Baseball: Bonds case spurs action

US lawmakers want to conduct a new hearing early next year on performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball in the wake of Barry Bonds' perjury indictment and a coming investigation report.

Florida representative Cliff Stearns and Illinois representative Bob Rush, the leaders from each US political party on the House energy and commerce subcommittee, said they had concerns about anti-doping rules in the sport.

Bonds, the US baseball home run king, was indicted last week for lying to a federal grand jury investigating the BALCO steroid scandal.

He faces up to 30 years in prison. An arraignment is set for December 7 in San Francisco.