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Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2013

Introduced: March 24, 2014 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 9, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Nov 13, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 13, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2013 - Entitles any person who is not otherwise prohibited by federal law from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a knife to transport a knife from any place where such person may lawfully possess, carry, or transport such a knife to any other place where such person may lawfully do so: (1) by motor vehicle if the knife is not directly accessible from the passenger compartment or is in a locked container, glove compartment, or console; or (2) by other means over land or through water or the air if the knife is in a locked container.

Allows any knife or tool designed for enabling escape in an emergency incorporating a blunt tipped safety blade, a guarded blade, or both for cutting safety belts to be carried in the passenger compartment without being secured in a locked container, glove compartment, or console, except in the passenger cabin of aircraft whose passengers are subject to airport screening procedures of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

What's happening now January 9, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Republican 6
R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Apr 28, 2014
TERRY, LEE
· Apr 28, 2014
Miller, Jeff
· Mar 24, 2014
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Jan 9, 2014
 R
DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Nov 13, 2013
Franks, Trent
· Nov 13, 2013
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Nov 13, 2013
 R
Massie, Thomas
Kentucky · Nov 13, 2013
 R
Schweikert, David
Arizona · Nov 13, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3478: Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3478/
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"H.R. 3478: Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3478/.
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H.R. 3478, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3478/.
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