I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3203 
To impose sanctions with respect to Chinese producers of synthetic opioids 
and opioid precursors, to hold Chinese officials accountable for the spread 
of illicit fentanyl, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2023 
Mr. BARR (for himself, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, 
Mr. MURPHY, and Mr. MCGARVEY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Accountability, and 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 impose sanctions with respect to Chinese producers of 
synthetic opioids and opioid precursors, to hold Chinese 
officials accountable for the spread of illicit fentanyl, 
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 Chinese Fentanyl 
Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. 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’’; 
(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 
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‘‘(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 
respect to the activities of an entity 
described in clause (i); or 
‘‘(II) otherwise fails to take cred-
ible steps to combat foreign opioid 
traffickers.’’. 
(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’’. 
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SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL EMER-
GENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT AND THE 
TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT. 
(a) INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POW-
ERS ACT.— 
(1) PERIODIC
EVALUATION.—Section 203 of 
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1702) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(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— 
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‘‘(A) the term ‘appropriate congressional 
committees’ means— 
‘‘(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Financial Services 
of the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(ii) the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 
and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘covered national emergency’ 
means a national emergency that— 
‘‘(i) the President declared two or 
more years prior to the exercise of any au-
thority granted to the President under this 
section with respect to such national emer-
gency; and 
‘‘(ii) has not terminated.’’. 
(2) CONSULTATION
AND
REPORTS.—Section 
204 of the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1703) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Congress’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘the appropriate con-
gressional committees’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(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).’’. 
(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), 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 
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‘‘(B) a discussion of the costs and bene-
fits.’’. 
(4) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—Section 206 of 
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1705) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(d) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) CIVIL PENALTY.—An action, suit, or pro-
ceeding for the enforcement of any civil fine, pen-
alty, or forfeiture, pecuniary or otherwise, shall not 
be entertained unless commenced within 10 years 
from the latest date of the violation upon which the 
civil fine, penalty, or forfeiture is based. 
‘‘(2) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—No person shall be 
prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense under 
this section unless the indictment is found or the in-
formation is instituted within 10 years from the lat-
est date of the violation upon which the indictment 
or information is based.’’. 
(b) TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT.—Section 16 
of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 4315) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—No person shall be 
prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense under 
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this section unless the indictment is found or the in-
formation is instituted within 10 years from the lat-
est date of the violation upon which the indictment 
or information is based. 
‘‘(2) CIVIL PENALTY.—An action, suit, or pro-
ceeding for the enforcement of any civil fine, pen-
alty, or forfeiture, pecuniary or otherwise, shall not 
be entertained unless commenced within 10 years 
from the latest date of the violation upon which the 
civil fine, penalty, or forfeiture is based.’’. 
Æ 
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