Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act

Bill: 118-s-4984
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2024-08-01
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2024-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4984 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 1, 2024 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Coons , Mr. Moran , Ms. Klobuchar , and Ms. Cantwell ) 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 require regulated persons to identify tableting machines and encapsulating machines by serial number.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act . 2. Regulation of certain machines (a) Regulation (1) In general 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 or an encapsulating machine shall identify the tableting machine or encapsulating machine by means of a serial number that is engraved, cast, or otherwise permanently affixed to a nonremovable part of the tableting machine or encapsulating machine. . (2) Regulations 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). (3) Effective date The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall apply only to any tableting machine or encapsulating machine manufactured, distributed, delivered, sold, imported, or exported after the effective date of the regulations promulgated under paragraph (2). (b) 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 or encapsulating machine; or (11) to transport, ship, receive, or possess any tableting machine or encapsulating machine that is required to have a serial number, knowing that the serial number has been removed, altered, or obliterated. .