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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 64 

To increase the number of Federal air marshals for certain flights, require 

criminal investigative training for such marshals, create an office and 

appoint an ombudsman for the marshals, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2013 

Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To increase the number of Federal air marshals for certain 

flights, require criminal investigative training for such 

marshals, create an office and appoint an ombudsman 

for the marshals, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FAMS Augmentation 

5 Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL AIR MAR2 SHALS. 

3 (a) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF FEDERAL AIR MAR4 SHALS.—Not later than September 30, 2014, and in ac5 cordance with subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary 

6 (Transportation Security Administration) shall increase 

7 the number of Federal air marshals so that not less than 

8 1,750 additional Federal air marshals are hired and de9 ployed, above the number of such marshals as of January 

10 31, 2011, to ensure increased transportation security for 

11 inbound international flights. 

12 (b) CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.—The goal of this Act 

13 is to increase the number of inbound flights with Federal 

14 air marshals onboard while maintaining Federal air mar15 shal presence on domestic point-to-point flights at or 

16 above the level as of December 25, 2009. 

17 SEC. 3. TRAINING OF FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS. 

18 Section 44917 of title 49, United States Code, is 

19 amended by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(e) CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE TRAINING PRO21 GRAM.— 

22 ‘‘(1) NEW EMPLOYEE TRAINING.—Not later 

23 than 30 days after the date of enactment of the 

24 FAMS Augmentation Act of 2013, the Federal Air 

25 Marshal Service shall establish a policy requiring 

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1 plete the criminal investigative training program at 

2 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center as 

3 part of basic training for Federal air marshals. 

4 ‘‘(2) EXISTING EMPLOYEES.—A Federal air 

5 marshal who has previously completed the criminal 

6 investigative training program may not be required 

7 to repeat such program. 

8 ‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE TRAINING.—Not later than 

9 3 years after the date of enactment of the FAMS 

10 Augmentation Act of 2013, an air marshal hired be11 fore such date who has not completed the criminal 

12 investigative training program shall be required to 

13 attend an alternative training program, as deter14 mined by the Director of the Federal Law Enforce15 ment Center, that provides the training necessary to 

16 bridge the gap between the mixed basic police train17 ing, the Federal air marshal programs already com18 pleted by the Federal air marshal, and the criminal 

19 investigative training provided through the criminal 

20 investigative training program. Any such alternative 

21 program shall be considered to have met the stand22 ards of the criminal investigative training program. 

23 ‘‘(4) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Of the 

24 amounts to be appropriated pursuant to section 6 of 

25 the FAMS Augmentation Act of 2013, $3,000,000 


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1 may be used to carry out this subsection for each of 

2 fiscal years 2013 and 2014. 

3 ‘‘(5) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this sub4 section shall be construed to reclassify Federal air 

5 marshals as criminal investigators.’’. 

6 SEC. 4. OMBUDSMAN. 

7 Section 44917 of title 49, United States Code, is fur8 ther amended by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(f) OMBUDSMAN.— 

10 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Assistant Sec11 retary shall establish in the Federal Air Marshal 

12 Service an Office of the Ombudsman. 

13 ‘‘(2) APPOINTMENT.—The head of the Office 

14 shall be the Ombudsman, who shall be appointed by 

15 the Assistant Secretary. 

16 ‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Ombudsman shall carry out 

17 programs and activities to improve morale, training, 

18 and quality of life issues in the Service, including 

19 through implementation of the recommendations of 

20 the Inspector General of the Department of Home21 land Security and the Comptroller General. 

22 ‘‘(4) CAREER RESERVED POSITION.—The posi23 tion of Ombudsman shall be treated as a career re24 served position, as defined by section 3132(a)(8) of 

25 title 5, United States Code. 


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1 ‘‘(5) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Of the 

2 amounts to be appropriated pursuant to section 6 of 

3 the FAMS Augmentation Act of 2013, $1,000,000 

4 may be used to carry out this subsection for each of 

5 fiscal years 2013 and 2014.’’. 

6 SEC. 5. REPORTS. 

7 (a) REPORTS.—Beginning 6 months after the date 

8 of enactment of this Act and every 6 months thereafter, 

9 until the Department has increased, by not less than an 

10 additional 1,750, the number of Federal air marshals the 

11 Assistant Secretary shall submit a report to the Com12 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa13 tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

14 Transportation of the Senate on the progress of increasing 

15 the number of Federal air marshals under this Act, adopt16 ing the alternative criminal investigative training program, 

17 and implementing an ombudsman program for such mar18 shals. 

19 (b) REPORT SUMMARY.—The report shall include a 

20 summary of disciplinary personnel actions implemented 

21 against Federal air marshals by the Department of Home22 land Security and complaints and lawsuits filed by Federal 

23 air marshals against the Department or its agents. 


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1 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this Act and subsections (d) and (e) of section 44917 of 

4 title 49, United States Code, $190,000,000 for fiscal year 

5 2013 and $172,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. 

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