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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1098 
To gather information about the illicit production of illicit fentanyl in foreign 
countries and to withhold bilateral assistance from countries that do 
not have emergency scheduling procedures for new illicit drugs, cannot 
prosecute criminals for the manufacture or distribution of controlled 
substance analogues, or do not require the registration of tableting ma-
chines and encapsulating machines. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 7, 2019 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. CONNOLLY, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To gather information about the illicit production of illicit 
fentanyl in foreign countries and to withhold bilateral 
assistance from countries that do not have emergency 
scheduling procedures for new illicit drugs, cannot pros-
ecute criminals for the manufacture or distribution of 
controlled substance analogues, or do not require the 
registration of tableting machines and encapsulating ma-
chines. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Blocking Deadly 
Fentanyl Imports Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION OF MAJOR ILLICIT 
DRUG PRODUCING COUNTRY. 
Section 481(e)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘in which’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘in 
which’’ before ‘‘1,000’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘in 
which’’ 
before 
‘‘1,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(4) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘in 
which’’ 
before 
‘‘5,000’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) that is a significant source of illicit 
fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, or the precursors 
of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues;’’. 
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SEC. 3. INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY 
REPORT. 
Section 489(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2291h(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(9) A separate section that contains the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) An identification of the countries that 
are the most significant exporters of illicit 
fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, and fentanyl pre-
cursor chemicals during the preceding calendar 
year. 
‘‘(B) An identification of the countries that 
are the most significant sources of diversion or 
chemicals described in subparagraph (A) for il-
licit uses. 
‘‘(C) A description of the extent to which 
each country identified pursuant to subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) has cooperated with the 
United States to prevent the chemicals de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) from being ex-
ported from such country to the United 
States.’’. 
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SEC. 4. WITHHOLDING OF BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL 
ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 490(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘clause (i) or 
(ii) of section 489(a)(8)(A) of this Act’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘paragraph (8)(A) or (9) of section 489(a)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘clause (i) or 
(ii) of section 489(a)(8)(A) of this Act’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘paragraph (8)(A) or (9) of section 489(a)’’. 
(b) DESIGNATION OF COUNTRIES WITHOUT EMER-
GENCY SCHEDULING PROCEDURES.—Section 706(2) of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 
2003 (22 U.S.C. 2291j–1(2)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘also’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (E); 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) designate each country, if any, identi-
fied in such report that has failed to adopt and 
utilize emergency scheduling procedures for new 
illicit drugs and other synthetics that are com-
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parable to the procedures authorized under title 
II of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
811 et seq.) for adding drugs and other sub-
stances to the controlled substances schedules;’’; 
and 
(5) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘so designated’’ and inserting ‘‘designated 
under subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D)’’. 
(c) DESIGNATION OF COUNTRIES WITHOUT ABILITY 
TO PROSECUTE CRIMINALS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR 
DISTRIBUTION
OF
FENTANYL
ANALOGUES.—Section 
706(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2291j–1(2)), as amended by sub-
section (b), is further amended by inserting after subpara-
graph (B) the following: 
‘‘(C) designate each country, if any, identi-
fied in such report that is incapable of pros-
ecuting criminals for the manufacture or dis-
tribution of controlled substance analogues (as 
defined in section 102(32) of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(32))) in the 
same manner as criminals are prosecuted for 
the manufacture or distribution of controlled 
substances;’’. 
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(d) DESIGNATION OF COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT RE-
QUIRE
THE
REGISTRATION
OF
PILL
PRESSES
AND 
TABLETING MACHINES.—Section 706(2) of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 
2291j–1(2)), as amended by subsections (b) and (c), is 
further amended by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 
following: 
‘‘(D) designate each country, if any, identi-
fied in such report that does not require the 
registration of tableting machines and encap-
sulating machines in a manner comparable to 
the registration requirements set forth in part 
1310 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations; 
and’’. 
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