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 remaining unobligated balances under section 
101(a)(2) of Public Law 107–42, $22,000,000 are can-
celled. 
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. 
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, $8,716,606,000, of 
which $6,317,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed
$6,958,413,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza-
tion activities; not to exceed $1,076,103,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; not to exceed 
$12,549,000 shall be available for commercial space trans-
portation activities; not to exceed $100,593,000 shall be 
available for financial services activities; not to exceed 
$89,101,000 shall be available for human resources pro-
gram activities; not to exceed $286,848,000 shall be avail-
able for region and center operations and regional coordi-
nation activities; not to exceed $162,349,000 shall be 
available for staff offices; and not to exceed $38,650,000 
shall be available for information services: 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 further, That any trans-
fer in excess of 2 percent shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming 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: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
available for the Federal Aviation Administration to final-
ize 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 fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, for-
eign authorities, other public authorities, and private 
sources, for expenses incurred in the provision of agency 
services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper-
ation 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: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $8,500,000 shall be for the contract 
tower cost-sharing program: Provided further, That funds 
may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a non-
profit standard-setting organization to assist in the devel-
opment of aviation safety standards: Provided further, 
That none of the funds 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 paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 
5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration employee 
unless such employee actually performed work during the 
time corresponding to such premium pay: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical 
charting and cartography are available for activities con-
ducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital 
Fund: Provided further, That 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. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air navi-
gation and experimental facilities and equipment, as au-
thorized 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, includ-
ing construction of test facilities and acquisition of nec-
essary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 
of quarters and related accommodations for officers and 
employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta-
tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 
not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of air-
craft from funds available under this heading; to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$2,515,000,000, of which $2,055,027,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2010, and of which 
$459,973,000 shall remain available until September 30,