119th (2025–2027)
H.R. 1100
The STOPP Act establishes a comprehensive registration and tracking system for tableting and encapsulating machines—equipment used to manufacture pills and capsules—with the Attorney General creating a "National Pill Press Registry" to monitor all such machines and their critical parts. Manufacturers, distributors, importers, exporters, and dealers must register annually for each business location, maintain 10-year records of all equipment and transactions, submit periodic reports, and can only transfer machines to other registered dealers, with enforcement beginning 120 days after enactment. The Attorney General can deny, suspend, or revoke registration from applicants who fail to prevent illegal diversion, violate laws, have prior convictions, or pose public safety risks, and has authority for immediate suspension in cases of imminent danger. The law also makes it illegal to remove, alter, or obliterate serial numbers on these machines and prohibits possessing or transporting machines with missing or altered identification numbers, though it provides a 180-day grace period (extendable by the Attorney General) for current owners to comply without penalty by selling, adding serial numbers, or destroying their equipment.