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12-28-2022 2:20am

Fentanyl Traffic - Was A Report Filed 180 Days After HR4521 Passed

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BIOECONOMY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2021; Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 21 America COMPETES Act of 2022 HR 4521.pdf (speaker.gov)

When the bill was passed thru the Senate 3/28/22 Sec 30214 became  

Sec. 3219I. Study and report on bilateral efforts to address Chinese fentanyl trafficking.  

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: 

(1) In January 2020, the DEA named China as the primary source of United States-bound illicit fentanyl and synthetic opioids.

(2) While in 2019 China instituted domestic controls on the production and exportation of fentanyl, some of its variants, and two precursors known as NPP and 4-ANPP, China has not yet expanded its class scheduling to include many fentanyl precursors such as 4-AP, which continue to be trafficked to second countries in which they are used in the final production  of United States-bound fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.

(3) The DEA currently maintains a presence in Beijing but continues to seek Chinese approval to open offices in the major shipping hubs of Guangzhou and Shanghai...........................

(c) China's Class Scheduling of Fentanyl and Synthetic Opioid Precursors.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a written report--

(1) detailing a description of United States Government efforts to gain a commitment from the Chinese Government to submit unregulated fentanyl precursors such as 4-AP to controls; and

(2) a plan for future steps the United States Government will take to urge China to combat illicit fentanyl production and trafficking originating in China.

(d) Establishment of DEA Offices in China.--Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and Attorney General shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a classified briefing on--

(1) outreach and negotiations undertaken by the United States Government with the Chinese Government aimed at securing its approval for the establishment of DEA offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou, China; and

(2) additional efforts to establish new partnerships with provincial-level authorities to counter the illicit trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, and their precursors.

(e) Form of Report.--The report required under subsection (c) shallbe unclassified with a classified annex.

Text - H.R.4521 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

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