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Commerce Committee Co-Chairmen Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) have announced a full Committee hearing on S.529, a bill to authorize funding for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and to designate it as the official doping agency of the U.S. Olympic Committee. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. in room 253 of the Russell building . The Committee will hear testimony concerning the legislation, as well as the prevalence of performance enhancing drug use among amateur athletes. The Committee also will examine the competitive pressures that lead amateur athletes to use drugs, the sources of such drugs, and the science of doping.
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The scheduled witnesses are: