Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to request the Senate to return to the House the bill (H.R. 3426) entitled "To amend title 40, United States Code, to limit the construction of new courthouses under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.".
- Last Action
- 9/19/2025
Actions
- 2025-09-03Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- 2025-09-02Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-09-02On 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)
- 2025-09-02Passed/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).
- 2025-09-02Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3741-3742)
- 2025-09-02At 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.
- 2025-09-02DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 747.
- 2025-09-02Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3728-3731)
- 2025-09-02Mr. Baumgartner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 2025-04-09Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
- 2025-04-09Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 2025-03-21Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-19, Part I.
- 2025-03-21Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-19, Part I.
- 2025-03-05Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.
- 2025-03-05Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
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CRS Summary
As of 2025-01-28 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (9)
- Zachary Nunn (R-IA)
- Gregory Murphy (R-NC)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY)
- Tim Moore (R-NC)
- Young Kim (R-CA)
- Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL)
- Robert Bresnahan (R-PA)
- Chris Pappas (D-NH)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
Subjects
- Asia
- China
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Sanctions
- Smuggling and trafficking
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