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S 1785 115th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works Administrative law and regulatory procedures Aviation and airports Department of Homeland Security Transportation safety and security

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

Introduced: September 11, 2017 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Sep 11, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 11, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from implementing 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 onboard passenger aircraft.

What's happening now September 11, 2017

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3735 Related bill No Knives on Planes Act of 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1785: A bill to prohibit the implementation of a policy change to permit small, non-locking knives on passenger aircraft.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1785/
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"S. 1785: A bill to prohibit the implementation of a policy change to permit small, non-locking knives on passenger aircraft.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1785/.
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S. 1785, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1785/.
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