110 STAT. 2956
PUBLIC LAW 104-205—SEPT. 30, 1996
1997, to result in a final fiscal year 1997 appropriation 6*00 the
general fund estimated at not more than $3,182,500,000: Provided
further, That the only additional user fees authorized as offsetting
collections are fees for services provided to aircraft that neither
take off from, nor land in, the United States: Provided further.
That there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received
from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, 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 airman, aircraft, and repair
station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing
major repair or alteration forms: 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
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 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 may be obligated or expended to operate a manned
auxiliary flight service station in the contiguous United States:
Provided further. That none of the funds derived from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund may be used to support the operations
and activities of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space
Transportation.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisition, establishment, and 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;
and 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 head; to be derived from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund, $1,790,000,000, of which $1,573,000,000
shall remain available until September 30, 1999, and of which
$217,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1997: 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.
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