{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-747","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 747","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"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."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-01-28","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-09-02","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h220","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act","result":"Passed","yea":407,"nay":4,"present":0,"not_voting":19,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll220.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.","date":"2025-09-03"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-01-28","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025"},{"k":"p","t":"This 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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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.)"},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":248},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Fentanyl Sanctions Act to add certain Chinese entities and officials to the definition of foreign opioid trafficker, and amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to add evaluation and regulation requirements for national emergencies regarding international drug trafficking.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/747/text/eh#H237EF884E9CC4BF89A75013899AB1321"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/747/text/eh#H89B9C568AD2D47CC95DC136BACC6AA1A"}]},"core_areas":["Fentanyl Sanctions Act definition of foreign opioid trafficker","Identification and reporting on foreign opioid traffickers","International Emergency Economic Powers Act requirements for drug trafficking emergencies"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds to the Fentanyl Sanctions Act definition of foreign opioid trafficker any entity of the People's Republic of China that the President determines produces, sells, finances or transports listed goods and fails to take credible steps to detect or prevent opioid trafficking.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/747/text/eh#H237EF884E9CC4BF89A75013899AB1321"}},{"text":"Adds to that definition any senior Chinese government or political official with significant regulatory or law enforcement responsibilities over such an entity who aids and abets opioid trafficking, including through intentional inaction.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/747/text/eh#H237EF884E9CC4BF89A75013899AB1321"}},{"text":"Changes the Fentanyl Sanctions Act identification provision to include whether the heads of four named Chinese government bodies are foreign opioid traffickers, and changes \"5 years\" to \"10 years\" in subsection (c) of Section 7211.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/747/text/eh#H237EF884E9CC4BF89A75013899AB1321"}},{"text":"Requires the President, when using International Emergency Economic Powers Act authority for a declared and unterminated national emergency on international drug trafficking, to send named congressional committees a written evaluation at least annually.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/747/text/eh#H89B9C568AD2D47CC95DC136BACC6AA1A"}},{"text":"Requires the President, when issuing regulations for such an emergency, to consider costs and benefits of alternatives, set criteria for ending the emergency, and explain in the regulations how they will resolve it.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/747/text/eh#H89B9C568AD2D47CC95DC136BACC6AA1A"}},{"text":"States that the sanctions authorities and requirements in the Act do not include authority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/747/text/eh#H82FBA525AF55404691FB4EE279F775F4"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/747/text/eh#H82FBA525AF55404691FB4EE279F775F4"},"heading":"Exception relating to importation of goods","effect":"Removes the authority and any requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods from the sanctions provisions of this Act.","amount":null,"quote":"shall not include the authority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-09-02","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/747/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/747","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/747/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-747.png","v":"6411c2d90025","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 747, 119th Congress: Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025. House: 407 Yea, 4 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 2 Sep 2025."}}