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tion; not to exceed $7,874,000 for the Office of Intelligence, 
Security, and Emergency Response; and not to exceed 
$11,887,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for 
any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office 
of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no ap-
propriation for any office shall be increased or decreased 
by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided fur-
ther, That notice of any change in funding greater than 
5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within 
the Department for official reception and representation ex-
penses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding 
fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be cred-
ited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds re-
ceived in user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this Act shall be available for the position of 
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,140,900.
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TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex-
pended, $13,883,900. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital out-
lays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$128,094,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap-
ital Fund without the approval of the agency modal admin-
istrator: Provided further, That no assessments may be lev-
ied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments 
and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 
Committees.
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MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $370,000, as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 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 ex-
penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $523,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource 
Center outreach activities, $2,970,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009: Provided, That notwithstanding 
49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business oppor-
tunities related to any mode of transportation. 
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, $60,000,000, to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That, in determining be-
tween 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
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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 nec-
essary to carry out the essential air service program from 
any available amounts appropriated to or directly adminis-
tered 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 rescinded. 
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 approve 
assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, ex-
cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of 
this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com-
pleted the normal reprogramming process for Congressional 
notification.
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SEC. 103. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be obligated or expended to establish or implement 
a program under which essential air service communities 
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 Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 
and research activities related to commercial space trans-
portation, administrative expenses for research and develop-
ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper-
ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub-
sidizing 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 108–176, $8,740,000,000, of which 
$6,397,060,900 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $6,969,638,000 
shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 
to exceed $1,082,602,000 shall be available for aviation safe-
ty activities; not to exceed $12,549,000 shall be available 
for commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed 
$100,593,000 shall be available for financial services activi-
ties; not to exceed $91,214,000 shall be available for human
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resources program activities; not to exceed $286,848,000 
shall be available for region and center operations and re-
gional coordination activities; not to exceed $162,351,000 
shall be available for staff offices; and not to exceed 
$38,650,000 shall be available for information services: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, 
except for aviation safety budget activity, may be trans-
ferred to any budget activity under this heading: Provided 
further, That no transfer may increase or decrease any ap-
propriation by more than 2 percent: Provided further, 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 compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That the Secretary utilize not less than 
$6,000,000 of the funds provided for aviation safety activi-
ties to pay for staff increases in the Office of Aviation Flight 
Standards and the Office of Aircraft Certification: Provided 
further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year 
hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration shall transmit to Congress an annual update 
to the report submitted to Congress in December 2004 pur-
suant to section 221 of Public Law 108–176: Provided fur-
ther, That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced 
by $100,000 for each day after March 31 that such report
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has not been submitted to the 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 aviation safety standards: Provided fur-
ther, 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 the Federal Aviation Administration to fi-
nalize 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 funds re-
ceived from States, counties, municipalities, foreign au-
thorities, other public authorities, and private sources, for 
expenses incurred in the provision of agency services, in-
cluding receipts for the maintenance and operation of air 
navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modifica-
tion of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair 
station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for proc-
essing major repair or alteration forms: Provided 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 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
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employee unless such employee actually performed work 
during the time corresponding to such premium pay: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act for aero-
nautical charting and cartography are available for activi-
ties conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Cap-
ital 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, im-
provement by contract or purchase, and hire of air naviga-
tion and experimental facilities and equipment, as author-
ized 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 acquisition of necessary 
sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing of quar-
ters 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 avail-
able under this heading, including aircraft for aviation reg-
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ulation and certification; to be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, $2,513,611,000, of which 
$2,053,638,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2010, and of which $459,973,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2008: Provided, That there may be 
credited to this appropriation funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and 
modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further, 
That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal 
year 2009 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive cap-
ital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion which includes funding for each budget line item for 
fiscal years 2009 through 2013, 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 Manage-
ment and Budget. 
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 construction of experimental facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $146,828,100, to 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and
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to remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset-
ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, 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) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in- 
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law author-
izing 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 in-
spection activities and administration of airport safety pro-
grams, including those related to airport operating certifi-
cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 
$4,399,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 
available for the planning or execution of programs the obli-
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gations for which are in excess of $3,514,500,000 in fiscal 
year 2008, 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 replace-
ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter-
minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 
are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, of funds limited under this heading, not more than 
$80,676,000 shall be obligated for administration, not less 
than $10,000,000 shall be available for the airport coopera-
tive research program, not less than $18,712,000 shall be 
for Airport Technology Research and $10,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be available and trans-
ferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ 
to carry out the Small Community Air Service Develop-
ment Program. 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts authorized under sections 48103 and 
48112 of title 49, United States Code, $185,500,000 is re-
scinded from amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2007, and prior years; and $85,000,000 is 
rescinded from amounts authorized for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2008.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 425 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 
fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration 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 prohi-
bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agree-
ment 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 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 
U.S.C. 45303: Provided, That during fiscal year 2008, 49 
U.S.C. 41742(b) shall not apply, and any amount remain-
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ing in such account at the close of that fiscal year may 
be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the sub-
sequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 
title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro-
priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 
and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. 
SEC. 114. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2006,’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘2008,’’. 
(b) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2006,’’ and inserting ‘‘2008,’’. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds appropriated or limited 
by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 
prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, 
New Jersey. 
SEC. 116. EXTENSION OF TAXES AND EXPENDITURE 
AUTHORITY RELATING TO AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST 
FUND. (a) FUEL TAXES.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
4081(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by striking ‘‘September 30, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘February 
29, 2008’’. 
(b) TICKET TAXES.— 
(1) 
PERSONS.—Clause 
(ii) 
of 
section 
4261(j)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking
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‘‘September 30, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘February 29, 
2008’’. 
(2) 
PROPERTY.—Clause 
(ii) 
of 
section 
4271(d)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘February 29, 
2008’’. 
(c) AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND EXPENDITURE 
AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 
9502(d) of such Code is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘March 1, 2008’’, and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or the Department of 
Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008’’ in 
subparagraph (A) before the semicolon at the 
end. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) 
of section 9502(f) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘October 1, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2008’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2007. 
SEC. 117. LABOR INTEGRATION. (a) LABOR INTEGRA-
TION.—With respect to any covered transaction involving 
two or more covered air carriers that results in the com-
bination of crafts or classes that are subject to the Railway
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Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), sections 3 and 13 of the 
labor protective provisions imposed by the Civil Aeronautics 
Board in the Allegheny-Mohawk merger (as published at 59 
C.A.B. 45) shall apply to the integration of covered employ-
ees of the covered air carriers; except that— 
(1) if the same collective bargaining agent rep-
resents the combining crafts or classes at each of the 
covered air carriers, that collective bargaining agent’s 
internal policies regarding integration, if any, will 
not be affected by and will supersede the requirements 
of this section; and 
(2) the requirements of any collective bargaining 
agreement that may be applicable to the terms of inte-
gration involving covered employees of a covered air 
carrier shall not be affected by the requirements of 
this section as to the employees covered by that agree-
ment, so long as those provisions allow for the protec-
tions afforded by sections 3 and 13 of the Allegheny- 
Mohawk provisions. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) AIR
CARRIER.—The term ‘‘air carrier’’ 
means an air carrier that holds a certificate issued 
under chapter 411 of title 49, United States Code.
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(2) COVERED AIR CARRIER.—The term ‘‘covered 
air carrier’’ means an air carrier that is involved in 
a covered transaction. 
(3) COVERED
EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘covered 
employee’’ means an employee who— 
(A) is not a temporary employee; and 
(B) is a member of a craft or class that is 
subject to the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 
et seq.). 
(4) COVERED TRANSACTION.—The term ‘‘covered 
transaction’’ means— 
(A) a transaction for the combination of 
multiple air carriers into a single air carrier; 
and which 
(B) involves the transfer of ownership or 
control of— 
(i) 50 percent or more of the equity se-
curities (as defined in section 101 of title 
11, United States Code) of an air carrier; 
or 
(ii) 50 percent or more (by value) of 
the assets of the air carrier. 
(c) APPLICATION.—This section shall not apply to any 
covered transaction involving a covered air carrier that took 
place before the date of enactment of this Act.
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(d) EFFECTIVENESS
OF PROVISION.—This section 
shall become effective on the date of enactment of this Act 
and shall continue in effect in fiscal years after fiscal year 
2008. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $377,556,000, together with advances 
and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, shall be paid in accordance with law from 
appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 
Highway Administration for necessary expenses for admin-
istration and operation. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $40,216,051,359 for Federal- 
aid highways and highway safety construction programs for 
fiscal year 2008: Provided, That within the $40,216,051,359 
obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs, not more than $429,800,000 
shall be available for the implementation or execution of 
programs for transportation research (chapter 5 of title 23, 
United States Code; sections 111, 5505, and 5506 of title
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49, United States Code; and title 5 of Public Law 109– 
59) for fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That this limita-
tion on transportation research programs shall not apply 
to any authority previously made available for obligation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may, as authorized by 
section 605(b) of title 23, United States Code, collect and 
spend fees to cover the costs of services of expert firms, in-
cluding counsel, in the field of municipal and project fi-
nance to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal 
credit instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the 
Federal Government of servicing such credit instruments: 
Provided further, That such fees are available until ex-
pended to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such 
amounts are in addition to administrative expenses that 
are also available for such purpose, and are not subject to 
any obligation limitation or the limitation on administra-
tive expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(ADDITIONAL OBLIGATION LIMITATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For an additional amount of obligation limitation to 
be distributed for the purpose of section 144(e) of title 23, 
United States Code, $1,000,000,000: Provided, That such 
obligation limitation shall be used only for a purpose eligi-
ble for obligation with funds apportioned under such section 
and shall be distributed in accordance with the formula in