[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1785 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1785

To prohibit the implementation of a policy change to permit small, non-
                 locking knives on passenger aircraft.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 11, 2017

  Mr. Markey 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 implementation of a policy change to permit small, non-
                 locking knives on passenger aircraft.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY CHANGE TO PERMIT 
              SMALL, NON-LOCKING KNIVES ON PASSENGER 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.
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