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PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, $143,000,000, to be derived from the Airport 
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 no funds made available under section 41742 of title 49, 
United States Code, and no funds made available in this Act or 
any other Act in any fiscal year, shall be available to carry out 
the essential air service program under sections 41731 through 
41742 of such title 49 in communities in the 48 contiguous States 
unless the community received subsidized essential air service or 
received a 90-day notice of intent to terminate service and the 
Secretary required the air carrier to continue to provide service 
to the community at any time between September 30, 2010, and 
September 30, 2011, inclusive: Provided further, That basic essential 
air service minimum requirements shall not include the 15-pas-
senger capacity requirement under subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That if the funds under 
this heading are insufficient to meet the costs of the essential 
air service program in the current fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
transfer such sums as may be necessary to carry out the essential 
air service program from any available amounts appropriated to 
or directly administered by the Office of the Secretary for such 
fiscal year. 
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. None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be obligated or expended to establish or implement a program 
under which essential air service communities are required to 
assume subsidy costs commonly referred to as the EAS local partici-
pation program. 
SEC. 104. 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
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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. 105. 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. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 106. Of the amounts made available by section 185 of 
Public Law 109–115, all unobligated balances as of the date of 
enactment of this Act are hereby rescinded. 
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, $9,653,395,000, of which $5,060,694,000 shall 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which 
not to exceed $7,442,738,000 shall be available for air traffic 
organization activities; not to exceed $1,252,991,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; not to exceed $16,271,000 shall 
be available for commercial space transportation activities; not to 
exceed $582,117,000 shall be available for finance and management 
activities; not to exceed $98,858,000 shall be available for human 
resources program activities; not to exceed $60,134,000 shall be 
available for NextGen program activities; and not to exceed 
$200,286,000 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 
further, 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 May 31, 2012, the Administrator shall submit 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a com-
prehensive report that describes all of the findings and conclusions 
reached during the Federal Aviation Administration’s efforts to 
develop an objective, data-driven method for placing air traffic 
controllers after the successful completion of their training at the 
Federal Aviation Administration Academy, lists all available options 
for establishing such method, and discusses the benefits and chal-
lenges of each option: Provided further, That not later than March
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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 air-
craft 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 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 aviation safety stand-
ards: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for new applicants for the second career training pro-
gram: 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 as offsetting collections funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred in the provi-
sion of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 
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 $10,350,000 
shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided fur-
ther, 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. 
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,
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$2,730,731,000, of which $475,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2012, and of which $2,255,731,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2014: 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, improvement, and mod-
ernization of national airspace systems: Provided further, That upon 
initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2013 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 2013 through 2017, 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) 
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, $167,556,000, to be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 
30, 2014: 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) 
(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, $3,435,000,000 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 $3,350,000,000 
in fiscal year 2012, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49,