Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act

New serial rules for pill presses

This bill would expand who counts as a regulated person for pill-press machines and key parts. It would add definitions for critical parts, including upper punch, lower punch, and die. The bill would require regulated makers, sellers, importers, exporters, and brokers to put a permanent serial number on each machine or critical part once the Attorney General issues rules. The Attorney General would have to issue those regulations within 180 days of enactment and would say how serial numbers must be placed and how to treat older devices. Reports to the Attorney General about these transactions would need to include the serial number. The bill would make it illegal to remove or change a required serial number, or to move or sell an item you know has had its serial number removed or altered, when you have reasonable cause to believe a serial number was required.