[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1437 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1437

            To clarify the definition of switchblade knives.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 9, 2009

   Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
            To clarify the definition of switchblade knives.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF SWITCHBLADE KNIVES.

    (a) In General.--Section 4 of the Act entitled ``An Act to prohibit 
the introduction, or manufacture for introduction, into interstate 
commerce of switchblade knives, and for other purposes'' (commonly 
known as the Federal Switchblade Act) (15 U.S.C. 1244) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (3);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) a knife that contains a spring, detent, or other 
        mechanism designed to create a bias toward closure of the blade 
        and that requires exertion applied to the blade by hand, wrist, 
        or arm to overcome the bias toward closure to assist in opening 
        the knife.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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