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HR 1549 118th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure and sentencing Drug trafficking and controlled substances Manufacturing

Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates Act of 2023

Introduced: September 3, 2024 Introduced by: Kustoff, David Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Mar 17, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 10, 2023
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 10, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates Act of 2023

This bill makes it a crime to knowingly possess a pill press mold with the intent to manufacture a counterfeit substance in schedule I or II of the Controlled Substances Act.

A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a prison term of not more than 20 years and a fine.

What's happening now March 17, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
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Carey, Mike
Ohio · Sep 3, 2024
Jackson, Jeff
· May 24, 2023
Spanberger, Abigail
· Mar 10, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1549: Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1549/
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"H.R. 1549: Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1549/.
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H.R. 1549, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1549/.
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