[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3330 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3330
To impose sanctions with respect to persons that contribute to
international trafficking of illicit drugs, including companies of the
People's Republic of China that supply fentanyl precursors and certain
cartels that traffic fentanyl into the United States, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 3, 2025
Mr. Lujan (for himself and Mr. Justice) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs
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A BILL
To impose sanctions with respect to persons that contribute to
international trafficking of illicit drugs, including companies of the
People's Republic of China that supply fentanyl precursors and certain
cartels that traffic fentanyl into the United States, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Sanctions on Fentanyl
Traffickers Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Admission; admitted; alien; lawfully admitted for
permanent residence; national.--The terms ``admission'',
``admitted'', ``alien'', ``lawfully admitted for permanent
residence'', and ``national'' have the meanings given those
terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101).
(2) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means a
person that is not a United States person.
(3) Knowingly; knows.--The terms ``knowingly'' and
``knows'', with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a
result, means that a person has actual knowledge, or should
have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result.
(4) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means--
(A) any United States citizen or an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence to the United States;
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the
United States or of any jurisdiction within the United
States (including any foreign branch of such an
entity); or
(C) any person in the United States.
SEC. 3. PRIORITIZATION OF IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS FROM THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
Section 7211 of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act (21 U.S.C. 2311) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following
new paragraph (3):
``(3) Prioritization.--
``(A) In general.--In preparing the report required
by paragraph (1), the President shall prioritize the
identification of persons of the People's Republic of
China involved in the shipment of fentanyl, fentanyl
analogues, fentanyl precursors, precursors for fentanyl
analogues, pre-precursors for fentanyl and fentanyl
analogues, and equipment for the manufacturing of
fentanyl and fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills to Mexico
or any other country that is involved in the production
of fentanyl that is trafficked into the United States,
including--
``(i) any such entity involved in the
production of pharmaceuticals; and
``(ii) any person that is acting on behalf
of any such entity.
``(B) Termination of prioritization.--
``(i) The President shall continue the
prioritization described in subparagraph (A)
until the People's Republic of China is no
longer the primary source for the shipment of
fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, fentanyl
precursors, precursors for fentanyl analogues,
pre-precursors for fentanyl and fentanyl
analogues, and equipment for the manufacturing
of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced counterfeit
pills to Mexico or any other country that is
involved in the production of fentanyl that is
trafficked into the United States; and
``(ii) the President so certifies to the
appropriate congressional committees.
``(C) Person of the people's republic of china
defined.--In this section, the term `person of the
People's Republic of China' means--
``(i) an individual who is a citizen or
national of the People's Republic of China; or
``(ii) an entity organized under the laws
of the People's Republic of China or otherwise
subject to the jurisdiction of the Government
of the People's Republic of China.''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``the date that is 5
years after such date of enactment'' and inserting ``December
31, 2030''.
SEC. 4. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
(a) In General.--On and after the date that is 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the President is authorized to
impose the sanction described in subsection (b) with respect to a
foreign person if the President determines that the foreign person--
(1) has engaged in, or attempted to engage in, activities
or transactions in the People's Republic of China, including in
Hong Kong and Macau, or with respect to persons domiciled in,
organized under the laws of, or with their principal place of
business in such jurisdictions, that have contributed to, or
pose a significant risk of contributing to, the international
proliferation of illicit synthetic narcotics or the means of
production of illicit synthetic narcotics;
(2) has knowingly or with reckless disregard has received
any property or interest in property that--
(A) constitutes or is derived from proceeds of
activities or transactions in the People's Republic of
China, including in Hong Kong and Macau, or with
respect to persons domiciled in, organized under the
laws of, or with their principal place of business in
such jurisdictions, that have materially contributed
to, or pose a significant risk of materially
contributing to, the international proliferation of
illicit synthetic narcotics or the means of production
of illicit synthetic narcotics; or
(B) was used or may have been intended to be used
to commit or to facilitate activities or transactions
in the People's Republic of China, including in Hong
Kong and Macau, or with respect to persons domiciled
in, organized under the laws of, or with their
principal place of business in such jurisdictions, that
have materially contributed to, or pose a significant
risk of materially contributing to, the international
proliferation of illicit synthetic narcotics or the
means of production of illicit synthetic narcotics;
(3) is a port or ship owned or operated by the People's
Republic of China that, knowingly or with reckless disregard,
facilitates the shipment and transportation of illicit
synthetic narcotics or precursors of illicit synthetic
narcotics (including in such circumstances where those
precursors are improperly labeled during the customs process);
(4) is an entity of the People's Republic of China that
produces illicit synthetic narcotics or their precursors and,
knowingly or with reckless disregard, sells those precursors to
persons involved in the proliferation of illicit synthetic
narcotics;
(5) is an online marketplace of the People's Republic of
China that, knowingly or with reckless disregard, facilitates
the sale of, exchange of, shipment of, transshipment of,
conveyance of, or payment for illicit synthetic narcotics;
(6) is a covered PRC government entity;
(7) is an entity of the People's Republic of China that
knowingly or with reckless disregard, provides material support
related to illicit synthetic narcotics to a covered PRC
government entity;
(8) has established an entity that engages in, has engaged
in, or is designed to engage in evading sanctions that would
otherwise be imposed pursuant to this section; or
(9) is acting directly or indirectly for or on behalf of a
person referred to in paragraphs (1) through (8).
(b) Sanction Described.--
(1) In general.--The sanction described in this subsection
is the exercise of all of the powers granted to the President
under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and
prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property
of a foreign person if such property or interests in property
are in the United States, come within the United States, or are
or come within the possession or control of a United States
person.
(2) Implementation.--The President may exercise the
authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and
205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to the extent necessary to carry out this
section.
(3) Penalties.--The penalties provided for in subsections
(b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to any person
who violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or
causes a violation of any prohibition of this section, or an
order or regulation prescribed under this section, to the same
extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an
unlawful act described in subsection section 206(a) of such Act
(50 U.S.C. 1705(a)).
(c) Exceptions.--
(1) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
(A) In general.--The authorities and requirements
to impose sanctions authorized under this section shall
not include the authority or a requirement to impose
sanctions on the importation of goods.
(B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term
``good'' means any article, natural or man-made
substance, material, supply or manufactured product,
including inspection and test equipment, and excluding
technical data.
(2) Exception for intelligence and law enforcement
actions.--Sanctions under this section shall not apply with
respect to--
(A) any activity subject to the reporting
requirements under title V of the National Security Act
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.); or
(B) any authorized intelligence or law enforcement
activities of the United States.
(d) Requests by Appropriate Congressional Committees.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after receiving a
request that meets the requirements of paragraph (2) with
respect to whether a foreign person has engaged in an activity
described in subsection (a), the President shall--
(A) determine if that person has engaged in such an
activity; and
(B) submit a classified or unclassified report to
the chairperson and ranking member of the committee or
committees that submitted the request with respect to
that determination that includes--
(i) a statement of whether or not the
President imposed or intends to impose
sanctions with respect to the person; and
(ii) if the President imposed or intends to
impose sanctions, a description of those
sanctions.
(2) Requirements.--A request under paragraph (1) with
respect to whether a foreign person has engaged in an activity
described in subsection (a) shall be submitted to the President
in writing jointly by the chairperson and ranking member of one
of the appropriate congressional committees.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Select
Committee on Strategic Competition between the United
States and the Chinese Communist Party of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Covered prc government entity.--The term ``covered PRC
government entity'' includes--
(A) the Government of the People's Republic of
China, a government official of the People's Republic
of China, or any entity or instrumentality thereof,
that is identified by the United States Government as
knowingly or recklessly facilitating the flow of
illicit synthetic narcotics into the United States or
otherwise providing material support to a foreign
person described in subsection (a);
(B) any subsidiary, affiliate, or successor of an
entity described in subparagraph (A); and
(C) any person owned or controlled by, or that
provides material support to or for, or receives
materially support from an entity described in
subparagraph (A).
(3) Illicit synthetic narcotics.--The term ``illicit
synthetic narcotics'' means--
(A) controlled substances, as that term is defined
in section 102(6) of the Controlled Substances Act (21
U.S.C. 802(6)), with the exception of--
(i) substances of natural origins; and
(ii) medications that are lawful under the
laws of the United States and the Drug
Enforcement Administration has provided an
import permit to the importing organization for
the import of such medication;
(B) listed chemicals, as that term is defined in
section 102(33) of the Controlled Substances Act (21
U.S.C. 802(33)); and
(C) active pharmaceutical ingredients or chemicals
that are used in the production of controlled
substances described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
SEC. 5. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT FENTANYL TRAFFICKING
ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) In General.--United States sanctions imposed on the
transnational criminal organizations listed in subsection (b) provided
for in the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1901 et
seq.), as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall
remain in effect except as provided in subsection (c).
(b) Transnational Criminal Organizations.--The transnational
criminal organizations listed in this subsection are the following:
(1) The Sinaloa Cartel.
(2) The Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
(3) The Gulf Cartel.
(4) The Los Zetas Cartel.
(5) The Juarez Cartel.
(6) The Tijuana Cartel.
(7) The Beltran-Leyva Cartel.
(8) La Familia Michoacana.
(c) Termination of Certain Sanctions.--The President may terminate
the application of any sanctions described in subsection (a) with
respect to any transnational criminal organization listed in subsection
(b) if the President submits to the appropriate congressional
committees a notice that such transnational criminal organization is
not engaging in the activity that was the basis for such sanctions.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS
INVOLVED IN GLOBAL ILLICIT DRUG TRADE.
(a) In General.--The President may impose any of the sanctions
described in subsection (b) with respect to any foreign person
determined by the President--
(1) to have engaged in, or attempted to engage in,
activities or transactions that have materially contributed to
the international trafficking of illicit drugs or their means
of production;
(2) to have knowingly received any property or interest in
property that the foreign person knows--
(A) constitutes or is derived from proceeds of
activities or transactions described in paragraph (1);
or
(B) was used or intended to be used to commit or to
facilitate such activities or transactions; or
(3) to be a leader or official of any sanctioned person or
of any foreign person that has engaged in any activity or
transaction described in paragraph (1).
(b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the following:
(1) Blocking of property.--The President may, pursuant to
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701
et seq.), block and prohibit all transactions in property and
interests in property of the sanctioned person if such property
and interests in property are in the United States