118 HR 9540 IH: Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act of 2024 U.S. House of Representatives 2024-09-11 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 9540IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 11, 2024Ms. Hageman (for herself, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Fry, Mr. Crenshaw, and Mr. Harder of California) 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 concernedA BILLTo 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 of 2024.

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..