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insurance for Federal employees and for ex-service members 
as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the administra-
tion of trade readjustment allowances, reemployment trade 
adjustment assistance, and alternative trade adjustment assist-
ance under the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) 
of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 
and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences Extension Act 
of 2015, and shall be available for obligation by the States 
through December 31, 2016, except that funds used for automa-
tion acquisitions shall be available for Federal obligation 
through December 31, 2016, and for State obligation through 
September 30, 2018, or, if the automation acquisition is being 
carried out through consortia of States, for State obligation 
through September 30, 2021, and for expenditure through Sep-
tember 30, 2022, and funds for competitive grants awarded 
to States for improved operations and to conduct in-person 
assessments and reviews and provide reemployment services 
and referrals shall be available for Federal obligation through 
December 31, 2016, and for obligation by the States through 
September 30, 2018, and funds for the Unemployment Insur-
ance Integrity Center of Excellence shall be available for obliga-
tion by the State through September 30, 2017, and funds used 
for unemployment insurance workloads experienced by the 
States through September 30, 2016 shall be available for Fed-
eral obligation through December 31, 2016; 
(2) $14,547,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activi-
ties necessary to support the administration of the Federal- 
State unemployment insurance system; 
(3) $658,587,000 from the Trust Fund, together with 
$21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is for 
grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner- 
Peyser Act, and shall be available for Federal obligation for 
the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017; 
(4) $19,818,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activi-
ties of the Employment Service, including administration of 
the work opportunity tax credit under section 51 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, and the provision of technical assistance 
and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(5) $62,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for the administra-
tion of foreign labor certifications and related activities under 
the Immigration and Nationality Act and related laws, of which 
$48,028,000 shall be available for the Federal administration 
of such activities, and $14,282,000 shall be available for grants 
to States for the administration of such activities; and 
(6) $67,653,000 from the General Fund is to provide 
workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop 
system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and shall be 
available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2016 
through June 30, 2017: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured 
Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2016 is projected by the 
Department of Labor to exceed 2,680,000, an additional $28,600,000 
from the Trust Fund shall be available for obligation for every 
100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 
for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title III of the 
Social Security Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in 
this Act that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under
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title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such State 
to assist other States in carrying out activities under such title 
III if the other States include areas that have suffered a major 
disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 
under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on 
behalf of States for the use of the National Directory of New 
Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 
under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on 
behalf of States to the entity operating the State Information Data 
Exchange System: Provided further, That funds appropriated in 
this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career 
center system, or which are used to support the national activities 
of the Federal-State unemployment insurance, employment service, 
or immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants, 
or agreements with States and non-State entities: Provided further, 
That States awarded competitive grants for improved operations 
under title III of the Social Security Act, or awarded grants to 
support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment 
insurance system, may award subgrants to other States under 
such grants, subject to the conditions applicable to the grants: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act for activi-
ties authorized under title III of the Social Security Act and the 
Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by States to fund integrated 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service automation 
efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under 
the Office of Management and Budget Circular A–87: Provided 
further, That the Secretary, at the request of a State participating 
in a consortium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to 
such State under title III of the Social Security Act to other States 
participating in the consortium in order to carry out activities 
that benefit the administration of the unemployment compensation 
law of the State making the request: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may collect fees for the costs associated with additional 
data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating to the 
National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by State and local 
governments, public and private institutions of higher education, 
and nonprofit organizations and may utilize such sums, in accord-
ance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricul-
tural Workers Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet 
the information collection and reporting needs of such entities, 
which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2017, for such purposes. 
In addition, $20,000,000 from the Employment Security 
Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund shall 
be available for in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments 
and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews and to 
provide reemployment services and referrals to training as appro-
priate, which shall be available for Federal obligations through 
December 31, 2016, and for State obligation through September 
30, 2018.
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ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as 
authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, 
and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by 
section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and for 
nonrepayable advances to the revolving fund established by section 
901(e) of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal Unemployment 
Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such sums as may be necessary, 
which shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2017. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and training pro-
grams, $104,577,000, together with not to exceed $49,982,000 which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security 
Administration, $181,000,000. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Corporation’’) is 
authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assist-
ance authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, 
and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the program, including associated 
administrative expenses, through September 30, 2016, for the Cor-
poration: Provided, That none of the funds available to the Corpora-
tion for fiscal year 2016 shall be available for obligations for 
administrative expenses in excess of $431,799,000: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the number of new plan participants in 
plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 
2016, an amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be 
available through September 30, 2017, for obligation for administra-
tive expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated participants: 
Provided further, That obligations in excess of the amounts provided 
in this paragraph may be incurred for unforeseen and extraordinary 
pretermination expenses or extraordinary multiemployer program 
related expenses after approval by the Office of Management and 
Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division, 
including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and 
their employees for inspection services rendered, $227,500,000. 
OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Management 
Standards, $40,593,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs, $105,476,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ Compensation 
Programs, $113,324,000, together with $2,177,000 which may be 
expended from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 
44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensa-
tion Act. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses 
(except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or 
any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of 
benefits as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ 
in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the 
Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sec-
tion 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2004); obligations 
incurred under the War Hazards Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional compensation and 
benefits required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor 
Workers’ Compensation Act, $210,000,000, together with such 
amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent 
year appropriation for the payment of compensation and other 
benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current 
year, for deposit into and to assume the attributes of the Employees’ 
Compensation Fund established under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, 
That amounts appropriated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 
by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer 
at the time of injury, for portions of the salary of a re-employed, 
disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimburse-
ments unobligated on September 30, 2015, shall remain available 
until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and