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21 U.S.C. § 2313a — Imposition of sanctions

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21 U.S.C. § 2313a — Imposition of sanctions

The President shall impose five or more of the sanctions described in [section 2313 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section2313&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to each foreign person that is an entity, and four or more of such sanctions with respect to each foreign person that is an individual, that— (1) is identified as a foreign opioid trafficker in a report submitted under [section 2311(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section2311/a&num=0&edition=prelim); (2) the President determines is owned, controlled, directed by, knowingly supplying or sourcing precursors for, or knowingly acting for or on behalf of, such a foreign opioid trafficker; (3) the President determines has knowingly engaged in, on or after December 18, 2025, a pattern of significant activity that has materially contributed to opioid trafficking; or (4) the President determines— (A) has knowingly engaged in a pattern of providing significant financial, material, or technological support for, including through the provision of goods or services in support of, any activity or transaction described in paragraph (3); or (B) is owned, controlled, or directed by any foreign person described in subparagraph (A) or in paragraph (3), or has knowingly acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, such a foreign person.

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21 U.S.C. § 2311 — Sense of Congress

It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the United States should apply economic and other financial sanctions to foreign traffickers of illicit opioids to protect the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States and the health of the people of the United States; (2) it is imperative that the People’s Republic of China follow through on full implementation of the new regulations, adopted May 1, 2019, to treat all fentanyl analogues as controlled substances under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, including by devoting sufficient resources for implementation and strict enforcement of the new regulations; and (3) the effective enforcement of the new regulations should result in diminished trafficking of illicit fentanyl originating from the People’s Republic of China into the United States.

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21 U.S.C. § 2313 — Identification of foreign opioid traffickers

**(a) Public report** (1) **In general** — The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership, in accordance with subsection (c), a report— (A) identifying the foreign persons that the President determines are foreign opioid traffickers; (B) detailing progress the President has made in implementing this subchapter; (C) providing an update on cooperative efforts with the governments of Mexico, the People’s Republic of China, and other countries of concern with respect to combating foreign opioid traffickers; and (D) assessing whether any senior official of any anti-narcotics, regulatory, law enforcement, intelligence, or customs body of the People’s Republic of China— (i) has directly or indirectly taken actions that have facilitated or advanced foreign opioid trafficking; and (ii) should be identified as a foreign opioid trafficker. (2) **Identification of additional persons** — If, at any time after submitting a report required by paragraph (1) and before the submission of the next such report, the President determines that a foreign person not identified in the report is a foreign opioid trafficker, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership an additional report containing the information required by paragraph (1) with respect to the foreign person. (3) **Prioritization** (A) *Defined term* — In this paragraph, the term “person of the People’s Republic of China” means— (i) an individual who is a citizen or national of the People’s Republic of China; or (ii) an entity organized under the laws of the People’s Republic of China or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of the People’s Republic of China. (B) *In general* — In preparing th

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21 U.S.C. § 2351 — Definitions

In this chapter: (1) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (C) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. (2) **Foreign person** — The term “foreign person”— (A) means— (i) any citizen or national of a foreign country; or (ii) any entity not organized under the laws of the United States or a jurisdiction within the United States; and (B) does not include the government of a foreign country. (3) **Knowingly** — The term “knowingly”, with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result. (4) **Trafficking** — The term “trafficking”, with respect to fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other related opioids, has the meaning given the term “opioid trafficking” in [section 2302(8) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section2302/8&num=0&edition=prelim). (5) **Transnational criminal organization** — The term “transnational criminal organization” includes— (A) any organization designated as a significant transnational criminal organization under part 590 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations; (B) any of the organizations known as— (i) the Sinaloa Cartel; (ii) the Jalisco New Generation Cartel; (iii) the Gulf Cartel; (iv) the Los Zetas Cartel; (v) the Juarez Cartel; (vi) the Tijuana Cartel; (vii) the Beltran-Leyva Cartel; or (viii) La Familia Michoacana; or (C)

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21 U.S.C. § 2313a — Designation of transactions of sanc-

Page 1026 TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS § 2313a Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.); or (B) any authorized intelligence or law en- forcement activities of the United States. (2) Exception to comply with United Nations headquarters agreement Sanctions under subsection (a)(8) shall not apply to an alien if admitting the alien into the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Na- tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, be- tween the United Nations and the United States, the Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967, or other applicable inter- national obligations. (d) Implementation The President may exercise all authorities provided under sections 1702 and 1704 of title 50 to carry out this section. (Pub. L. 116–92, div. F, title LXXII, § 7213, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2266.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The National Security Act of 1947, referred to in sub- sec. (c)(1)(A), is act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61 Stat. 495. Title V of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 3091 et seq.) of chapter 44 of Title 50, War and Na- tional Defense. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS Functions and authorities of President under sub- sections (a)(4) to (9) and (d) of this section delegated to Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, by section 1(d)(vi) and (vii) of Memorandum of President of the United States, Mar. 31, 2020, 85 F.R. 22343, set out as a note under section 2311 of this title. § 2313a. Designation of transactions of sanc- tion

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