US Congress House Bill 3478 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: Introduced on November 13 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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).

Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2013

Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Kerry Bentivolio [R-MI]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]
Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Steve Stockman [R-TX]
Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2013-11-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB1955 (Related) 2014-01-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3478/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3478/BILLS-113hr3478ih.pdf