Congress Steroids timeline.

--November 18, 1988--
The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 creates criminal penalties for those who "distribute or possess anabolic steroids with the intent to distribute for any use in humans other than the treatment of disease based on the order of a physician."

---October 5, 1990---
Congress toughens its stance with the Anabolic Steroids Control Act, which places steroids in the same legal class as amphetamines, methamphetamines, opium and morphine.

--March 17, 2005---
the House Government Reform Committee held a hearing on steroids in baseball March 17, 2005. The 40-member panel is the main investigative committee in the House, with jurisdiction to look into federal programs or matters with federal policy implications. Baseball stars Mark McGwire, Curt Schilling and Sammy Sosa were among more than a dozen witnesses called.

---November 9, 2005---
A congressional committee announces it does not have enough evidence to pursue perjury charges against Palmiero. Palmeiro testified to a congressional panel in March that he had never used steroids, then failed a drug test in May.

---January 4, 2008---
Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte are asked to testify before a congressional committee, along with their former trainer, Brian McNamee. Also invited to appear before the House Oversight Committee were former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski, whose allegations were a central part of last month's Mitchell report on doping in baseball. Former All-Star second baseman Chuck Knoblauch was also asked to speak to the panel. The hearing date, originally Jan. 16, was changed to Feb. 13.

---February 5, 2008 ----
Roger Clemens spoke under oath for about five hours to congressional lawyers Tuesday, then said he told them he did not use performance-enhancing drugs. His closed-door, sworn testimony on Capitol Hill came one day after his Yankees teammate and workout partner, Andy Pettitte, gave a deposition to committee staff for 2½ hours. Both players' interviews are part of preparation for a Feb. 13 hearing.

---February 7, 2008---
Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee brought their vastly different stories to Capitol Hill, as the star pitcher met one-on-one with congressmen informally and his former personal trainer met with House lawyers for a sworn deposition ahead of a scheduled public committee hearing on Feb. 13.

---February 13, 2008---
Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee testify before Congressional committee. In prepared statements, McNamee said he injected Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs more often than he previously claimed, while Clemens continued to deny the accusations that became public in December's Mitchell Report. In another development, Andy Pettitte admitted using human growth hormone in 2004 as well as 2002, saying it was supplied to him in '04 by his father.

---February 27, 2008---
Congress asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Roger Clemens made false statements to a House committee. The chairman and ranking Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said they sent a letter to Justice. "We believe that his testimony in a sworn deposition on Feb. 5, 2008, and at a hearing on Feb. 13, 2008, that he never used anabolic steroids or human growth hormone, warrants further investigation," committee chairman Henry Waxman and ranking Republican Tom Davis wrote.

----March 25, 2008----
Reprising the partisan nature the previous month's Clemens-McNamee congressional hearing, the leading Republican on that committee released a report questioning some of the Democratic majority's conclusions about the investigation. The 109-page report contains details Rep. Tom Davis believes could challenge the credibility of Brian McNamee, the personal trainer who testified under oath he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone from 1998-01. The report was to be passed along to the Justice Department.

--February 10, 2009---
Houston Astros All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada is been charged with lying to Congress about steroids. He was scheduled to appear in federal court Feb. 11 and plead guilty. Tejada is charged with lying to investigators for the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in 2005. He denied knowledge of an ex-teammate's use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Source(s):
http://thesteroidera.blogspot.com/2006/08/baseballs-steroid-era-timeline.ht...
http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2005/11/16/in_depth_sports/timeline1050084....
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316730,00.html


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