H.R. 747Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Andy Barr [R-KY-06]
Cosponsors: 9 · 7 Republicans · 2 Democrats
Policy area: International Affairs
Committees: Foreign Affairs Committee, Financial Services Committee · and 3 more
Latest action: Sep 3, 2025 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

IntroducedJan 28, 2025
Passed the HouseSep 2, 2025
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

This bill subjects certain Chinese entities and government officials to potential sanctions related to opioid trafficking and requires the President to conduct certain preliminary analyses before regulating economic transactions in the event of a national emergency related to international drug trafficking.

Specifically, for the purposes of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, the bill changes the definition of foreign opioid trafficker to specify that the term includes (1) Chinese entities involved in the production or sale of synthetic opioids or related pharmaceutical ingredients that fail to take steps to detect or prevent opioid trafficking; and (2) certain senior Chinese government officials that aid and abet opioid trafficking, including through intentional inaction. Under current law, the President must impose certain sanctions on individuals and entities identified as foreign opioid traffickers.

Further, the bill extends through 2029 an existing requirement that the President report to Congress annually on identified foreign opioid traffickers and any sanctions imposed on them. (This requirement expired in December 2024.)

The bill also requires the President to take additional steps in issuing regulations under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) pursuant to a declared national emergency related to international drug trafficking. (IEEPA authorizes the President to regulate a variety of economic transactions following a declaration of national emergency.) Under the bill, the President must evaluate the costs and benefits of issuing economic regulations for the purpose of resolving the drug trafficking emergency and publish a discussion of such costs and benefits.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 747 as introduced in House on Jan 28, 2025. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 220

House Sep 2, 2025

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

407 Yea 4 Nay 19 not voting

Crossed both parties 4 of 411 voting members broke with their own party: 4 Democrats.

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All members430 members

Democratic212 members

Independent1 member

Republican217 members

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Cosponsors9 · 7 Republicans · 2 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 747 and vote against it. 2 signed when it was filed.

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H.R. 747Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 220

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors9 · 7 Republicans · 2 Democrats

H.R. 747Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 220

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors9 · 7 Republicans · 2 Democrats

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