[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3190 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3190

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish a program to permit 
  Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers to be trained to 
 participate in the Federal air marshal program as volunteers, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2001

   Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Simmons, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Mink of 
Hawaii, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Harman, and Mr. Farr of California) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish a program to permit 
  Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers to be trained to 
 participate in the Federal air marshal program as volunteers, 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 ``Sky Police Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 449 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 44917. Inclusion of law enforcement officers in Federal air 
              marshal program
    ``(a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may establish a program to permit Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement officers to be trained to participate in the 
Federal air marshal program of the Administration as volunteers.
    ``(b) Training and Background Checks.--Participants in the program 
established under this section shall be subject to the same training 
and background checks as marshals in the Federal air marshal program.
    ``(c) Identification.--Each participant in the program established 
under this section shall carry a card issued by the Administrator 
identifying the participant as a volunteer member of the Federal air 
marshal program.
    ``(d) Authority To Carry Weapons.--The Administrator may permit a 
participant in the Federal air marshal program established under this 
section to carry, on an aircraft in which the participant is otherwise 
traveling, a weapon of a type that the Administrator determines, by 
regulation, is appropriate.
    ``(e) Free Flights.--The Administrator shall require an air carrier 
to provide seating for a law enforcement officer participating in the 
Federal air marshal program on any flight of the air carrier when such 
officer is serving as a volunteer air marshal in the program. The air 
carrier shall provide such seating without regard to the availability 
of seats and at no cost to the United States Government or the 
officer.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended 
by adding after the item relating to section 44916 the following:

``44917. Inclusion of law enforcement officers in Federal air marshal 
                            program.''.
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