‘‘(5) TRAVEL TO TRAINING FACILITIES.—The 
Secretary shall establish a program to improve travel 
access to Federal flight deck officer training facili-
ties through the use of charter flights or improved 
scheduled air carrier service. 
‘‘(6) 
REQUALIFICATION
AND
RECURRENT 
TRAINING.—
‘‘(A) STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish qualification standards for facilities 
where Federal flight deck officers can receive 
requalification and recurrent training. 
‘‘(B) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall 
provide for requalification and recurrent train-
ing at geographically diverse facilities, including 
military facilities, Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement facilities, and private training fa-
cilities that meet the qualification standards es-
tablished under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(7) COSTS OF TRAINING.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
provide Federal flight deck officer training, re-
qualification training, and recurrent training to 
eligible pilots at no cost to the pilots or the air 
carriers that employ the pilots.
‘‘(B) TRANSPORTATION AND EXPENSES.—
The Secretary may provide travel expenses to a 
pilot receiving Federal flight deck officer train-
ing, requalification training, or recurrent train-
ing. 
‘‘(8) COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall establish a secure 
means for personnel of the Transportation Security 
Administration to communicate with Federal flight 
deck officers, and for Federal flight deck officers to 
communicate with each other, in support of the mis-
sion of such officers. Such means of communication 
may include a secure Internet website. 
‘‘(9) ISSUANCE
OF
BADGES.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this para-
graph, the Secretary shall issue badges to Federal 
flight deck officers.’’. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL FLIGHT DECK OFFICER FIREARM CAR-
RIAGE PILOT PROGRAM. 
Section 44921(f) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) PILOT PROGRAM.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this para-
graph, the Secretary shall implement a pilot 
program to allow pilots participating in the 
Federal flight deck officer program to transport 
their firearms on their persons. The Secretary 
may prescribe any training, equipment, or pro-
cedures that the Secretary determines necessary 
to ensure safety and maximize weapon reten-
tion. 
‘‘(B) REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of initiation of the pilot program, 
the Secretary shall conduct a review of the safe-
ty record of the pilot program and transmit a 
report on the results of the review to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate. 
‘‘(C) OPTION.—If the Secretary as part of 
the review under subparagraph (B) determines 
that the safety level obtained under the pilot 
program is comparable to the safety level deter-
mined under existing methods of pilots carrying 
firearms on aircraft, the Secretary shall allow 
all pilots participating in the Federal flight 
deck officer program the option of carrying
their firearm on their person subject to such re-
quirements as the Secretary determines appro-
priate.’’. 
SEC. 4. FEDERAL FLIGHT DECK OFFICERS ON INTER-
NATIONAL FLIGHTS. 
(a) AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.—
The President is encouraged to pursue aggressively agree-
ments with foreign governments to allow maximum de-
ployment of Federal flight deck officers on international 
flights. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the President (or the President’s 
designee) shall submit to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate a report on the status of the Presi-
dent’s efforts to allow maximum deployment of Federal 
flight deck officers on international flights. 
SEC. 5. COMPENSATION FOR PROGRAM-RELATED INJU-
RIES. 
Section 44921 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (k) as sub-
section (l); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(k) COMPENSATION FOR PROGRAM-RELATED IN-
JURY OR DEATH.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall work 
with the relevant Federal agencies to obtain com-
pensation under applicable Federal laws for the 
death or injury of a Federal flight deck officer sus-
tained while in the performance of the officer’s du-
ties under the program. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall transmit to Congress a report on the Sec-
retary’s efforts to obtain compensation for Federal 
flight deck officers under paragraph (1), together 
with recommendations, if any, for legislative actions 
required to provide such compensation.’’. 
SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that air carriers should 
permit Federal flight deck officers to take a leave of ab-
sence from their employment as required to attend initial 
and requalification Federal flight deck officer training. 
SEC. 7. REFERENCES TO UNDER SECRETARY. 
Section 44921 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’s’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’s’’.
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