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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101(a)(2) of Public Law 107–42, $22,000,000 are rescinded.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. 
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. 
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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, $8,761,783,000, of which 
$6,400,580,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $6,964,813,000 
shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 
to exceed $1,092,103,000 shall be available for aviation safe-
ty activities; not to exceed $12,837,437 shall be available 
for commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed 
$103,848,661 shall be available for financial services activi-
ties; not to exceed $91,214,239 shall be available for human 
resources program activities; not to exceed $290,872,359 
shall be available for region and center operations and re-
gional coordination activities; not to exceed $166,541,633 
shall be available for staff offices; and not to exceed 
$39,552,285 shall be available for information services: Pro-
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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 
$20,000,000 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 none of the funds provided for increases to 
the staffs of the aviation flight standards and aircraft cer-
tification offices shall be used for other purposes: 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 
has not been submitted to the Congress: Provided further, 
That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, 
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the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion 
report that describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, 
hiring, and training flight standards and aircraft certifi-
cation 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: Provided 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 none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or imple-
ment 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 received from 
States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other 
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses in-
curred in the provision of agency services, including re-
ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation 
facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of cer-
tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer-
tificates, 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 
$8,500,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing pro-
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gram: 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 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: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be 
obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal Avia-
tion 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 
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