[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 112 (Saturday, June 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3974-S3975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2402. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill 
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. 
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IV, insert the following:

     SEC. 4___. REPEAL OF CERTAIN LAWS RELATED TO SWITCHBLADE 
                   KNIVES.

       (a) In General.--The Act entitled ``An Act to prohibit the 
     introduction, or manufacture for introduction, into 
     interstate commerce of switchblade knives, and for other 
     purposes'', approved August 12, 1958 (15 U.S.C. 1241 et seq.) 
     (commonly known as the ``Federal Switchblade Act'') is 
     amended by striking sections 1 through 4.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Ballistic knives.--Section 7 of the Act entitled ``An 
     Act to prohibit the introduction, or manufacture for 
     introduction, into interstate commerce of switchblade knives, 
     and for other purposes'', approved August 12, 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
     1245) is amended--
       (A) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
       ``(c) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to--
       ``(1) any common carrier or contract carrier, with respect 
     to any ballistic knife shipped, transported, or delivered for 
     shipment in interstate commerce in the ordinary course of 
     business;
       ``(2) the manufacture, sale, transportation, distribution, 
     possession, or introduction into interstate commerce, of 
     ballistic knives pursuant to contract with the Armed Forces; 
     or
       ``(3) the Armed Forces or any member or employee thereof 
     acting in the performance of his duty.''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Interstate Commerce Defined.--As used in this 
     section, the term `interstate commerce' means commerce 
     between any State, Territory, possession of the United 
     States, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside 
     thereof.''.
       (2) Postal service.--Chapter 83 of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (A) in section 1716--
       (i) by striking subsection (g), and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(g)(1) All ballistic knives are nonmailable and shall not 
     be deposited in or carried by the mails or delivered by any 
     officer or employee of the Postal Service. Such knives may be 
     conveyed in the mails, under such regulations as the Postal 
     Service shall prescribe--
       ``(A) to civilian or Armed Forces supply or procurement 
     officers and employees of the Federal Government ordering, 
     procuring, or purchasing such knives in connection with the 
     activities of the Federal Government;
       ``(B) to supply or procurement officers of the National 
     Guard, the Air National Guard, or militia of a State 
     ordering, procuring, or purchasing such knives in connection 
     with the activities of such organizations;
       ``(C) to supply or procurement officers or employees of any 
     State, or any political subdivision of a State or Territory, 
     ordering, procuring, or purchasing such knives in connection 
     with the activities of such government; and
       ``(D) to manufacturers of such knives or bona fide dealers 
     therein in connection with any shipment made pursuant to an 
     order from any person designated in subparagraphs (A), (B), 
     and (C).

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       ``(2) The Postal Service may require, as a condition of 
     conveying any ballistic knife in the mails, that any person 
     proposing to mail a ballistic knife explain in writing to the 
     satisfaction of the Postal Service that the mailing of the 
     ballistic knife will not be in violation of this section.
       ``(3) As used in this subsection, the term `ballistic 
     knife' means a knife with a detachable blade that is 
     propelled by a spring-operated mechanism.'';
       (ii) by striking subsection (i); and
       (iii) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as 
     subsections (i) and (j), respectively; and
       (B) in section 1716E(i), by striking ``section 1716(k)'' 
     and inserting ``section 1716(j)''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The repeals made by this section--
       (1) shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act; 
     and
       (2) shall not apply with respect to any indictment, 
     conviction, sentencing, appeal, civil or criminal fine or 
     penalty obtained, forfeiture obtained, term of imprisonment, 
     or any other enforcement action or proceeding occurring or 
     commenced before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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