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<item congress="115" measure-type="s" measure-number="3281" measure-id="id115s3281" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2018-07-26" update-date="2019-03-19">
<title>STEER Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id115s3281v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2019-03-19">
<action-date>2018-07-26</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Substance Tableting and Encapsulating Enforcement and Registration Act or the STEER Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish registration requirements for tableting machines and encapsulating machines. </p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires a person who possesses a tableting machine or encapsulating machine to obtain a registration from the Drug Enforcement Administration, subject to specified exceptions.</p> <p>Additionally, it prohibits and penalizes&#8212;with civil fines, criminal penalties, or both&#8212;the possession of an unregistered tableting machine or encapsulating machine.</p>]]></summary-text>
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