Bill tracks drug-making machines to stop fake fentanyl pills

What it does

The bill makes tableting and encapsulating machines controlled items. These machines must have serial numbers. Companies that make or sell them must keep records. They must report to the DEA. It is now a crime to remove serial numbers. It is a crime to sell these machines for illegal drug making. People who break these rules can go to prison for 8 to 20 years. The DEA must make a plan to fight fake fentanyl pills. The plan must include teaching young people about the danger.

Who it affects

Companies that make or sell these machines must follow new rules. Law enforcement agencies get new tools to stop illegal drug production. People who use drugs face less risk from counterfeit fentanyl pills.

One thing to notice

Companies that already own these machines may have trouble following the new serial-number rules. The government has 180 days to write the exact rules, creating legal uncertainty.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

• Mar 19, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Mar 19, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a…”
• Jul 15, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Jul 21, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 6”
• Sep 15, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote”
• Sep 15, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $260,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 25 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.

Gabe Evans, who sponsored the bill, received $1,485,467 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• American Society of Health-system Pharmacists — $260,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• tableting and encapsulating machines — Equipment that presses powder into pills or fills capsules with powder
• DEA — The Drug Enforcement Administration, the federal agency that fights illegal drugs
• counterfeit fentanyl pills — Fake pills that look real but contain dangerous amounts of the drug fentanyl
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.