3.0.0 1588 2022-11-01T05:47:41Z 2022-11-01T05:47:41Z Senate S 2019-05-22 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-22T15:23:36Z 2019-05-22 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-05-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID N R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2019-05-22 True Commerce Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Manufacturing Trade restrictions Commerce 00 2019-05-22 Introduced in Senate 2019-12-16T20:13:26Z Freedom of Commerce Act

This bill repeals provisions restricting the sale, transport, and distribution of switchblade knives. In addition, the bill prohibits all ballistic knives (i.e., knives with detachable blades that are propelled by spring-operated mechanisms) from being deposited in, carried by the mails, or delivered by any officer or employee of the U.S. Postal Service, except to certain military and governmental officials and manufacturers, under specified conditions.

]]> Freedom of Commerce Act Display Title Freedom of Commerce Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Freedom of Commerce Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to repeal certain provisions of the Federal Switchblade Act to allow domestic manufacturers to ship and sell their products to buyers located in other States, to permit the importation of certain knife parts, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1588is/xml/BILLS-116s1588is.xml 2019-05-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.