Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5880 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5880

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to require regulated persons to
   identify tableting machines and encapsulating machines by serial
                                number.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2025

 Ms. Hageman (for herself, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Harder of
   California, and Mr. Fry) 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 require regulated persons to
   identify tableting machines and encapsulating machines by serial
                                number.

    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 ``Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act''.

SEC. 2. REGULATION OF CERTAIN MACHINES.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21
U.S.C. 802) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (38) and inserting the following:
    ``(38) The term `regulated person' means a person who--
            ``(A) manufactures, distributes, imports, or exports a
        listed chemical;
            ``(B) manufactures, distributes, delivers, sells, imports,
        or exports a tableting machine, an encapsulating machine, or a
        critical part; or
            ``(C) who acts as a broker or trader for an international
        transaction involving a listed chemical, a tableting machine,
        an encapsulating machine, or a critical part.'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (39)(B) and inserting the
        following:
            ``(B) a distribution, delivery, sale, importation, or
        exportation of a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or
        critical part.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(60) The term `critical part', when used in reference to a
tableting machine or encapsulating machine, means any of the following
integral parts of a tableting or encapsulating machine:
            ``(A) An upper punch.
            ``(B) A lower punch.
            ``(C) A die.
    ``(61) The term `die' means a tool that serves as the mold in which
a product is compressed to form the desired size and shape of a tablet
or capsule.
    ``(62) The term `lower punch' means the punch inserted into the
turret below the die.
    ``(63) The term `punch' means a rod-shaped tool used in producing
tablets and other products.
    ``(64) The term `upper punch' means the punch inserted into the
turret above the die.''.
    (b) Regulation.--
            (1) Records of regulated transactions.--Section 310(a) of
        the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 830(a)) is amended by
        adding at the end the following:
    ``(4) Each regulated person who manufactures, distributes,
delivers, sells, imports, or exports a tableting machine, an
encapsulating machine, a critical part of a tableting machine, or a
critical part of an encapsulating machine shall, when and as required
by regulations of the Attorney General, identify the tableting machine,
encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or
critical part of an encapsulating machine by means of a serial number
that is engraved, cast, or otherwise permanently affixed to a
nonremovable part of the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or
critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an
encapsulating machine.''.
            (2) Reports to attorney general.--Section 310(b)(1) of the
        Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 830(b)(1)) is amended by
        striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:
            ``(D) any regulated transaction in a tableting machine,
        encapsulating machine, or critical part, including the serial
        number affixed to the tableting machine, encapsulating machine,
        or critical part.''.
            (3) Regulations.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
                date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General
                shall promulgate regulations carrying out the
                amendments made by paragraph (1).
                    (B) Detailed guidance.--The regulations required
                under subparagraph (A) shall include detailed guidance
                on serial numbers affixed to tableting machines,
                encapsulating machines, or critical parts manufactured
                on or before the date of enactment of this Act.
                    (C) Requirement.--Notwithstanding paragraph (4), a
                serial number affixed to a tableting machine,
                encapsulating machine, or critical part manufactured on
                or before the date of enactment of this Act in
                accordance with the guidance provided under
                subparagraph (B) shall be deemed required under
                paragraph (4) of section 310(a) of the Controlled
                Substances Act, as added by paragraph (1) of this
                subsection.
            (4) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1)
        shall apply only to any tableting machine, encapsulating
        machine, or critical part manufactured, distributed, delivered,
        sold, imported, or exported after the effective date of the
        regulations promulgated under paragraph (2).
    (c) Prohibited Acts.--Section 403(a) of the Controlled Substances
Act (21 U.S.C. 843(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) to remove, alter, or obliterate any serial number
        affixed to a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, a
        critical part of a tableting machine, or a critical part of an
        encapsulating machine, that is required to have a serial number
        and with reasonable cause to believe the serial number is so
        required; or
            ``(11) to transport, ship, receive, possess, distribute,
        deliver, sell, import, or export any tableting machine,
        encapsulating machine, a critical part of a tableting machine,
        or a critical part of an encapsulating machine that is required
        to have a serial number, knowing that the serial number has
        been removed, altered, or obliterated, and with reasonable
        cause to believe the serial number is so required.''.
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