6 USC § 513 - Federal air marshal program

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title: "6 USC § 513 - Federal air marshal program"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "513"
section_name: "Federal air marshal program"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "X"
subchapter_name: "CONSTRUCTION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–296, title XIV, § 1402(c), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2305.)"
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# § 513. Federal air marshal program

**(1)** **Sense of Congress** It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security.

**(2)** **Limitation on statutory construction** Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–296, title XIV, § 1402(c), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2305.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in par. (2), was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Reference to Under Secretary of Transportation for Security deemed to refer to Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, see , set out as a note under , Transportation.