No Knives Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1093
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2013-03-12
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Aviation and airports

Department of Homeland Security

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>No Knives Act of 2013 - Requires the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to prohibit passengers from carrying aboard a domestic or foreign air carrier passenger aircraft any item that was prohibited from being carried aboard such aircraft on March 1, 2013.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1093 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 12, 2013 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Grimm , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Lynch , and Mr. Nadler ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to prohibit airplane passengers from bringing aboard a passenger aircraft any item that was prohibited as of March 1, 2013.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Knives Act of 2013 . 2. Requirement to prohibit items on passenger airplanes The Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) shall prohibit carriage aboard a passenger aircraft operated by an air carrier or foreign air carrier in air transportation or intrastate air transportation of any item that was prohibited from being carried aboard such an aircraft on March 1, 2013.