123STA T . 3 0 3 9PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 7—DE C.1 6, 2009 SEC.104 . The Se cr e ta r yof Tra nsp ortat i onisa u thori z e d to transfer the une x pended b a l ances a v ailable for the bondin g assist - ance progra m from ‘ ‘ O ffice of the Secretary , Salaries and expenses ’ ’ to ‘‘ M inority B usiness Outreach’’. SEC. 10 5 . Such amounts as are re q uired from amounts provided in this A ct to the Office of the Secretary of Transportation for the Transportation P lanning, R esearch and D evelopment program may be used for the development, coordination, and analysis of data collection procedures and national performance measures. 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 ) (INCLUDIN G TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not other w ise 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 L aw 10 8– 1 76 , $9 , 3 50,0 2 8,000, of which $4,000,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,299,299,000 shall be available for air traffic organization activities
not to exceed $1,234,065,000 shall be avail- able for aviation safety activities; not to exceed $15,237,000 shall be available for commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed $113,681,000 shall be available for financial services activi- ties; not to exceed $100,428,000 shall be available for human resources program activities; not to exceed $341,977,000 shall be available for region and center operations and regional coordination activities; not to exceed $196,063,000 shall be available for staff offices; and not to exceed $49,278,000 shall be available for informa- tion services
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d, That the Secretary utilize not less than $17,084,000 of the funds provided for aviation safety activities to pay for staff increases in the Office of Aviation Flight Standards and the Office of Aircraft C ertification: Provided fu r th er, That none of the funds provided for increases to the staffs of the aviation flight standards and aircraft certification offices shall be used for other purposes: Provided further, 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 compliance with the proce- dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That not later than March 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 Fines.D e adl ine. R e port s. 49USC 44 506 note. T rans f er a u t h orit y .
