IL HR0851

Civil aviation identified as vulnerable sector to terrorism, citing Richard Reid's 2001 shoe bomb attempt on American Airlines Flight 63 and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's 2009 underwear bomb attempt on Northwest Airlines Flight 253

Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) under Transportation Security Administration currently deploys marshals on domestic flights to detect, deter, and defeat hostile acts against U.S. air carriers, airports, passengers, and crews

Thousands of flights entering the United States from foreign countries daily lack Federal Air Marshal protection despite heightened terrorism risk

Illinois House urges the President, U.S. Congress, Federal Aviation Administration, and commercial airlines to require at least one qualified air marshal on all commercial passenger flights originating outside the United States

Resolution directs distribution of copies to President Barack Obama, Illinois congressional delegation, and FAA Administrator J. Randolph Babbitt