<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<billStatus>
  <version>3.0.0</version>
  <bill>
    <number>246</number>
    <updateDate>2026-02-04T05:06:25Z</updateDate>
    <updateDateIncludingText>2026-02-04T05:06:25Z</updateDateIncludingText>
    <originChamber>Senate</originChamber>
    <originChamberCode>S</originChamberCode>
    <type>S</type>
    <introducedDate>2025-01-24</introducedDate>
    <congress>119</congress>
    <legislationUrl>https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/246</legislationUrl>
    <committees>
      <item>
        <systemCode>sscm00</systemCode>
        <name>Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee</name>
        <chamber>Senate</chamber>
        <type>Standing</type>
        <activities>
          <item>
            <name>Reported By</name>
            <date>2025-11-18T21:28:15Z</date>
          </item>
          <item>
            <name>Markup By</name>
            <date>2025-02-05T15:00:12Z</date>
          </item>
          <item>
            <name>Referred To</name>
            <date>2025-01-24T18:35:00Z</date>
          </item>
        </activities>
      </item>
    </committees>
    <committeeReports>
      <committeeReport>
        <citation>S. Rept. 119-96</citation>
      </committeeReport>
    </committeeReports>
    <actions>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-11-18</actionDate>
        <sourceSystem>
          <name>Senate</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <text>Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 268.</text>
        <type>Calendars</type>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-11-18</actionDate>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>sscm00</systemCode>
            <name>Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
        <sourceSystem>
          <name>Senate</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <text>Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-96.</text>
        <type>Committee</type>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-11-18</actionDate>
        <text>Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-96.</text>
        <type>Committee</type>
        <actionCode>14000</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>9</code>
          <name>Library of Congress</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>sscm00</systemCode>
            <name>Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-02-05</actionDate>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>sscm00</systemCode>
            <name>Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
        <sourceSystem>
          <name>Senate</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <text>Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.</text>
        <type>Committee</type>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-01-24</actionDate>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>sscm00</systemCode>
            <name>Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
        <sourceSystem>
          <name>Senate</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <text>Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.</text>
        <type>IntroReferral</type>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-01-24</actionDate>
        <text>Introduced in Senate</text>
        <type>IntroReferral</type>
        <actionCode>10000</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>9</code>
          <name>Library of Congress</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
    </actions>
    <sponsors>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>B001305</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]</fullName>
        <firstName>Ted</firstName>
        <lastName>Budd</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>NC</state>
        <isByRequest>N</isByRequest>
      </item>
    </sponsors>
    <cosponsors>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>W000779</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]</fullName>
        <firstName>Ron</firstName>
        <lastName>Wyden</lastName>
        <party>D</party>
        <state>OR</state>
        <sponsorshipDate>2025-01-24</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>True</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>C000880</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]</fullName>
        <firstName>Mike</firstName>
        <lastName>Crapo</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>ID</state>
        <sponsorshipDate>2025-01-24</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>True</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>H001046</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]</fullName>
        <firstName>Martin</firstName>
        <lastName>Heinrich</lastName>
        <party>D</party>
        <state>NM</state>
        <middleName>T.</middleName>
        <sponsorshipDate>2025-01-24</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>True</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>D000618</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]</fullName>
        <firstName>Steve</firstName>
        <lastName>Daines</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>MT</state>
        <sponsorshipDate>2025-01-24</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>True</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>P000595</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]</fullName>
        <firstName>Gary</firstName>
        <lastName>Peters</lastName>
        <party>D</party>
        <state>MI</state>
        <sponsorshipDate>2025-01-24</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>True</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>R000584</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]</fullName>
        <firstName>James</firstName>
        <lastName>Risch</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>ID</state>
        <middleName>E.</middleName>
        <sponsorshipDate>2025-01-24</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>True</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>L000571</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]</fullName>
        <firstName>Cynthia</firstName>
        <lastName>Lummis</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>WY</state>
        <middleName>M.</middleName>
        <sponsorshipDate>2025-02-03</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>False</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>B001261</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]</fullName>
        <firstName>John</firstName>
        <lastName>Barrasso</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>WY</state>
        <sponsorshipDate>2025-05-15</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>False</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
    </cosponsors>
    <cboCostEstimates>
      <item>
        <pubDate>2025-02-11T18:08:00Z</pubDate>
        <title>S. 246, Interstate Transport Act of 2025</title>
        <url>https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61202</url>
        <description>As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on February 5, 2025</description>
      </item>
    </cboCostEstimates>
    <policyArea>
      <name>Crime and Law Enforcement</name>
    </policyArea>
    <subjects>
      <legislativeSubjects>
        <item>
          <name>Criminal procedure and sentencing</name>
          <updateDate>2025-02-10T20:36:31Z</updateDate>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Intergovernmental relations</name>
          <updateDate>2025-02-10T20:36:11Z</updateDate>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Legal fees and court costs</name>
          <updateDate>2025-02-10T20:36:40Z</updateDate>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Motor vehicles</name>
          <updateDate>2025-02-10T20:36:18Z</updateDate>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>State and local government operations</name>
          <updateDate>2025-02-10T20:37:18Z</updateDate>
        </item>
      </legislativeSubjects>
      <policyArea>
        <name>Crime and Law Enforcement</name>
        <updateDate>2025-02-06T11:28:33Z</updateDate>
      </policyArea>
    </subjects>
    <summaries>
      <summary>
        <versionCode>00</versionCode>
        <actionDate>2025-01-24</actionDate>
        <actionDesc>Introduced in Senate</actionDesc>
        <updateDate>2025-07-21T19:34:08Z</updateDate>
        <cdata>
          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Interstate Transport Act of 2025&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This bill permits an individual to&amp;nbsp;transport a knife between two places (e.g., states) where it is legal to possess, carry, or transport the knife.&amp;nbsp;The knife must be transported in compliance with the bill's accessibility and secure storage requirements, unless it is an emergency knife or tool designed to cut seat belts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An individual who is transporting a knife in compliance with this bill may not be arrested for a knife violation unless there is probable cause to believe the individual failed to comply with the accessibility or secure storage requirements.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
        </cdata>
      </summary>
    </summaries>
    <title>Interstate Transport Act of 2025</title>
    <titles>
      <item>
        <titleType>Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate</titleType>
        <titleTypeCode>103</titleTypeCode>
        <title>Interstate Transport Act of 2025</title>
        <updateDate>2025-11-20T05:38:24Z</updateDate>
        <chamberCode>S</chamberCode>
        <chamberName>Senate</chamberName>
        <billTextVersionName>Reported to Senate</billTextVersionName>
        <billTextVersionCode>RS</billTextVersionCode>
      </item>
      <item>
        <titleType>Display Title</titleType>
        <titleTypeCode>45</titleTypeCode>
        <title>Interstate Transport Act of 2025</title>
        <updateDate>2025-11-19T12:03:17Z</updateDate>
      </item>
      <item>
        <titleType>Short Title(s) as Introduced</titleType>
        <titleTypeCode>101</titleTypeCode>
        <title>Interstate Transport Act of 2025</title>
        <updateDate>2025-02-04T15:23:20Z</updateDate>
        <billTextVersionName>Introduced in Senate</billTextVersionName>
        <billTextVersionCode>IS</billTextVersionCode>
      </item>
      <item>
        <titleType>Official Title as Introduced</titleType>
        <titleTypeCode>6</titleTypeCode>
        <title>A bill to protect the right of law-abiding citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding a patchwork of local and State prohibitions.</title>
        <updateDate>2025-02-04T15:18:25Z</updateDate>
        <billTextVersionName>Introduced in Senate</billTextVersionName>
        <billTextVersionCode>IS</billTextVersionCode>
      </item>
    </titles>
    <textVersions>
      <item>
        <type>Reported to Senate</type>
        <date>2025-11-18T05:00:00Z</date>
        <formats>
          <item>
            <url>https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s246rs/xml/BILLS-119s246rs.xml</url>
          </item>
        </formats>
      </item>
      <item>
        <type>Introduced in Senate</type>
        <date>2025-01-24T05:00:00Z</date>
        <formats>
          <item>
            <url>https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s246is/xml/BILLS-119s246is.xml</url>
          </item>
        </formats>
      </item>
    </textVersions>
    <latestAction>
      <actionDate>2025-11-18</actionDate>
      <text>Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 268.</text>
    </latestAction>
  </bill>
  <dublinCore xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
    <dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
    <dc:language>EN</dc:language>
    <dc:rights>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.</dc:rights>
    <dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
    <dc:description>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.</dc:description>
  </dublinCore>
</billStatus>
