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Union Calendar No. 145 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3020 
[Report No. 114–195] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2015 
Mr. COLE, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; 
which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agen-
cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 
for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) 
and the Second Chance Act of 2007, $3,003,314,000, plus 
reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro-
vided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$2,624,108,000 as follows: 
(A) $776,736,000 for adult employment 
and training activities, of which $64,736,000 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2016, 
through 
June 
30, 
2017, 
and 
of 
which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017; 
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(B) $831,842,000 for youth activities, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2016 through June 30, 2017; and 
(C) $1,015,530,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$155,530,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, and of 
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017: 
Provided, That notwithstanding section 128(a)(1) of 
the WIOA, the amount available to the Governor for 
statewide workforce investment activities shall not 
exceed 11 percent of the amount allotted to the 
State from each of the appropriations under the pre-
ceding subparagraphs; 
(2) for national programs, $379,206,000 as fol-
lows: 
(A) $74,000,000 for the dislocated workers 
assistance 
national 
reserve, 
of 
which 
$14,800,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017, and 
of which $59,200,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2016 through September 30, 
2017: Provided, That funds provided to carry 
out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be 
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used to provide assistance to a State for state-
wide or local use in order to address cases 
where there have been worker dislocations 
across multiple sectors or across multiple local 
areas and such workers remain dislocated; co-
ordinate the State workforce development plan 
with emerging economic development needs; and 
train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 
further, That funds provided to carry out sec-
tions 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be 
used for technical assistance and demonstration 
projects, respectively, that provide assistance to 
new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 
workers; 
(B) $50,000,000 for Native American pro-
grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2016 
through June 30, 2017; 
(C) $81,896,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including $75,885,000 for formula 
grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 
be for employment and training services), 
$5,517,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
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permanent housing), and $494,000 for other 
discretionary purposes, which shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 
2017: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or related regulation, the 
Department of Labor shall take no action lim-
iting the number or proportion of eligible par-
ticipants receiving related assistance services or 
discouraging grantees from providing such serv-
ices; 
(D) $82,000,000 for YouthBuild activities 
as described in section 171 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2016 
through June 30, 2017; 
(E) $3,232,000 for technical assistance ac-
tivities under section 168 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2016 
through June 30, 2017; 
(F) $82,078,000 for ex-offender activities, 
under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA 
and section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 
2007, which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017: Provided, 
That of this amount, $20,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to national and regional 
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maintenance, and repair of major items of equip-
ment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up 
to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational 
needs of such centers or to achieve administrative ef-
ficiencies: Provided further, That any funds trans-
ferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not be 
available for obligation after June 30, 2017: Pro-
vided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 
transfer; and 
(3) $32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job 
Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 
period October 1, 2015 through September 30, 
2016: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 
shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 
centers. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER 
AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 
1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $434,371,000, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2016 
through June 30, 2017, and may be recaptured and reobli-
gated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 
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STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses, 
$81,566,000, together with not to exceed $3,468,557,000 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 
(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $2,715,550,000 from the Trust Fund is for 
grants to States for the administration of State un-
employment insurance laws as authorized under title 
III of the Social Security Act (including not less 
than $120,000,000 to conduct in-person reemploy-
ment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
insurance improper payment reviews, and to provide 
reemployment services and referrals to training as 
appropriate, for all claimants of unemployment in-
surance for ex-service members under 5 U.S.C. 8521 
et. seq. and for the claimants of regular unemploy-
ment compensation who are profiled as most likely 
to exhaust their benefits in each State, and 
$3,000,000 for continued support of the Unemploy-
ment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the 
administration of unemployment insurance for Fed-
eral employees and for ex-service members as au-
thorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the admin-
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istration of trade readjustment allowances, reem-
ployment trade adjustment assistance, and alter-
native trade adjustment assistance under the Trade 
Act of 1974 and under sections 231(a) and 233(b) 
of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act 
of 2011, and shall be available for obligation by the 
States through December 31, 2016, except that 
funds used for automation acquisitions shall be 
available for Federal obligation through December 
31, 2016, and for State obligation through Sep-
tember 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 September 30, 2022, and 
funds for competitive grants awarded to States for 
improved operations, to conduct in-person assess-
ments and reviews and provide reemployment serv-
ices and referrals,shall be available for Federal obli-
gation through December 31, 2016 and for obliga-
tion by the States through September 30, 2018, and 
funds used for unemployment insurance workloads 
experienced by the States through September 30, 
2016 shall be available for Federal obligation 
through December 31, 2016; 
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(2) $14,547,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system; 
(3) $642,771,000 from the Trust Fund, to-
gether 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 na-
tional activities of the Employment Service, includ-
ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred-
it 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) $75,871,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
administration of foreign labor certifications and re-
lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act and related laws, of which $61,589,000 
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 
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(6) $60,153,000 from the General Fund is to 
provide workforce information, national electronic 
tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag-
ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob-
ligation for the period July 1, 2016 through June 
30, 2017: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2016 is 
projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 
2,957,000, 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 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 
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453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 
under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay-
ments 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 es-
tablish 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 Secu-
rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi-
ties 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 Sec-
retary, at the request of a State participating in a consor-
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tium 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 unem-
ployment compensation law of the State making the re-
quest: Provided further, That the Secretary may collect 
fees for the costs associated with additional data collec-
tion, analyses, and reporting services relating to the Na-
tional Agricultural Workers Survey requested by State 
and local governments, public and private institutions of 
higher education, and non-profit organizations and may 
utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 
U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers Survey 
infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the infor-
mation collection and reporting needs of such entities, 
which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re-
main available until September 30, 2017, for such pur-
poses. 
In addition, $30,000,000 from the Employment Se-
curity 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 appropriate, for the 
claimants of regular unemployment compensation who are 
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profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits in each 
State, which shall be available for Federal obligations 
through December 31, 2016, and for State obligation 
through September 30, 2018. 
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 In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad-
vances 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 train-
ing programs, $107,636,000, together with not to exceed 
$50,732,000 which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 
Security Administration, $180,699,000. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-
poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in-
cluding financial assistance 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, includ-
ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-
tember 30, 2016, for the Corporation: Provided, That 
none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 
year 2016 shall be available for obligations for administra-
tive expenses in excess of $431,799,000: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the number of new plan partici-
pants 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 Sep-
tember 30, 2017, for obligation for administrative ex-
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penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici-
pants: 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. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi-
sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for inspection services ren-
dered, $215,500,000. 
OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man-
agement Standards, $42,000,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE 
PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs, $100,500,000. 
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OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, $112,665,000, 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’ Compensation Act. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses (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’ Com-
pensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 
5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2004); obliga-
tions 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 nec-
essary 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, 
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for deposit into and to assume the attributes of the Em-
ployees’ 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 bene-
ficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements 
unobligated on September 30, 2015, shall remain available 
until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, 
and expenses: Provided further, That in addition there 
shall be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal 
Service and from any other corporation or instrumentality 
required under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for 
its fair share of the cost of administration, such sums as 
the Secretary determines to be the cost of administration 
for employees of such fair share entities through Sep-
tember 30, 2016: Provided further, That of those funds 
transferred to this account from the fair share entities to 
pay the cost of administration of the Federal Employees’ 
Compensation Act, $62,170,000 shall be made available 
to the Secretary as follows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems operations and tele-
communications systems, $21,140,000; 
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(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake, and medical bill processing, $22,968,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and 
medical review, $16,668,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $1,394,000; and 
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 
person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 
under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work-
ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 
claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu-
rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 
275, $69,302,000, to remain available until expended. 
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 
for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 
as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title IV for the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2017, $19,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act, $58,552,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil-
ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 
such claim such identifying information (including Social 
Security account number) as may be prescribed. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 
Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 
until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 
section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 
interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) 
of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be 
expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2016 for expenses 
of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene-
fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 
exceed $35,244,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 
exceed $30,279,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-
ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $327,000 
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for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay-
ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 
Department of the Treasury. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, $535,000,000, including not 
to exceed $103,000,000 which shall be the maximum 
amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 
of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 
which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs 
of State occupational safety and health programs required 
to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary 
under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis-
cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other-
wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 
such sums for occupational safety and health training and 
education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, to collect and retain fees for 
services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab-
oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 
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the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 
international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 
the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 
the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 
expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 
standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 
is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 
operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 
camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 
shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 
any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 
respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 
included within a category having a Days Away, Re-
stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 
and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica-
tion code for which such data are published, less than the 
national average rate as such rates are most recently pub-
lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 
except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 
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(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 
response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita-
tion for violations found during such inspection, and 
to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor-
rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 
any willful violations found; 
(3) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to imminent dangers; 
(4) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to health hazards; 
(5) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to a report of an employment accident 
which is fatal to one or more employees or which re-
sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 
and to take any action pursuant to such investiga-
tion authorized by the Act; and 
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to complaints of discrimination against 
employees for exercising rights under the Act: 
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 
apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 
which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em-
ploys 10 or fewer employees. 
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MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, $371,000,000, including purchase 
and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 
with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 
mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 
$8,441,000 for state assistance grants: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 
may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety 
Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training 
materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to 
be available for mine safety and health education and 
training activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administra-
tion is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 
from fees collected for the approval and certification of 
equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and 
may utilize such sums for such activities: Provided further, 
That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build-
ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and 
private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation 
with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided 
further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration 
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is authorized to promote health and safety education and 
training in the mining community through cooperative 
programs with States, industry, and safety associations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to rec-
ognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a prin-
cipal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 
reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safe-
ty and Health Administration officials as officers in local 
chapters or in the national organization: Provided further, 
That any funds available to the Department of Labor may 
be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide 
for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the 
event of a major disaster. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv-
ices rendered, $544,000,000, together with not to exceed 
$65,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
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OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 
Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 
and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective 
of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 
people with disabilities, $38,203,000. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-
ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$284,229,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund: Provided, That funds available to the Bureau of 
International Labor Affairs may be used to administer or 
operate international labor activities, bilateral and multi-
lateral technical assistance, and microfinance programs, 
by or through contracts, grants, subgrants and other ar-
rangements: Provided further, That $8,161,000 shall be 
used for program evaluation and shall be available for obli-
gation through September 30, 2017: Provided further, 
That funds available for program evaluation may be used 
to administer grants for the purpose of evaluation: Pro-
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vided further, That grants made for the purpose of evalua-
tion shall be awarded through fair and open competition: 
Provided further, That funds available for program evalua-
tion may be transferred to any other appropriate account 
in the Department for such purpose: Provided further, 
That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 
days in advance of any transfer: Provided further, That 
the funds available to the Women’s Bureau may be used 
for grants to serve and promote the interests of women 
in the workforce. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $233,001,000 may be derived from the 
Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, 
of which: 
(1) $175,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 
grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis-
abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 
section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em-
ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 
such title, and for the expenses described in section 
4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obliga-
tion by the States through December 31, 2016 and 
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not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal ex-
penditures for data systems and contract support to 
allow for the tracking of participant and perform-
ance information: Provided, That, in addition, such 
funds may be used to support such specialists and 
representatives in the provision of services to 
transitioning members of the Armed Forces who 
have participated in the Transition Assistance Pro-
gram and have been identified as in need of inten-
sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 
are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 
in military treatment facilities or warrior transition 
units, and to the spouses or other family caregivers 
of such wounded, ill, or injured members; 
(2) $14,100,000 is for carrying out the Transi-
tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 
10 U.S.C. 1144; 
(3) $40,487,000 is for Federal administration 
of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States 
Code; and 
(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ 
Employment and Training Services Institute under 
38 U.S.C. 4109: 
Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 
appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 
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above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria-
tion from which such reallocation is made. 
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$38,109,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home-
less veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 
transitioning from certain institutions under sections 
2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 
Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) 
of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through 
September 30, 2016, to provide services under such sec-
tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec-
tion 2023 may include, in addition to services to the indi-
viduals described in subsection (e) of such section, services 
to veterans recently released from incarceration who are 
at risk of homelessness. 
IT MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-
tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-
lated to support systems and modernization, $29,778,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $79,000,000, together with not to 
exceed $5,660,000 which may be expended from the Em-
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ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo-
nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora-
tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 
Level III. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-
priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 
project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ-
ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 
this section shall not be used to create any new program 
or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are 
provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer. 
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 
13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
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available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex-
pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 
manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole 
or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 
and host countries already identified by the United States 
Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of 
the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improve-
ment Act of 1998 may be used for any purpose other than 
competitive grants for training individuals over the age of 
16 who are not currently enrolled in school within a local 
educational agency in the occupations and industries for 
which employers are using H–1B visas to hire foreign 
workers, and the related activities necessary to support 
such training: Provided, That the preceding limitation 
shall not apply to funding provided pursuant to solicita-
tions for grant applications issued prior to January 15, 
2014. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad-
ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 
of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi-
vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 
in excess of Executive Level III. This limitation shall not 
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apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 
in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. 
Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es-
tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re-
ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 
funds, taking into account factors including the relative 
cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 
comparable State or local government employees, and the 
size of the organizations that administer Federal pro-
grams involved including Employment and Training Ad-
ministration programs. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-
retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-
ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di-
rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv-
ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 
determined that those services will be more efficiently per-
formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 
shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 
than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 
in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 
out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 
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are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 
this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man-
agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 
Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2017: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 
Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 
a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua-
tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 
‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, 
‘‘Community Service Employment for Older Americans’’, 
‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 
Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administra-
tion’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 
‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management 
Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-
tration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Of-
fice of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding made 
available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Affairs’’ and 
‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Manage-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans 
Employment and Training’’. 
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SEC. 108. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 
a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em-
ployer is granted, the employer may bring the non-
immigrants described in the petition into the United 
States at any time during the 120-day period begin-
ning on the start date for which the employer is 
seeking the services of the nonimmigrants without 
filing another petition. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CROSSINGS
AFTER 
90TH DAY.—An employer may not bring H–2B non-
immigrants into the United States after the date 
that is 90 days after the start date for which the 
employer is seeking the services of the non-
immigrants unless the employer— 
(A) completes a new assessment of the 
local labor market by— 
(i) listing job orders in local news-
papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 
(ii) posting the job opportunity on the 
appropriate Department of Labor Elec-
tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 
place of employment; and 
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(B) offers the job to an equally or better 
qualified United States worker who— 
(i) applies for the job; and 
(ii) will be available at the time and 
place of need. 
(3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT 
TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not 
consider an employer who brings H–2B non-
immigrants into the United States during the 120- 
day period specified in paragraph (1) to be stag-
gering the date of need in violation of section 
655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, 
or any other applicable provision of law. 
(b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens ad-
mitted to the United States pursuant to section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 109. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 
than 0.25 percent from each appropriation made available 
in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 
out information technology purchases and upgrades for 
any of the programs or activities that are funded under 
such accounts. Any funds reserved under this section shall 
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be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Management’’ for use by 
the Office of the Chief Information Officer within the De-
partment of Labor, and shall be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2017: Provided, That such funds 
shall only be available if the Chief Information Officer of 
the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate describing the purchases and upgrades to 
be carried out and an explanation of why funds are not 
needed in the donor account 15 days in advance of any 
transfer. 
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 
‘‘Employment and Training Administration Program Ad-
ministration’’, funding made available for Federal admin-
istration within ‘‘Job Corps’’, ‘‘Foreign Labor Certifi-
cation Program Administration’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Se-
curity Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation 
Programs’’, ‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Fed-
eral Contract Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor 
Management Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Admin-
istration’’, ‘‘Veterans Employment and Training’’, ‘‘Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics’’, and ‘‘Office of Disability Em-
ployment Policy’’. 
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SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, beginning October 1, 2015, the Secretary of Labor, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture may se-
lect an entity to operate a Civilian Conservation Center 
on a competitive basis in accordance with section 147 of 
the WIOA, if the Secretary of Labor determines such Cen-
ter has had consistently low performance under the per-
formance accountability system in effect for the Job Corps 
program prior to July 1, 2016, or with respect to expected 
levels of performance established under section 159(c) of 
such Act beginning on July 1, 2016. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors regulation 
published by the Department of Labor in the Federal Reg-
ister on October 7, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 60634 et seq.), 
with respect to federal contracts, permits, or other con-
tract-like instruments entered into with the Federal Gov-
ernment in connection with federal property or lands, re-
lated to offering seasonal recreational services or seasonal 
recreation equipment rental for the general public. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for ‘‘Department of Labor—Departmental Manage-
ment’’ may be used to establish the proposed Office of 
Labor Compliance. 
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SEC. 113. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force the proposed Definition of the Term ‘‘Fiduciary’’; 
Conflict of Interest Rule—Retirement Investment Advice 
regulation published by the Department of Labor in the 
Federal Register on April 20, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 21928 
et seq.). 
SEC. 114. An Occupational Safety and Health Ad-
ministration inspector shall not administer, enforce, or 
otherwise implement any policy or interpretation of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration that al-
lows an individual affiliated with a third party organiza-
tion to accompany such OSHA inspector on a walkaround 
inspection except in accordance with applicable laws and 
regulations and by a vote of approval of the employees 
of an affected worksite. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 
with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai-
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