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Keep Knives Out of Our Skies Act

Introduced: May 22, 2013 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 22, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keep Knives Out of Our Skies Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from implementing any change to the prohibited items list of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) 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.

What's happening now May 22, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4368 Identical bill Keep Knives Out of Our Skies Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Apr 9, 2014
 D
Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Mar 5, 2014
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 27, 2014
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · May 22, 2013
 R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · May 22, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1008: Keep Knives Out of Our Skies Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1008/
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"S. 1008: Keep Knives Out of Our Skies Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1008/.
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