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SEC. 104. The Secretary shall post on the Web site of the 
Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the 
Credit Council, including the agenda for each meeting, and require 
the Credit Council to record the decisions and actions of each 
meeting. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including operations and research activi-
ties related to commercial space transportation, administrative 
expenses for research and development, establishment of air naviga-
tion 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 vehicles 
for replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by 
Public Law 112–95, $9,740,700,000 of which $8,595,000,000 shall 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which 
not to exceed $7,396,654,000 shall be available for air traffic 
organization activities; not to exceed $1,218,458,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; not to exceed $16,605,000 shall 
be available for commercial space transportation activities; not to 
exceed $756,047,000 shall be available for finance and management 
activities; not to exceed $60,089,000 shall be available for NextGen 
and operations planning activities; and not to exceed $292,847,000 
shall be available for staff offices: Provided, That not to exceed 
2 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation safety budget 
activity, may be transferred to any budget activity under this 
heading: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or 
decrease any appropriation by more than 2 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer in excess of 2 percent shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, 
That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall transmit 
to Congress an annual update to the report submitted to Congress 
in December 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108– 
176: Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated shall 
be reduced by $100,000 for each day after March 31 that such 
report has not been submitted to the Congress: Provided further, 
That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the 
Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion report that 
describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 
flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format similar 
to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, including stated 
attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: Pro-
vided further, That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced 
by $100,000 per day for each day after March 31 that such report 
has not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds 
may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit 
standard-setting organization to assist in the development of avia-
tion safety standards: Provided further, That none of the funds
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in this Act shall be available for new applicants for the second 
career training program: Provided further, That none of the funds 
in this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion to finalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 
new aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after 
the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections funds 
received from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, 
other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred 
in the provision of agency services, including receipts for the mainte-
nance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, 
renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, 
and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for 
processing major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$144,500,000 shall be for the contract tower program, of which 
not less than $9,500,000 is for the contract tower cost share pro-
gram: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act for 
aeronautical charting and cartography are available for activities 
conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act 
may be used for the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a 
job announcement for air traffic control specialists that renders 
ineligible by reason of age any applicant who had been included 
in the air traffic control specialist applicant inventory as of January 
15, 2014, and who was born between February 9, 1983, and October 
1, 1984. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisi-
tion, establishment, technical support services, improvement by 
contract or purchase, and hire of national airspace systems and 
experimental facilities and equipment, as authorized under part 
A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and 
service testing, including construction of test facilities and acquisi-
tion of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 
of quarters and related accommodations for officers and employees 
of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities 
where such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, 
lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under this 
heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; 
to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$2,600,000,000, of which $460,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2015, and $2,140,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017: Provided, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, munici-
palities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses 
incurred in the establishment, improvement, and modernization 
of national airspace systems: Provided further, That upon initial 
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2016 President’s 
budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Con-
gress a comprehensive capital investment plan for the Federal 
Aviation Administration which includes funding for each budget
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line item for fiscal years 2016 through 2020, with total funding 
for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for 
those years as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated 
shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the initial 
submission of the fiscal year 2016 President’s budget that such 
report has not been submitted to Congress. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
research, engineering, and development, as authorized under part 
A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including construc-
tion of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites 
by lease or grant, $156,750,000, to be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 
30, 2017: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, which 
shall be available for expenses incurred for research, engineering, 
and development. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for air-
port planning and development, and noise compatibility planning 
and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 
and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, 
and under other law authorizing such obligations; for procurement, 
installation, and commissioning of runway incursion prevention 
devices and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for inspec-
tion activities and administration of airport safety programs, 
including those related to airport operating certificates under sec-
tion 44706 of title 49, United States Code, $3,200,000,000, to be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under 
this heading shall be available for the planning or execution of 
programs the obligations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 
in fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds under 
this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage 
conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or 
other airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk explo-
sive detection systems: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, the Government’s
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share of allowable project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants 
or paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent for a project 
at other than a large or medium hub airport that is a successive 
phase of a multi-phased construction project for which the project 
sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction 
project: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, of funds limited under this heading, not more than 
$107,100,000 shall be obligated for administration, not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport Cooperative Research 
Program, not less than $29,750,000 shall be available for Airport 
Technology Research, and $5,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Office of the Sec-
retary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the Small Community 
Air Service Development Program. 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2015, and prior years under section 48112 of title 49, United 
States Code, all unobligated balances are permanently rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used to com-
pensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the federally 
funded research and development center contract between the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation 
Systems Development during fiscal year 2015. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors 
to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost 
building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space 
in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic 
control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the 
prohibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement 
on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances 
that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 
FAA for air traffic control facilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy 49 U.S.C. 
41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303 and any 
amount remaining in such account at the close of that fiscal year 
may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subse-
quent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of title 
49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation 
current at the time of collection, to be merged with and available 
for the same purposes of such appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration employee 
unless such employee actually performed work during the time 
corresponding to such premium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 
or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration 
to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through use of 
a Government-issued credit card.