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44 STSESSION H. R. 3333
55 To impose sanctions with respect to trafficking of illicit fentanyl and its
66 precursors by transnational criminal organizations, including cartels, and
77 for other purposes.
88 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
99 MAY15, 2023
1010 Mr. M
1111 CCAUL(for himself, Mr. CUELLAR, and Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER) intro-
1212 duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign
1313 Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Ju-
1414 diciary, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently
1515 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
1616 sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
1717 A BILL
1818 To impose sanctions with respect to trafficking of illicit
1919 fentanyl and its precursors by transnational criminal or-
2020 ganizations, including cartels, and for other purposes.
2121 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2222 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2323 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
2424 (a) S
2525 HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
2626 ‘‘Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence Off 5
2727 Fentanyl Act’’ or the ‘‘FEND Off Fentanyl Act’’. 6
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3131 (b) TABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 1
3232 this Act is as follows: 2
3333 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
3434 Sec. 2. Sense of Congress.
3535 Sec. 3. Definitions.
3636 TITLE I—SANCTIONS MATTERS
3737 Subtitle A—Sanctions in Response to National Emergency Relating to
3838 Fentanyl Trafficking
3939 Sec. 101. Finding; policy.
4040 Sec. 102. Use of national emergency authorities; reporting.
4141 Sec. 103. Codification of Executive order imposing sanctions with respect to
4242 foreign persons involved in global illicit drug trade.
4343 Sec. 104. Imposition of sanctions with respect to fentanyl trafficking by
4444 transnational criminal organizations.
4545 Sec. 105. Penalties; waivers; exceptions.
4646 Sec. 106. Treatment of blocked property of transnational criminal organiza-
4747 tions.
4848 Subtitle B—Other Matters
4949 Sec. 111. Eight-year statute of limitations for violations of sanctions.
5050 Sec. 112. Repeal of prohibition on imposition of sanctions with respect to im-
5151 portation of goods under Fentanyl Sanctions Act.
5252 Sec. 113. Classified report and briefing on staffing of Office of Foreign Assets
5353 Control.
5454 Sec. 114. Report on drug transportation routes and use of vessels with mis-
5555 labeled cargo.
5656 TITLE II—ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING MATTERS
5757 Sec. 201. Designation of illicit fentanyl transactions of sanctioned persons as
5858 of primary money laundering concern.
5959 Sec. 202. Treatment of transnational criminal organizations in suspicious
6060 transactions reports of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-
6161 work.
6262 Sec. 203. Report on trade-based money laundering in trade with Mexico, the
6363 People’s Republic of China, and Burma.
6464 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
6565 3
6666 It is the sense of Congress that— 4
6767 (1) the proliferation of fentanyl is causing an 5
6868 unprecedented surge in overdose deaths in the 6
6969 United States, fracturing families and communities, 7
7070 and necessitating a comprehensive policy response to 8
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7474 combat its lethal flow and to mitigate the drug’s 1
7575 devastating consequences; 2
7676 (2) the trafficking of fentanyl into the United 3
7777 States is a national security threat that has killed 4
7878 hundreds of thousands of United States citizens; 5
7979 (3) transnational criminal organizations, includ-6
8080 ing cartels primarily based in Mexico, are the main 7
8181 purveyors of fentanyl into the United States and 8
8282 must be held accountable; 9
8383 (4) precursor chemicals sourced from the Peo-10
8484 ple’s Republic of China are— 11
8585 (A) shipped from the People’s Republic of 12
8686 China by legitimate and illegitimate means; 13
8787 (B) transformed through various synthetic 14
8888 processes to produce different forms of 15
8989 fentanyl; and 16
9090 (C) crucial to the production of illicit 17
9191 fentanyl by transnational criminal organiza-18
9292 tions, contributing to the ongoing opioid crisis; 19
9393 (5) the United States Government must remain 20
9494 vigilant to address all new forms of fentanyl precur-21
9595 sors and drugs used in combination with fentanyl, 22
9696 such as Xylazine, which attribute to overdose deaths 23
9797 of people in the United States; 24
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101101 (6) to increase the cost of fentanyl trafficking, 1
102102 the United States Government should work collabo-2
103103 ratively across agencies and should surge analytic 3
104104 capability to impose sanctions and other remedies 4
105105 with respect to transnational criminal organizations 5
106106 (including cartels), including foreign nationals who 6
107107 facilitate the trade in illicit fentanyl and its precur-7
108108 sors from the People’s Republic of China and such 8
109109 organizations; and 9
110110 (7) the Department of the Treasury should 10
111111 focus on fentanyl trafficking and its facilitators as 11
112112 one of the top national security priorities for the De-12
113113 partment. 13
114114 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 14
115115 In this Act: 15
116116 (1) A
117117 PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -16
118118 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-17
119119 mittees’’ means— 18
120120 (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 19
121121 and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 20
122122 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 21
123123 the Committee on Financial Services of the 22
124124 House of Representatives. 23
125125 (2) F
126126 OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-24
127127 son’’— 25
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131131 (A) means— 1
132132 (i) any citizen or national of a foreign 2
133133 country; or 3
134134 (ii) any entity not organized under the 4
135135 laws of the United States or a jurisdiction 5
136136 within the United States; and 6
137137 (B) does not include the government of a 7
138138 foreign country. 8
139139 (3) K
140140 NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 9
141141 respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 10
142142 means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 11
143143 have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 12
144144 result. 13
145145 (4) T
146146 RAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘trafficking’’, 14
147147 with respect to fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or 15
148148 other related opioids, has the meaning given the 16
149149 term ‘‘opioid trafficking’’ in section 7203 of the 17
150150 Fentanyl Sanctions Act (21 U.S.C. 2302). 18
151151 (5) T
152152 RANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZA -19
153153 TION.—The term ‘‘transnational criminal organiza-20
154154 tion’’ includes— 21
155155 (A) any organization designated as a sig-22
156156 nificant transnational criminal organization 23
157157 under part 590 of title 31, Code of Federal 24
158158 Regulations; 25
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162162 (B) any of the organizations known as— 1
163163 (i) the Sinaloa Cartel; 2
164164 (ii) the Jalisco New Generation Car-3
165165 tel; 4
166166 (iii) the Gulf Cartel; 5
167167 (iv) the Los Zetas Cartel; 6
168168 (v) the Juarez Cartel; 7
169169 (vi) the Tijuana Cartel; 8
170170 (vii) the Beltran-Leyva Cartel; 9
171171 (viii) La Familia Michoacana, also 10
172172 known as the Knights Templar Cartel; or 11
173173 (ix) La Nueva Familia Michoacan; 12
174174 (C) any other organization that the Presi-13
175175 dent determines is a transnational criminal or-14
176176 ganization; or 15
177177 (D) any successor organization to an orga-16
178178 nization described in subparagraph (B) or as 17
179179 otherwise determined by the President. 18
180180 (6) U
181181 NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 19
182182 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 20
183183 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law-21
184184 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 22
185185 United States; 23
186186 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 24
187187 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 25
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191191 the United States, including a foreign branch of 1
192192 such an entity; or 2
193193 (C) any person in the United States. 3
194194 TITLE I—SANCTIONS MATTERS 4
195195 Subtitle A—Sanctions in Response 5
196196 to National Emergency Relating 6
197197 to Fentanyl Trafficking 7
198198 SEC. 101. FINDING; POLICY. 8
199199 (a) F
200200 INDING.—Congress finds that international 9
201201 trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other re-10
202202 lated opioids constitutes an unusual and extraordinary 11
203203 threat to the national security, foreign policy, and econ-12
204204 omy of the United States, and is a national emergency. 13
205205 (b) P
206206 OLICY.—It shall be the policy of the United 14
207207 States to apply economic and other financial sanctions to 15
208208 those who engage in the international trafficking of 16
209209 fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other related opioids to 17
210210 protect the national security, foreign policy, and economy 18
211211 of the United States. 19
212212 SEC. 102. USE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY AUTHORITIES; 20
213213 REPORTING. 21
214214 (a) I
215215 NGENERAL.—The President may exercise all 22
216216 authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 23
217217 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 24
218218 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this subtitle. 25
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222222 (b) REPORTREQUIRED.— 1
223223 (1) I
224224 N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 2
225225 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-3
226226 nually thereafter, the President shall submit to the 4
227227 appropriate congressional committees a report on ac-5
228228 tions taken by the executive branch pursuant to this 6
229229 subtitle and any national emergency declared with 7
230230 respect to the trafficking of fentanyl, including— 8
231231 (A) the issuance of any new or revised reg-9
232232 ulations, policies, or guidance; 10
233233 (B) the imposition of sanctions; 11
234234 (C) the collection of relevant information 12
235235 from outside parties; 13
236236 (D) the approval or denial of licenses by 14
237237 the Office of Foreign Assets Control; 15
238238 (E) the initiation of enforcement cases; or 16
239239 (F) the implementation of mitigation pro-17
240240 cedures. 18
241241 (2) F
242242 ORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 19
243243 by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 20
244244 form, but may include the matters required by sub-21
245245 paragraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F) of that paragraph 22
246246 in a classified annex. 23
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250250 SEC. 103. CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER IMPOSING 1
251251 SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PER-2
252252 SONS INVOLVED IN GLOBAL ILLICIT DRUG 3
253253 TRADE. 4
254254 United States sanctions provided for in Executive 5
255255 Order 14059 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to imposing 6
256256 sanctions on foreign persons involved in the global illicit 7
257257 drug trade), and any amendments to or directives issued 8
258258 pursuant to such Executive orders before the date of the 9
259259 enactment of this Act, shall remain in effect. 10
260260 SEC. 104. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 11
261261 FENTANYL TRAFFICKING BY 12
262262 TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. 13
263263 (a) I
264264 NGENERAL.—The President shall impose the 14
265265 sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any 15
266266 foreign person the President determines— 16
267267 (1) is knowingly involved in the significant traf-17
268268 ficking of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other re-18
269269 lated opioids by a transnational criminal organiza-19
270270 tion; or 20
271271 (2) otherwise is knowingly involved in signifi-21
272272 cant activities of a transnational criminal organiza-22
273273 tion relating to the trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl 23
274274 precursors, or other related opioids. 24
275275 (b) S
276276 ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The President may, 25
277277 pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Pow-26
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281281 ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block and prohibit all 1
282282 transactions in property and interests in property of a for-2
283283 eign person described in subsection (a) if such property 3
284284 and interests in property are in the United States, come 4
285285 within the United States, or are or come within the posses-5
286286 sion or control of a United States person. 6
287287 (c) R
288288 EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 7
289289 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 8
290290 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 9
291291 congressional committees a report on actions taken by the 10
292292 executive branch with respect to the foreign persons iden-11
293293 tified under subsection (a). 12
294294 SEC. 105. PENALTIES; WAIVERS; EXCEPTIONS. 13
295295 (a) P
296296 ENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 14
297297 violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 15
298298 subtitle or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 16
299299 out this subtitle shall be subject to the penalties set forth 17
300300 in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-18
301301 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 19
302302 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an 20
303303 unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 21
304304 (b) W
305305 AIVERAUTHORITY.— 22
306306 (1) I
307307 N GENERAL.—The President may waive 23
308308 the imposition of sanctions under this subtitle if the 24
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312312 President determines, and reports to the appropriate 1
313313 congressional committees, that— 2
314314 (A) the waiver is needed for humanitarian 3
315315 purposes; or 4
316316 (B) the national emergency described in 5
317317 section 101 has ended. 6
318318 (2) N
319319 ATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER .—The Presi-7
320320 dent may waive the application of sanctions under 8
321321 this subtitle with respect to a foreign person if the 9
322322 President determines that the waiver is in the na-10
323323 tional security interest of the United States. 11
324324 (c) E
325325 XCEPTIONS.— 12
326326 (1) E
327327 XCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI -13
328328 TIES.—This subtitle shall not apply with respect to 14
329329 activities subject to the reporting requirements 15
330330 under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 16
331331 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel-17
332332 ligence activities of the United States. 18
333333 (2) E
334334 XCEPTION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH INTER -19
335335 NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 20
336336 ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under section 102(c) shall 21
337337 not apply with respect to an alien if admitting or pa-22
338338 roling the alien into the United States is nec-23
339339 essary— 24
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343343 (A) to permit the United States to comply 1
344344 with the Agreement regarding the Head-2
345345 quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 3
346346 Success on June 26, 1947, and entered into 4
347347 force November 21, 1947, between the United 5
348348 Nations and the United States, or other appli-6
349349 cable international obligations of the United 7
350350 States; or 8
351351 (B) to carry out or assist law enforcement 9
352352 activity of the United States. 10
353353 (3) E
354354 XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH USMCA .— 11
355355 Sanctions under this subtitle shall not apply in a 12
356356 case in which such sanctions would conflict with pro-13
357357 visions of the USMCA (as defined in section 3 of the 14
358358 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implemen-15
359359 tation Act (19 U.S.C. 4502)). 16
360360 (4) H
361361 UMANITARIAN EXEMPTION .—The Presi-17
362362 dent may not impose sanctions under this subtitle 18
363363 with respect to any person for conducting or facili-19
364364 tating a transaction for the sale of agricultural com-20
365365 modities, food, medicine, or medical devices or for 21
366366 the provision of humanitarian assistance. 22
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370370 SEC. 106. TREATMENT OF BLOCKED PROPERTY OF 1
371371 TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. 2
372372 (a) T
373373 RANSFER OF BLOCKEDPROPERTY TO FOR-3
374374 FEITUREFUNDS.— 4
375375 (1) I
376376 N GENERAL.—The President may transfer 5
377377 the proceeds of any covered forfeited property to the 6
378378 Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund estab-7
379379 lished under section 9705 of title 31, United States 8
380380 Code, or the Department of Justice Assets For-9
381381 feiture Fund established under section 524(c) of title 10
382382 28, United States Code. 11
383383 (2) R
384384 EPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 12
385385 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 13
386386 every 180 days thereafter, the President shall sub-14
387387 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 15
388388 report on any transfers made under paragraph (1) 16
389389 during the 180-day period preceding submission of 17
390390 the report. 18
391391 (3) C
392392 OVERED FORFEITED PROPERTY DE -19
393393 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘covered for-20
394394 feited property’’ means property— 21
395395 (A) seized by the Department of Justice 22
396396 under chapter 46 or section 1963 of title 18, 23
397397 United States Code; and 24
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401401 (B) that belonged to or was possessed by 1
402402 a transnational criminal organization subject to 2
403403 sanctions under— 3
404404 (i) this subtitle; 4
405405 (ii) the Fentanyl Sanctions Act (21 5
406406 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); or 6
407407 (iii) Executive Order 14059 (50 7
408408 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to imposing 8
409409 sanctions on foreign persons involved in 9
410410 the global illicit drug trade). 10
411411 (b) B
412412 LOCKEDASSETSUNDERTERRORISMRISKIN-11
413413 SURANCEACT OF2002.—Nothing in this subtitle affects 12
414414 the treatment of blocked assets of a terrorist party de-13
415415 scribed in subsection (a) of section 201 of the Terrorism 14
416416 Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (28 U.S.C. 1610 note). 15
417417 Subtitle B—Other Matters 16
418418 SEC. 111. EIGHT-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR VIO-17
419419 LATIONS OF SANCTIONS. 18
420420 (a) I
421421 NTERNATIONAL EMERGENCYECONOMICPOW-19
422422 ERSACT.—Section 206 of the International Emergency 20
423423 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) is amended by 21
424424 adding at the end the following: 22
425425 ‘‘(d) S
426426 TATUTE OFLIMITATIONS.— 23
427427 ‘‘(1) T
428428 IME FOR COMMENCING PROCEEDINGS .— 24
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432432 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An action, suit, or 1
433433 proceeding for the enforcement of any civil fine, 2
434434 penalty, or forfeiture, pecuniary or otherwise, 3
435435 under this section shall not be entertained un-4
436436 less commenced within eight years after the lat-5
437437 est date of the violation upon which the civil 6
438438 fine, penalty, or forfeiture is based. 7
439439 ‘‘(B) C
440440 OMMENCEMENT .—For purposes of 8
441441 this paragraph, the commencement of an ac-9
442442 tion, suit, or proceeding includes the issuance of 10
443443 a pre-penalty notice or finding of violation. 11
444444 ‘‘(2) T
445445 IME FOR INDICTMENT .—No person shall 12
446446 be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense 13
447447 under subsection (c) unless the indictment is found 14
448448 or the information is instituted within eight years 15
449449 after the latest date of the violation upon which the 16
450450 indictment or information is based.’’. 17
451451 (b) T
452452 RADINGWITH THEENEMYACT.—Section 16 18
453453 of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 4315) is 19
454454 amended by adding at the end the following: 20
455455 ‘‘(d) S
456456 TATUTE OFLIMITATIONS.— 21
457457 ‘‘(1) T
458458 IME FOR COMMENCING PROCEEDINGS .— 22
459459 ‘‘(A) I
460460 N GENERAL.—An action, suit, or 23
461461 proceeding for the enforcement of any civil fine, 24
462462 penalty, or forfeiture, pecuniary or otherwise, 25
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466466 under this section shall not be entertained un-1
467467 less commenced within eight years after the lat-2
468468 est date of the violation upon which the civil 3
469469 fine, penalty, or forfeiture is based. 4
470470 ‘‘(B) C
471471 OMMENCEMENT .—For purposes of 5
472472 this paragraph, the commencement of an ac-6
473473 tion, suit, or proceeding includes the issuance of 7
474474 a pre-penalty notice or finding of violation. 8
475475 ‘‘(2) T
476476 IME FOR INDICTMENT .—No person shall 9
477477 be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense 10
478478 under subsection (a) unless the indictment is found 11
479479 or the information is instituted within eight years 12
480480 after the latest date of the violation upon which the 13
481481 indictment or information is based.’’. 14
482482 SEC. 112. REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF 15
483483 SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IMPORTATION 16
484484 OF GOODS UNDER FENTANYL SANCTIONS 17
485485 ACT. 18
486486 Section 7235 of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act (21 19
487487 U.S.C. 2335) is repealed. 20
488488 SEC. 113. CLASSIFIED REPORT AND BRIEFING ON STAFF-21
489489 ING OF OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CON-22
490490 TROL. 23
491491 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-24
492492 ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Foreign 25
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496496 Assets Control shall provide to the appropriate congres-1
497497 sional committees a classified report and briefing on the 2
498498 staffing of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, 3
499499 disaggregated by staffing dedicated to each sanctions pro-4
500500 gram and each country or issue. 5
501501 SEC. 114. REPORT ON DRUG TRANSPORTATION ROUTES 6
502502 AND USE OF VESSELS WITH MISLABELED 7
503503 CARGO. 8
504504 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-9
505505 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in con-10
506506 junction with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, 11
507507 shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees 12
508508 a classified report and briefing on efforts to target drug 13
509509 transportation routes and modalities, including an assess-14
510510 ment of the prevalence of false cargo labeling and ship-15
511511 ment of precursor chemicals without accurate tracking of 16
512512 the customers purchasing the chemicals. 17
513513 TITLE II—ANTI-MONEY 18
514514 LAUNDERING MATTERS 19
515515 SEC. 201. DESIGNATION OF ILLICIT FENTANYL TRANS-20
516516 ACTIONS OF SANCTIONED PERSONS AS OF 21
517517 PRIMARY MONEY LAUNDERING CONCERN. 22
518518 Subtitle A of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act (21 U.S.C. 23
519519 2311 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 7213 24
520520 the following: 25
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524524 ‘‘SEC. 7213A. DESIGNATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF SANC-1
525525 TIONED PERSONS AS OF PRIMARY MONEY 2
526526 LAUNDERING CONCERN. 3
527527 ‘‘(a) I
528528 NGENERAL.—If the Secretary of the Treasury 4
529529 determines that reasonable grounds exist for concluding 5
530530 that one or more classes of transactions within, or involv-6
531531 ing, a jurisdiction outside of the United States is of pri-7
532532 mary money laundering concern in connection with illicit 8
533533 opioid trafficking, the Secretary of the Treasury may, by 9
534534 order, regulation, or otherwise as permitted by law— 10
535535 ‘‘(1) require domestic financial institutions and 11
536536 domestic financial agencies to take 1 or more of the 12
537537 special measures provided for in section 9714(a)(1) 13
538538 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 14
539539 Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 31 U.S.C. 5318A 15
540540 note); and 16
541541 ‘‘(2) prohibit, or impose conditions upon, cer-17
542542 tain transmittals of funds (to be defined by the Sec-18
543543 retary) by any domestic financial institution or do-19
544544 mestic financial agency, if such transmittal of funds 20
545545 involves any such class of transactions. 21
546546 ‘‘(b) C
547547 LASSIFIEDINFORMATION.—In any judicial re-22
548548 view of a finding of the existence of a primary money laun-23
549549 dering concern, or of the requirement for 1 or more special 24
550550 measures with respect to a primary money laundering con-25
551551 cern made under this section, if the designation or imposi-26
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555555 tion, or both, were based on classified information (as de-1
556556 fined in section 1(a) of the Classified Information Proce-2
557557 dures Act (18 U.S.C. App.)), such information may be 3
558558 submitted by the Secretary to the reviewing court ex parte 4
559559 and in camera. This subsection does not confer or imply 5
560560 any right to judicial review of any finding made or any 6
561561 requirement imposed under this section. 7
562562 ‘‘(c) A
563563 VAILABILITY OFINFORMATION.—The exemp-8
564564 tions from, and prohibitions on, search and disclosure re-9
565565 ferred to in section 9714(c) of the National Defense Au-10
566566 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116– 11
567567 283; 31 U.S.C. 5318A note) shall apply to any report or 12
568568 record of report filed pursuant to a requirement imposed 13
569569 under subsection (a). For purposes of section 552 of title 14
570570 5, United States Code, this section shall be considered a 15
571571 statute described in subsection (b)(3)(B) of that section. 16
572572 ‘‘(d) P
573573 ENALTIES.—The penalties referred to in sec-17
574574 tion 9714(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act 18
575575 for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 31 U.S.C. 19
576576 5318A note) shall apply to violations of any order, regula-20
577577 tion, special measure, or other requirement imposed under 21
578578 subsection (a), in the same manner and to the same extent 22
579579 as described in such section 9714(d). 23
580580 ‘‘(e) I
581581 NJUNCTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 24
582582 may bring a civil action to enjoin a violation of any order, 25
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586586 regulation, special measure, or other requirement imposed 1
587587 under subsection (a) in the same manner and to the same 2
588588 extent as described in section 9714(e) of the National De-3
589589 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 4
590590 116–283; 31 U.S.C. 5318A note). 5
591591 ‘‘(f) D
592592 EFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘do-6
593593 mestic financial agency’, ‘domestic financial institution’, 7
594594 ‘financial agency’, and ‘financial institution’ have the 8
595595 meanings given those terms as used in section 9714 of 9
596596 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 10
597597 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 31 U.S.C. 5318A note).’’. 11
598598 SEC. 202. TREATMENT OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL OR-12
599599 GANIZATIONS IN SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS 13
600600 REPORTS OF THE FINANCIAL CRIMES EN-14
601601 FORCEMENT NETWORK. 15
602602 (a) F
603603 ILINGINSTRUCTIONS.—Not later than 180 days 16
604604 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 17
605605 of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network shall issue 18
606606 guidance or instructions to United States financial institu-19
607607 tions for filing reports on suspicious transactions required 20
608608 by section 1010.320 of title 31, Code of Federal Regula-21
609609 tions, related to suspected fentanyl trafficking by 22
610610 transnational criminal organizations. 23
611611 (b) P
612612 RIORITIZATION OF REPORTSRELATING TO 24
613613 F
614614 ENTANYLTRAFFICKING ORTRANSNATIONALCRIMINAL 25
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618618 ORGANIZATIONS.—The Director shall prioritize research 1
619619 into reports described in subsection (a) that indicate a 2
620620 connection to trafficking of fentanyl or related synthetic 3
621621 opioids or financing of suspected transnational criminal 4
622622 organizations. 5
623623 SEC. 203. REPORT ON TRADE-BASED MONEY LAUNDERING 6
624624 IN TRADE WITH MEXICO, THE PEOPLE’S RE-7
625625 PUBLIC OF CHINA, AND BURMA. 8
626626 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-9
627627 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall sub-10
628628 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 11
629629 on trade-based money laundering originating in Mexico or 12
630630 the People’s Republic of China and involving Burma. 13
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