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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4355 

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit the knowing possession 

of a pill press mold with intent to manufacture in violation of such 

Act a counterfeit substance in schedule I or II in a capsule, tablet, 

and other form intended for distribution, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 16, 2024 

Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit the 

knowing possession of a pill press mold with intent to 

manufacture in violation of such Act a counterfeit substance in schedule I or II in a capsule, tablet, and 

other form intended for distribution, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Criminalizing Abused 

5 Substance Templates Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PILL PRESS MOLDS. 

2 (a) PROHIBITION.—Section 401 of the Controlled 

3 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841) is amended by adding at 

4 the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(i) OFFENSE REGARDING UNLAWFUL POSSESSION

6 OF PILL PRESS MOLDS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, with intent to 

8 manufacture in violation of this title a counterfeit 

9 substance in schedule I or II in a capsule, tablet, or 

10 other form for distribution, knowingly possesses a 

11 pill press mold, shall be imprisoned not more than 

12 20 years and fined in accordance with title 18, 

13 United States Code. 

14 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

15 term ‘pill press mold’ means any punch, die, plate, 

16 stone, or other object designed to print, imprint, or 

17 reproduce on a controlled substance (or the con18 tainer or labeling thereof) the trademark, trade 

19 name, or other identifying mark, imprint, number, 

20 or device, or any likeness thereof, of a manufacturer, 

21 distributor, or dispenser other than the person or 

22 persons who in fact manufactured, created, distrib23 uted, or dispensed such product, thereby rendering 

24 the controlled substance a counterfeit substance.’’. 

25 (b) SENTENCING GUIDELINES.—Pursuant to the au26 thority of the United States Sentencing Commission under 


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1 section 994 of title 28, United States Code, and in accord2 ance with this section, the United States Sentencing Com3 mission shall review and amend, as appropriate, the Fed4 eral sentencing guidelines and policy statements to ensure 

5 that the guidelines provide for a penalty enhancement of 

6 not less than 2 offense levels above the offense level other7 wise applicable for a violation of section 401(a) of the Con8 trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(a)) if the defendant 

9 is found, in connection with such violation of section 

10 401(a), to be in violation of section 401(i) of the Con11 trolled Substances Act, as added by subsection (a). 

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