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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5448 

To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to Chinese officials determined to be involved in the Mexican fentanyl trade, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 

Mr. OGLES (for himself, Mr. CLOUD, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. TIFFANY, 

Mr. DONALDS, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. MOONEY, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) 

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 require the imposition of sanctions with respect to Chinese officials determined to be involved in the Mexican 

fentanyl trade, 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 ‘‘Countering CCP 

5 Fentanyl Trafficking Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CHI2 NESE OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN THE MEXICAN 

3 FENTANYL TRADE. 

4 (a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall 

5 impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with re6 spect to each foreign person included in the most recent 

7 list submitted pursuant to subsection (b). 

8 (b) LIST OF PERSONS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

10 the date of enactment of this Act, the President 

11 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com12 mittees a list of officials of the Government of the 

13 People’s Republic of China who the President deter14 mines as having assisted in or approved with knowl15 edge of the recipient, the transportation of pill press16 es, fentanyl products, or fentanyl precursors to 1 or 

17 more Mexican drug cartels. 

18 (2) UPDATES OF LISTS.—The President shall 

19 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

20 an updated list under paragraph (1)— 

21 (A) not later than 180 days after the date 

22 of enactment of this Act and annually there23 after for 10 years; or 

24 (B) as new information becomes available. 


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1 (3) FORM.—The list required by paragraph (1) 

2 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in3 clude a classified annex. 

4 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de5 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

6 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

7 shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi8 dent by the International Emergency Economic 

9 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that 

10 the requirements of section 202 of such Act shall 

11 not apply) to the extent necessary to block and pro12 hibit all transactions in property and interests in 

13 property of the person if such property and interests 

14 in property are in the United States, come within 

15 the United States, or are or come within the posses16 sion or control of a United States person. 

17 (2) INADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN INDIVID18 UALS.— 

19 (A) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 

20 OR PAROLE.—A foreign person included in the 

21 most recent list submitted pursuant to sub22 section (b) is— 

23 (i) inadmissible to the United States; 


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1 (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 

2 documentation to enter the United States; 

3 and 

4 (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 

5 or paroled into the United States or to re6 ceive any other benefit under the Immigra7 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 

8 seq.). 

9 (B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.—A foreign 

10 person described in subparagraph (A) is also 

11 subject to the following: 

12 (i) Revocation of any visa or other 

13 entry documentation regardless of when 

14 the visa or other entry documentation is or 

15 was issued. 

16 (ii) A revocation under clause (i) shall 

17 take effect immediately and automatically 

18 cancel any other valid visa or entry docu19 mentation that is in the foreign person’s 

20 possession. 

21 (3) EXCEPTION.—Sanctions under paragraph 

22 (2) shall not apply to an alien if admitting or parol23 ing the alien into the United States is necessary to 

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1 tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 

2 entered into force November 21, 1947, between the 

3 United Nations and the United States, or other ap4 plicable international obligations of the United 

5 States. 

6 (d) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub7 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 

8 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 

9 apply to a person who violates, attempts to violate, con10 spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro11 mulgated to carry out subsection (a) to the same extent 

12 that such penalties apply to a person who commits an un13 lawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 

14 (e) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH NATIONAL SECU15 RITY.—The following activities shall be exempt from sanc16 tions under this section: 

17 (1) Activities subject to the reporting require18 ments under title V of the National Security Act of 

19 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.). 

20 (2) Any authorized intelligence or law enforce21 ment activities of the United States. 

22 (f) WAIVER.—The President may, on a case-by-case 

23 basis, waive the imposition of any sanction under this sec24 tion if the President— 


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1 (1) determines that such a waiver is in the na2 tional interest of the United States; and 

3 (2) not later than 120 days after the date on 

4 which the President imposes the sanctions described 

5 in subsection (a), and every 120 days thereafter 

6 until the date of termination under subsection (g), 

7 the President shall submit to the appropriate con8 gressional committees a report on the extent to 

9 which the President has used the waiver authority 

10 under paragraph (1) during the period covered by 

11 that report. 

12 (g) SUNSET.—The authority to impose sanctions 

13 under this section shall terminate on the date that is 10 

14 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

15 (h) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

16 DEFINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congres17 sional committees’’ means— 

18 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

19 House of Representatives; and 

20 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

21 Senate. 

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