Nitazene Sanctions Act

This bill would change the Fentanyl Sanctions Act so that it also covers nitazenes, a class of synthetic opioids. It would let the President treat certain Chinese companies and Chinese government officials as foreign opioid traffickers, which can make them subject to sanctions. It would also let the President sanction foreign government agencies, including government-owned banks, that knowingly contribute to opioid trafficking or support the making or transport of opioid precursor chemicals. The Secretary of State and the Attorney General would have to report to Congress within 120 days on China's role in making nitazene precursors and on a plan to reduce them. The bill would also double the length of a reporting requirement in the law from 5 years to 10 years.

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Sponsors

• Pete Ricketts Republican sponsor
• 2 cosponsors