Sec. 3. Training of Federal air marshals

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Section 44917 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of the FAMS Augmentation Act of 2013, the Federal Air Marshal Service shall establish a policy requiring Federal air marshals hired after such date to complete the criminal investigative training program at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center as part of basic training for Federal air marshals. A Federal air marshal who has previously completed the criminal investigative training program may not be required to repeat such program.

Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the FAMS Augmentation Act of 2013, an air marshal hired before such date who has not completed the criminal investigative training program shall be required to attend an alternative training program, as determined by the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Center, that provides the training necessary to bridge the gap between the mixed basic police training, the Federal air marshal programs already completed by the Federal air marshal, and the criminal investigative training provided through the criminal investigative training program.

Any such alternative program shall be considered to have met the standards of the criminal investigative training program. Of the amounts to be appropriated pursuant to section 6 of the FAMS Augmentation Act of 2013, $3,000,000 may be used to carry out this subsection for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to reclassify Federal air marshals as criminal investigators. .