Title: To restrict the mailability of tableting machines, encapsulating machines, and controlled substance counterfeiting materials, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
This bill restricts the mailability of tableting machines, encapsulating machines, or controlled substance counterfeiting materials.
Additionally, it amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly mail to an unauthorized person equipment that that may be used to manufacture counterfeit controlled substances. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to one year, or both.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3283 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3283

   To restrict the mailability of tableting machines, encapsulating 
 machines, and controlled substance counterfeiting materials, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2017

 Mr. Donovan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 restrict the mailability of tableting machines, encapsulating 
 machines, and controlled substance counterfeiting materials, 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. TABLETING MACHINES, ENCAPSULATING MACHINES, AND CONTROLLED 
              SUBSTANCE COUNTERFEITING MATERIALS.

    (a) Mailability.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 30 of title 39, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting after section 3002a, the 
        following new section:
``Sec. 3002b. Nonmailability of tableting machines, encapsulating 
              machines, and controlled substance counterfeiting 
              materials
    ``(a) Any tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or controlled 
substance counterfeiting material is nonmailable matter, shall not be 
carried or delivered by mail, and shall be disposed of as the Postal 
Service directs, unless such device or material is mailed--
            ``(1) to a regulated person (as defined in section 102(38) 
        of the Controlled Substances Act); or
            ``(2) to a person registered to manufacture a controlled 
        substance by the Attorney General pursuant to section 302 of 
        the Controlled Substances Act.
    ``(b) For the purpose of this section--
            ``(1) the term `controlled substance counterfeiting 
        material' means any punch, die, plate, stone, or other thing 
        described in section 403(a)(5) of the Controlled Substances 
        Act;
            ``(2) the term `encapsulating machine' means any manual, 
        semiautomatic, or fully automatic equipment which may be used 
        to fill shells or capsules with any powdered, granular, 
        semisolid, or liquid material; and
            ``(3) the term `tableting machine' means any manual, 
        semiautomatic, or fully automatic equipment which may be used 
        for the compaction or molding of powdered or granular solids, 
        or semisolid material, to produce coherent solid tablets.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        30 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
        after the item relating to section 3002a the following new 
        item:

``3002b. Nonmailability of tableting machines, encapsulating machines, 
                            and controlled substance counterfeiting 
                            materials.''.
    (b) Penalty.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 83 of title 18, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting after section 1716E the following 
        new section:
``Sec. 1716F. Nonmailability of tableting machines, encapsulating 
              machines, and controlled substance counterfeiting 
              materials
    ``Whoever knowingly deposits for mailing or delivery, or knowingly 
causes to be delivered by mail according to the direction thereon, or 
at any place to which it is directed to be delivered by the person to 
whom it is addressed, any matter declared to be nonmailable by section 
3002c of title 39, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not 
more than 1 year, or both.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        83 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
        after the item relating to section 1716E the following new 
        item:

``1716F. Nonmailability of tableting machines, encapsulating machines, 
                            and controlled substance counterfeiting 
                            materials.''.
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