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This section amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to establish extraterritorial U.S. jurisdiction over the manufacture or distribution of a tableting machine, encapsulating machine, press punch, die system, gelatin capsule, or any equipment, chemical, product, or material (1) that the person intends or knows will be used to manufacture a controlled substance or listed chemical and (2) that the person intends, knows, or has reasonable cause to believe will be unlawfully imported into the United States. (As background, the act already provides U.S. jurisdiction over certain extraterritorial drug trafficking offenses intended to further unlawful importation.) It sets penalties for such violations at imprisonment for up to 20 years (for violations involving list I chemicals), up to 10 years (for most other violations of the new prohibition), or up to 8 years (for violations involving certain referenced acts), increased to 15 years if more than 1,000 kilograms of a chemical or product or more than 100 tableting or encapsulating machines are involved. The section further directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend the federal sentencing guidelines, as appropriate.