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 118 STAT. 1304 PUBLIC LAW 108–334—OCT. 18, 2004 Representatives; the House Transportation and Infrastructure Com mittee; and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Provided further, That the Comptroller General, or any of the Comptroller General’s duly authorized representatives, shall have access, for the purpose of reviewing such cost informa tion, to the personnel and to the books; accounts; documents; papers; records (including electronic records); and automated data and files of such air carriers, airport authorities, and their contractors; that the Comptroller General deems relevant for purposes of reviewing the information sought pursuant to the provisions of the preceding proviso: Provided further, That the Comptroller General may obtain and duplicate any such records, documents, working papers, auto mated data and files, or other information relevant to such reviews without cost to the Comptroller General and the Comptroller Gen eral’s right of access to such information shall be enforceable pursu ant to section 716(c) of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That the Comptroller General shall maintain the same level of confidentiality for information made available under the preceding provisos as that required under section 716(e) of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That upon the request of the Comptroller General, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security shall transfer to the Government Accountability Office from appropriations available for administration expenses of the Transportation Security Administration, the amount requested by the Comptroller General, not to exceed $5,000,000, to cover the full costs of any review and report of the calendar year 2000 cost information conducted by the Comptroller General, with 15 days advance notice by the Transportation Security Administration to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives: Provided further, That the Comp troller General shall credit funds transferred under the authority of the preceding proviso to the account established for salaries and expenses of the Government Accountability Office, and such amount shall be available upon receipt and without fiscal year limitation to cover the full costs of the review and report: Provided further, That any funds transferred and credited under the authority of the preceding provisos that are not needed for the Comptroller General’s performance of such review and report shall be returned to the Department of Homeland Security and credited to the appropriation from which transferred: Provided further, That beginning with amounts due in calendar year 2005, if the result of this review is that an air carrier or foreign air carrier has not paid the appropriate fee to the Transportation Security Adminis tration pursuant to section 44940(a)(2) of title 49 United States Code, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall undertake all nec essary actions to ensure that such amounts are collected: Provided further, That such collections received during fiscal year 2005 shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and shall be available only for security modifications at commercial airports: Provided further, That if the Secretary exercises his discretion to set the fee under 44940(a)(2) of title 49 United States Code, such determination shall not be subject to judicial review: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be used to recruit or hire personnel into the Transportation Security Administration which would cause the agency to exceed a staffing level of 45,000 full time equivalent screeners: Provided further, That notwith standing 49 U.S.C. 44923, the government’s share of the cost for

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