Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act
U.S. Congress · HR5880 ·
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What the bill says
Introduced 2025-10-31. Latest action: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Summary (plain-language)
Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act This bill broadens the scope of pill machines that are subject to regulation under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The bill also requires regulated machines to have serial numbers and imposes criminal penalties for conduct involving the removal of serial numbers or the transportation of regulated machines knowing the serial numbers have been removed. Currently, the CSA requires persons who manufacture, distribute, import, export, or purchase certain regulated machines to keep records of and report on transactions involving the machines. Currently, the term regulated machines includes tableting machines and encapsulating machines. This bill requires persons who sell or deliver regulated machines to comply with the CSA's recordkeeping and reporting requirements, in addition to persons who manufacture, distribute, import, export, or purchase them. The bill also expands regulated machines , for which transactions must be recorded and reported, to include critical parts of tableting and encapsulating machines such as dies used to mold pills and punches used to imprint markings and logos onto pills. The bill requires serial numbers to be permanently affixed to encapsulating machines, tableting machines, and critical parts of tableting and encapsulating machines. Finally, the bill prohibits, subject to criminal penalties, the (1) removal, alteration, or obliteration of any serial number affixed to a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or a critical part; or (2) transportation, shipment, receipt, possession, distribution, delivery, sale, import, or export of any tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part knowing the serial number has been removed, altered, or obliterated.
Sponsors
- Harriet M. Hageman (primary)
- Dan Crenshaw
- Russell Fry
- Josh Harder
- Marcy Kaptur
- Susie Lee
- Mike Levin
- Dave Min
- Donald Norcross
- Christopher H. Smith
- Melanie A. Stansbury
- Glenn Thompson
- Derek Tran
- Eugene Simon Vindman
- Nikema Williams
Text versions
- Introduced in House — 2025-10-31 — XML
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Action History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| 2026-07-15 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. |
| 2025-10-31 | Introduced in House |
| 2025-10-31 | 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. |
| 2025-10-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |