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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 jurisdic-
tion 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop CCP Fentanyl 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) According to the Drug Enforcement Admin-
istration, the People’s Republic of China remains the 
number one source of fentanyl precursor chemicals, 
which are then processed and manufactured into 
synthetic opioids by Mexican drug cartels to bring 
into the United States. 
(2) Of the more than 100,000 drug overdose-re-
lated deaths in the United States in 2021, roughly 
64,000 were from illicit fentanyl which is more than 
double the number of such deaths since 2019. 
(3) Almost 100 percent of fentanyl derives from 
precursor drugs from China. 
(4) The amount of fentanyl seized by U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection skyrocketed from 2020 
to 2022. In the fiscal year 2022, U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection seized a record 14,700 pounds of 
fentanyl, compared with 11,200 pounds in 2021 and 
4,800 pounds in 2020. 
SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON THE GOVERNMENT 
OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall impose the sanctions described in section 3 with 
respect to— 
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(1) the President of the People’s Republic of 
China; 
(2) the Chairman of the Chinese Communist 
Party; 
(3) the State Council of the People’s Republic 
of China; and 
(4) the Politburo Standing Committee of the 
People’s Republic of China. 
(b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of sanctions under subsection (a) if the President sub-
mits to the appropriate congressional committees a written 
determination that— 
(1) the People’s Republic of China and Chinese 
Communist Party have taken all reasonable meas-
ures to prevent the flow of fentanyl produced within 
the People’s Republic of China into the United 
States, including through implementing and enforc-
ing laws controlling and restricting the export of 
fentanyl precursors such as— 
(A) N–Phenethyl-4-piperidone (NPP) 4– 
Anilino-N 
phenethylpiperidine 
(ANPP) 
N– 
Phenyl-4-piperidinamine (4–AP) tert-Butyl 4- 
(phenylamino); and 
(B) piperidine-1-carboxylate (boc-4–AP) 
norfentanyl; and 
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(2) the intelligence community (as such term is 
defined in the National Security Act of 1947), in 
consultation with the Department of Homeland Se-
curity and the Department of Justice, has deter-
mined that the supply of fentanyl of Chinese origin 
in the United States and the number of deaths of 
United States persons due to overdoses of such 
fentanyl have each been reduced by at least 98 per-
cent during the most-recent 18-month period as 
compared to the immediately preceding 18-month 
period. 
(c) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub-
section (a) or any regulation, license, or order issued to 
carry out subsection (a) shall be subject to the penalties 
set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 
an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 
SEC. 4. SANCTIONS DESCRIBED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in this 
section are the following: 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi-
dent under the International Emergency Economic 
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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 the person if 
such property and 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) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 
OR PAROLE.— 
(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 
alien who the Secretary of State or the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security (or a designee of 
one of such Secretaries) knows, or has reason 
to believe, has knowingly engaged in any activ-
ity described in subsection (a) is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
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