NEW YORK - Memo to Bud Selig: Congress wants to see you again.

The Major League Baseball boss and the commissioners of the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Soccer will testify next week during two days of hearings on a bill that would create a tough anti-doping program that would govern all pro sports.

"It is clear that legislation is needed to establish uniform standards and heavier penalties for steroid use," said Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), the chairman of the House Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection subcommittee and the author of the Drug Free Sports Act of 2005.

"Professional sports expect world-class performances from their players, and these athletes should be subject to world-class testing standards. I look forward to hearing testimony on my bill from the commissioners of the professional sports leagues as well as the leaders of the players unions," he added.

Selig will testify before the panel on Wednesday, along with NBA commissioner David Stern, NHL chief Gary Bettman and Don Garber of MLS.

NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue is scheduled to appear the next day. MLB union head Donald Fehr, NBA union chief Billy Hunter and Olympic gold medalist Frank Shorter, the former chairman of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, also will testify. NFL union chief Gene Upshaw has been invited to offer testimony at the hearing.

Stearns' bill would require the secretary of commerce to establish a policy on performance-enhancing drugs that would apply to all professional sports leagues. The program would test athletes randomly at least once a year for substances on the prohibited substance list issued by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Offenders would face a two-year suspension for the first offense and a lifetime ban for a second offense.

Leagues that do not comply would face a $5 million fine, plus a $1 million fine for each additional day they don't comply.

The bill almost certainly will face bitter opposition from the sports leagues, but Rep. Joe Barton, the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which includes Stearns' subcommittee, says he expects the bill to be approved by the panel later this year.

"Steroids and other illegal drugs have tarnished baseball for a generation of fans, including this one," the Texas Republican said.

"As troubling as the shadow of steroids over professional sports has become, it may seem far removed from the lives of everyday Americans. But the most serious consequence of this problem can be found among our youth. The blind eye turned by many has become a green light to thousands of amateur athletes across this country."

Stearns' subcommittee is working independently of the House Government Reform Committee, which conducted a March 17 hearing that included Selig, Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco, Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa. Tagliabue testified before that committee on April 27, and Stern is expected to appear before it on Thursday.

The leaders of that committee have said that they, too, are drafting anti-steroids legislation.

Stearns' subcommittee invited Selig and Tagliabue to a March 10 hearing on a single anti-doping program, and lawmakers clearly were upset when the commissioners sent proxies instead.

"If we ask them to appear," Barton growled at the conclusion of that hearing, "we expect them to appear."