A Republican bill with 2 Democratic cosponsors · See all 9 cosponsors
Last activity — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
In the other chamber's committee
Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.
The committee decides whether it goes any further, and most bills that reach a committee never leave it. A committee that simply does nothing kills a bill without anyone ever voting against it, so no news from here is usually the news.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Passed House 407–4
- In Senate committee
What this bill would do
The Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025 aims to impose sanctions on Chinese producers of synthetic opioids and their precursors. It seeks to hold Chinese officials accountable for the spread of illicit fentanyl. The bill expands the definition of a "foreign opioid trafficker" to include certain Chinese entities and senior government officials. It also adjusts the identification of these traffickers and extends certain timeframes within the Fentanyl Sanctions Act. Additionally, the Act modifies the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to require periodic evaluations and more detailed regulatory considerations by the President.
Yes
- Scored +7
Does this do more about addiction and overdose deaths?
The bill targets the production and trafficking of fentanyl to combat the opioid crisis.
- Scored +5
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill requires periodic annual written evaluations to be transmitted to congressional committees.
- Scored +3
Does this give the federal government more power?
The bill expands the President's authority to define and sanction foreign opioid traffickers.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
What Congress actually voted on
One recorded vote has been taken on this bill.
- The House: a fast-track vote, needing two-thirds to pass The House sets aside its normal procedure to move quickly: no amendments, little debate, and a two-thirds bar instead of a simple majority. It is used for measures expected to be uncontroversial, so a bill that fails here failed despite broad expectations that it would not. Passed 407 yes · 4 no
09/02/2025 · Roll call 220 · recorded as “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended”
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Accountability for Trafficking: The bill expands the definition of "foreign opioid trafficker" to include entities that produce, manufacture, distribute, or finance goods related to opioids, as well as officials who aid and abet trafficking through intentional inaction. (Section 3(a))
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Increased Oversight of Officials: The bill requires the identification of whether heads of specific Chinese agencies, such as the National Narcotics Control Commission and the Ministry of Public Security, are foreign opioid traffickers. (Section 3(b))
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Enhanced Congressional Oversight: The Act requires the President to transmit annual written evaluations to appropriate congressional committees regarding the effectiveness of authorities used to resolve national emergencies related to drug trafficking. (Section 4(a))
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Better Regulatory Decision-Making: When issuing regulations during a national emergency, the President is now required to consider the costs and benefits of available alternatives and establish criteria for the eventual termination of the emergency. (Section 4(a))
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts are explicitly listed in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill requires periodic annual written evaluations to be transmitted to congressional committees. Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill expands the President's authority to define and sanction foreign opioid traffickers.
- Healthcare
- Does this do more about addiction and overdose deaths? — The bill targets the production and trafficking of fentanyl to combat the opioid crisis.
- 9/3/2025
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- 9/2/2025
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Passed/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).
- 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). (text: CR H3728-3729)
- Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3741-3742)
- At 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.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 747.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3728-3731)
- Mr. Baumgartner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 8/29/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 5/5/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 4/9/2025
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
- 4/8/2025
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 3/25/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 3/21/2025
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-19, Part I.
- 3/10/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 3/5/2025
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.
- 1/28/2025
- Referred 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.
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
Robert BresnahanRepublican · Pennsylvania
Laura GillenDemocrat · New York
Young KimRepublican · California
Anna Paulina LunaRepublican · Florida
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York
Gregory MurphyRepublican · North Carolina
Tim MooreRepublican · North Carolina
Zachary NunnRepublican · Iowa
Chris PappasDemocrat · New Hampshire