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21 U.S.C. § 2351 — Definitions
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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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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) any successor organization to an organization described in subparagraph (B) or as otherwise determined by the President.
(6) **United States person** — The term “United States person” means—
(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States;
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity; or
(C) any person in the United States.
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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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TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS
§ 2354
SUBCHAPTER I—SANCTIONS IN RESPONSE
TO NATIONAL EMERGENCY RELATING TO
FENTANYL TRAFFICKING
§ 2351. Finding; policy
(a) Finding
Congress finds that international trafficking
of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other related
opioids constitutes an unusual and extraor-
dinary threat to the national security, foreign
policy, and economy of the United States, and is
a national emergency.
(b) Policy
It shall be the policy of the United States to
apply economic and other financial sanctions to
those who engage in the international traf-
ficking of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other
related opioids to protect the national security,
foreign policy, and economy of the United
States.
(Pub. L. 118–50, div. E, title I, § 3101, Apr. 24, 2024,
138 Stat. 936.)
§ 2352. Use of national emergency authorities; re-
porting
(a) In general
The President may exercise all authorities
provided under sections 1702 and 1704 of title 50
to carry out this subchapter.
(b) Report required
(1) In general
Not later than 180 days after April 24, 2024,
and annually thereafter, the President shall
submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on actions taken by the exec-
utive branch pursuant to this subchapter and
any national emergency declared with respect
to the trafficking of fentanyl and trade in
other illicit drugs, including—
(A) the issuance of any new or revised reg-
ulations, policies, or guidance;
(B) the imposition of sanctions;
(C) the collection of relevant information
from outside parties;
(D) the issuance or closure of general li-
censes, specific licenses, and statements of
licensing policy by the Office of Foreign As-
sets Control;
(E) a description of any pending enforce-
ment cases; and
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