H.R. 747 · Passed House · International Affairs

Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025

What it does

Expands the Fentanyl Sanctions Act definition of foreign opioid trafficker to include Chinese makers or sellers of synthetic opioids or related ingredients that fail to act against trafficking.
Includes certain senior Chinese government officials who aid and abet opioid trafficking, including through intentional inaction, making them subject to mandatory sanctions.
Extends through 2029 the requirement, which expired in December 2024, that the President report annually to Congress on identified traffickers and sanctions imposed.
Requires the President to take additional preliminary steps before issuing IEEPA regulations under a national emergency related to international drug trafficking.

Official summary

Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025 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. 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…

Latest action

Sep 3, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Committee: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs