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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 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 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authori-
ties, 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 air-
man, 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 $8,500,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing 
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: 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: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 
Act may be obligated 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. 
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 air navigation 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 acquisition of necessary 
sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing of quarters 
and related accommodations for officers and employees of the Fed-
eral 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, $2,513,611,000, 
of which $2,053,638,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2010, and of which $459,973,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2008: Provided, That there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 
other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred 
in the establishment and modernization of air navigation facilities: 
Provided further, That upon initial submission to the Congress 
of the fiscal year 2009 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital 
investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2009
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through 2013, with total funding for each year of the plan con-
strained 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) 
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, $146,828,100, to be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 
30, 2010: 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. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for air-
port planning and development, and noise compatibility planning 
and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 
and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, 
and under other law authorizing such obligations; for procurement, 
installation, and commissioning of runway incursion prevention 
devices and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for inspec-
tion activities and administration of airport safety programs, 
including those related to airport operating certificates under sec-
tion 44706 of title 49, United States Code, $4,399,000,000 to be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under 
this heading shall be available for the planning or execution of 
programs the obligations for which are in excess of $3,514,500,000 
in fiscal year 2008, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds under 
this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage 
conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or 
other airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk explo-
sive detection systems: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, of funds limited under this heading, not 
more than $80,676,000 shall be obligated for administration, not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be available for the airport cooperative 
research program, not less than $18,712,000 shall be for Airport 
Technology Research and $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Office of the Sec-
retary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the Small Community 
Air Service Development Program.
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(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts authorized under sections 48103 and 48112 
of title 49, United States Code, $185,500,000 is rescinded from 
amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 
and prior years; and $85,000,000 is rescinded from amounts author-
ized for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used to com-
pensate in excess of 425 technical staff-years under the federally 
funded research and development center contract between the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation 
Systems Development during fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors 
to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration 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 
prohibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
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 facilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy 49 U.S.C. 
41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303: Provided, 
That during fiscal year 2008, 49 U.S.C. 41742(b) shall not apply, 
and 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. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2006,’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘2008,’’. 
(b) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘2006,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2008,’’. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds appropriated or limited by this 
Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission 
rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 116. EXTENSION OF TAXES AND EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY 
RELATING TO AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND. (a) FUEL TAXES.— 
Subparagraph (B) of section 4081(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2007’’ and 
inserting ‘‘February 29, 2008’’. 
(b) TICKET TAXES.— 
(1) PERSONS.—Clause (ii) of section 4261(j)(1)(A) of such 
Code is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2007’’ and 
inserting ‘‘February 29, 2008’’. 
(2) PROPERTY.—Clause (ii) of section 4271(d)(1)(A) of such 
Code is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2007’’ and 
inserting ‘‘February 29, 2008’’.
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(c) 
AIRPORT
AND
AIRWAY
TRUST
FUND
EXPENDITURE 
AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 9502(d) of such 
Code is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘March 
1, 2008’’, and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or the Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Act, 2008’’ in subparagraph (A) before the 
semicolon at the end. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) of section 
9502(f) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2008’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on October 1, 2007. 
SEC. 117. LABOR INTEGRATION. (a) LABOR INTEGRATION.—With 
respect to any covered transaction involving two or more covered 
air carriers that results in the combination of crafts or classes 
that are subject to the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), 
sections 3 and 13 of the labor protective provisions imposed by 
the Civil Aeronautics Board in the Allegheny-Mohawk merger (as 
published at 59 C.A.B. 45) shall apply to the integration of covered 
employees of the covered air carriers; except that— 
(1) if the same collective bargaining agent represents the 
combining crafts or classes at each of the covered air carriers, 
that collective bargaining agent’s internal policies regarding 
integration, if any, will not be affected by and will supersede 
the requirements of this section; and 
(2) the requirements of any collective bargaining agreement 
that may be applicable to the terms of integration involving 
covered employees of a covered air carrier shall not be affected 
by the requirements of this section as to the employees covered 
by that agreement, so long as those provisions allow for the 
protections afforded by sections 3 and 13 of the Allegheny- 
Mohawk provisions. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions 
apply: 
(1) AIR
CARRIER.—The term ‘‘air carrier’’ means an air 
carrier that holds a certificate issued under chapter 411 of 
title 49, United States Code. 
(2) COVERED AIR CARRIER.—The term ‘‘covered air carrier’’ 
means an air carrier that is involved in a covered transaction. 
(3) COVERED
EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘covered employee’’ 
means an employee who— 
(A) is not a temporary employee; and 
(B) is a member of a craft or class that is subject 
to the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.). 
(4) COVERED
TRANSACTION.—The term ‘‘covered trans-
action’’ means— 
(A) a transaction for the combination of multiple air 
carriers into a single air carrier; and which 
(B) involves the transfer of ownership or control of— 
(i) 50 percent or more of the equity securities (as 
defined in section 101 of title 11, United States Code) 
of an air carrier; or 
(ii) 50 percent or more (by value) of the assets 
of the air carrier.