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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 747
5	5	To impose sanctions with respect to Chinese producers of synthetic opioids
6	6	and opioid precursors, to hold Chinese officials accountable for the spread
7	7	of illicit fentanyl, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	JANUARY28, 2025
10	10	Mr. B
11	11	ARR(for himself, Mr. NUNNof Iowa, and Mr. MURPHY) introduced the
12	12	following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
13	13	and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and
14	14	Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently
15	15	determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
16	16	sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To impose sanctions with respect to Chinese producers of
19	19	synthetic opioids and opioid precursors, to hold Chinese
20	20	officials accountable for the spread of illicit fentanyl,
21	21	and for other purposes.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
25	25	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Chinese Fentanyl 4
26	26	Act of 2025’’. 5
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30	30	SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 1
31	31	It is the sense of Congress that the Government of 2
32	32	the People’s Republic of China should— 3
33	33	(1) work with the United States Government to 4
34	34	identify a list of unregulated chemicals used to cre-5
35	35	ate precursor chemicals that bear increased scrutiny; 6
36	36	(2) require the proper labeling of chemical and 7
37	37	equipment shipments in accordance with inter-8
38	38	national rules; 9
39	39	(3) immediately implement ‘‘know-your-cus-10
40	40	tomer’’ procedures for chemical shipments; and 11
41	41	(4) direct all relevant departments and agen-12
42	42	cies, including the National Narcotics Control Com-13
43	43	mission, the Ministry of Public Security, the General 14
44	44	Administration of Customs, and the National Med-15
45	45	ical Products Administration of the Government of 16
46	46	the People’s Republic of China to establish new rules 17
47	47	to crack down on precursor trafficking and enforce 18
48	48	such rules swiftly. 19
49	49	SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE FENTANYL SANCTIONS ACT. 20
50	50	(a) D
51	51	EFINITIONS.—Section 7203(5) of the Fentanyl 21
52	52	Sanctions Act (21 U.S.C. 2302(5)) is amended— 22
53	53	(1) by striking ‘‘The term ‘foreign opioid traf-23
54	54	ficker’ means any foreign person’’ and inserting the 24
55	55	following: ‘‘The term ‘foreign opioid trafficker’— 25
56	56	‘‘(A) means any foreign person’’; 26
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60	60	(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-1
61	61	ing ‘‘; and’’; and 2
62	62	(3) by adding at the end the following: 3
63	63	‘‘(B) includes— 4
64	64	‘‘(i) any entity of the People’s Repub-5
65	65	lic of China that the President deter-6
66	66	mines— 7
67	67	‘‘(I) produces, manufactures, dis-8
68	68	tributes, sells, or knowingly finances 9
69	69	or transports any goods described in 10
70	70	clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (8)(A); 11
71	71	and 12
72	72	‘‘(II) fails to take credible steps, 13
73	73	including through implementation of 14
74	74	appropriate know-your-customer pro-15
75	75	cedures or through cooperation with 16
76	76	United States counternarcotics ef-17
77	77	forts, to detect or prevent opioid traf-18
78	78	ficking; and 19
79	79	‘‘(ii) any senior official of the Govern-20
80	80	ment of the People’s Republic of China or 21
81	81	other Chinese political official that— 22
82	82	‘‘(I) has significant regulatory or 23
83	83	law enforcement responsibilities with 24
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87	87	respect to the activities of an entity 1
88	88	described in clause (i); and 2
89	89	‘‘(II) aids and abets, including 3
90	90	through intentional inaction, opioid 4
91	91	trafficking.’’. 5
92	92	(b) I
93	93	DENTIFICATION OF FOREIGNOPIOIDTRAF-6
94	94	FICKERS.—Section 7211 of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act 7
95	95	(21 U.S.C. 2311) is amended— 8
96	96	(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by adding at the 9
97	97	end before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including 10
98	98	whether the heads of the National Narcotics Control 11
99	99	Commission, the Ministry of Public Security, the 12
100	100	General Administration of Customs, and the Na-13
101	101	tional Medical Products Administration of the Gov-14
102	102	ernment of the People’s Republic of China are for-15
103	103	eign opioid traffickers’’; and 16
104	104	(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and 17
105	105	inserting ‘‘10 years’’. 18
106	106	SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL EMER-19
107	107	GENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT AND THE 20
108	108	TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT. 21
109	109	(a) P
110	110	ERIODICEVALUATION.—Section 203 of the 22
111	111	International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 23
112	112	U.S.C. 1702) is amended by adding at the end the fol-24
113	113	lowing: 25
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117	117	‘‘(d) PERIODICEVALUATION.— 1
118	118	‘‘(1) I
119	119	N GENERAL.—If the authority granted to 2
120	120	the President under this section is exercised with re-3
121	121	spect to a covered national emergency, the President 4
122	122	shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com-5
123	123	mittees, not less frequently than annually, a periodic 6
124	124	evaluation in writing that— 7
125	125	‘‘(A) assesses the effectiveness of the exer-8
126	126	cise of such authority in resolving the covered 9
127	127	national emergency; 10
128	128	‘‘(B) considers the views of public- and pri-11
129	129	vate-sector stakeholders; and 12
130	130	‘‘(C) discusses any potential changes to the 13
131	131	exercise of the authority for the purpose of 14
132	132	more effectively resolving the covered national 15
133	133	emergency. 16
134	134	‘‘(2) D
135	135	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 17
136	136	‘‘(A) the term ‘appropriate congressional 18
137	137	committees’ means— 19
138	138	‘‘(i) the Committee on Foreign Af-20
139	139	fairs, the Committee on Financial Services, 21
140	140	and the Committee on Oversight and Ac-22
141	141	countability of the House of Representa-23
142	142	tives; and 24
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146	146	‘‘(ii) the Committee on Homeland Se-1
147	147	curity and Governmental Affairs, the Com-2
148	148	mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-3
149	149	mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 4
150	150	Affairs of the Senate; and 5
151	151	‘‘(B) the term ‘covered national emergency’ 6
152	152	means a national emergency that— 7
153	153	‘‘(i) the President has declared, within 8
154	154	the preceding 5-year period, with respect 9
155	155	to any national emergency regarding inter-10
156	156	national drug trafficking; and 11
157	157	‘‘(ii) has not terminated.’’. 12
158	158	(b) C
159	159	ONSULTATION AND REPORTS.—Section 204 of 13
160	160	the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 14
161	161	U.S.C. 1703) is amended— 15
162	162	(1) by striking ‘‘the Congress’’ each place it ap-16
163	163	pears and inserting ‘‘the appropriate congressional 17
164	164	committees’’; and 18
165	165	(2) by adding at the end the following: 19
166	166	‘‘(e) A
167	167	PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 20
168	168	D
169	169	EFINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate congres-21
170	170	sional committees’ has the meaning given that term in sec-22
171	171	tion 203(d)(2).’’. 23
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175	175	(3) AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REGULATIONS .—Sec-1
176	176	tion 205 of the International Emergency Economic 2
177	177	Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1704) is amended— 3
178	178	(A) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and in-4
179	179	serting ‘‘(a) The President’’; and 5
180	180	(B) by adding at the end the following: 6
181	181	‘‘(b) In issuing regulations under subsection (a) pur-7
182	182	suant to a covered national emergency (as defined in sec-8
183	183	tion 203), the President shall— 9
184	184	‘‘(1) consider the costs and benefits of available 10
185	185	statutory and regulatory alternatives; 11
186	186	‘‘(2) evaluate the costs and benefits for the pur-12
187	187	pose of expeditiously resolving the applicable na-13
188	188	tional emergency; 14
189	189	‘‘(3) establish criteria for the eventual termi-15
190	190	nation of the applicable national emergency; and 16
191	191	‘‘(4) include in the basis and purpose incor-17
192	192	porated in the regulations— 18
193	193	‘‘(A) an explanation of how the regulations 19
194	194	will resolve the applicable national emergency; 20
195	195	and 21
196	196	‘‘(B) a discussion of the costs and bene-22
197	197	fits.’’. 23
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201	201	SEC. 5. EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 1
202	202	GOODS. 2
203	203	(a) I
204	204	NGENERAL.—A requirement to block and pro-3
205	205	hibit all transactions in all property and interests in prop-4
206	206	erty pursuant to this Act or any amendment made by this 5
207	207	Act shall not include the authority or a requirement to 6
208	208	impose sanctions on the importation of goods. 7
209	209	(b) G
210	210	OODDEFINED.—In this section, the term 8
211	211	‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or manmade substance, 9
212	212	material, supply or manufactured product, including in-10
213	213	spection and test equipment, and excluding technical data. 11
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