In this chapter:
(1) Alien; national; national of the United States
The terms “alien”, “national”, and “national of the United States” have the meanings given those terms in section 1101 of title 8.
(2) Appropriate congressional committees and leadershipThe term “appropriate congressional committees and leadership” means—
(A)
the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate; and
(B)
the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Oversight and Reform, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Speaker and the minority leader of the House of Representatives.
(3) Controlled substance; listed chemical
The terms “controlled substance”, “listed chemical”, “narcotic drug”, and “opioid” have the meanings given those terms in section 802 of this title.
(4) Entity
The term “entity” means a partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, organization, network, group, or subgroup, or any form of business collaboration.
(5) Foreign opioid traffickerThe term “foreign opioid trafficker” means— [1]
(A)
means 1 any foreign person that the President determines plays a significant role in opioid trafficking; and
(B) may 1 include—
(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)
demonstrates a pattern of failing to take credible steps (including implementing appropriate know-your-customer procedures or cooperating 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 that—
(I)
has significant regulatory or law enforcement responsibilities with respect to the activities of an entity described in clause (i); and
(6) Foreign personThe term “foreign person”—
(A) means—
(ii)
any entity not organized under the laws of the United States or a jurisdiction within the United States; and
(8) Opioid traffickingThe term “opioid trafficking” means any illicit activity—
(A) to produce, manufacture, distribute, sell, or knowingly finance or transport—
(i)
synthetic opioids, including controlled substances that are synthetic opioids and listed chemicals that are synthetic opioids; or
(ii)
active pharmaceutical ingredients or chemicals that are used in the production of controlled substances that are synthetic opioids;
(Pub. L. 116–92, div. F, title LXXII, § 7203, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2262; Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXIII, § 8314, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1856.)