119-hr747

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 747 Referred in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 747

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 September 3, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
 and Urban Affairs

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 AN ACT

 To impose sanctions with respect to Chinese producers of synthetic 
 opioids and opioid precursors, to hold Chinese officials accountable 
 for the spread of illicit fentanyl, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

 It is the sense of Congress that the Government of the People's 
Republic of China should--

    (1) work with the United States Government to identify a 
 list of unregulated chemicals used to create precursor 
 chemicals that bear increased scrutiny;

    (2) require the proper labeling of chemical and equipment 
 shipments in accordance with international rules;

    (3) immediately implement ``know-your-customer'' procedures 
 for chemical shipments; and

    (4) direct all relevant departments and agencies, including 
 the National Narcotics Control Commission, the Ministry of 
 Public Security, the General Administration of Customs, and the 
 National Medical Products Administration of the Government of 
 the People's Republic of China to establish new rules to crack 
 down on precursor trafficking and enforce such rules swiftly.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE FENTANYL SANCTIONS ACT.

    (a) 

=== Definitions. ===
-

Section 7203

    (5) of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act (21 
U.S.C. 2302

    (5) ) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``The term `foreign opioid trafficker' 
 means any foreign person'' and inserting the following: ``The 
 term `foreign opioid trafficker'--
 ``
        (A) means any foreign person'';

    (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
 and''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (B) includes--
 ``
            (i) any entity of the People's Republic 
 of China that the President determines--
 ``
            (I) produces, manufactures, 
 distributes, sells, or knowingly 
 finances or transports any goods 
 described in clause
            (i) or
            (ii) of 
 paragraph

    (8)
        (A) ; and
 ``
            (II) fails to take credible 
 steps, including through implementation 
 of appropriate know-your-customer 
 procedures or through cooperation with 
 United States counternarcotics efforts, 
 to detect or prevent opioid 
 trafficking; and
 ``
            (ii) any senior official of the 
 Government of the People's Republic of China or 
 other Chinese political official that--
 ``
            (I) has significant regulatory or 
 law enforcement responsibilities with 
 respect to the activities of an entity 
 described in clause
            (i) ; and
 ``
            (II) aids and abets, including 
 through intentional inaction, opioid 
 trafficking.''.

    (b) Identification of Foreign Opioid Traffickers.--

Section 7211 of 
the Fentanyl Sanctions Act (21 U.S.C. 2311) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a)

    (1)
        (A) , by adding at the end before 
 the semicolon the following: ``, including whether the heads of 
 the National Narcotics Control Commission, the Ministry of 
 Public Security, the General Administration of Customs, and the 
 National Medical Products Administration of the Government of 
 the People's Republic of China are foreign opioid 
 traffickers''; and

    (2) in subsection
            (c) , by striking ``5 years'' and 
 inserting ``10 years''.

SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT 
 AND THE TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT.

    (a) Periodic Evaluation.--

Section 203 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
 ``
            (d) Periodic Evaluation.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--If the authority granted to the 
 President under this section is exercised with respect to a 
 covered national emergency, the President shall transmit to the 
 appropriate congressional committees, not less frequently than 
 annually, a periodic evaluation in writing that--
 ``
        (A) assesses the effectiveness of the exercise of 
 such authority in resolving the covered national 
 emergency;
 ``
        (B) considers the views of public- and private-
 sector stakeholders; and
 ``
            (C) discusses any potential changes to the 
 exercise of the authority for the purpose of more 
 effectively resolving the covered national emergency.
 ``

    (2) === Definitions. ===
-In this subsection--
 ``
        (A) the term `appropriate congressional 
 committees' means--
 ``
            (i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
 Committee on Financial Services, and the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 
 the House of Representatives; and
 ``
            (ii) the Committee on Homeland Security 
 and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 
 Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
 Senate; and
 ``
        (B) the term `covered national emergency' means a 
 national emergency that--
 ``
            (i) the President has declared, within 
 the preceding 5-year period, with respect to 
 any national emergency regarding international 
 drug trafficking; and
 ``
            (ii) has not terminated.''.

    (b) Consultation and Reports.--

Section 204 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1703) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``the Congress'' each place it appears and 
 inserting ``the appropriate congressional committees''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
section, the term `appropriate congressional committees' has the 
meaning given that term in 

section 203
            (d) (2) .''.

    (3) Authority to issue regulations.--

Section 205 of the 
 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1704) is 
 amended--
        (A) by striking ``The President'' and inserting 
 ``

    (a) The President''; and
        (B) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (b) In issuing regulations under subsection

    (a) pursuant to a 
covered national emergency (as defined in 

section 203), the President 
shall--
 ``

    (1) consider the costs and benefits of available 
 statutory and regulatory alternatives;
 ``

    (2) evaluate the costs and benefits for the purpose of 
 expeditiously resolving the applicable national emergency;
 ``

    (3) establish criteria for the eventual termination of 
 the applicable national emergency; and
 ``

    (4) include in the basis and purpose incorporated in the 
 regulations--
 ``
        (A) an explanation of how the regulations will 
 resolve the applicable national emergency; and
 ``
        (B) a discussion of the costs and benefits.''.

SEC. 5. EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF GOODS.

    (a) In General.--The authorities and requirements to impose 
sanctions in this Act shall not include the authority or a requirement 
to impose sanctions on the importation of goods.

    (b) Good Defined.--In this section, the term ``good'' means any 
article, natural or manmade substance, material, supply or manufactured 
product, including inspection and test equipment, and excluding 
technical data.

 Passed the House of Representatives September 2, 2025.

 Attest:

 KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

 Clerk.