US Congress House Bill 1098 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-3)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-07 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expands reporting requirements related to foreign countries that produce illicit fentanyl and limits assistance to countries that fail to take various actions to combat illegal drug production and trafficking. The President's annual report to Congress on U.S. strategy for controlling international narcotics shall include a section that identifies the countries that are the most significant sources of illicit fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, and precursor chemicals used for producing fentanyl. The report shall also describe the extent to which such a country has cooperated with U.S. efforts to prevent exports of such substances into the United States. The United States shall withhold 50% of the foreign assistance allocated to each identified country for the fiscal year. The Department of the Treasury shall also direct U.S. Executive Directors in each multilateral development bank to vote against making loans or allocating funds to such countries. Both restrictions may be waived if the President certifies that the country has cooperated fully with U.S. anti-drug trafficking efforts or if vital U.S. national interests necessitate such a waiver. The bill also directs the President to identify countries that (1) have not adopted various procedures for countering narcotics production and distribution, or (2) are incapable of prosecuting individuals that manufacture or distribute new types of drugs.

Blocking Deadly Fentanyl Imports Act

Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]
Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Ron Wright [R-TX]	Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Dan Meuser [R-PA]
Rep. Fred Keller [R-PA]	Rep. John Joyce [R-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2019-02-07	House	Introduced in House

SB400 (Same As) 2019-02-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1098/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1098/BILLS-116hr1098ih.pdf