Registration of certain machines and parts

The Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), as amended by section 4, is further amended by inserting after section 310A the following: 310B. Registration of certain machines and parts (a) Registration of certain machines and parts Each manufacturer, distributor, importer, or exporter of a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine shall, when and as required by regulation of the Attorney General, register the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine with the Attorney General in accordance with such regulation. (b) Reporting Any regulated person who manufactures, distributes, receives, sells, imports, exports, or destroys a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine that is required to be registered pursuant to subsection (a), shall report that act to the Attorney General and maintain records of such act as required in section 310, in such form and manner as the Attorney General shall prescribe by regulation. (c) Regulations The Attorney General is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations relating to tableting machines and encapsulating machines. The Attorney General shall by regulation establish which tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of tableting machines, and critical parts of encapsulating machines are subject to the registration and reporting requirements of subsections (a) and (b) and the information to be provided pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), which shall include the location of the tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine. (d) National pill press registry The Attorney General shall maintain a central registry of all tableting machines, encapsulating machines, critical parts of a tableting machine, or critical parts of an encapsulating machine that are subject to the registration requirement set forth in subsection (a), which shall be known and referred to as the National Pill Press Registry. (e) Definitions For the purposes of this section: (1) Manufacture The term manufacture means the production or assembly of a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine. (2) Distribute The term distribute means to deliver a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine. (3) Deliver The term deliver means the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer of a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine, whether or not there exists an agency relationship. (4) Destroy The term destroy means to cause such serious damage to a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, critical part of a tableting machine, or critical part of an encapsulating machine so that it can no longer be used for its intended purpose..