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TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, systems development, development activities, and making 
grants, to remain available until expended, $7,000,000: Provided, 
That of the unobligated balances made available by Public Law 
111–117, $750,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided further, That 
of the unobligated balances made available by section 195 of Public 
Law 111–117, $2,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays 
of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $178,000,000 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: Provided further, That the above limitation on oper-
ating expenses 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 Capital Fund with-
out majority approval of the Working Capital Fund Steering Com-
mittee and approval of the Secretary: Provided further, That no 
assessments may be levied 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. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $333,000, as authorized by 
49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 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 expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, $592,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center 
outreach activities, $3,088,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2015: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these 
funds may be used for business opportunities related to any mode 
of transportation. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
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, $149,000,000, to be derived from the Airport
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and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 basic essential air service minimum requirements shall not 
include the 15-passenger capacity requirement under subsection 
41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
none of the funds in this Act or any other Act shall be used 
to enter into a new contract with a community located less than 
40 miles from the nearest small hub airport before the Secretary 
has negotiated with the community over a local cost share. 
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, except for activities underway 
on the date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments 
or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process 
for Congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary or his designee may engage in activities 
with States and State legislators to consider proposals related to 
the reduction of motorcycle fatalities. 
SEC. 103. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, United 
States Code, in addition to authority provided by section 327 of 
title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Working Capital 
Fund is hereby authorized to provide payments in advance to ven-
dors 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. 104. 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 meeting, and require 
the Credit Council to record the decisions and actions of each 
meeting. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including operations and research activi-
ties related to commercial space transportation, administrative 
expenses for research and development, establishment of air naviga-
tion 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 vehicles 
for replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by 
Public Law 108–176, $9,651,422,000, of which $6,495,208,000 shall 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which
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not to exceed $7,311,790,000 shall be available for air traffic 
organization activities; not to exceed $1,204,777,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; not to exceed $16,011,000 shall 
be available for commercial space transportation activities; not to 
exceed $762,462,000 shall be available for finance and management 
activities; not to exceed $59,782,000 shall be available for NextGen 
and operations planning activities; and not to exceed $296,600,000 
shall be available for staff offices: 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 fur-
ther, 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 compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section: 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 section 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 report that 
describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 
flight standards and aircraft certification 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: Pro-
vided 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 funds 
may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit 
standard-setting organization to assist in the development of avia-
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 Administra-
tion to finalize 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 offsetting collections funds 
received from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, 
other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred 
in the provision 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 alteration forms: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$140,000,000 shall be for the contract tower program, of which 
$10,350,000 is for the contract tower cost share program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting 
and cartography are available for activities conducted by, or coordi-
nated through, the Working Capital Fund.
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FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisi-
tion, establishment, technical support services, improvement by 
contract or purchase, and hire of national airspace systems and 
experimental facilities and equipment, as authorized 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 acquisi-
tion of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 
of quarters 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 available under this 
heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; 
to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$2,600,000,000, of which $450,250,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2014, and $2,149,750,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2016: Provided, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, munici-
palities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses 
incurred in the establishment, improvement, and modernization 
of national airspace systems: Provided further, That upon initial 
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2015 President’s 
budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Con-
gress a comprehensive capital investment plan for the Federal 
Aviation Administration which includes funding for each budget 
line item for fiscal years 2015 through 2019, 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 Management 
and Budget. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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 construc-
tion of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites 
by lease or grant, $158,792,000, to be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 
30, 2016: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, which 
shall be available for expenses incurred for research, engineering, 
and development: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations available under this heading, 
$26,183,998 are rescinded.