Nonpartisan civic infrastructure
AllCiv·Legis1
·

S. 1437

BillFederalSenateIn Committee
A bill to clarify the definition of switchblade knives.
About This Bill
Committee
Latest Action · July 9, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Congress
111th (2009–2011)
Introduced
July 9, 2009
Cosponsors (0)
None
View PDF ↗

Summary

Highlight any text to annotate
Amends the Act commonly known as the Federal Switchblade Act to exclude from the Act a knife that contains a spring, detent, or other mechanism designed to create a bias toward blade closure and that requires exertion applied to the blade by hand, wrist, or arm to overcome that bias.

Take Action

Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this bill.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Summary or Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.