Bill > HR5880

This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to regulate tableting and encapsulating machines, which are used to manufacture pills and tablets, in order to prevent their potential misuse in producing illegal drugs. The legislation introduces new definitions for terms like "regulated person" (anyone who manufactures, distributes, imports, or exports listed chemicals or pill-making machinery), and "critical parts" (specific components of pill-making machines like upper and lower punches and dies). The bill requires all tableting and encapsulating machines, as well as their critical parts, to be identified with a unique, permanently affixed serial number. Manufacturers, distributors, importers, and exporters of these machines must record and report these serial numbers to the Attorney General. The bill also creates new criminal prohibitions, making it illegal to remove, alter, or obliterate these serial numbers, or to transport, possess, or sell machines with tampered or removed serial numbers. The Attorney General is tasked with developing detailed regulations for implementing these requirements within a specified timeframe, with the new rules applying to machines manufactured after the regulations take effect.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5880/all-info