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business opportunities related to any mode of transpor-
tation. 
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, $67,000,000, 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: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be used to 
carry out the three marketing incentive programs author-
ized by section 41748 of title 49, United States Code. 
COMPENSATION FOR AIR CARRIERS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under section 101(a)(2) 
of Public Law 107–42, $50,000,000 are rescinded. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. 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. 
SEC. 102. 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. 103. 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. 104. 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. 
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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, $8,360,000,000, of 
which $4,843,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 
$6,698,728,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza-
tion activities; not to exceed $997,718,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation regulation and certification activities; not 
to exceed $11,985,000 shall be available for commercial 
space transportation activities; not to exceed $92,227,000 
shall be available for financial services activities; not to 
exceed $87,850,000 shall be available for human resources 
program activities; not to exceed $272,821,000 shall be 
available for region and center operations and regional co-
ordination activities; not to exceed $175,392,000 shall be 
available for staff offices; and not to exceed $36,799,000 
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shall be available for information services: Provided, That 
not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for 
aviation regulation and certification budget activity, may 
be transferred to any budget activity under this heading: 
Provided further, That no transfer may increase or de-
crease any appropriation 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 810 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section: Provided further, That none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to finalize or implement any regula-
tion that would promulgate new aviation user fees not spe-
cifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the pro-
vision 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 al-
teration forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
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priated under this heading, not less than $8,000,000 shall 
be for the contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided 
further, That funds may be used to enter into a grant 
agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organization 
to assist in the development of aviation safety standards: 
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for new applicants for the second career train-
ing 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: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be 
obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight 
service station in the contiguous United States: Provided 
further, 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. 
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