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attached to such loan, the Secretary shall repay the credit risk 
premiums of such loan, with interest accrued thereon, not later 
than 60 days after the enactment of this Act or, for a direct 
loan included in cohort 3 with obligations that have not yet been 
satisfied, not later than 60 days after the date on which all obliga-
tions attached to such loan have been satisfied. 
SEC. 109A. Section 312(a) of title 49 United States Code, shall 
be amended by striking ‘‘land-based,’’ after ‘‘operation of a’’. 
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, the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, $11,414,100,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, of which $6,414,100,000 to be derived from 
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading— 
(1) not less than $1,536,298,000 shall be available for avia-
tion safety activities; 
(2) $8,472,585,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza-
tion activities; 
(3) $32,470,000 shall be available for commercial space 
transportation activities; 
(4) $889,216,000 shall be available for finance and manage-
ment activities; 
(5) $63,955,000 shall be available for NextGen and oper-
ations planning activities; 
(6) $139,466,000 shall be available for security and haz-
ardous materials safety; and 
(7) $280,110,000 shall be available for staff offices: 
Provided further, That not to exceed 5 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 appropriation under 
this heading by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That any 
transfer in excess of 5 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 proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That not later 
than 60 days after the submission of the budget request, 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 the Vision 100-Century 
of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note): Provided 
further, That the amounts made available under this heading shall 
be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 60 days after the submis-
sion of the budget request that such report has not been transmitted 
to Congress: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after
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the submission of the budget request, the Administrator shall 
transmit to Congress a companion report that describes a com-
prehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training flight stand-
ards 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: Provided fur-
ther, That the amounts made available under this heading shall 
be reduced by $100,000 for each day after the date that is 60 
days after the submission of the budget request 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 
made available by this Act shall be available for new applicants 
for the second career training program: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available by 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, as offsetting collections, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision 
of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper-
ation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modi-
fication 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 amounts 
made available under this heading, not less than $178,000,000 
shall be used to fund direct operations of the current air traffic 
control towers in the contract tower program, including the contract 
tower cost share program, and any airport that is currently qualified 
or that will qualify for the program during the fiscal year: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available by 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 appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act may be used to elimi-
nate the Contract Weather Observers program at any airport. 
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 made available under this 
heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certification;
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to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$2,892,887,500, of which $550,000,000 is for personnel and related 
expenses and shall remain available until September 30, 2023, 
$1,980,722,500 shall remain available until September 30, 2024, 
and $362,165,000 is for terminal facilities and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2026: 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 not later than 
60 days after submission of the budget request, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall transmit to the Congress an investment plan 
for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes funding 
for each budget line item for fiscal years 2023 through 2027, 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: Provided further, That section 405 
of this Act shall apply to amounts made available under this 
heading in Title VIII of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs 
Appropriations Act (division J of Public Law 117–58): Provided 
further, That the amounts in the table entitled ‘‘Allocation of Funds 
for FAA Facilities and Equipment from the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act—Fiscal Year 2022’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act) shall be the baseline for application of reprogram-
ming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year pursuant 
to paragraph (7) of such section 405 for amounts referred to in 
the preceding proviso: Provided further, That, notwithstanding para-
graphs (5) and (6) of such section 405, unless prior approval is 
received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
not to exceed 10 percent of any funding level specified for projects 
and activities in the table referred to in the preceding proviso 
may be transferred to any other funding level specified for projects 
and activities in such table and no transfer of such funding levels 
may increase or decrease any funding level in such table by more 
than 10 percent. 
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, $248,500,000, to be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 
30, 2024: 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 amounts made available 
under this heading shall be used in accordance with the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That not to exceed 
10 percent of any funding level specified under this heading in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter
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preceding division A of this consolidated Act) may be transferred 
to any other funding level specified under this heading in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
no transfer may increase or decrease any funding level by more 
than 10 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess 
of 10 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. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, $3,350,000,000, to be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available for the planning 
or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess 
of $3,350,000,000, in fiscal year 2022, notwithstanding section 
47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
none of the amounts made available under this heading shall be 
available for the replacement of baggage conveyor systems, reconfig-
uration of terminal baggage areas, or other airport improvements 
that are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of title 49, 
United States Code, the Government’s share of allowable project 
costs under paragraph (2) of such section for subgrants or paragraph 
(3) of such section shall be 95 percent for a project at other than 
a large or medium hub airport that is a successive phase of a 
multi-phased construction project for which the project sponsor 
received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction project: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
of amounts limited under this heading, not more than $127,165,000 
shall be available for administration, not less than $15,000,000 
shall be available for the Airport Cooperative Research Program, 
not less than $40,961,000 shall be available for Airport Technology 
Research, and $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ to carry out the Small Community Air Service 
Development Program: Provided further, That in addition to airports