US Congress House Bill 419 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-05 - 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 2015 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.

Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2015

Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]
Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-01-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-01-20	House	Introduced in House

SB567 (Related) 2015-02-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
SB1315 (Related) 2015-08-28 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 201.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/419/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr419/BILLS-114hr419ih.pdf