Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025
Latest action · Sep 3, 2025 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.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Passed HouseSep 2, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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 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.
Recorded votes 1
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| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 220 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed407–4 | Sep 2, 2025 |
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2025 to Sep 2, 2025, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Original | Jan 28, 2025 |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Original | Jan 28, 2025 |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Tim Moore | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | May 5, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Aug 29, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Laura Gillen | Sep 2, 2025 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 3, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Sep 2, 2025At 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, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3741-3742)
- Sep 2, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3741-3742: 4)
- Sep 2, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3728-3731)
Subjects
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Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 3, 2025Referred in Senate
- Sep 2, 2025Engrossed in House
- Jan 28, 2025Introduced in House
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