SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China should— 
(1) work with the United States Government to 
identify a list of unregulated chemicals used to cre-
ate precursor chemicals that bear increased scrutiny; 
(2) require the proper labeling of chemical and 
equipment shipments in accordance with inter-
national rules; 
(3) immediately implement ‘‘know-your-cus-
tomer’’ procedures for chemical shipments; and 
(4) direct all relevant departments and agen-
cies, including the National Narcotics Control Com-
mission, the Ministry of Public Security, the General 
Administration of Customs, and the National Med-
ical Products Administration of the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China to establish new rules 
to crack down on precursor trafficking and enforce 
such rules swiftly. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE FENTANYL SANCTIONS ACT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 7203(5) of the Fentanyl 
Sanctions Act (21 U.S.C. 2302(5)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The term ‘foreign opioid traf-
ficker’ means any foreign person’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘The term ‘foreign opioid trafficker’— 
‘‘(A) means any foreign person’’; 
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(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) includes— 
‘‘(i) any entity of the People’s Repub-
lic of China that the President deter-
mines— 
‘‘(I) produces, manufactures, dis-
tributes, sells, or knowingly finances 
or transports any goods described in 
clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (8)(A); 
and 
‘‘(II) fails to take credible steps, 
including through implementation of 
appropriate know-your-customer pro-
cedures or through cooperation with 
United States counternarcotics ef-
forts, to detect or prevent opioid traf-
ficking; and 
‘‘(ii) any senior official of the Govern-
ment of the People’s Republic of China or 
other Chinese political official that— 
‘‘(I) has significant regulatory or 
law enforcement responsibilities with 
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respect to the activities of an entity 
described in clause (i); and 
‘‘(II) aids and abets, including 
through intentional inaction, opioid 
trafficking.’’. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION
OF FOREIGN OPIOID TRAF-
FICKERS.—Section 7211 of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act 
(21 U.S.C. 2311) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by adding at the 
end before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including 
whether the heads of the National Narcotics Control 
Commission, the Ministry of Public Security, the 
General Administration of Customs, and the Na-
tional Medical Products Administration of the Gov-
ernment of the People’s Republic of China are for-
eign opioid traffickers’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘10 years’’. 
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL EMER-
GENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT AND THE 
TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT. 
(a) PERIODIC EVALUATION.—Section 203 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(d) PERIODIC EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the authority granted to 
the President under this section is exercised with re-
spect to a covered national emergency, the President 
shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees, not less frequently than annually, a periodic 
evaluation in writing that— 
‘‘(A) assesses the effectiveness of the exer-
cise of such authority in resolving the covered 
national emergency; 
‘‘(B) considers the views of public- and pri-
vate-sector stakeholders; and 
‘‘(C) discusses any potential changes to the 
exercise of the authority for the purpose of 
more effectively resolving the covered national 
emergency. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘appropriate congressional 
committees’ means— 
‘‘(i) the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, the Committee on Financial Services, 
and the Committee on Oversight and Ac-
countability of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
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‘‘(ii) the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘covered national emergency’ 
means a national emergency that— 
‘‘(i) the President has declared, within 
the preceding 5-year period, with respect 
to any national emergency regarding inter-
national drug trafficking; and 
‘‘(ii) has not terminated.’’. 
(b) CONSULTATION AND REPORTS.—Section 204 of 
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1703) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the Congress’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘the appropriate congressional 
committees’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 203(d)(2).’’. 
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(3) AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REGULATIONS.—Sec-
tion 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1704) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) The President’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) In issuing regulations under subsection (a) pur-
suant to a covered national emergency (as defined in sec-
tion 203), the President shall— 
‘‘(1) consider the costs and benefits of available 
statutory and regulatory alternatives; 
‘‘(2) evaluate the costs and benefits for the pur-
pose of expeditiously resolving the applicable na-
tional emergency; 
‘‘(3) establish criteria for the eventual termi-
nation of the applicable national emergency; and 
‘‘(4) include in the basis and purpose incor-
porated in the regulations— 
‘‘(A) an explanation of how the regulations 
will resolve the applicable national emergency; 
and 
‘‘(B) a discussion of the costs and bene-
fits.’’. 
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SEC. 
5. 
EXCEPTION 
RELATING 
TO 
IMPORTATION 
OF 
GOODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A requirement to block and pro-
hibit all transactions in all property and interests in prop-
erty pursuant to this Act or any amendment made by this 
Act shall not include the authority or a requirement to 
impose sanctions on the importation of goods. 
(b) GOOD DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or manmade substance, 
material, supply or manufactured product, including in-
spection and test equipment, and excluding technical data. 
Æ 
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