Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2023
Latest action · Jul 26, 2023 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 11, 2023
- Passed HouseJul 25, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2023
This bill makes changes to various laws pertaining to sanctions, including by revising the definition of what constitutes a foreign opioid trafficker.
Specifically, for the purposes of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, the bill changes the definition of foreign opioid trafficker to specify that the term includes certain Chinese entities and government officials that fail to take steps to prevent opioid trafficking, potentially subjecting them to sanctions.
The bill imposes additional requirements before the President can publish regulations under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which authorizes the President to regulate a variety of economic transactions following a declaration of national emergency. For example, the President must consider the costs and benefits of available statutory and regulatory alternatives prior to publishing such regulations.
The bill also provides 10-year statutes of limitation for violations of two federal laws that authorize sanctions (the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act).
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 11, 2023 to Jul 24, 2023; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | May 18, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | May 25, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | May 31, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Anthony D'Esposito | Jun 30, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Jul 24, 2023 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred May 11, 2023Markup May 16, 2023 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred May 11, 2023 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred May 11, 2023 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 11, 2023 |
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 26, 2023 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 26, 2023Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Jul 25, 2023Mr. Barr moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 25, 2023Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3910-3913)
- Jul 25, 2023DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3203.
- Jul 25, 2023Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3910-3911)
- Jul 25, 2023Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 16, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 16, 2023Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 11, 2023Introduced in House
- May 11, 2023Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Accountability, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3910–H3913Text printed H3910 | Andy Barr R-KY, Gerald E. Connolly D-VA | Jul 25, 2023 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 13, 2023H.R. 3203, Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2023As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 16, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 80, May 11, 2023, page H2311.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-26 | MARKUP OF VARIOUS MEASURES236 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | May 16, 2023 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF10890 | China Primer: Illicit Fentanyl and China’s Role | Resource | Oct 7, 2026 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2023
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 26, 2023Referred in Senate
- Jul 25, 2023Engrossed in House
- May 11, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
