110 STAT. 2952 PUBLIC LAW 104-205—SEPT. 30, 1996 TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to exceed $124,812,000, shall be paid from appropriations made available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of Transportation: Provided further, That the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Transportation Administrative Service Center without the approval of the agency modal administrator: Provided further. That no assessments may be levied against siny program, budget activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such Committees. PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) For liquidation of obligations incurred for pa3mients to air carriers of so much of the compensation fixed and determined under subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, as is payable by the Department of Transportation, $25,900,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs in excess of $25,900,000 for the Payments to Air Carriers program in fiscal year 1997: Provided further. That none of the funds in this Act shall be used by the Secretary of Transportation to make payment of compensation under subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, in excess of the appropriation in this Act for liquidation of obligations incurred under the "Pay- ments to air carriers" program: Provided further. That none of the funds in this Act shall be used for the pa3anent of claims for such compensation except in accordance with this provision: Provided further. That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for service to communities in the forty-eight contiguous States that are located fewer than seventy highway miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport, or that require a rate of subsidy per passenger in excess of $200 unless such point is greater than two hundred and ten miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport: Provided further. That of funds provided for "Small Community Air Service" by Public Law 101-508, $12,700,000 in fiscal year 1997 is hereby rescinded.
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