US Congress Senate Bill 1044 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 4 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-06-04 - Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes programs to address illicit opioid trafficking and imposes sanctions on foreign individuals and entities involved in such activities. The President shall impose sanctions on foreign individuals and entities identified as opioid traffickers or those that own, control, or supply opioid precursors. The sanctions include bans on (1) receiving loans, (2) foreign exchange transactions, (3) property transactions, and (4) certain investments that fall under U.S. jurisdiction. The President may waive sanctions on certain parties for national security and humanitarian concerns. The President shall report to Congress about the implementation of such sanctions and also on cooperative efforts with Mexico and China to combat illicit opioid trafficking. The bill establishes the Commission on Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, which shall develop a strategy to combat the flow of synthetic opioids into the United States. The commission shall report on various topics, including the scope of illicit trafficking in other countries and the deficiencies in other countries' regulation of pharmaceutical and chemical production. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) shall establish a program to assist in enforcement efforts and sanctions against illicit opioid traffickers, with a focus on illicit finance. ODNI shall periodically report to Congress about the intelligence community's counter-narcotics efforts.

Fentanyl Sanctions Act

Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-04	Senate	Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
2019-04-04	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text: CR S2274-2278)

HB2226 (Related) 2019-05-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
HB2483 (Related) 2019-05-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
SB1790 (Related) 2019-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 116-92. (TXT | PDF)
HB2500 (Related) 2020-08-11 - Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512.
HR758 (Similar To) 2019-12-11 - Mr. Nadler moved to table the motion to reconsider

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1044/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1044/BILLS-116s1044is.pdf