[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1008 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1008

   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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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2013

    Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
 Menendez, and Ms. Murkowski) 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 prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from implementing 
 proposed policy changes that would permit passengers to carry small, 
                    non-locking knives on aircraft.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. 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 on board 
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 on board passenger aircraft pursuant to section 
1540.111 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on 
January 1, 2013).
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