S 860 · 119th Congress · International Affairs

BUST FENTANYL Act

Introduced 2025-03-05· Sponsored by Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 54.(2025-04-28)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Break Up Suspicious Transactions of Fentanyl Act or the BUST FENTANYL Act This bill revives a requirement for the President to identify foreign opioid traffickers and extends opioid trafficking sanctions to new categories of foreign persons (individuals and entities) whose actions support such trafficking.  Specifically, the bill revives through 2030 a requirement that the President annually submit a report to Congress identifying foreign opioid traffickers. (For those listed in the report, the President must select certain sanctions to impose on them, such as bans on loans, foreign exchange transactions, and property transactions.) The bill also specifies that such reports must prioritize the identification of Chinese nationals and entities involved in the shipment of fentanyl, fentanyl-related chemicals, and fentanyl manufacturing equipment to Mexico or any other country involved in the production of fentanyl trafficked to the United States. The bill extends such foreign opioid trafficker sanctions to additional categories of foreign persons, including those that have knowingly (1) engaged in significant activities or financial transactions that materially con…

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S. 860, Break Up Suspicious Transactions of Fentanyl Act

Apr 7, 2025

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on March 27, 2025

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Cosponsors (3)

2 Democrats1 Republican