PRESS Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7184 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7184

 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to prevent the importation of
illicit pill press machines with the intent to counterfeit substances,
                        and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2026

Mr. McDowell (for himself, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Jack, Ms.
 Tenney, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Goldman of Texas, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Nehls, Mr.
 Edwards, Mr. Stutzman, and Mr. Carey) introduced the following bill;
  which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in
    addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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

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                                 A BILL

 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to prevent the importation of
illicit pill press machines with the intent to counterfeit substances,
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Rogue Equipment for
Synthetic Substances Act'' or the ``PRESS Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVIDING FOR EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.

    (a) Possession, Manufacture, or Distribution for Purposes of
Unlawful Importation.--Section 1009 of the Controlled Substances Act
(21 U.S.C. 959) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections
        (d) and (e), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or
distribute a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, press punch, die
system, gelatin capsule, or any equipment, chemical, product, or
material--
            ``(1) intending or knowing that it will be used to
        manufacture a controlled substance or listed chemical; and
            ``(2) intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to
        believe that the controlled substance or listed chemical will
        be unlawfully imported into the United States.''; and
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) manufacture or distribute a tableting machine,
        encapsulating machine, press punch, die system, gelatin
        capsule, or any equipment, chemical, product, or material--
                    ``(A) intending or knowing that it will be used to
                manufacture a controlled substance or listed chemical;
                and
                    ``(B) intending, knowing, or having reasonable
                cause to believe that the controlled substance or
                listed chemical will be unlawfully imported into the
                United States.''.
    (b) Prohibited Acts.--Section 1010 of the Controlled Substances Act
(21 U.S.C. 960) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``or'' at the
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (7)--
                            (i) by striking ``section 959 of this
                        title'' and inserting ``section 1009''; and
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end and
                        inserting ``; or'';
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
            ``(8) manufactures or distributes a tableting machine,
        encapsulating machine, press punch, die system, gelatin
        capsule, or any equipment, chemical, product, or material in
        violation of subsection (c) of section 1009,''; and
                    (D) in the matter following paragraph (8), as so
                inserted, by striking ``shall be fined'' and all that
                follows through ``or both'' and inserting the
                following: ``shall be fined in accordance with title
                18, United States Code, imprisoned for the applicable
                period described in subsection (e), or both''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) The applicable period described in this subsection is the
following:
            ``(1) In the case of a violation of paragraph (1) or (3) of
        subsection (d) involving a list I chemical, not more than 20
        years.
            ``(2) Subject to paragraph (4), in the case of a violation
        of paragraph (7) of subsection (d), not more than 10 years.
            ``(3) Subject to paragraph (4), in the case of a violation
        of paragraph (8) of subsection (d), not more than 8 years.
            ``(4) In the case of a violation of paragraph (7) or (8) of
        subsection (d) that involves more than 1,000 kilograms of a
        chemical or product or more than 100 machines that are
        tableting machines or encapsulating machines, not more than 15
        years.
            ``(5) In the case of a violation of subsection (d) other
        than a violation of paragraph (1), (3), (7), or (8) of such
        subsection, not more than 10 years.''.
    (c) United States Sentencing Commission.--Pursuant to its authority
under section 994(p) of title 28, United States Code, the United States
Sentencing Commission shall review and amend the Federal sentencing
guidelines and policy statements of the Commission, as appropriate, in
accordance with this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
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