; (2) the trafficking of fentanyl into the United States is a national security threat that has killed hundreds of thousands of United States citizens; (3) transnational criminal organizations, including cartels primarily based in Mexico, are the main purveyors of fentanyl into the United States and must be held accountable; (4) precursor chemicals sourced from the People’s Republic of China are— (A) shipped from the People’s Republic of China by legitimate and illegitimate means; (B) transformed through various synthetic processes to produce different forms of fentanyl; and (C) crucial to the production of illicit fentanyl by transnational criminal organizations, contributing to the ongoing opioid crisis; (5) the United States Government must remain vigilant to address all new forms of fentanyl precursors and drugs used in combination with fentanyl, such as Xylazine, which attribute to overdose deaths of people in the United States; (6) to increase the cost of fentanyl trafficking, the United States Government should work collaboratively across agencies and should surge analytic capability to impose sanctions and other remedies with respect to transnational criminal organizations (including cartels), including foreign nationals who facilitate the trade in illicit fentanyl and its precursors from the People’s Republic of China and such organizations; and (7) the Department of the Treasury should focus on fentanyl trafficking and its facilitators as one of the top national security priorities for the Department. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives. (2) Foreign person The term foreign person — (A) means— (i) any citizen or national of a foreign country