Strengthening Sanctions on Fentanyl Traffickers Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced
Summary
Targets PRC-linked fentanyl supply chains with expanded sanctions. This bill would create a multi-pronged sanctions framework to disrupt shipments, precursors, manufacturing equipment, online marketplaces, ports, and the networks that move illicit fentanyl.
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- PRC-linked actors and entities: The bill would set a prioritized process to identify People’s Republic of China actors involved in fentanyl supply chains and allow sanctions related to PRC activity 180 days after enactment.
- Transnational criminal organizations: It keeps sanctions on eight named cartels under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act and lets authorities maintain, end, or resume those sanctions based on evidence of changed activity.
- Financial, trade, and immigration tools: Using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) the bill would expand blocking of property, banking and foreign exchange restrictions, loan and investment bans, procurement prohibitions, and visa ineligibility or revocation for leaders and officers, and it sets a six-year termination horizon for some global illicit drug trade sanctions.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Keep Kingpin sanctions on cartels
If enacted, this would keep in place U.S. sanctions under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act on eight named transnational criminal organizations. The listed groups include Sinaloa, Jalisco New Generation, Gulf, Los Zetas, Juarez, Tijuana, Beltran-Leyva, and La Familia Michoacana. The President could end sanctions for a listed group by notifying the appropriate congressional committees that the group is no longer engaging in the activity that led to the sanction.
Sanctions on China-linked drug networks
If enacted, beginning 180 days after enactment, the President could block property and ban transactions for foreign persons tied to fentanyl supply chains in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, or Macau. The bill lists nine ways a person or group can be covered, including PRC ports or ships, producers of precursors, online marketplaces that facilitate sales, covered PRC government entities, and entities set up to evade sanctions. Violations would carry penalties under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Sanctions would not apply to importation of goods (excluding technical data) or to authorized U.S. intelligence or law enforcement activities.
Stronger sanctions on foreign traffickers
If enacted, this would let the President block property and ban transactions for any foreign person who materially helped international drug trafficking or the means to make drugs. The President could also stop loans, bar investments, limit financial roles, and block U.S. government purchases from them. The President could deny or cancel visas for listed leaders and officials. Sanctions would generally end 6 years after they start unless the President tells Congress at least 30 days before and renews for up to 2-year periods.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
NM • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV]
WV • R
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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