I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10451 
To establish requirements and impose civil penalties on certain entities of 
the People’s Republic of China that do not employ appropriate safeguards 
to prevent fentanyl trafficking. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 17, 2024 
Mr. DUNN of Florida (for himself, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. 
KHANNA, 
Mr. 
JOHNSON
of 
South 
Dakota, 
Mrs. 
STEEL, 
Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. MOOLENAAR, and Mr. TORRES of New York) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish requirements and impose civil penalties on cer-
tain entities of the People’s Republic of China that do 
not employ appropriate safeguards to prevent fentanyl 
trafficking. 
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 ‘‘International Protec-
tion from PRC Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS AND CIVIL PENALTIES FOR PRC 
VESSELS 
FACILITATING 
THE 
FENTANYL 
TRADE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in 
coordination with the Administrator of the Drug Enforce-
ment Administration and other executive agencies as ap-
propriate, shall establish minimum acceptable standards 
for PRC entities involved in the production, sale, or ship-
ment of fentanyl precursors, other chemicals, or materials 
used or intended for use in the production of synthetic 
opioids or other controlled substances. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The standards required by 
subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, require— 
(1) PRC ports and vessels to properly manifest 
fentanyl precursors or other chemicals used or in-
tended for use in the production of synthetic opioids 
in customs forms; 
(2) PRC exporters of fentanyl precursors or 
other chemicals used for the production of synthetic 
opioids utilizing any medium of transport to follow 
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formal entry requirements regardless of the size or 
value of shipment; and 
(3) information gathered pursuant to para-
graphs (1) and (2) to be provided to the Attorney 
General, and other executive agencies as appro-
priate, with respect to any shipment to the United 
States or another jurisdiction which has not objected 
to the sharing of such information with the Attorney 
General. 
(c) CIVIL PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date on which the standards 
required by subsection (a) have been established, the At-
torney General shall impose a civil penalty of .025 percent 
of the total value of goods present on a vessel or $250,000, 
whichever is greater, on all vessels owned, operated, or 
leased by a PRC entity that— 
(1) owns, operates, or leases a vessel offloading 
cargo at a United States port of entry; and 
(2) is determined by the Attorney General to 
not be in compliance with the standards required 
under subsection (a), following not less than 90 days 
notice to the PRC entity of the proposed determina-
tion and a proposed course of action to remedy such 
noncompliance. 
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(d) ESCALATING CIVIL PENALTIES.—The Attorney 
General shall increase the civil penalty described in sub-
section (c) by 0.025 percent of the total value of goods 
present on the vessel, or $250,000, whichever is greater, 
for each 90-day period in which the entity remains in non- 
compliance with the standards required under subsection 
(a). 
(e) INCREASED PENALTIES FOR FALSIFICATION OF 
RECORDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any civil penalty imposed 
under this section shall be doubled in cases where an 
entity falsifies material records to demonstrate com-
pliance with subsection (a). 
(2) CALCULATION.—Such increased penalties 
shall be in addition to any other remedies available 
under United States law. 
(f) ALLOCATION OF PENALTIES.—All penalties col-
lected under this section shall be deposited into a special 
fund to be used exclusively by the Attorney General and 
the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion to enforce laws related to drug trafficking, trade 
fraud, and forced labor affiliated with the PRC. 
(g) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date on which the standards required by sub-
section (a) are published, the President shall report to 
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Congress on not less than a bi-annual basis the status of 
implementation and enforcement of this Act. The report 
shall include— 
(1) the number of vessels penalized under this 
Act; 
(2) the penalties collected under this Act; and 
(3) the status of PRC entity compliance with 
the standards required. 
(h) DELAY OF IMPOSITION.—If the President deter-
mines it is in the national interest of the United States, 
the President may delay the imposition of the prohibitions 
under this Act for a period not to exceed 180 days fol-
lowing the date of implementation as required in sub-
section (a). 
(i) WAIVER.—The Attorney General may waive civil 
penalties under this section for any entity that voluntarily 
discloses violations and cooperates with law enforcement 
or demonstrates good faith efforts to comply with the 
standards required under subsection (a). 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) PRC ENTITY.—The term ‘‘PRC Entity’’ 
means any foreign person that is— 
(A) domiciled in, headquartered in, has its 
principal place of business in, or is organized 
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