Designation of certain entities of the People's Republic of China as foreign opioid traffickers under Fentanyl Sanctions Act
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(a) In general Section 7203(5) of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act (21 U.S.C. 2302(5)) is amended— (1) by striking The term foreign opioid trafficker means any foreign person and inserting the following: The term foreign opioid trafficker — (A) means any foreign person; (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (B) includes— (i) any entity of the People’s Republic of China that the President determines— (I) produces, manufactures, distributes, sells, or knowingly finances or transports any goods described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (8)(A); and (II) fails to take credible steps, including through implementation of appropriate know-your-customer procedures or through cooperation with United States counternarcotics efforts, to detect or prevent opioid trafficking; and (ii) any senior official of the Government of the People’s Republic of China or other political official of the People's Republic of China that— (I) has significant regulatory or law enforcement responsibilities with respect to the activities of an entity described in clause (i); and (II) aids and abets, including through intentional inaction, opioid trafficking.. (b) Assessment of certain agencies of the People's Republic of China as foreign opioid traffickers Section 7211(a)(1)(A) of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act (21 U.S.C. 2311(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end before the semicolon the following:, including whether the heads of the National Narcotics Control Commission, the Ministry of Public Security, the General Administration of Customs, and the National Medical Products Administration of the Government of the People’s Republic of China are foreign opioid traffickers.