S 860 · introduced · significant
BUST FENTANYL Act
- foreign policy
What this bill does
- The bill requires the President to annually identify foreign opioid traffickers and impose sanctions on them through 2030.
- Foreign individuals, entities, and government bodies that traffic fentanyl or support trafficking are targeted with sanctions.
- Sanctions include bans on loans, foreign exchange, and property transactions, with priority on Chinese nationals and entities shipping fentanyl to Mexico.
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Started by Cosponsor
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How would annual sanctions on foreign fentanyl traffickers affect U.S. relationships with countries like China and Mexico that are central to this bill's enforcement?
- 02
What evidence suggests that targeting individual traffickers and entities with financial sanctions will reduce fentanyl supply reaching American communities?
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Who bears the costs of implementing annual identification and sanctions of foreign traffickers, and how would those resources compare to other fentanyl prevention strategies?
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Sponsor · R-ID
James E. Risch
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Introduced 2025-04-28
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Legislative timeline
2025-04-28 · senate · Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 54.
2025-04-28 · senate · Committee
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch without amendment. Without written report.
2025-04-28 · Committee
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch without amendment. Without written report.
2025-03-27 · senate · Committee
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2025-03-05 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2025-03-05 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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