STOP PILLS THAT KILL ACT

On 2026-09-15, Representative Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2) delivered a floor speech titled "STOP PILLS THAT KILL ACT" in the House.

STOP PILLS THAT KILL ACT

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 145 (Tuesday, September 15, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 145 (Tuesday, September 15, 2026)] [House] [Pages H5674-H5676] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] STOP PILLS THAT KILL ACT Mr. GUTHRIE. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 8005) to amend the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit certain acts related to fentanyl, analogues of fentanyl, and counterfeit substances, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 8005 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Pills That Kill Act''. SEC. 2. REGULATION OF CERTAIN MACHINES. (a) Definitions.--Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) is amended-- (1) by striking paragraph (38) and inserting the following: ``(38) The term `regulated person' means a person who-- ``(A) manufactures, distributes, imports, or exports a listed chemical; ``(B) manufactures, distributes, delivers, sells, imports, or exports a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine; or ``(C) acts as a broker or trader for a regulated transaction involving a listed chemical, tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine.''; (2) by striking paragraph (39)(B) and inserting the following: ``(B) a distribution, delivery, sale, importation, exportation, or international transaction of a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine.''; (3) in paragraph (42), by inserting ``, tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine'' after ``listed chemical''; (4) in paragraph (43), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)-- (A) by striking ``an international'' and inserting ``a regulated''; and (B) by inserting ``, tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine'' after ``listed chemical''; and (5) by adding at the end the following: ``(61) The term `critical part', when used in reference to a tableting or encapsulating machine, means any of the following integral parts of a tableting or encapsulating machine: ``(A) An upper punch. ``(B) A lower punch. ``(C) A die. ``(D) Any additional parts that the Attorney General has determined to be integral to the operation of a tableting or encapsulating machine, provided that such determination-- ``(i) is made through rulemaking; and ``(ii) does not go into effect until the rulemaking process has been completed. ``(62) The term `die' means a tool that serves as the mold in which a product is compressed to form the desired size and shape of a tablet or capsule. ``(63) The term `lower punch' means the punch inserted into the turret below the die. ``(64) The term `punch' means a rod-shaped tool used in producing tablets and other products. ``(65) The term `upper punch' means the punch inserted into the turret above the die.''. (b) Regulation.-- (1) Records of regulated transactions.--Section 310(a) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 830(a)) is amended-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or an encapsulating machine'' and inserting ``, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine''; and (B) in paragraph (2)-- (i) by striking ``or encapsulating machine'' and inserting ``, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine''; and (ii) by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``and shall identify the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine by means of a serial number that is engraved, cast, or otherwise permanently affixed to a nonremovable part of the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine''. (2) Reports to attorney general.--Section 310(b)(1) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 830(b)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following: ``(D) any regulated transaction in a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine, including the serial number affixed to the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine.''. (3) Regulations.-- (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall promulgate regulations carrying out the amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2). (B) Inclusion.--The regulations required under subparagraph (A) shall include requirements regarding serial numbers affixed to tableting machines, encapsulating machines, or critical parts of tableting or encapsulating machines manufactured on or before the date of enactment of this Act. (4) Applicability.-- (A) In general.--Except as specified in subparagraph (B), the amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall apply only to any tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or [[Page H5675]] critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine manufactured, distributed, delivered, sold, imported, exported, or included in an international transaction after the effective date of the regulations promulgated under paragraph (3). (B) Exception.--Beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the amendments made by paragraph (1) of this subsection to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 310(a) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 830(a)) shall apply with respect to a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine manufactured on or before the date of enactment of this Act. (c) Prohibited Acts.--Section 403(a) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 843(a)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ``or'' at the end; (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(10) to remove, alter, or obliterate any serial number affixed to a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine, that is required to have a serial number and with reasonable cause to believe the serial number is so required; or ``(11) to transport, ship, receive, possess, distribute, deliver, sell, import, or export a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine that is required to have a serial number, knowing that the serial number has been removed, altered, or obliterated, and with reasonable cause to believe the serial number is so required.''. SEC. 3. PROVIDING FOR EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. (a) Possession, Manufacture, or Distribution for Purposes of Unlawful Importation.--Section 1009 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 959) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: ``(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine-- ``(1) intending or knowing that the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine will be used to illicitly manufacture a controlled substance or listed chemical; and ``(2) intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe that the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine will be unlawfully imported into the United States.''; and (3) in subsection (d), as so redesignated-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ``(3) manufacture or distribute a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine-- ``(A) intending or knowing that the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine will be used to illicitly manufacture a controlled substance or listed chemical; and ``(B) intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe that the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine will be unlawfully imported into the United States.''. (b) Prohibited Acts.--Section 1010 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 960) is amended-- (1) in subsection (d)-- (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``or'' at the end; (B) in paragraph (7)-- (i) by striking ``section 959 of this title'' and inserting ``section 1009''; and (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; (C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: ``(8) manufactures or distributes a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or critical part of a tableting or encapsulating machine in violation of section 1009,''; and (D) in the matter following paragraph (8), as so inserted, by striking ``shall be fined'' and all that follows through ``or both'' and inserting the following: ``shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for the applicable period described in subsection (e), or both''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(e) The applicable period described in this subsection is the following: ``(1) In the case of a violation of paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (d) involving a list I chemical, not more than 20 years. ``(2) Subject to paragraph (4), in the case of a violation of paragraph (7) of subsection (d), not more than 10 years. ``(3) Subject to paragraph (4), in the case of a violation of paragraph

Referenced legislation: HR8005, HR8005