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H.R. 747 House International Affairs

Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025

Introduced
Jan 28, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Barr, Andy (R-KY-6)
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STAGE 4 OF 8 — HOUSE FLOOR

Currently in the House. Last action: received in the senate and read twice and referred to the committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs on Sep 3, 2025.

  1. House Introduced in House Jan 28, 2025
  2. House Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Jan 28, 2025
  3. House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Mar 5, 2025
  4. House Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0. Mar 5, 2025
  5. House Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-19, Part I. Mar 21, 2025
  6. House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Apr 9, 2025
  7. House Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote. Apr 9, 2025
  8. House Mr. Baumgartner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Sep 2, 2025
  9. House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3728-3731) Sep 2, 2025
  10. House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 747. Sep 2, 2025
  11. House At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Sep 2, 2025
  12. House Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3741-3742) Sep 2, 2025
  13. House Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 4 (Roll no. 220). Sep 2, 2025
  14. House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 4 (Roll no. 220). (text: CR H3728-3729) Sep 2, 2025
  15. House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Sep 2, 2025
  16. House
    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Sep 2, 2025
    Agreed Yea 407 Nay 4 Roll Call
  17. Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Sep 3, 2025

Cosponsors

9

Subjects

AsiaChinaCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightDrug trafficking and controlled substancesPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSanctionsSmuggling and trafficking

Committees

  • Judiciary Committee
    • [Bills of Interest - Exchange of Letters]
    • [Referred To, Jan 28, 2025]
  • Financial Services Committee
    • [Bills of Interest - Exchange of Letters]
    • [Reported By, Mar 21, 2025]
    • [Markup By, Mar 5, 2025]
    • [Referred To, Jan 28, 2025]
  • Oversight and Government Reform Committee
    • [Bills of Interest - Exchange of Letters]
    • [Referred To, Jan 28, 2025]
  • Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
    • [Referred To, Sep 3, 2025]
  • Foreign Affairs Committee
    • [Markup By, Apr 9, 2025]
    • [Referred To, Jan 28, 2025]

Summary

Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025This bill subjects certain Chinese entities and government officials to potential sanctions related to opioid trafficking and requires the President to conduct certain preliminary analyses before regulating economic transactions in the event of a national emergency related to international drug trafficking. Specifically, for the purposes of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, the bill changes the definition of foreign opioid trafficker to specify that the term includes (1) Chinese entities involved in the production or sale of synthetic opioids or related pharmaceutical ingredients that fail to take steps to detect or prevent opioid trafficking; and (2) certain senior Chinese government officials that aid and abet opioid trafficking, including through intentional inaction. Under current law, the President must impose certain sanctions on individuals and entities identified as foreign opioid traffickers.Further, the bill extends through 2029 an existing requirement that the President report to Congress annually on identified foreign opioid traffickers and any sanctions imposed on them. (This requirement expired in December 2024.)The bill also requires the President to take additional steps in issuing regulations under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) pursuant to a declared national emergency related to international drug trafficking. (IEEPA authorizes the President to regulate a variety of economic transactions following a declaration of national emergency.) Under the bill, the President must evaluate the costs and benefits of issuing economic regulations for the purpose of resolving the drug trafficking emergency and publish a discussion of such costs and benefits.

[Summary as of: Introduced in House]

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