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 PUBLIC LAW 107-296—NOV. 25, 2002 116 STAT. 2307 (3) The cost of establishing a program at a Federal law enforcement training center for the purpose of providing new Federal law enforcement recruits with standardized training comparable to the training that Federal air marshals are provided. (4) The feasibility of implementing a certification program designed for the purpose of ensuring Federal law enforcement officers have completed the training described in paragraph (2) and track their travel over a 6-month period. (5) The feasibility of staggering the flights of such officers to ensure the maximum amount of flights have a certified trained Federal officer on board. (b) REPORT.— Not later than 6 months after the date of enact- Deadline, ment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study. The report may be submitted in classified and redacted form. SEC. 1405. AUTHORITY TO ARM FLIGHT DECK CREW WITH LESS-THAN- LETHAL WEAPONS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44903(i) of title 49, United States Code (as redesignated by section 6 of this Act) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(3) REQUEST OF AIR CARRIERS TO USE LESS-THAN-LETHAL WEAPONS. — If, after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Under Secretary receives a request from an air carrier for authorization to allow pilots of the air carrier to carry less-than-lethal weapons, the Under Secretary shall respond to that request within 90 days.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by striking "Secretary" the first and third places it appears and inserting "Under Secretary"; and (2) in paragraph (2) by striking "Secretary" each place it appears and inserting "Under Secretary". SEC. 1406. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. Section 44903 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (i) (relating to short-term assessment and deployment of emerging security technologies and procedures) as subsection (j); (2) by redesignating the second subsection (h) (relating to authority to arm flight deck crew with less-than-lethal weapons) as subsection (i); and (3) by redesignating the third subsection (h) (relating to limitation on liability for acts to thwart criminal violence for aircraft piracy) as subsection (k). TITLE XV—TRANSITION Subtitle A—Reorganization Plan SEC. 1501. DEFINITIONS. 6 USC 541. For purposes of this title: (1) The term "agency" includes any entity, organizational unit, program, or function.

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