Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act

Summary

Requires permanent serial-number identification on tableting and encapsulating machines and their critical parts, expands who is regulated for transactions in those machines/parts and listed chemicals, and adds new reporting and prohibitions tied to those serial numbers. The Attorney General must issue regulations within 180 days and provide guidance for marking machines/parts made before enactment; the identification requirement applies to machines/parts manufactured or transacted after the regulations take effect.

• Requires permanent serial numbers on tableting and encapsulating machines and their critical parts.
• Expands the definition of "regulated person" to include makers, sellers, brokers, importers/exporters, and others dealing in machines, parts, and listed chemicals.
• Transaction reports for covered machines/parts must include serial numbers once the regulations are in effect.
• Makes removing, obliterating, or trafficking in machines/parts with removed/altered serial numbers unlawful under the Controlled Substances Act.
• Attorney General must issue implementing regulations within 180 days and provide guidance for machines/parts made before enactment.
• Identification requirement applies only to machines/parts manufactured or transacted after the regulations’ effective date.
• Defines "critical parts" and specific components (die, punches) used to form tablets and capsules.
• Does not itself appropriate funds or create new penalty levels; it relies on existing CSA enforcement mechanisms.