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119-hr-1100119th CongressWALLET

STOPP Act

Sponsored By: Representative Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]

Introduced

Summary

Would create a National Pill Press Registry and require permanent serial numbers and annual registration for tableting and encapsulating machines and their critical parts. It targets equipment used to mass-produce illicit pills and fentanyl.

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  • Manufacturers, importers, exporters, and dealers would have to serialize machines and enumerated critical parts, register annually, expand recordkeeping, and report payments and deliveries. Most transaction and person-registration rules would take effect 120 days after enactment.
  • Current owners would get an affirmative defense if, within 180 days, they sell to a registered person, have a serial number affixed by a registered dealer, or destroy the machine. The ban on removing or possessing un-serialized machines would begin two years after enactment.
  • The Attorney General would run the registry, define additional critical parts by regulation, inspect registrants, set reasonable fees, and deny, suspend, or revoke registrations to protect public health and safety.
  • The bill would create new federal crimes for failing to register or report, refusing or negligently failing to make required serialization reports, removing or altering required serial numbers, and dealing in machines or parts without required registration.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.

Criminal penalties for pill-press tampering

If enacted, it would be illegal to remove or change required serial numbers on these machines or to move or hold items with removed numbers when a number is required. These stricter bans would start 2 years after enactment, and the Attorney General could delay the date. People who owned a machine before that start date would have 180 days to sell it to a registrant, get it marked by a registrant, or destroy it to claim a defense. This aims to curb illegal pill production and improve public safety.

Annual registration for pill-press businesses

If enacted, any business that makes, imports, exports, or sells pill-press or capsule machines, or key parts, would need an annual registration from the Attorney General. Each main business location would need its own registration. The Attorney General could inspect your site and could suspend or revoke a registration for cause. The agency could deny or waive registration in some cases, and you would have to notify the agency if you stop operating or transfer the business. Expect new paperwork, renewal steps, and compliance costs each year.

New serial numbers and registry for machines

If enacted, makers, dealers, importers, and exporters would need to put a permanent serial number on pill-press and capsule machines and certain parts, as set by the Attorney General. You would have to register machines and parts, report sales, transfers, imports/exports, or destruction, and keep records in the form the Attorney General requires. The expanded reporting rules would start 120 days after enactment, unless the Attorney General delays the date. The government would keep a National Pill Press Registry of registered items. More parts, like punches, dies, hoppers, and capsule feeders, would count as “critical parts,” and the Attorney General could add more by regulation.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]

NM • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

  • Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 3/11/2025

  • Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 6/4/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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