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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. 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. 102. 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. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary or his designee may engage 
in activities with States and State legislators to consider 
proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle fatalities. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 104. Of the amounts made available by section 
185 of Public Law 109–115, all unobligated balances as of 
the date of enactment of this Act are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, 
United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 
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section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro-
vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary to 
carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and section 
3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the Depart-
ment shall include adequate safeguards in the contract with 
the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality performance 
under the contract. 
SEC. 106. 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 meet-
ing, and require the Credit Council to record the minutes 
of each meeting. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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 
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the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, in addition to amounts made available 
by Public Law 108–176, $9,635,710,000, of which 
$5,000,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,560,815,000 
shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 
to exceed $1,253,381,000 shall be available for aviation safe-
ty activities; not to exceed $15,005,000 shall be available 
for commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed 
$112,459,000 shall be available for financial services activi-
ties; not to exceed $98,858,000 shall be available for human 
resources program activities; not to exceed $337,944,000 
shall be available for region and center operations and re-
gional coordination activities; not to exceed $207,065,000 
shall be available for staff offices; and not to exceed 
$50,183,000 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: 
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Provided further, That not later than May 31, 2012, the 
Administrator shall submit to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations a comprehensive report that de-
scribes all of the findings and conclusions reached during 
the Federal Aviation Administration’s efforts to develop an 
objective, data-driven method for placing air traffic control-
lers after the successful completion of their training at the 
Federal Aviation Administration Academy, lists all avail-
able options for establishing such method, and discusses the 
benefits and challenges of each option: 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 sec-
tion 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 re-
port 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, and a benchmark 
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for assessing the amount of time aviation inspectors spend 
directly observing industry field operations: Provided fur-
ther, 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 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 as offset-
ting collections funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision 
of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 
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 
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