A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to prevent the importation of illicit pill press machines with the intent to counterfeit substances, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4446 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4446 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to prevent the importation of illicit pill press machines with the intent to counterfeit substances, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 30, 2026 Mrs. Moody introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Controlled Substances Act to prevent the importation of illicit pill press machines with the intent to counterfeit substances, and for other purposes. 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 ``Preventing Rogue Equipment for Synthetic Substances Act'' or the ``PRESS Act''. SEC. 2. PROVIDING FOR EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. (a) Possession, Manufacture, or Distribution for Purposes of Unlawful Importation.--Section 1009 of the Controlled Substances Import and Export 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, press punch, die system, gelatin capsule, or any equipment, chemical, product, or material-- ``(1) intending or knowing that it will be used to manufacture a controlled substance or listed chemical; and ``(2) intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe that the controlled substance or listed chemical 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;