I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9790 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for the regulation of 
critical parts of tableting machines and encapsulating machines, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 
Ms. STANSBURY (for herself, Mr. NICKEL, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. 
PAPPAS, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. GRIJALVA, and 
Ms. PETTERSEN) 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 
A BILL 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for the 
regulation of critical parts of tableting machines and 
encapsulating machines, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop The Opioid Pill 
Presser and Fentanyl Act’’ or the ‘‘STOPP Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (38), by striking ‘‘or an en-
capsulating machine’’ and inserting ‘‘an encap-
sulating machine, a critical part of a tableting ma-
chine, or a critical part of an encapsulating ma-
chine’’; 
(2) in paragraph (39)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘distribution, importation, 
or exportation of’’ and inserting ‘‘distribution, 
receipt, sale, importation, or exportation of, or 
an international transaction involving shipment 
of’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or encapsulating ma-
chine’’ and inserting ‘‘, encapsulating machine, 
critical part of a tableting machine, or critical 
part of an encapsulating machine’’; 
(3) in paragraph (42), by striking ‘‘a listed 
chemical’’ and inserting ‘‘a listed chemical, a 
tableting machine, an encapsulating machine, a crit-
ical part of a tableting machine, or a critical part of 
an encapsulating machine’’; 
(4) in paragraph (43), by striking ‘‘a listed 
chemical’’ and inserting ‘‘a listed chemical, a 
tableting machine, an encapsulating machine, a crit-
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ical part of a tableting machine, or a critical part of 
an encapsulating machine’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(60) The term ‘critical part’, when used in ref-
erence to a tableting machine or encapsulating ma-
chine, means any of the following integral parts 
when designed primarily for use in a tableting or en-
capsulating machine: 
‘‘(A) Press punch. 
‘‘(B) Die system. 
‘‘(C) Press turret. 
‘‘(D) Hopper. 
‘‘(E) Compression roller. 
‘‘(F) Discharge chute. 
‘‘(G) Vacuum system. 
‘‘(H) Capsule feeding unit. 
‘‘(I) Automatic feeding unit. 
‘‘(J) Any other item identified in a regula-
tion published by the Attorney General used in 
the operating of tableting or encapsulating ma-
chines.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 102 of the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802), as amended 
by subsection (a) is further amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraph (58) (defining 
the term ‘‘serious violent felony’’) as paragraph 
(59); and 
(2) by redesignating the second paragraph (57) 
(defining the term ‘‘serious drug felony’’) as para-
graph (58). 
SEC. 3. REGULATED TRANSACTIONS OF CRITICAL PARTS. 
(a) RECORD OF REGULATED TRANSACTIONS.—Sec-
tion 310 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 830) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or an encapsulating ma-
chine’’ and inserting ‘‘an encapsulating ma-
chine, a critical part of a tableting machine, or 
a critical part of an encapsulating machine’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, in such form and man-
ner as the Attorney General shall prescribe by 
regulation,’’ after ‘‘record of the transaction’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (a)(2), by striking ‘‘or encap-
sulating machine’’ and inserting ‘‘, encapsulating 
machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or crit-
ical part of an encapsulating machine’’. 
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sulating machine, critical part of a tableting ma-
chine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply beginning on the date that is 120 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, except that 
the Attorney General may, by order published in the Fed-
eral Register, postpone such date of application for such 
period as the Attorney General may determine to be nec-
essary for the efficient administration of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.). 
SEC. 4. SERIALIZATION OF CERTAIN MACHINES AND 
PARTS. 
The Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 310 (21 U.S.C. 
830) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 310A SERIALIZATION OF CERTAIN MACHINES AND 
PARTS. 
‘‘(a) SERIAL NUMBER.—Each manufacturer, dis-
tributor, importer, or exporter of a tableting machine, en-
capsulating machine, a critical part of a tableting ma-
chine, or a critical part of an encapsulating machine shall, 
when and as required by regulation of the Attorney Gen-
eral, identify the tableting machine, encapsulating ma-
chine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part 
of an encapsulating machine by a serial number which 
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shall be engraved, cast, or otherwise permanently affixed 
to a non-removable part of the tableting machine, encap-
sulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or 
critical part of an encapsulating machine in accordance 
with such regulations. 
‘‘(b) REPORTING.—Any regulated person who manu-
factures, distributes, receives, sells, imports, or exports a 
tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of 
a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating 
machine that is subject to the serialization requirement 
set forth in subsection (a), shall report the transaction to 
the Attorney General and maintain records of such trans-
action, in such form and manner as the Attorney General 
shall prescribe by regulation.’’. 
SEC. 5. REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN MACHINES AND PARTS. 
The Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 
seq.), as amended by section 3, is further amended by in-
serting after section 310A, the following: 
‘‘SEC. 310B. REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN MACHINES AND 
PARTS. 
‘‘(a) REGISTRATION
OF CERTAIN MACHINES
AND 
PARTS.—Each manufacturer, distributor, importer, or ex-
porter of a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, crit-
ical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an en-
capsulating machine shall, when and as required by regu-
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lation of the Attorney General, register the tableting ma-
chine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting 
machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine with 
the Attorney General in accordance with such regulation. 
‘‘(b) REPORTING.—Any regulated person who manu-
factures, distributes, receives, sells, imports, exports, or 
destroys a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, crit-
ical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an en-
capsulating machine that is required to be registered pur-
suant to subsection (a), shall report that act to the Attor-
ney General and maintain records of such act as required 
in section 310, in such form and manner as the Attorney 
General shall prescribe by regulation. 
‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General is au-
thorized to promulgate rules and regulations relating to 
tableting machines and encapsulating machines. The At-
torney General shall by regulation establish which 
tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts 
of tableting machines, and critical parts of encapsulating 
machines are subject to the registration and reporting re-
quirements of subsections (a) and (b) and the information 
to be provided pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), which 
shall include the location of the tableting machine, encap-
sulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or 
critical part of an encapsulating machine. 
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‘‘(d) NATIONAL PILL PRESS REGISTRY.—The Attor-
ney General shall maintain a central registry of all 
tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts 
of a tableting machine, or critical parts of an encap-
sulating machine that are subject to the registration re-
quirement set forth in subsection (a), which shall be 
known and referred to as the National Pill Press Registry. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) MANUFACTURE.—The term ‘manufacture’ 
means the production or assembly of a tableting ma-
chine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a 
tableting machine, or critical part of an encap-
sulating machine. 
‘‘(2) 
DISTRIBUTE.—The 
term 
‘distribute’ 
means to deliver a tableting machine, encapsulating 
machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or crit-
ical part of an encapsulating machine. 
‘‘(3) DELIVER.—The term ‘deliver’ means the 
actual, constructive, or attempted transfer of a 
tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical 
part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an en-
capsulating machine, whether or not there exists an 
agency relationship. 
‘‘(4) DESTROY.—The term ‘destroy’ means to 
cause such serious damage to a tableting machine, 
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encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting 
machine, or critical part of an encapsulating ma-
chine so that it can no longer be used for its in-
tended purpose.’’. 
SEC. 6. REGISTRATION OF MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, 
EXPORTERS, AND DEALERS OF TABLETING 
MACHINES, ENCAPSULATING MACHINES, AND 
CRITICAL PARTS. 
The Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 
seq.), as amended by section 3, is further amended by in-
serting after section 310B, the following: 
‘‘SEC. 310C. REGISTRATION OF MANUFACTURERS, IMPORT-
ERS, 
EXPORTERS, 
AND 
DEALERS 
OF 
TABLETING MACHINES, ENCAPSULATING MA-
CHINES, AND CRITICAL PARTS. 
‘‘(a) REGISTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Every person who manu-
factures, imports, exports, or deals, or proposes to 
engage in the manufacture, importation, exportation, 
or dealing of any tableting machine, encapsulating 
machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or crit-
ical part of an encapsulating machine, shall obtain, 
on an annual basis, a registration issued by the At-
torney General. 
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‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Attorney General may, by 
regulation, waive the requirement for registration of 
certain manufacturers, importers, exporters, and dis-
tributors of any tableting machine, encapsulating 
machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or crit-
ical part of an encapsulating machine if the Attor-
ney General finds that issuing such a waiver would 
be consistent with public health and safety. 
‘‘(3) SEPARATE REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED.—A 
separate registration shall be required for each prin-
cipal place of business where the applicant manufac-
tures, imports, exports, or deals a tableting machine, 
encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting 
machine, or critical part of an encapsulating ma-
chine. 
‘‘(4) TERMINATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A registration to man-
ufacture, import, export, or deal a tableting ma-
chine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a 
tableting machine, or critical part of an encap-
sulating machine terminates if and when such 
registrant— 
‘‘(i) ceases legal existence; 
‘‘(ii) ceases to engage in the manufac-
ture, importation, exportation, or dealing 
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of such a machine or critical part thereof; 
or 
‘‘(iii) surrenders such registration. 
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION.—In the case of such 
a registrant who ceases legal existence or ceases 
to engage in the manufacture, importation, ex-
portation, or dealing, such registrant, or agent 
or successor in interest of such registrant, shall 
promptly notify the Attorney General in writing 
of such fact. 
‘‘(5) RE-ASSIGNMENT.—A registration to manu-
facture, import, export, or deal a tableting machine, 
encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting 
machine, or critical part of an encapsulating ma-
chine may only be assigned to another entity with 
the written consent of, and upon such conditions as, 
the Attorney General may specify. 
‘‘(b) REGISTRATION CONSIDERATIONS.—The Attor-
ney General shall register an applicant to manufacture, 
import, export, or deal a tableting machine, encapsulating 
machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical 
part of an encapsulating machine, unless the Attorney 
General determines that registration of the applicant is 
inconsistent with the public interest. 
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‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining the public 
interest for the purposes of subsection (b), the Attorney 
General shall consider— 
‘‘(1) development and maintenance of effective 
controls against diversion of tableting machines, en-
capsulating machines, and critical parts thereof into 
other than legitimate channels; 
‘‘(2) compliance with applicable Federal, State, 
and local law; 
‘‘(3) prior conviction record of the applicant; 
‘‘(4) past experience in the manufacture, im-
port, export, and dealing of tableting machines, en-
capsulating machines, or critical parts thereof; and 
‘‘(5) such other factors as may be relevant to 
and consistent with the public health and safety. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZED
ACTIVITIES.—No person may 
manufacture, import, export, or deal any tableting ma-
chine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting 
machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine un-
less such person has an active registration to do so issued 
by the Attorney General, unless— 
‘‘(1) such person is an agent or employee of any 
registrant acting in the usual course of his business 
or employment; or 
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‘‘(2) a common or contract carrier or ware-
houseman, or an employee thereof, whose possession 
of the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or 
critical part thereof is in the lawful and usual course 
of his business or employment. 
‘‘(e) INSPECTION.—The Attorney General is author-
ized to inspect the establishment of a registrant or appli-
cant for registration in accordance with the rules and reg-
ulations promulgated by the Attorney General. 
‘‘(f) DENIAL, REVOCATION, OR SUSPENSION OF REG-
ISTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) SUSPENSION
OR
REVOCATION.—A reg-
istration pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to 
manufacture, import, export, or deal a tableting ma-
chine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a 
tableting machine, or critical part of an encap-
sulating machine may be suspended or revoked by 
the Attorney General upon a finding that the reg-
istrant— 
‘‘(A) has materially falsified any applica-
tion filed pursuant to or required by this sub-
chapter or subchapter II; 
‘‘(B) has been convicted in any court of an 
offense involving a tableting machine, encap-
sulating machine, a critical part of a tableting 
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machine, or a critical part of an encapsulating 
machine; or 
‘‘(C) has committed such acts as would 
render his registration inconsistent with the 
public interest. 
‘‘(2) ORDER.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Before suspending or 
revoking a registration to manufacture, import, 
export, or deal tableting machines, encap-
sulating machines, critical parts of tableting 
machines, or critical parts of encapsulating ma-
chines, or pursuant to a denial of registration, 
the Attorney General shall serve upon the appli-
cant or registrant an order to show cause why 
registration should not be denied, revoked, or 
suspended. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—An order to show cause 
shall contain a statement of the basis for the 
denial, revocation, or suspension, including spe-
cific citations to any laws or regulations alleged 
to be violated by the applicant or registrant, di-
rect the applicant or registrant to appear before 
the Attorney General at a time and place stated 
in the order, and notify the applicant or reg-
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istrant of the opportunity to submit a corrective 
action plan on or before the date of appearance. 
‘‘(C) 
CORRECTIVE
ACTION
PLAN
RE-
VIEW.—Upon review of any corrective action 
plan submitted by an applicant or registrant 
pursuant to subparagraph (B), the Attorney 
General shall determine whether denial, revoca-
tion, or suspension proceedings should be dis-
continued, or deferred for the purposes of modi-
fication, amendment, or clarification to such 
plan. 
‘‘(D) APPLICABLE
LAW.—Proceedings to 
deny, revoke, or suspend shall be conducted in 
accordance with subchapter II of chapter 5 of 
title 5. Such proceedings shall be independent 
of, and not in lieu of, criminal prosecutions or 
other proceedings under this subchapter or any 
other law of the United States. 
‘‘(E) RELATIONSHIP TO IMMEDIATE SUS-
PENSION
ORDER.—The requirements of this 
subsection shall not apply to the issuance of an 
immediate suspension order under paragraph 
(3). 
‘‘(3) SUSPENSION OF REGISTRATION IN CASES 
OF IMMINENT DANGER.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 
may, in the discretion of the Attorney General, 
suspend any registration simultaneously with 
the institution of proceedings under this sec-
tion, in cases where he finds that there is an 
imminent danger to the public health or safety. 
A suspension under this subsection shall con-
tinue in effect until the conclusion of such pro-
ceedings, including judicial review thereof, un-
less sooner withdrawn by the Attorney General 
or dissolved by a court of competent jurisdic-
tion. 
‘‘(B) IMMINENT DANGER TO THE PUBLIC 
SAFETY
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
phrase ‘imminent danger to the public health or 
safety’ means that, due to the failure of the 
registrant to maintain effective controls against 
diversion or otherwise comply with the obliga-
tions of a registrant under this Act, there is a 
substantial likelihood that a tableting machine, 
encapsulating machine, critical part of a 
tableting machine, or critical part of an encap-
sulating machine will be used in the illicit man-
ufacture of controlled substances and cause 
death, serious bodily harm, or abuse of a con-
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trolled substance in the absence of an imme-
diate suspension of the registration. 
‘‘(g) DISPOSITION OF TABLETING MACHINES, EN-
CAPSULATING MACHINES, AND CRITICAL PART.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon termination, suspen-
sion, or revocation of registration of a registrant, the 
former registrant may, within 30 days or such addi-
tional period designated by the Attorney General for 
good cause, liquidate any remaining tableting ma-
chines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of 
tableting machines, or critical parts of encapsulating 
machines by lawfully selling, transferring, or other-
wise disposing of the tableting machines, encap-
sulating machines, critical parts of a tableting ma-
chines, or critical parts of encapsulating machines to 
a registered manufacturer, importer, exporter, or 
dealer of tableting machines, encapsulating ma-
chines, critical parts of tableting machines, or crit-
ical parts of encapsulating machines. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Except for the liquidation of 
remaining inventory to a registrant within 30 days 
(or approved period) in accordance with paragraph 
(1), a former registrant may no longer deal tableting 
machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of 
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tableting machines, or critical parts of encapsulating 
machines. 
‘‘(h) RECORDS AND REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) Every registrant shall maintain, on a cur-
rent basis, a complete and accurate record of each 
tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical 
part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an en-
capsulating machine possessed, manufactured, re-
ceived, imported, exported, sold, distributed, deliv-
ered, or destroyed, with such information, and in 
such form and manner as the Attorney General may 
by regulations require. 
‘‘(2) Every registrant shall, at such time or 
times, with such information, and in such form and 
manner as the Attorney General may by regulations 
require, make periodic reports to the Attorney Gen-
eral. 
‘‘(3) Every record required under this section 
shall be kept and be readily retrievable, for at least 
10 years, for inspection and copying by officers or 
employees of the United States authorized by the 
Attorney General. 
‘‘(i) REGULATIONS AND FEES.—The Attorney Gen-
eral is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations and 
charge reasonable fees relating to the registration and con-
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trol of the manufacture, importation, exportation, and 
dealing of tableting machines, encapsulating machines, 
critical parts of tableting machines, and critical parts of 
encapsulating machines. The Attorney General shall by 
regulation establish which tableting machines, encap-
sulating machines, critical parts of tableting machines, 
and critical parts of encapsulating machines are subject 
to the registration, recordkeeping, and reporting require-
ments under this section, and the form, manner, and in-
formation to be maintained and furnished under such re-
quirements. 
‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) DEAL.—The term ‘deal’ means to engage 
in the business of selling or distributing tableting 
machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of 
tableting machines, or critical parts of encapsulating 
machines at wholesale or retail. 
‘‘(2) DELIVERY, DISTRIBUTE, DESTROY, MANU-
FACTURE.—The terms ‘deliver’, ‘distribute’, ‘de-
stroy’, and ‘manufacture’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 310B. 
‘‘(3) ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS.—The term 
‘engaged in the business’ means devoting time, at-
tention, and labor to dealing tableting machines, en-
capsulating machines, critical parts of tableting ma-
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chines, or critical parts of an encapsulating machine 
as a regular trade or business to predominantly earn 
a profit through the repetitive purchase and resale. 
‘‘(k) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply be-
ginning 120 days after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, except that the Attorney General may by order pub-
lished in the Federal Register postpone the effective date 
of this section for such period as the Attorney General 
may determine to be necessary for the efficient adminis-
tration of this Act.’’. 
SEC. 7. OFFENSES; PENALTIES. 
(a) SERIAL NUMBERS.— 
(1) PROHIBITED ACTS B—PENALTIES.—Section 
402(a) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
842(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (16), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (17), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (17) the 
following: 
‘‘(18) to violate subsection (a) of section 310A; 
‘‘(19) to refuse or negligently fail to make a re-
port under subsection (b) of section 310A;’’. 
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(2) PROHIBITED ACTS C—PENALTIES.—Section 
403 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
843) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), in each of para-
graphs (6) and (7), by inserting ‘‘critical part 
of a tableting machine, critical part of an en-
capsulating machine,’’ after ‘‘encapsulating ma-
chine,’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) It shall be unlawful to— 
‘‘(1) intentionally remove, alter, or obliterate 
any serial number affixed to any tableting machine, 
encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting 
machine, or critical part of an encapsulating ma-
chine that is required to have a serial number pursu-
ant to subsection (a) of section 310A, if the person 
removing, altering, or obliterating such serial num-
ber knows or has reasonable cause to believe the se-
rial number is so required; 
‘‘(2) transport, ship, receive, or possess any 
tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical 
part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an en-
capsulating machine that is required to have a serial 
number pursuant to subsection (a) of section 310A, 
if the person transporting, shipping, receiving, or 
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possessing such a machine or critical part thereof 
knows that the serial number has been removed, ob-
literated, or altered, and has reasonable cause to be-
lieve the serial number is required pursuant to sub-
section (a) of section 310A; or 
‘‘(3) possess a tableting machine or an encap-
sulating machine that is required to have a serial 
number pursuant to subsection (a) of section 310A, 
if the person in possession of such machine knows 
that the machine does not have a serial number, and 
has reasonable cause to believe the serial number is 
required pursuant to subsection (a) of section 310A. 
‘‘(h) In a prosecution for an offense under subsection 
(g)(3), it is an affirmative defense, as to which the defend-
ant has the burden of proof by a preponderance of the 
evidence, that the person possessed the tableting machine 
or encapsulating machine on the day before the effective 
date of this subsection and, not later than 180 days after 
that date, or for such additional period designated by the 
Attorney General for good cause, the person— 
‘‘(1) sold or otherwise transferred the tableting 
machine or encapsulating machine to a manufac-
turer, importer, exporter, or dealer of tableting ma-
chines or encapsulating machines that is registered 
under section 310C(a); 
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‘‘(2) had a serial number engraved, cast, or oth-
erwise affixed to a non-removable part of the 
tableting machine or encapsulating machine by a 
manufacturer, importer, exporter, or dealer of 
tableting machines or encapsulating machines that is 
registered under section 310C(a); or 
‘‘(3) destroyed the tableting machine or encap-
sulating machine. 
‘‘(i) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘de-
stroy’ has the meaning given such term in section 310B. 
‘‘(j) Subsection (g) does not apply to a manufacturer, 
importer, exporter, or dealer of tableting machines or en-
capsulating machines that is registered under section 
310C(a)(1) or exempt from registration pursuant to sec-
tion 310C(a)(2). Subsection (g) shall become effective 2 
years after the date of enactment, except that the Attor-
ney General may by order published in the Federal Reg-
ister postpone the effective date of subsection (g) for such 
period as he may determine to be necessary for the effi-
cient administration of this Act.’’. 
(b) REGISTRATION
OF CERTAIN MACHINES
AND 
PARTS.—Section 402(a) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 842(a)), as amended by subsection (a), is fur-
ther amended by inserting after paragraph (19) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(20) to violate subsection (a) or (b) of section 
310B; or’’. 
(c) REGISTRATION OF MANUFACTURERS, IMPORT-
ERS, EXPORTERS, AND DEALERS.—Section 402(a) of the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 842(a)), as amend-
ed by subsections (a) and (b), is further amended by in-
serting after paragraph (20) the following: 
‘‘(21) to manufacture, import, export, or deal a 
tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical 
part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an en-
capsulating machine without a registration required 
by section 310C, except as specified in subsection 
(g)(1) of such section.’’. 
Æ 
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