S4446-119

In Committee

PRESS Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 30, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, PRESS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms. The main policy domain is Trade, Transportation, Criminal Justice.

Who Benefits and How

importers, exporters, and commercial firms may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, importers, exporters, and commercial firms may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H7981835620684CEF934EFD3FE1227954: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Rogue Equipment for Synthetic Substances Act or the PRESS Act.
  • Section HE1BA5E45B19741FB995EA2FF61B42C01: 2. Providing for extraterritorial jurisdiction Section 1009 of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 959) is amended— by redesignating...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, PRESS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Key Policy Areas

Trade, Transportation, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, PRESS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Policy Domains

Trade Transportation Criminal Justice

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
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importers, exporters, and commercial firms:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
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federal implementing agencies:
importers, exporters, and commercial firms:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 30, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Apr 30, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 30, 2026

Mrs. Moody introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Trade Transportation Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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