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4	4	STSESSION S. 860
5	5	To modify the information about countries exporting methamphetamine that
6	6	is included in the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Re-
7	7	port, to require a report to Congress on the seizure and production
8	8	of certain illicit drugs, to impose sanctions with respect to the production
9	9	and trafficking into the United States, of synthetic opioids, and for
10	10	other purposes.
11	11	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
12	12	MARCH5, 2025
13	13	Mr. R
14	14	ISCH(for himself and Mrs. SHAHEEN) introduced the following bill;
15	15	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To modify the information about countries exporting meth-
18	18	amphetamine that is included in the annual International
19	19	Narcotics Control Strategy Report, to require a report
20	20	to Congress on the seizure and production of certain
21	21	illicit drugs, to impose sanctions with respect to the
22	22	production and trafficking into the United States, of
23	23	synthetic opioids, and for other purposes.
24	24	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
25	25	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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29	29	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 1
30	30	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Break Up Suspicious 2
31	31	Transactions of Fentanyl Act’’ or the ‘‘BUST 3
32	32	FENTANYL Act’’. 4
33	33	SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY 5
34	34	REPORT. 6
35	35	Section 489(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 7
36	36	(22 U.S.C. 2291h(a)) is amended— 8
37	37	(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 9
38	38	striking ‘‘March 1’’ and inserting ‘‘June 1’’; and 10
39	39	(2) in paragraph (8)(A)(i), by striking 11
40	40	‘‘pseudoephedrine’’ and all that follows through 12
41	41	‘‘chemicals)’’ and inserting ‘‘chemical precursors 13
42	42	used in the production of methamphetamine that 14
43	43	significantly affected the United States’’. 15
44	44	SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT ON EFFORTS TO ADDRESS 16
45	45	FENTANYL TRAFFICKING FROM THE PEO-17
46	46	PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND OTHER REL-18
47	47	EVANT COUNTRIES. 19
48	48	(a) D
49	49	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 20
50	50	(1) A
51	51	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -21
52	52	GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-22
53	53	gress’’ means— 23
54	54	(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 24
55	55	Senate; 25
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59	59	(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 1
60	60	the Senate; 2
61	61	(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 3
62	62	House of Representatives; and 4
63	63	(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 5
64	64	the House of Representatives. 6
65	65	(2) DEA.—The term ‘‘DEA’’ means the Drug 7
66	66	Enforcement Administration. 8
67	67	(3) PRC.—The term ‘‘PRC’’ means the Peo-9
68	68	ple’s Republic of China. 10
69	69	(b) S
70	70	TUDY AND REPORT ONADDRESSINGTRAF-11
71	71	FICKING OFFENTANYL ANDOTHERSYNTHETICOPIOIDS 12
72	72	F
73	73	ROM THEPRC ANDOTHERRELEVANTCOUNTRIES.— 13
74	74	Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 14
75	75	of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Attorney Gen-15
76	76	eral shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of 16
77	77	Congress an unclassified written report, with a classified 17
78	78	annex, that includes— 18
79	79	(1) a description of United States Government 19
80	80	efforts to gain a commitment from the Government 20
81	81	of the PRC to submit unregulated fentanyl precur-21
82	82	sors, such as 4–AP, to controls; 22
83	83	(2) a plan for future steps the United States 23
84	84	Government will take to urge the Government of the 24
85	85	PRC to combat the production and trafficking of il-25
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89	89	licit fentanyl and synthetic opioids from the PRC, 1
90	90	including the trafficking of precursor chemicals used 2
91	91	to produce illicit narcotics in Mexico and in other 3
92	92	countries; 4
93	93	(3) a detailed description of cooperation by the 5
94	94	Government of the PRC to address the role of the 6
95	95	PRC financial system and PRC money laundering 7
96	96	organizations in the trafficking of fentanyl and syn-8
97	97	thetic opioid precursors; 9
98	98	(4) an assessment of the expected impact that 10
99	99	the designation of principal corporate officers of 11
100	100	PRC financial institutions for facilitating narcotics- 12
101	101	related money laundering would have on PRC money 13
102	102	laundering organizations; 14
103	103	(5) an assessment of whether the Trilateral 15
104	104	Fentanyl Committee, which was established by the 16
105	105	United States, Canada, and Mexico during the Jan-17
106	106	uary 2023 North American Leaders’ Summit, is im-18
107	107	proving cooperation with law enforcement and finan-19
108	108	cial regulators in Canada and Mexico to combat the 20
109	109	role of PRC financial institutions and PRC money 21
110	110	laundering organizations in narcotics trafficking; 22
111	111	(6) an assessment of the effectiveness of other 23
112	112	United States bilateral and multilateral efforts to 24
113	113	strengthen international cooperation to address the 25
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117	117	PRC’s role in the trafficking of fentanyl and syn-1
118	118	thetic opioid precursors, including through the Glob-2
119	119	al Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats; 3
120	120	(7) an update on the status of commitments 4
121	121	made by third countries through the Global Coali-5
122	122	tion to Address Synthetic Drug Threats to combat 6
123	123	the synthetic opioid crisis and progress towards the 7
124	124	implementation of such commitments; 8
125	125	(8) a plan for future steps to further strengthen 9
126	126	bilateral and multilateral efforts to urge the Govern-10
127	127	ment of the PRC to take additional actions to ad-11
128	128	dress the PRC’s role in the trafficking of fentanyl 12
129	129	and synthetic opioid precursors, particularly in co-13
130	130	ordination with countries in East Asia and South-14
131	131	east Asia that have been impacted by such activities; 15
132	132	(9) an assessment of how actions the Govern-16
133	133	ment of the PRC has taken since November 15, 17
134	134	2023 has shifted relevant supply chains for fentanyl 18
135	135	and synthetic opioid precursors, if at all; and 19
136	136	(10) the items described in paragraphs (1) 20
137	137	through (4) pertaining to India, Mexico, and other 21
138	138	countries the Secretary of State determines to have 22
139	139	a significant role in the production or trafficking of 23
140	140	fentanyl and synthetic opioid precursors for pur-24
141	141	poses of this report. 25
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145	145	(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF DEA OFFICES IN THE 1
146	146	PRC.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the en-2
147	147	actment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Attor-3
148	148	ney General shall jointly provide to the appropriate com-4
149	149	mittees of Congress a classified briefing on— 5
150	150	(1) outreach and negotiations undertaken by 6
151	151	the United States Government with the Government 7
152	152	of the PRC that was aimed at securing the approval 8
153	153	of the Government of the PRC to establish of United 9
154	154	States Drug Enforcement Administration offices in 10
155	155	Shanghai and Guangzhou, the PRC; and 11
156	156	(2) additional efforts to establish new partner-12
157	157	ships with provincial-level authorities in the PRC to 13
158	158	counter the illicit trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl 14
159	159	analogues, and their precursors. 15
160	160	SEC. 4. PRIORITIZATION OF IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS 16
161	161	FROM THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 17
162	162	Section 7211 of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act (21 18
163	163	U.S.C. 2311) is amended— 19
164	164	(1) in subsection (a)— 20
165	165	(A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 21
166	166	(4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 22
167	167	(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 23
168	168	following: 24
169	169	‘‘(3) P
170	170	RIORITIZATION.— 25
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174	174	‘‘(A) DEFINED TERM.—In this paragraph, 1
175	175	the term ‘person of the People’s Republic of 2
176	176	China’ means— 3
177	177	‘‘(i) an individual who is a citizen or 4
178	178	national of the People’s Republic of China; 5
179	179	or 6
180	180	‘‘(ii) an entity organized under the 7
181	181	laws of the People’s Republic of China or 8
182	182	otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the 9
183	183	Government of the People’s Republic of 10
184	184	China. 11
185	185	‘‘(B) I
186	186	N GENERAL.—In preparing the re-12
187	187	port required under paragraph (1), the Presi-13
188	188	dent shall prioritize, to the greatest extent prac-14
189	189	ticable, the identification of persons of the Peo-15
190	190	ple’s Republic of China involved in the shipment 16
191	191	of fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, fentanyl precur-17
192	192	sors, precursors for fentanyl analogues, pre-pre-18
193	193	cursors for fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, 19
194	194	and equipment for the manufacturing of 20
195	195	fentanyl and fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills to 21
196	196	Mexico or any other country that is involved in 22
197	197	the production of fentanyl trafficked into the 23
198	198	United States, including— 24
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202	202	‘‘(i) any entity involved in the produc-1
203	203	tion of pharmaceuticals; and 2
204	204	‘‘(ii) any person that is acting on be-3
205	205	half of any such entity. 4
206	206	‘‘(C) T
207	207	ERMINATION OF PRIORITIZATION .— 5
208	208	The President shall continue the prioritization 6
209	209	required under subparagraph (B) until the 7
210	210	President certifies to the appropriate congres-8
211	211	sional committees that the People’s Republic of 9
212	212	China is no longer the primary source for the 10
213	213	shipment of fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, 11
214	214	fentanyl precursors, precursors for fentanyl 12
215	215	analogues, pre-precursors for fentanyl and 13
216	216	fentanyl analogues, and equipment for the man-14
217	217	ufacturing of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced coun-15
218	218	terfeit pills to Mexico or any other country that 16
219	219	is involved in the production of fentanyl traf-17
220	220	ficked into the United States.’’; and 18
221	221	(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the date that 19
222	222	is 5 years after such date of enactment’’ and insert-20
223	223	ing ‘‘December 31, 2030’’. 21
224	224	SEC. 5. EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS UNDER THE FENTANYL 22
225	225	SANCTIONS ACT. 23
226	226	Section 7212 of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act (21 24
227	227	U.S.C. 2312) is amended— 25
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231	231	(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 1
232	232	end; 2
233	233	(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 3
234	234	the end and inserting a semicolon; and 4
235	235	(3) by adding at the end the following: 5
236	236	‘‘(3) the President determines has knowingly 6
237	237	engaged in, on or after the date of the enactment of 7
238	238	the BUST FENTANYL Act, a significant activity 8
239	239	or significant financial transaction that has materi-9
240	240	ally contributed to opioid trafficking; or 10
241	241	‘‘(4) the President determines— 11
242	242	‘‘(A) has received any property or interest 12
243	243	in property that the foreign person knows— 13
244	244	‘‘(i) constitutes or is derived from the 14
245	245	proceeds of an activity or transaction de-15
246	246	scribed in paragraph (3); or 16
247	247	‘‘(ii) was used or intended to be used 17
248	248	to commit or to facilitate such an activity 18
249	249	or transaction; 19
250	250	‘‘(B) has knowingly provided significant fi-20
251	251	nancial, material, or technological support for, 21
252	252	including through the provision of goods or 22
253	253	services in support of— 23
254	254	‘‘(i) any activity or transaction de-24
255	255	scribed in paragraph (3); or 25
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259	259	‘‘(ii) any foreign person described in 1
260	260	paragraph (3); or 2
261	261	‘‘(C) is or has been owned, controlled, or 3
262	262	directed by any foreign person described in sub-4
263	263	paragraph (A) or (B) or in paragraph (3), or 5
264	264	has knowingly acted or purported to act for or 6
265	265	on behalf of, directly or indirectly, such a for-7
266	266	eign person.’’. 8
267	267	SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 9
268	268	AGENCIES OR INSTRUMENTALITIES OF FOR-10
269	269	EIGN STATES. 11
270	270	(a) D
271	271	EFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘know-12
272	272	ingly’’ and ‘‘opioid trafficking’’ have the meanings given 13
273	273	such terms in section 7203 of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act 14
274	274	(21 U.S.C. 2302). 15
275	275	(b) I
276	276	NGENERAL.—The President may— 16
277	277	(1) impose one or more of the sanctions de-17
278	278	scribed in section 7213 of the Fentanyl Sanctions 18
279	279	Act (21 U.S.C. 2313) with respect to each political 19
280	280	subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of a foreign 20
281	281	government, including any financial institution 21
282	282	owned or controlled by a foreign government, that 22
283	283	the President determines has knowingly, on or after 23
284	284	the date of the enactment of this Act— 24
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288	288	(A) engaged in a significant activity or a 1
289	289	significant financial transaction that has mate-2
290	290	rially contributed to opioid trafficking; or 3
291	291	(B) provided financial, material, or techno-4
292	292	logical support for (including through the provi-5
293	293	sion of goods or services in support of) any sig-6
294	294	nificant activity or significant financial trans-7
295	295	action described in subparagraph (A); and 8
296	296	(2) impose one or more of the sanctions de-9
297	297	scribed in section 7213(a)(6) of the Fentanyl Sanc-10
298	298	tions Act (21 U.S.C. 2313(a)(6)) with respect to 11
299	299	each senior official of a political subdivision, agency, 12
300	300	or instrumentality of a foreign government that the 13
301	301	President determines has knowingly, on or after the 14
302	302	date of the enactment of this Act, facilitated a sig-15
303	303	nificant activity or a significant financial transaction 16
304	304	described in paragraph (1). 17
305	305	SEC. 7. ANNUAL REPORT ON EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE 18
306	306	SMUGGLING OF METHAMPHETAMINE INTO 19
307	307	THE UNITED STATES FROM MEXICO. 20
308	308	Section 723(c) of the Combat Methamphetamine Epi-21
309	309	demic Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 2291 note) is amended by 22
310	310	striking the period at the end and inserting the following 23
311	311	‘‘, which shall— 24
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315	315	‘‘(1) identify the significant source countries for 1
316	316	methamphetamine that significantly affect the 2
317	317	United States, and 3
318	318	‘‘(2) describe the actions by the governments of 4
319	319	the countries identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to 5
320	320	combat the diversion of relevant precursor chemicals 6
321	321	and the production and trafficking of methamphet-7
322	322	amine.’’. 8
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