; or (ii) if an appeal of such determination is requested, for the 1-year period described in subsection (d)(4)(D). . (2) Funding of cost-share program Section 47124(b)(3)(E) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (E) Funding Amounts appropriated pursuant to section 106(k)(1) may be used to carry out this paragraph. . (3) Construction of air traffic control towers (A) Grants Section 47124(b)(4)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended in each of clauses (i)(III) and (ii)(III) by inserting , including remote air traffic control tower equipment certified by the Federal Aviation Administration after 1996 . (B) Eligibility Section 47124(b)(4)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (B) Eligibility (i) Before date of transfer Before the date of transfer (as defined in section 90101(a)), an airport sponsor shall be eligible for a grant under this paragraph only if— (I) (aa) the sponsor is a participant in the Federal Aviation Administration contract tower program established under subsection (a) and continued under paragraph (1) or the pilot program established under paragraph (3); or (bb) construction of a nonapproach control tower would qualify the sponsor to be eligible to participate in such program; (II) the sponsor certifies that it will pay not less than 10 percent of the cost of the activities for which the sponsor is receiving assistance under this paragraph; (III) the Secretary affirmatively accepts the proposed contract tower into a contract tower program under this section and certifies that the Secretary will seek future appropriations to pay the Federal Aviation Administration’s cost of the contract to operate the tower to be constructed under this paragraph; (IV) the sponsor certifies that it will pay its share of the cost of the contract to operate the tower to be constructed under this paragraph