No Knives on Planes Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3735
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2017-09-11
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: 2017-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Knives on Planes Act of 2017</b></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3735 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 11, 2017 Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Lipinski , Mr. Bost , Ms. Speier , Ms. Gabbard , Mr. Fitzpatrick , and Mr. Donovan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To prohibit the implementation of a policy change to permit small, non-locking knives on aircraft, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Knives on Planes Act of 2017 . 2. Prohibition on implementation of policy change to permit small, non-locking knives on aircraft (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security may not implement 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 on board passenger aircraft. (b) Prohibited items list defined In this section, the term prohibited items list means the list of items passengers are prohibited from carrying as accessible property or on their persons through passenger screening checkpoints at airports, into sterile areas at airports, and on board passenger aircraft pursuant to section 1540.111 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.