House Passes Pappas’s Bipartisan Legislation to Crack Down on Fentanyl Trafficking

Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped pass his Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act through the House of Representatives. The bipartisan Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act amends the Fentanyl Sanctions Act to make Chinese entities sanctionable as “foreign opioid traffickers” if they produce, sell, finance, or transport synthetic opioids or precursors, but fail to take credible steps to prevent opioid trafficking, including through cooperation with U.S. counternarcotics efforts and know-your-customer procedures. 

“Fentanyl overdoses continue to kill Americans in record numbers, and we must continue to take every step to hold traffickers and cartels accountable and stop the flow of precursor chemicals from China,” said Congressman Pappas. “This bipartisan legislation will enable the United States to crack down on foreign drug traffickers and sanction Chinese entities that are supplying key fentanyl ingredients. I remain committed to working across the aisle in Congress, with the Administration, and with health and public safety efforts to find solutions that will save lives and stop the flow of deadly drugs into our communities.”