Sec. 9. Effectiveness of Federal Air Marshal Program
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The Secretary of Homeland Security shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that the Federal Air Marshal Service (hereinafter in this section referred to as the FAMS ) uses its resources to cover the highest-risk flights. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall— consider risk when determining how to divide the international flight coverage resources of the FAMS among international destinations, incorporate risk into the method of the FAMS for initially setting its annual target numbers of average daily international and domestic flights; conduct and document a risk assessment to further support the domestic resource allocation decisions of the FAMS, including the identification of high-priority geographic areas; in conducting such risk assessment, evaluate the threat environment with regard to each of the different modes of transportation supported by the FAMS to inform resource allocation decisions, including the identification of high-priority modes of transportation; document the rationale for the selection of international destinations by FAMS for air marshal deployment and the proportion of flights to cover at each destination; adopt a consistent name and definition for the performance measure referred to as the TSA coverage score that accurately reflects its calculation method and composite nature; and report the performance results for each of the subcategories that comprise the TSA coverage score to FAMS and TSA leadership.