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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1171 

To provide for the imposition of sanctions on the Government of the People’s 

Republic of China, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 24, 2023 

Mr. BANKS (for himself, Mrs. LUNA, Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, and Mr. 

DUNN of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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 

A BILL 

To provide for the imposition of sanctions on the Government 

of the People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop CCP Fentanyl 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) According to the Drug Enforcement Admin2 istration, the People’s Republic of China remains the 

3 number one source of fentanyl precursor chemicals, 

4 which are then processed and manufactured into 

5 synthetic opioids by Mexican drug cartels to bring 

6 into the United States. 

7 (2) Of the more than 100,000 drug overdose-re8 lated deaths in the United States in 2021, roughly 

9 64,000 were from illicit fentanyl which is more than 

10 double the number of such deaths since 2019. 

11 (3) Almost 100 percent of fentanyl derives from 

12 precursor drugs from China. 

13 (4) The amount of fentanyl seized by U.S. Cus14 toms and Border Protection skyrocketed from 2020 

15 to 2022. In the fiscal year 2022, U.S. Customs and 

16 Border Protection seized a record 14,700 pounds of 

17 fentanyl, compared with 11,200 pounds in 2021 and 

18 4,800 pounds in 2020. 

19 SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON THE GOVERNMENT 

20 OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 120 

22 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi23 dent shall impose the sanctions described in section 3 with 

24 respect to— 


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1 (1) the President of the People’s Republic of 

2 China; 

3 (2) the Chairman of the Chinese Communist 

4 Party; 

5 (3) the State Council of the People’s Republic 

6 of China; and 

7 (4) the Politburo Standing Committee of the 

8 People’s Republic of China. 

9 (b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica10 tion of sanctions under subsection (a) if the President sub11 mits to the appropriate congressional committees a written 

12 determination that— 

13 (1) the People’s Republic of China and Chinese 

14 Communist Party have taken all reasonable meas15 ures to prevent the flow of fentanyl produced within 

16 the People’s Republic of China into the United 

17 States, including through implementing and enforc18 ing laws controlling and restricting the export of 

19 fentanyl precursors such as— 

20 (A) N–Phenethyl-4-piperidone (NPP) 4– 

21 Anilino-N phenethylpiperidine (ANPP) N– 

22 Phenyl-4-piperidinamine (4–AP) tert-Butyl 4- 

23 (phenylamino); and 

24 (B) piperidine-1-carboxylate (boc-4–AP) 

25 norfentanyl; and 


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1 (2) the intelligence community (as such term is 

2 defined in the National Security Act of 1947), in 

3 consultation with the Department of Homeland Se4 curity and the Department of Justice, has deter5 mined that the supply of fentanyl of Chinese origin 

6 in the United States and the number of deaths of 

7 United States persons due to overdoses of such 

8 fentanyl have each been reduced by at least 98 per9 cent during the most-recent 18-month period as 

10 compared to the immediately preceding 18-month 

11 period. 

12 (c) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 

13 violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub14 section (a) or any regulation, license, or order issued to 

15 carry out subsection (a) shall be subject to the penalties 

16 set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 

17 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

18 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 

19 an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

20 SEC. 4. SANCTIONS DESCRIBED. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in this 

22 section are the following: 

23 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

24 shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi25 dent under the International Emergency Economic 


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1 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent 

2 necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 

3 property and interests in property of the person if 

4 such property and interests in property are in the 

5 United States, come within the United States, or are 

6 or come within the possession or control of a United 

7 States person. 

8 (2) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 

9 OR PAROLE.— 

10 (A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 

11 alien who the Secretary of State or the Sec12 retary of Homeland Security (or a designee of 

13 one of such Secretaries) knows, or has reason 

14 to believe, has knowingly engaged in any activ15 ity described in subsection (a) is— 

16 (i) inadmissible to the United States; 

17 (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 

18 documentation to enter the United States; 

19 and 

20 (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 

21 or paroled into the United States or to re22 ceive any other benefit under the Immigra23 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 

24 seq.). 

25 (B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 


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1 (i) IN GENERAL.—The issuing con2 sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the 

3 Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des4 ignee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in 

5 accordance with section 221(i) of the Im6 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

7 1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry 

8 documentation issued to an alien described 

9 in subparagraph (A) regardless of when 

10 the visa or other entry documentation is 

11 issued. 

12 (ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A rev13 ocation under clause (i) shall take effect 

14 immediately and shall automatically cancel 

15 any other valid visa or entry documenta16 tion that is in the alien’s possession. 

17 (b) EXCEPTIONS.— 

18 (1) UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREE19 MENT.—The sanctions described under subsection 

20 (a)(2) shall not apply with respect to an alien if ad21 mitting or paroling the alien into the United States 

22 is necessary to permit the United States to comply 

23 with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of 

24 the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 

25 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 


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1 1947, between the United Nations and the United 

2 States, or other applicable international obligations. 

3 (2) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE, LAW EN4 FORCEMENT, AND NATIONAL SECURITY ACTIVI5 TIES.—Sanctions under subsection (a) shall not 

6 apply to any authorized intelligence, law enforce7 ment, or national security activities of the United 

8 States. 

9 (3) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF

10 GOODS.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

12 other provision of this section, the authorities 

13 and requirements to impose sanctions under 

14 this section shall not include the authority or a 

15 requirement to impose sanctions on the impor16 tation of goods. 

17 (B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 

18 the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or 

19 man-made substance, material, supply or manu20 factured product, including inspection and test 

21 equipment, and excluding technical data. 

22 SEC. 5. RIGHT OF ACTION TO SEIZE PRIVATE ASSETS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding chapter 97 of 

24 title 28, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 

25 ‘‘Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’’), a national of the 


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1 United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 

2 residence in the United States who is an immediate family 

3 member of a covered individual may bring an action in 

4 an appropriate district court of the United States against 

5 a covered Chinese official or against China for harm suf6 fered as a result of the covered individual’s death seeking 

7 money damages. Any property that is blocked pursuant 

8 to section 4(a)(1) may be used to satisfy a judgment under 

9 this subsection. 

10 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means an in12 dividual who dies from an overdose (whether acci13 dental or intentional) of fentanyl, or any analogue of 

14 fentanyl, that was manufactured from fentanyl pre15 cursors that originated in China and were imported 

16 into the United States. 

17 (2) The term ‘‘covered Chinese official’’ 

18 means— 

19 (A) the President of the People’s Republic 

20 of China; 

21 (B) the Chairman of the Chinese Com22 munist Party; and 

23 (C) the Politburo Standing Committee of 

24 the People’s Republic of China, or any member 

25 thereof. 


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1 (3) The term ‘‘immediate family member’’ 

2 means a spouse, parent, stepparent, foster parent, 

3 child, stepchild, foster child, grandparent, grand4 child, brother, or sister. 

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