H.R. 9540 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9540 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 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 concerned 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 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. .