Requires serial numbers on tableting and encapsulating machines and their key parts, makes it a federal crime to tamper with those numbers or to make or ship these machines for illegal drug production, and directs federal agencies to plan responses to counterfeit pills.

• Requires tableting and encapsulating machines and their critical parts to carry permanently affixed serial numbers, with records and reports to the Attorney General.
• Makes it a crime to remove, alter, or obliterate a required serial number, or to knowingly handle a machine with a removed serial number.
• Makes it unlawful to manufacture or distribute these machines knowing they will be used to make illicit drugs or unlawfully imported into the United States, with prison terms of up to 20 years for some violations.
• Directs the Drug Enforcement Administration to set up an operation and response plan for counterfeit pills containing illicit synthetic substances, and requires an annual Attorney General report through fiscal year 2031.

• Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
• Health Subcommittee
• Judiciary Committee (House)
• Judiciary Committee (Senate)

Crime and Law Enforcement