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of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal 
administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may 
be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity 
or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $353,000, as au-
thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for 
administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
program, $559,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re-
source Center outreach activities, $3,056,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That not-
withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 
business opportunities related to any mode of transpor-
tation. 
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PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $73,013,000, to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That, in determining 
between or among carriers competing to provide service 
to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 
subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 
That, if the funds under this heading are insufficient to 
meet the costs of the essential air service program in the 
current fiscal year, the Secretary shall transfer such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the essential air service 
program from any available amounts appropriated to or 
directly administered by the Office of the Secretary for 
such fiscal year. 
COMPENSATION FOR AIR CARRIERS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts made available under this heading, 
all unobligated balances as of the date of enactment of 
this Act are hereby permanently rescinded. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the 
bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary, 
Salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority Business Outreach’’. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap-
prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 
Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 
have completed the normal reprogramming process for 
Congressional notification. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be obligated or expended to establish or im-
plement a program under which essential air service com-
munities are required to assume subsidy costs commonly 
referred to as the EAS local participation program. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary or his or her designee may 
engage in activities with States and State legislators to 
consider proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle 
fatalities. 
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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space 
transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 
available by Public Law 108–176, $9,042,467,000, of 
which $5,238,005,000 shall be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 
$7,099,019,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza-
tion activities; not to exceed $1,164,597,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; not to exceed 
$14,094,000 shall be available for commercial space trans-
portation activities; not to exceed $111,004,000 shall be 
available for financial services activities; not to exceed 
$96,091,000 shall be available for human resources pro-
gram activities; not to exceed $331,000,000 shall be avail-
able for region and center operations and regional coordi-
nation activities; not to exceed $180,859,000 shall be 
available for staff offices; and not to exceed $46,500,000 
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