Title 21 — Food and DrugsRelease 119-73
§2301 Sense of Congress
Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 28— - SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN TRAFFICKERS OF ILLICIT SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS › § 2301
Summary
Congress says the United States should use financial sanctions on foreign illegal-opioid traffickers to protect U.S. security, the economy, foreign policy, and public health. Congress also urges the People’s Republic of China to fully enforce its May 1, 2019 rule that treats all fentanyl analogues as controlled substances to reduce trafficking from China to the United States.
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Title 21, §2301
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It is the sense of Congress that—
(1)the United States should apply economic and other financial sanctions to foreign traffickers of illicit opioids to protect the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States and the health of the people of the United States;
(2)it is imperative that the People’s Republic of China follow through on full implementation of the new regulations, adopted May 1, 2019, to treat all fentanyl analogues as controlled substances under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, including by devoting sufficient resources for implementation and strict enforcement of the new regulations; and
(3)the effective enforcement of the new regulations should result in diminished trafficking of illicit fentanyl originating from the People’s Republic of China into the United States.
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Short Title
Pub. L. 116–92, div. F, title LXXII, § 7201, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2262, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter and amending section 2291h of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse] may be cited as the ‘Fentanyl Sanctions Act’.”
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21 U.S.C. § 2301
Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73