3.0.0 63 2026-03-24T01:21:58Z 2026-03-24T01:21:58Z Senate S S 2025-01-09 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/63 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-01-09T20:33:02Z CBW Fentanyl Act 119 7552 HR 2026-02-12 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2025-01-09 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2025-01-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001299 Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] Jim Banks R IN N C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2025-01-09 True M001242 Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH] Bernie Moreno R OH 2025-01-09 True International Affairs International Affairs 2025-02-21T12:04:12Z 00 2025-01-09 Introduced in Senate 2025-12-29T21:36:59Z Countering Beijing’s Weaponization of Fentanyl Act or the CBW Fentanyl Act

This bill establishes escalating sanctions to be applied to a foreign country when certain individuals associated with its government cause harm to another country through actions related to a program to produce, develop, or distribute chemical or biological weapons or specified molecules related to fentanyl production.

Specifically, if the President determines that an official, employee, or agent of a foreign governmental entity (including a foreign government or an entity receiving significant material support from a foreign government) acts in a manner that the individual knew, or should have known, would harm another country through actions related to such a program, then the President must impose initial sanctions.

Initial sanctions include prohibiting the procurement of goods or services from persons operating in that country's chemical or biological sectors.

If the foreign governmental entity does not take corrective actions, the President must impose additional sanctions, which may include terminating certain foreign assistance to the country.

If corrective actions are still not taken, the President must prohibit transactions that (1) are subject to U.S. jurisdiction; (2) involve a financial interest of the sanctioned country; and (3) are in foreign commerce or are financial institution transfers or payments.

Within five years of enactment, the President may temporarily waive sanctions for vital national security interests. The President must terminate sanctions when certain conditions are met, including that the sanctionable conduct has been addressed.

]]> CBW Fentanyl Act Display Title 45 CBW Fentanyl Act 2025-02-06T01:08:16Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 CBW Fentanyl Act 2025-02-06T01:08:15Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Countering Beijing’s Weaponization of Fentanyl Act 2025-02-06T01:08:15Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 to impose sanctions on foreign countries in response to acts concerning chemical or biological programs that cause injury to other foreign countries, and for other purposes. 2025-02-06T01:03:20Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s63is/xml/BILLS-119s63is.xml 2025-01-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.