PRESS Act

This bill would amend federal drug import and export law to make it a crime to make or distribute pill-making equipment, such as tableting machines, encapsulating machines, press punches, die systems, or gelatin capsules, when the person intends or knows it will be used to make a controlled substance and believes the drug will be illegally brought into the United States. Violations of this new rule could be punished by fines and up to 8 years in prison. That maximum would rise to 15 years if the violation involves more than 1,000 kilograms of a chemical or product, or more than 100 tableting or encapsulating machines. The bill also directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and update federal sentencing guidelines to match these changes.

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Sponsors

• Ashley Moody Republican sponsor
• 5 cosponsors