S.Amdt. 1416Senate111th Congress (2009-2011)2nd degree

S.Amdt. 1416

Submitted July 8, 2009

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July 8, 2009

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SA 1416. Mr. PRYOR (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Coburn, and Mr.
Corker) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA
1373 proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Byrd (for himself, Mr. Inouye, and
Mrs. Murray)) to the bill H.R. 2892, making appropriations for the
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 77, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:

SEC. 556. DEFINITION OF SWITCHBLADE.

Subsection (b) of the first section of the Act entitled
``An Act to prohibit the introduction, or manufacture for
introduction, into interstate commerce of switchblade knives,
and for other purposes'' (commonly known as the Federal
Switchblade Act) (15 U.S.C. 1241(b)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(b) The term `switchblade knife' means any knife having a
blade which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a
button or other device in the handle of the knife.''.
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