[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2948 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2948

 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
   provide for random deployment of Federal air marshals on certain 
       commercial air passenger flights, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2001

  Mr. Baker introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
   provide for random deployment of Federal air marshals on certain 
       commercial air passenger flights, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Deployment of Federal Air Marshals 
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. DEPLOYMENT OF FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
under the authority provided by section 44903(d) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall--
            (1) provide for random deployment of Federal air marshals 
        on scheduled passenger flights of air carriers in interstate or 
        intrastate air transportation, and all scheduled passenger 
        flights of air carriers in foreign air transportation;
            (2) provide for appropriate background and fitness checks 
        for candidates for appointment as Federal air marshals;
            (3) provide for appropriate training, supervision, and 
        equipment of Federal air marshals; and
            (4) require air carriers providing flights described in 
        paragraph (1) to provide seating for a Federal air marshal on 
        any such flight of the carrier without regard to the 
        availability of seats on that flight.
    (b) International Flights.--The Administrator shall work with 
appropriate aeronautic authorities of foreign governments under section 
44907 of title 49, United States Code, to address security concerns on 
international flights.
    (c) Interim Measures.--Until the Administrator can fully implement 
subsection (a), the Administrator shall, after consultation with the 
heads of other Federal agencies and departments, use personnel from 
those agencies and departments, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable 
basis, to provide air marshal service on flights described in 
subsection (a)(1).
    (d) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a 
report setting forth--
            (1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the program;
            (2) the Administrator's recommendation as to whether the 
        program should be continued; and
            (3) any recommendations the Administrator may have for 
        improving the effectiveness of the program if it is to be 
        continued.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``air carrier'', 
``interstate air transportation'', and ``intrastate air 
transportation'' have the meanings such terms have under section 40102 
of title 49, United States Code.
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