$29,300,000 shall be available for Airport Technology Re-
search. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur-
ing fiscal year 2013. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro-
hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia-
tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 
agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to 
grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 
land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili-
ties. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
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satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 
49 U.S.C. 45303: Provided, That during fiscal year 2013, 
any amount remaining in such account at the close of that 
fiscal year may be made available to satisfy section 
41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
merged with and available for the same purposes of such 
appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds limited by this Act for 
grants under the Airport Improvement Program shall be 
made available to the sponsor of a commercial service air-
port if such sponsor fails to agree to a request from the 
Secretary of Transportation for cost-free space in a non 
-revenue producing, public use area of the airport terminal 
or other airport facilities for the purpose of carrying out 
a public service air passenger rights and consumer out-
reach campaign. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration employee unless such employee actually per-
formed work during the time corresponding to such pre-
mium pay. 
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SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi-
cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 
SEC. 117. The Secretary shall apportion to the spon-
sor of an airport that received scheduled or unscheduled 
air service from a large certified air carrier (as defined 
in part 241 of title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, or 
such other regulations as may be issued by the Secretary 
under the authority of section 41709) an amount equal 
to the minimum apportionment specified in 49 U.S.C. 
47114(c), if the Secretary determines that airport had 
more than 10,000 passenger boardings in the preceding 
calendar year, based on data submitted to the Secretary 
under part 241 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee 
of the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 
written approval of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Administration of the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 119. Subparagraph (D) of section 47124(b)(3) 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘benefit.’’ and inserting ‘‘benefit, with the maximum al-
lowable local cost share capped at ‘‘20 percent.’’. 
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SEC. 119A. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available under this Act or 
any prior Act may be used to implement or to continue 
to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 
or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request 
to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg-
istration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 
Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 
data that is made available to the public, except data made 
available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 
flights of that owner or operator. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or lim-
ited by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions 
or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Contingent upon reauthorization, not to exceed 
$392,855,251, together with advances and reimburse-
ments received by the Federal Highway Administration, 
shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations 
made available by this Act to the Federal Highway Admin-
istration for necessary expenses for administration and op-
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eration. In addition, not to exceed $3,220,000 shall be 
paid from appropriations made available by this Act and 
transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in 
accordance with section 104 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Contingent upon reauthorization, none of the funds 
in this Act shall be available for the implementation or 
execution of programs, the obligations for which are in ex-
cess of $39,143,582,670 for Federal-aid highways and 
highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 
2013: Provided, That within the $39,143,582,670 obliga-
tion limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway safe-
ty construction programs, not more than $429,800,000 
shall be available for the implementation or execution of 
programs for transportation research (chapter 5 of title 
23, United States Code; sections 111, 5505, and 5506 of 
title 49, United States Code; and title 5 of Public Law 
109–59) for fiscal year 2013: Provided further, That this 
limitation on transportation research programs shall not 
apply to any authority previously made available for obli-
gation: Provided further, That the Secretary may, as au-
thorized by section 605(b) of title 23, United States Code, 
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