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved legislation to end a loophole that allows designer anabolic steroids to easily be found online, in gyms, and even in retail stores.\u00a0 The Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act, sponsored by U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), will help protect consumers from these harmful products by properly classifying them as controlled substances and impose civil penalties for importing, manufacturing, or distributing them under false labels.\r\nThe bill was approved by the House of Representatives in September, and will now be sent to the President to be signed into law.\r\n\u201cThe world\u2019s top athletes are subject to strict guidelines and rigorous testing to prevent the use of steroids, as they should be.\u00a0 At the same time, many American citizens may be unknowingly dosing themselves with these harmful substances,\u201d said Senator Whitehouse.\u00a0 \u201cAmerican consumers deserve to know what is in the products they purchase.\u00a0 This bill will help prevent the sale of falsely labeled steroids, and I\u2019m glad it will become law.\u00a0 I thank Senator Hatch for his support and Judiciary Chairman Leahy for enabling this bill to move forward.\u201d\r\n\u201cThis is a commonsense bill that will protect consumers by giving DEA the tools and authority to remove dangerous steroids from the market,\u201d said Hatch.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m pleased Senator Whitehouse and I could work together in bipartisan fashion to help make this important law a reality.\u201d\r\nDesigner steroids are produced by reverse engineering existing illegal steroids and then slightly modifying their chemical composition, so the resulting product is not on the Drug Enforcement Administration\u2019s (DEA) list of controlled substances.\u00a0 When taken by consumers, designer steroids can cause serious medical harm, including liver injury and increased risk of heart attack and stroke.\u00a0 They may also lead to aggression, hostility, and addiction.\r\nThe Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act would:\r\n \r\nImmediately place 25 known designer anabolic steroids on the list of controlled substances;\r\nGrant the DEA authority to temporarily schedule new designer steroids on the controlled substances list, so that if bad actors develop new variations, these products can be removed from the market;\r\nCreate new penalties for importing, manufacturing, or distributing anabolic steroids under false labels; and\r\nAuthorize the Attorney General to publish a list of products containing an anabolic steroid that are not properly labeled.\r\n \r\nThe legislation was supported by a coalition of organizations, including:\r\nAmerican Academy of Family Physicians\r\nAmerican Association of Nurse Practitioners\r\nAmerican Pharmacists\u2019 Association\r\nCouncil for Responsible Nutrition\r\nUnited States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/senate-approves-bipartisan-bill-to-protect-consumers-from-steroids"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6774798277765512, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}