The charges against Tejada, who currently plays for the Houston Astros, were outlined in documents filed in Washington federal court on Tuesday.
The documents indicate that a plea agreement has been reached with Tejada, who won the 2002 American League Most Valuable Player award while playing for the Oakland Athletics and is a five-time All-Star.
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Tejada faces as much as a year in jail if convicted on the misdemeanor charge of making misrepresentations to Congress. Under federal guidelines, he would probably receive a lighter sentence.
The charge came in a legal document called a "criminal information," which can be filed only with the defendant's consent and typically signals a plea deal. A hearing is scheduled for 11 a.m. ET Wednesday in Washington, and Tejada and his lawyer plan to hold a news conference later in the day in Houston.
Messages left for his attorney, Mark Tuohey, were not immediately returned.
The documents were filed a day after superstar Alex Rodriguez acknowledged past use of performance-enhancing drugs. Rodriguez does not face charges.
The FBI also is investigating whether Roger Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young winner, lied to Congress last year when he denied using steroids or human growth hormone.
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Court documents filed in the case of United States of America vs. Miguel O. Tejada. Story
In the documents filed Tuesday, Tejada is charged with lying to investigators for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in 2005 when he denied knowledge of an ex-teammate's use of performance-enhancing drugs.
The teammate is not identified in court documents, but is referred to as having played with Tejada on the Athletics.
Tejada "unlawfully withheld pertinent information from the committee because defendant Tejada, before and during his interview with the committee staff, then and there well knew that player #1, one of his teammates on the Oakland Athletics, had used steroids and HGH," the papers state.
Former Rep. Tom Davis, a Virginia Republican who chaired the committee in 2005, said he believed Tejada lied.
"It just shows that when you do something illegal like this, that you pay a price," Davis said in an interview with The Associated Press.
The court papers filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Durham charge that during spring training in 2003, Tejada had purchased a substance believed to be HGH from the player, giving him payments of $3,100 and $3,200.
In the Mitchell report, which examined steroid use in baseball, Oakland outfielder Adam Piatt is cited saying he discussed steroid use with Tejada and provided Tejada with testosterone and human growth hormone.
The Mitchell report, issued in December 2007, also included copies of checks allegedly written by Tejada to Piatt in March 2003 for $3,100 and $3,200 -- the same payment amounts in Tuesday's court filing.
Kirk Radomski, the former Mets clubhouse attendant who was a key source for the Mitchell report, was asked about Tejada in addition to Clemens when he appeared before a federal grand jury last month.
"I'm not going to go into detail because it is grand jury testimony, but basically they went over what was in the Mitchell report [about Tejada]," Radomski told ESPN.com's Mike Fish on Tuesday. "They asked me how I know he got the stuff. How I gave it to Adam Piatt and how Adam Piatt had told me he gave it to Tejada."
Piatt did not know whether Tejada used the HGH, according to the document. Radomski said he doesn't know, either. Because of the quantities purchased by individual players, Radomski said he occasionally suspected them of sharing the drugs with others, but that he rarely asked questions.
He found out "by accident" about Tejada.
"When I sent it to Adam, I told him how much it was," Radomski told ESPN in an earlier interview. "He said, 'Give me a couple days. Once I get the check from Miguel, I will send you a check.' So I said, 'It is for Miguel? He said, 'Yeah, it's for Miguel.'
"So I got the check and about two or three weeks later, when I talked to Adam again, he said, 'Miguel thanks you.' I said, 'OK.' That was the whole conversation I had. I never brought it up again."
Tejada came under scrutiny after an ex-teammate from the Baltimore Orioles, Rafael Palmeiro, testified before the House committee.
In January 2008, the House panel asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Tejada lied to committee investigators when he was interviewed in connection with the Palmeiro steroids case.
When that same House panel held a hearing in March 2005, Palmeiro jabbed a finger at lawmakers and declared: "I have never used steroids, period." Palmeiro was suspended by baseball later that year after testing positive for a steroid.
The committee looked into whether Palmeiro should face perjury charges but eventually dropped the matter.
Palmeiro said his positive test must have resulted from a B-12 vitamin injection given to him by Tejada. His admission prompted Congress to talk to Tejada.
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