,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bahb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #cj1 #bjae    
,mr4 ,pitts introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to deregulate interstate       
commerce with respect to parimutuel     
wagering on horseracing1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,coronado ,heights  
,horseracing ,deregulation ,act of      
#bjae4  #b4 ,findings2 background  7a7  
,in general ,congress makes the         
following findings3  7#a7 ,congress     
enacted the ,interstate ,horseracing    
,act of #aigh 7,public ,law #ie-eae2 #ae
 ,u4,s4,c4 #cjja et seq47 to regulate   
interstate commerce with respect to     
parimutuel wagering on horseracing in   
order to further the horseracing        
industry of the ,united ,states4  7#b7  
,in #bjjj1 ,congress amended such ,act  
to allow parimutuel wagering by         
telephone and over the ,internet1 a     

gambling privilege no other sport       
enjoys4  7#c7 ,the use of               
performance-enhancing drugs in          
horseracing is widespread in the ,united
 ,states1 where no uniform regulations  
exist with respect to the use of1 and   
testing for1 performance-enhancing drugs
 in interstate horseracing4  7#d7 ,a    
#bjab ,new ,york ,times investigation   
found that1 on average1 every week #bd  
horses die racing1 a high equine        
fatality rate likely caused by the      
misuse of permitted medication and abuse
 of illegal drugs4  7#e7 ,a #bjac       
horseracing industry study found that a 
large majority of parimutuel wagering   
participants avoid wagering at certain  
tracks and when certain trainers compete
 because they assume illegal drug use   
affects race results4  7#f7 ,total      
parimutuel wagering on ,thoroughbred    
horseracing in the ,united ,stated      
declined #cj percent from #bjjb to      
#bjad4  7#g7 ,the ,interstate           
,horseracing ,act of #aigh has not met  

its original policy goal of furthering  
the ,united ,states horseracing         
industry4  7b7 ,background for including
 the name of a racehorse in short title 
,the purpose in providing the short     
title used in this ,act is to honor     
horses who died while competing in races
 with interstate1 off-track wagering    
authorized under the ,interstate        
,horseracing ,act of #aigh4 ,coronado   
,heights was a ,thoroughbred horse who  
last competed as a four-year old on     
,february #be1 #bjab4 ,a race observer  
noted that ,coronado ,heights broke down
 just prior to reaching the end of the  
backstretch4 ,the #d-year-old ,coronado 
,heights1 whose veterinary records show 
had early degenerative joint disease1   
suffered his fatal breakdown at         
,aqueduct after receiving #ac injections
 for pain and cartilage damage in the   
month before his race4  #c4 ,repeal of  
,interstate ,horseracing ,act of #aigh  
7a7 ,in general ,the ,interstate        
,horseracing ,act of #aigh 7,public ,law

 #ie-eae2 #ae ,u4,s4,c4 #cjja et seq47  
is hereby repealed4  7b7 ,conforming    
amendments ,section #ecfb7aj7 of chapter
 #ec of title #ca1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in            
subparagraph 7,b77iii7-- 7,a7 by        
striking subclause 7,i72 and  7,b7 by   
redesignating subclauses 7,,ii71        
7,,iii71 and 7,,iv7 as subclauses 7,i71 
7,,ii71 and 7,,iii71 respectively2  7#b7
 in subparagraph 7,c77iv7--  7,a7 by    
striking subclause 7,i72 and  7,b7 by   
redesignating subclauses 7,,ii71        
7,,iii71 and 7,,iv7 as subclauses 7,i71 
7,,ii71 and 7,,iii71 respectively2  7#c7
 by striking subparagraph 7,d72 and     
7#d7 by redesignating subparagraph 7,e7 
as subparagraph 7,d74