119th Congress
H.R. 747
Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Andy Barr(R-KY)
- Introduced
- Jan 28, 2025
- Policy area
- International Affairs
- Committees
- House Committee on Financial Services; House Committee on Foreign Affairs; House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; House Committee on the Judiciary; Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Official text
- Referred in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (9)
Original cosponsors (2)
- Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC)
- Zachary Nunn (R-IA)
Added later (7)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY) · Mar 10, 2025
- Tim Moore (R-NC) · Mar 25, 2025
- Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) · Apr 8, 2025
- Young Kim (R-CA) · Apr 8, 2025
- Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA) · May 5, 2025
- Chris Pappas (D-NH) · Aug 29, 2025
- Laura Gillen (D-NY) · Sep 2, 2025
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
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.
Roll-call votes
| Date | Vote | Result | Your members |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2025 House #220 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act | Passed | Set your home to see |
Actions
- Sep 3, 2025 · Senate
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. - Sep 2, 2025 · House
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. - Sep 2, 2025 · 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
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 · House
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3741-3742) - Sep 2, 2025 · 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 · House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 747. - Sep 2, 2025 · House
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3728-3731) - Sep 2, 2025 · House
Mr. Baumgartner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. - Apr 9, 2025
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote. - Apr 9, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held - Mar 21, 2025 · House
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-19, Part I. - Mar 5, 2025
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0. - Mar 5, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held - Jan 28, 2025 · 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
Introduced in House