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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 the Secretary utilize not less than 
$10,000,000 of the funds provided for aviation safety ac-
tivities 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 Administration shall transmit to Congress an an-
nual update to the report submitted to Congress in De-
cember 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108– 
176: Provided further, That the amount herein appro-
priated 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 funds may be used to 
enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard- 
setting organization to assist in the development of avia-
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tion 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 
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 $9,000,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-shar-
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 for aero-
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