TSA Changes After Knife-Ban Reversal Voted by House Panel

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The Transportation Security Administration will have to consult with industry groups on decisions like its short-lived move to end the ban on knives aboard airplanes, under a bill the House advanced today.

The chamber’s Homeland Security Committee, on a voice vote today, approved legislation to make the TSA’s Aviation Security Advisory Committee permanent. The agency would have to talk with the group as it develops policies, regulations and security directives.