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Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] · D–NM
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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.
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.
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-06 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would expand federal tracking of machines that make tablets or fill capsules, and specified essential parts. Manufacturers, distributors, importers, exporters, and business sellers would face serial-number, registration, and reporting requirements, with details set by the Attorney General. It would also create offenses involving missing or altered serial numbers, subject to exceptions and delayed implementation.
Each manufacturer, distributor, importer, or exporter of a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, a critical part of a tableting machine, or a critical part of an encapsulating machine shall, when and as required by regulation of the Attorney General, identify the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine by a serial number
shall report that act to the Attorney General and maintain records of such act as required in section 310, in such form and manner as the Attorney General shall prescribe by regulation.
Every person who manufactures, imports, exports, or deals, or proposes to engage in the manufacture, importation, exportation, or dealing of any tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine, shall obtain, on an annual basis, a registration issued by the Attorney General.
(g) It shall be unlawful to— (1) intentionally remove, alter, or obliterate any serial number
Subsection (g) does not apply to a manufacturer, importer, exporter, or dealer of tableting machines or encapsulating machines that is registered under section 310C(a)(1) or exempt from registration pursuant to section 310C(a)(2). Subsection (g) shall become effective 2 years after the date of enactment
Section 1 would name the bill the Stop the Opioid Pill Presser and Fentanyl Act, or STOPP Act.
This Act may be cited as the Stop the Opioid Pill Presser and Fentanyl Act or the STOPP Act.
Section 2 would expand existing definitions to include critical machine parts and add receipt, sale, and international shipments to one list of transactions. It would also insert machines and critical parts alongside listed chemicals in two other definitions. The full existing definitions are not reproduced.
(1) in paragraph (38), by striking or an encapsulating machine and inserting an encapsulating machine, a critical part of a tableting machine, or a critical part of an encapsulating machine;
(2) in paragraph (39)(B)— (A) by striking distribution, importation, or exportation of and inserting distribution, receipt, sale, importation, or exportation of, or an international transaction involving shipment of; and (B) by striking or encapsulating machine and inserting , encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine;
(3) in paragraph (42), by striking a listed chemical and inserting a listed chemical, a tableting machine, an encapsulating machine, a critical part of a tableting machine, or a critical part of an encapsulating machine; (4) in paragraph (43), by striking a listed chemical and inserting a listed chemical, a tableting machine, an encapsulating machine, a critical part of a tableting machine, or a critical part of an encapsulating machine;
A critical part would mean an integral component designed primarily for a tablet-making or capsule-filling machine. The definition lists nine types of parts and allows the Attorney General to identify additional operating components by regulation.
(60) The term critical part, when used in reference to a tableting machine or encapsulating machine, means any of the following integral parts when designed primarily for use in a tableting or encapsulating machine: (A) Press punch. (B) Die system. (C) Press turret. (D) Hopper. (E) Compression roller. (F) Discharge chute. (G) Vacuum system. (H) Capsule feeding unit. (I) Automatic feeding unit. (J) Any other item identified in a regulation published by the Attorney General used in the operating of tableting or encapsulating machines.
Section 3 would add critical parts to existing transaction-record requirements and let the Attorney General prescribe the records' form and manner. It would also insert machines and critical parts into existing reporting provisions, including language about payment, delivery, and circumstances that a regulated person believes may indicate a problem. The underlying reporting provisions are not fully supplied.
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) by striking or an encapsulating machine and inserting an encapsulating machine, a critical part of a tableting machine, or a critical part of an encapsulating machine; and (B) by inserting , in such form and manner as the Attorney General shall prescribe by regulation, after record of the transaction;
(A) by striking payment or delivery and inserting payment or delivery of a listed chemical, tableting machine, encapsulating machine, a critical part of a tableting machine, or a critical part of an encapsulating machine; and (B) by striking any other circumstance that the regulated person believes may indicate that the listed chemical and inserting any other circumstance that the regulated person believes may indicate that the listed chemical, tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine;
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking listed chemical and inserting listed chemical, tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine; and (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking or an encapsulating machine and inserting , an encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine.
Section 3's amendments would start 120 days after enactment. The Attorney General could postpone their application by a published Federal Register order for a period considered necessary for efficient administration.
The amendments made by this section shall apply beginning on the date that is 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, except that the Attorney General may, by order published in the Federal Register, postpone such date of application for such period as the Attorney General may determine to be necessary for the efficient administration of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.).
Section 4 would require manufacturers, distributors, importers, and exporters to mark covered machines and critical parts with serial numbers when required by Attorney General regulations. The number would have to be permanently attached to a non-removable part.
Each manufacturer, distributor, importer, or exporter of a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, a critical part of a tableting machine, or a critical part of an encapsulating machine shall, when and as required by regulation of the Attorney General, identify the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine by a serial number which shall be engraved, cast, or otherwise permanently affixed to a non-removable part of the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine in accordance with such regulations.
Regulated persons who manufacture, distribute, receive, sell, import, or export items subject to the serial-number requirement would have to report the transaction and keep records in the form prescribed by the Attorney General.
Any regulated person who manufactures, distributes, receives, sells, imports, or exports a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine that is subject to the serialization requirement set forth in subsection (a), shall report the transaction to the Attorney General and maintain records of such transaction, in such form and manner as the Attorney General shall prescribe by regulation.
Section 5 would separately require manufacturers, distributors, importers, and exporters to register covered machines and critical parts when required by regulation. Regulated persons would have to report and record manufacturing, distribution, receipt, sale, import, export, and destruction of items subject to registration.
Each manufacturer, distributor, importer, or exporter of a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine shall, when and as required by regulation of the Attorney General, register the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine with the Attorney General in accordance with such regulation.
Any regulated person who manufactures, distributes, receives, sells, imports, exports, or destroys a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine that is required to be registered pursuant to subsection (a), shall report that act to the Attorney General and maintain records of such act as required in section 310, in such form and manner as the Attorney General shall prescribe by regulation.
The Attorney General would decide by regulation which items require registration and reporting, and the required information would include each item's location. A central National Pill Press Registry would hold all items subject to registration.
The Attorney General shall by regulation establish which tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of tableting machines, and critical parts of encapsulating machines are subject to the registration and reporting requirements of subsections (a) and (b) and the information to be provided pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), which shall include the location of the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine.
The Attorney General shall maintain a central registry of all tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of a tableting machine, or critical parts of an encapsulating machine that are subject to the registration requirement set forth in subsection (a), which shall be known and referred to as the National Pill Press Registry.
For the item-registration rules, manufacturing would include production or assembly. Distribution would mean delivery, including actual, indirect, or attempted transfers, whether or not an agency relationship exists. Destruction would mean damage severe enough to prevent the item's intended use.
The term manufacture means the production or assembly of a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine.
The term distribute means to deliver a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine.
The term deliver means the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer of a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine, whether or not there exists an agency relationship.
The term destroy means to cause such serious damage to a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine so that it can no longer be used for its intended purpose.
Section 6 would require annual registration of persons who manufacture, import, export, or deal in covered machines or parts, including those proposing to begin. Dealing would mean wholesale or retail selling or distribution as a regular business primarily seeking profit through repeated purchases and resales.
Every person who manufactures, imports, exports, or deals, or proposes to engage in the manufacture, importation, exportation, or dealing of any tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine, shall obtain, on an annual basis, a registration issued by the Attorney General.
The term deal means to engage in the business of selling or distributing tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of tableting machines, or critical parts of encapsulating machines at wholesale or retail.
The term engaged in the business means devoting time, attention, and labor to dealing tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of tableting machines, or critical parts of an encapsulating machine as a regular trade or business to predominantly earn a profit through the repetitive purchase and resale.
The Attorney General could waive registration for certain manufacturers, importers, exporters, and distributors by regulation if consistent with public health and safety. The active-registration restriction would also have exceptions for a registrant's agents or employees acting in their usual work and for carriers, warehouse operators, and their employees possessing items lawfully in their usual work.
The Attorney General may, by regulation, waive the requirement for registration of certain manufacturers, importers, exporters, and distributors of any tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine if the Attorney General finds that issuing such a waiver would be consistent with public health and safety.
No person may manufacture, import, export, or deal any tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine unless such person has an active registration to do so issued by the Attorney General, unless— (1) such person is an agent or employee of any registrant acting in the usual course of his business or employment; or (2) a common or contract carrier or warehouseman, or an employee thereof, whose possession of the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part thereof is in the lawful and usual course of his business or employment.
Each principal business location conducting covered activities would need a separate registration. Registration would end when the registrant ceased legal existence, stopped the covered activity, or surrendered registration. The registrant, agent, or successor would have to promptly report the first two circumstances in writing.
A separate registration shall be required for each principal place of business where the applicant manufactures, imports, exports, or deals a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine.
terminates if and when such registrant— (i) ceases legal existence; (ii) ceases to engage in the manufacture, importation, exportation, or dealing of such a machine or critical part thereof; or (iii) surrenders such registration.
In the case of such a registrant who ceases legal existence or ceases to engage in the manufacture, importation, exportation, or dealing, such registrant, or agent or successor in interest of such registrant, shall promptly notify the Attorney General in writing of such fact.
A registration could be transferred to another entity only with the Attorney General's written consent and subject to any conditions the Attorney General specified.
A registration to manufacture, import, export, or deal a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine may only be assigned to another entity with the written consent of, and upon such conditions as, the Attorney General may specify.
The Attorney General would have to register an applicant unless registration would conflict with the public interest. Required considerations would include controls against diversion into illegitimate channels, compliance with federal, state, and local law, prior convictions, relevant experience, and other factors consistent with public health and safety.
The Attorney General shall register an applicant to manufacture, import, export, or deal a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine, unless the Attorney General determines that registration of the applicant is inconsistent with the public interest.
(1) development and maintenance of effective controls against diversion of tableting machines, encapsulating machines, and critical parts thereof into other than legitimate channels; (2) compliance with applicable Federal, State, and local law; (3) prior conviction record of the applicant; (4) past experience in the manufacture, import, export, and dealing of tableting machines, encapsulating machines, or critical parts thereof; and (5) such other factors as may be relevant to and consistent with the public health and safety.
The Attorney General could inspect applicants' and registrants' establishments under regulations. Registration could be suspended or revoked for material application falsehoods, convictions involving covered machines or parts, or acts making registration inconsistent with the public interest.
The Attorney General is authorized to inspect the establishment of a registrant or applicant for registration in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Attorney General.
may be suspended or revoked by the Attorney General upon a finding that the registrant— (A) has materially falsified any application filed pursuant to or required by this subchapter or subchapter II; (B) has been convicted in any court of an offense involving a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, a critical part of a tableting machine, or a critical part of an encapsulating machine; or (C) has committed such acts as would render his registration inconsistent with the public interest.
Ordinary denial, suspension, and revocation proceedings would require notice of the reasons, an opportunity to appear, and an opportunity to submit a corrective action plan. The Attorney General would review any plan to decide whether proceedings should stop or be deferred for changes to the plan. These proceedings would be separate from criminal prosecutions; immediate suspensions would be exempt from these procedures.
Before suspending or revoking a registration to manufacture, import, export, or deal tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of tableting machines, or critical parts of encapsulating machines, or pursuant to a denial of registration, the Attorney General shall serve upon the applicant or registrant an order to show cause why registration should not be denied, revoked, or suspended.
An order to show cause shall contain a statement of the basis for the denial, revocation, or suspension, including specific citations to any laws or regulations alleged to be violated by the applicant or registrant, direct the applicant or registrant to appear before the Attorney General at a time and place stated in the order, and notify the applicant or registrant of the opportunity to submit a corrective action plan on or before the date of appearance.
Upon review of any corrective action plan submitted by an applicant or registrant pursuant to subparagraph (B), the Attorney General shall determine whether denial, revocation, or suspension proceedings should be discontinued, or deferred for the purposes of modification, amendment, or clarification to such plan.
Proceedings to deny, revoke, or suspend shall be conducted in accordance with subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5. Such proceedings shall be independent of, and not in lieu of, criminal prosecutions or other proceedings under this subchapter or any other law of the United States.
The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to the issuance of an immediate suspension order under paragraph (3).
The Attorney General could immediately suspend registration while starting proceedings upon finding imminent danger. This would require a substantial likelihood that failures to control diversion or meet registration duties would lead to illicit drug manufacturing and death, serious bodily harm, or drug abuse without immediate suspension. Suspension would last through proceedings and judicial review unless withdrawn by the Attorney General or dissolved by a court.
The Attorney General may, in the discretion of the Attorney General, suspend any registration simultaneously with the institution of proceedings under this section, in cases where he finds that there is an imminent danger to the public health or safety. A suspension under this subsection shall continue in effect until the conclusion of such proceedings, including judicial review thereof, unless sooner withdrawn by the Attorney General or dissolved by a court of competent jurisdiction.
due to the failure of the registrant to maintain effective controls against diversion or otherwise comply with the obligations of a registrant under this Act, there is a substantial likelihood that a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine will be used in the illicit manufacture of controlled substances and cause death, serious bodily harm, or abuse of a controlled substance in the absence of an immediate suspension of the registration.
After registration ended, was suspended, or was revoked, the former registrant could lawfully sell or transfer remaining inventory to a registered manufacturer, importer, exporter, or dealer within 30 days. The Attorney General could allow more time for good cause. Other dealing by the former registrant would be prohibited.
Upon termination, suspension, or revocation of registration of a registrant, the former registrant may, within 30 days or such additional period designated by the Attorney General for good cause, liquidate any remaining tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of tableting machines, or critical parts of encapsulating machines by lawfully selling, transferring, or otherwise disposing of the tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of a tableting machines, or critical parts of encapsulating machines to a registered manufacturer, importer, exporter, or dealer of tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of tableting machines, or critical parts of encapsulating machines.
Except for the liquidation of remaining inventory to a registrant within 30 days (or approved period) in accordance with paragraph (1), a former registrant may no longer deal tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of tableting machines, or critical parts of encapsulating machines.
Registrants would have to keep current, complete, accurate records of covered items they possess or handle and submit periodic reports under Attorney General regulations. Required records would have to remain readily retrievable for federal inspection and copying for at least 10 years.
Every registrant shall maintain, on a current basis, a complete and accurate record of each tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine possessed, manufactured, received, imported, exported, sold, distributed, delivered, or destroyed, with such information, and in such form and manner as the Attorney General may by regulations require.
Every registrant shall, at such time or times, with such information, and in such form and manner as the Attorney General may by regulations require, make periodic reports to the Attorney General.
Every record required under this section shall be kept and be readily retrievable, for at least 10 years, for inspection and copying by officers or employees of the United States authorized by the Attorney General.
The Attorney General could issue regulations and charge reasonable fees for the business-registration system. Regulations would determine which machines and parts are covered and what records and reports require. The new section would apply 120 days after enactment, subject to postponement by a published Federal Register order for efficient administration.
The Attorney General is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations and charge reasonable fees relating to the registration and control of the manufacture, importation, exportation, and dealing of tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of tableting machines, and critical parts of encapsulating machines.
The Attorney General shall by regulation establish which tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of tableting machines, and critical parts of encapsulating machines are subject to the registration, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements under this section, and the form, manner, and information to be maintained and furnished under such requirements.
This section shall apply beginning 120 days after the date of enactment of this section, except that the Attorney General may by order published in the Federal Register postpone the effective date of this section for such period as the Attorney General may determine to be necessary for the efficient administration of this Act.
Section 7 would add serial-number requirement violations and refusal or negligent failure to submit serial-number transaction reports to existing prohibited acts. It would also add critical parts to two existing offense provisions whose full terms are not reproduced.
(18) to violate subsection (a) of section 310A; (19) to refuse or negligently fail to make a report under subsection (b) of section 310A;
Section 403 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 843) is amended— (A) in subsection (a), in each of paragraphs (6) and (7), by inserting critical part of a tableting machine, critical part of an encapsulating machine, after encapsulating machine,
Subject to the bill's exemption for specified registered or registration-exempt businesses, it would prohibit intentionally removing, altering, or obliterating a required serial number when the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe it is required. It would also prohibit transporting, shipping, receiving, or possessing a covered item when the person knows its number was removed, obliterated, or altered and has reasonable cause to believe a number is required.
(g) It shall be unlawful to— (1) intentionally remove, alter, or obliterate any serial number affixed to any tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine that is required to have a serial number pursuant to subsection (a) of section 310A, if the person removing, altering, or obliterating such serial number knows or has reasonable cause to believe the serial number is so required;
(2) transport, ship, receive, or possess any tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine that is required to have a serial number pursuant to subsection (a) of section 310A, if the person transporting, shipping, receiving, or possessing such a machine or critical part thereof knows that the serial number has been removed, obliterated, or altered, and has reasonable cause to believe the serial number is required pursuant to subsection (a) of section 310A;
Subsection (g) does not apply to a manufacturer, importer, exporter, or dealer of tableting machines or encapsulating machines that is registered under section 310C(a)(1) or exempt from registration pursuant to section 310C(a)(2).
Subject to the same business exemption, a separate offense would cover possession of a machine known to lack a serial number when the possessor has reasonable cause to believe one is required. This provision names machines, rather than critical parts.
(3) possess a tableting machine or an encapsulating machine that is required to have a serial number pursuant to subsection (a) of section 310A, if the person in possession of such machine knows that the machine does not have a serial number, and has reasonable cause to believe the serial number is required pursuant to subsection (a) of section 310A.
Subsection (g) does not apply to a manufacturer, importer, exporter, or dealer of tableting machines or encapsulating machines that is registered under section 310C(a)(1) or exempt from registration pursuant to section 310C(a)(2).
For the offense of possessing a machine without a required serial number, a defendant could establish a defense by showing prior possession and timely corrective action. The defendant would have to prove, more likely than not, possession on the day before the defense subsection's effective date and, within 180 days afterward or an extension for good cause, transfer to a registered business, marking by a registered business, or destruction.
In a prosecution for an offense under subsection (g)(3), it is an affirmative defense, as to which the defendant has the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence, that the person possessed the tableting machine or encapsulating machine on the day before the effective date of this subsection and, not later than 180 days after that date, or for such additional period designated by the Attorney General for good cause, the person— (1) sold or otherwise transferred the tableting machine or encapsulating machine to a manufacturer, importer, exporter, or dealer of tableting machines or encapsulating machines that is registered under section 310C(a); (2) had a serial number engraved, cast, or otherwise affixed to a non-removable part of the tableting machine or encapsulating machine by a manufacturer, importer, exporter, or dealer of tableting machines or encapsulating machines that is registered under section 310C(a); or (3) destroyed the tableting machine or encapsulating machine.
The three new serial-number offenses in subsection (g) would not apply to machine manufacturers, importers, exporters, or dealers registered under the specified provision or exempt through a registration waiver. Those offenses would begin two years after enactment, with authority for the Attorney General to postpone them by a published order for efficient administration.
Subsection (g) does not apply to a manufacturer, importer, exporter, or dealer of tableting machines or encapsulating machines that is registered under section 310C(a)(1) or exempt from registration pursuant to section 310C(a)(2). Subsection (g) shall become effective 2 years after the date of enactment, except that the Attorney General may by order published in the Federal Register postpone the effective date of subsection (g) for such period as he may determine to be necessary for the efficient administration of this Act.
Section 7 would also make violations of item-registration and related reporting requirements prohibited acts. Manufacturing, importing, exporting, or dealing without required business registration would likewise be prohibited, subject to the remaining-inventory disposal exception.
(20) to violate subsection (a) or (b) of section 310B;
(21) to manufacture, import, export, or deal a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine without a registration required by section 310C, except as specified in subsection (g)(1) of such section.
Upon termination, suspension, or revocation of registration of a registrant, the former registrant may, within 30 days or such additional period designated by the Attorney General for good cause, liquidate any remaining tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of tableting machines, or critical parts of encapsulating machines
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated June 5, 2025, records introduction in the House on February 6, 2025, and referral that day to the Energy and Commerce and Judiciary committees. This dated snapshot does not establish subsequent legislative status.
Source snapshot updated 2025-06-05T08:06:53Z.
2025-02-06: Introduced in House
2025-02-06: 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.
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Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-06. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy attachment to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish what other versions or accompanying materials contain.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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The supplied introduced text contains a specific exemption from proposed offenses for a defined group of businesses. This is a classification of preferential legal treatment, not a judgment about its justification.
Registered or registration-exempt manufacturers, importers, exporters, and dealers of tablet-making or capsule-filling machines would be exempt from all three new subsection (g) serial-number offenses. The exemption benefits a defined industry group within the bill's main tracking policy, including exemption from the offense concerning intentional removal or alteration of a required serial number. It does not expressly exempt these businesses from every other requirement in the bill.
Subsection (g) does not apply to a manufacturer, importer, exporter, or dealer of tableting machines or encapsulating machines that is registered under section 310C(a)(1) or exempt from registration pursuant to section 310C(a)(2).
(g) It shall be unlawful to— (1) intentionally remove, alter, or obliterate any serial number affixed to any tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine that is required to have a serial number pursuant to subsection (a) of section 310A, if the person removing, altering, or obliterating such serial number knows or has reasonable cause to believe the serial number is so required;
(2) transport, ship, receive, or possess any tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine that is required to have a serial number pursuant to subsection (a) of section 310A, if the person transporting, shipping, receiving, or possessing such a machine or critical part thereof knows that the serial number has been removed, obliterated, or altered, and has reasonable cause to believe the serial number is required pursuant to subsection (a) of section 310A;
(3) possess a tableting machine or an encapsulating machine that is required to have a serial number pursuant to subsection (a) of section 310A, if the person in possession of such machine knows that the machine does not have a serial number, and has reasonable cause to believe the serial number is required pursuant to subsection (a) of section 310A.
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