123STA T .9 1 8PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 —M A R .11 , 2 0 09 as s ume su b s idyco s t s commo nl y r e f erred to as t h e EAS local p artici - pation pro g ram . S EC . 104 . T he Secretary or his or her designee may engage in acti v ities w ith States and State legislators to consider proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle fatalities. F E D E RAL A VI A T I ON AD M INI S TRATION O P ERATIONS ( AIRPORT AND AIR W A Y TR U ST F UND ) For necessary e x penses 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, subsidi z ing 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 P ublic L aw 10 8– 1 76 , $9 ,04 2 ,467,000, of which $ 5 ,2 3 8,005,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,099,019,000 shall be available for air traffic organization activities
not to exceed $1,164,597,000 shall be avail- able for aviation safety activities; not to exceed $14,094,000 shall be available for commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed $111,004,000 shall be available for financial services activi- ties; not to exceed $96,091,000 shall be available for human resources program activities; not to exceed $331,000,000 shall be available for region and center operations and regional coordination activities; not to exceed $180,859,000 shall be available for staff offices; and not to exceed $46,500,000 shall be available for informa- tion services
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d, That not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be trans- ferred to any budget activity under this heading: Provided fu r th er, 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 compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the Secretary utilize not less than $10,000,000 of the funds provided for aviation safety activities to pay for staff increases in the O ffice of Aviation Flight Standards and the Office of Aircraft C ertification: Provided further, That not later than M arch 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 D ecember 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 funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in the develop- ment of aviation 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 Administration to finalize or implement any regulation Userf ees .G r ant s. S afet y stan d ards. Fi nes. D ead l ines. R e po rts. 49 US C 44 506 note.
