H.R. 747 · 119th Congress

Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025

Introduced on Jan 28, 2025 by Andy Barr (R-KY-6). 9 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 3, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Jan 28, 2025
Cosponsors
9
2 from the other party
Policy area
International Affairs
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

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.

Subjects

  • Asia
  • China
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Congressional oversight
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
  • Sanctions
  • Smuggling and trafficking

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jan 28, 2025). Public domain.

Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Andy BarrR-KY-6Sponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 7

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
    Sep 2, 2025· House· Passage· Passed 407–4

History

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  1. Jan 28, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jan 28, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jan 28, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Jan 28, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Jan 28, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  6. Jan 28, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  7. Mar 5, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. Mar 5, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.
  9. Mar 21, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-19, Part I.
  10. Mar 21, 2025 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-19, Part I.
  11. Apr 9, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  12. Apr 9, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
  13. Sep 2, 2025 · HouseMr. Baumgartner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  14. Sep 2, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3728-3731)
  15. Sep 2, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 747.
  16. Sep 2, 2025 · HouseAt the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  17. Sep 2, 2025 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3741-3742)
  18. Sep 2, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 4 (Roll no. 220).House · Roll call 220
  19. Sep 2, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 4 (Roll no. 220). (text: CR H3728-3729)House · Roll call 220
  20. Sep 2, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  21. Sep 3, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Committees

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. FDD Action3 reports
    $490K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025.

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  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
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