113 HR 4368 IH: Keep Knives Out of Our Skies Act U.S. House of Representatives 2014-04-02 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4368 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 2, 2014 Mr. Grimm (for himself, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr. Joyce) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from implementing proposed policy changes that would permit passengers to carry small, non-locking knives on aircraft.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Keep Knives Out of Our Skies Act.

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Prohibition on implementation of policy change to permit small, non-locking knives on aircraft

(a)

In general

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security may not implement any change to the prohibited items list of the Transportation Security Administration that would permit passengers to carry small, non-locking knives through passenger screening checkpoints at airports, into sterile areas at airports, or onboard passenger aircraft. (b)

Prohibited items list defined

In this section, the term prohibited items list means the list of items passengers are prohibited from carrying as accessible property or on their persons through passenger screening checkpoints at airports, into sterile areas at airports, and onboard passenger aircraft pursuant to section 1540.111 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2013).