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handle is hein.crs/goveqbo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional ____ 2024 Paris Games: Anti-Doping Policies and Testing July 24, 2024 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) were responsible for establishing anti-doping policies and testing regimes for the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. As they did for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, IOC has delegated management of the program to the International Testing Agency (ITA), while IPC manages its own program. Other partners involved in the anti-doping program include the local organizing committee for the Games, Paris 2024, and France's national anti-doping agency, the AFLD. Prevention and detection of doping are a matter of long-standing concern across the sporting world, including in the Olympics. While a variety of institutions, including the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), have been established to address doping, clean competition has remained an important issue, especially in international competition. In the leadup to the 2024 Paris Games, WADA's response to test results for 23 swimmers competing for the People's Republic of China has proven controversial, including with the U.S. Anti- Doping Agency. It has also drawn the attention of Members of Congress interested in ensuring that athletes, including Team USA, can compete on a level playing field and that anti-doping programs have sufficient transparency. This issue was the subject of a hearing titled Examining Anti-Doping Measures in Advance of the 2024 Olympics in the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 25, 2024. This Insight provides a broad overview of international anti-doping rules and the testing procedures in place for the 2024 Paris Games. Testing During the Games The anti-doping rules for the Paris Games apply to all Athletes entered in or preparing for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 or who have otherwise been made subject to the authority of the IOC in connection with the Olympic Games. Additionally, a number of rules apply to other individuals, including coaches, trainers, and operations staff for the Games. Athletes seeking to qualify for and participating in the 2024 Olympic Games were subject to testing under IOC's anti-doping policy beginning in April 2024 and will continue to be so through the close of the Games. IOC's anti-doping rules are in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code, which includes Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12394 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress