110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3043 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agen-
cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and 
for other purposes. 
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, 2008, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (‘‘the Act’’), and the Women in Apprentice-
ship and Nontraditional Occupations Act of 1992, includ-
ing the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the 
construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other 
facilities, and the purchase of real property for training 
centers as authorized by the Act, $3,579,530,000, plus re-
imbursements, is available. Of the amounts provided: 
(1) For grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$2,994,510,000 as follows: 
(A) $864,199,000 for adult employment 
and training activities, of which $152,199,000 
is available for the period July 1, 2008, to June 
30, 2009, and of which $712,000,000 is avail-
able for the period October 1, 2008, through 
June 30, 2009. 
(B) $940,500,000 for youth activities, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2008, through June 30, 2009. 
(C) $1,189,811,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$341,811,000 is available for the period July 1, 
2008, through June 30, 2009, and of which 
$848,000,000 is available for the period Octo-
ber 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009: Provided, 
That notwithstanding the transfer limitation 
under section 133(b)(4) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
2863(B)(4)), up to 30 percent of such funds 
may be transferred by a local board if approved 
by the Governor. 
(2) 
For 
federally 
administered 
programs, 
$483,213,000 as follows: 
(A) $282,092,000 for the dislocated work-
ers assistance national reserve, of which 
$2,600,000 is available on October 1, 2007, of 
which $67,492,000 is available for the period 
July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009, and of 
which $212,000,000 is available for the period 
October 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009: Pro-
vided, That up to $125,000,000 may be made 
available for Community-Based Job Training 
grants: Provided further, That funds provided 
to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Act (29 
U.S.C. 2862(A)(2)(a)) may be 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 re-
main dislocated; coordinate the State workforce 
development plan with emerging economic de-
velopment needs; and train such eligible dis-
located workers: Provided further, That funds 
provided to carry out section 171(d) of the Act 
(29 U.S.C. 2916(d)) may be used for dem-
onstration projects that provide assistance to 
new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 
workers: Provided further, That $2,600,000 
shall be for a noncompetitive grant to the Na-
tional Center on Education and the Economy, 
which shall be awarded not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(B) $56,381,000 for Native American pro-
grams, which shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009.
(C) $83,740,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworkers under section 167 of the Act (29 
U.S.C. 2912), of which $78,740,000 is for for-
mula grants (of which not less that 70 percent 
shall be for employment and training services) 
and $5,000,000 is for migrant and seasonal 
housing (of which not less than 70 percent shall 
be for permanent housing), which shall be avail-
able for the period July 1, 2008, through June 
30, 2009. 
(D) $60,000,000 for YouthBuild activities 
under section 173A of the Act (29 U.S.C. 
2918a), which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009. 
(E) $1,000,000 for carrying out the 
Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional 
Occupations Act (29 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 
2008, through June 30, 2009. 
(3) For national activities, $101,807,000, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2008, 
through July 30, 2009, as follows: 
(A) $68,746,000 for ex-offender activities, 
under the authority of section 171 of the Act 
(29 U.S.C. 2916), notwithstanding the require-
ments of sections 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) 
of such section, of which not less than 
$48,000,000 shall be for youthful offender ac-
tivities. 
(B) $28,140,000 for Pilots, Demonstra-
tions, and Research (notwithstanding the re-
quirements 
of 
sections 
171(b)(2)(B) 
or 
171(c)(4)(D) 
of 
the 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
2916(b)(2)(B) 
or 
(c)(4)(D)), 
of 
which 
$10,000,000 shall be for grants to address the 
employment and training needs of young par-
ents. 
(C) $4,921,000 for Evaluation under the 
authority of section 172 of the Act (29 U.S.C. 
2917). 
Of the amounts made available under this heading 
in Public Law 107–116 to carry out the activities of the 
National Skill Standards Board, $44,000 is rescinded. 
Of the unexpended balances, including recaptures 
and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the 
Department of Labor under this heading for fiscal years 
2006 and prior years, $335,000,000 is rescinded.
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER 
AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 
1965, $530,900,000, which shall be available for the pe-
riod July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2008 of trade ad-
justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 
of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 
allowances for job search and relocation, and related State 
administrative expenses under Part II of subchapter B of 
chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 
$888,700,000, together with such amounts as may be nec-
essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 
payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 
2008. 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses, 
$85,945,000, together with not to exceed $3,256,669,000 
which may be expended from the employment security ad-
ministration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 
(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which— 
(1) $2,510,723,000 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 
$10,000,000 to conduct in-person reemployment and 
eligibility assessments in one-stop career centers of 
claimants of unemployment insurance), the adminis-
tration of unemployment insurance for Federal em-
ployees and for ex-service members as authorized 
under sections 8501–8525 of title 5, United States 
Code, and the administration of trade readjustment 
allowances and alternative trade adjustment assist-
ance under the Trade Act of 1974, and shall be 
available for obligation by the States through De-
cember 31, 2008, except that funds used for auto-
mation acquisitions shall be available for obligation 
by the States through September 30, 2010, and 
funds used for unemployment insurance workloads 
experienced by the States through September 30, 
2008, shall be available for Federal obligation 
through December 31, 2008; 
(2) $10,500,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system; 
(3) $23,203,000, together with $702,680,000 
from the Trust Fund, is for grants to States in ac-
cordance with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, 
and shall be available for Federal obligation for the 
period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009; 
(4) $32,766,000 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, the administration of activities, including for-
eign labor certifications, under the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, and the provision of technical as-
sistance and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser 
Act, including not to exceed $1,228,000 that may be 
used for amortization payments to States which had 
independent retirement plans in their State employ-
ment service agencies prior to 1980; 
(5) $52,985,000 is to provide workforce infor-
mation, national electronic tools, and one-stop sys-
tem building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and shall 
be available for Federal obligation for the period 
July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009; and 
(6) $9,757,000 is to provide for work incentive 
grants to the States and shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2008 is
projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 
2,786,000, 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 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 or immigration 
programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants, or agree-
ments with non-State entities: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this Act for activities authorized 
under title III of the Social Security Act and the Wagner- 
Peyser Act may be used by States to fund integrated un-
employment insurance and Employment Service automa-
tion efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles pre-
scribed under the Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–87. 
In addition, $40,000,000 from the employment secu-
rity administration account of the Unemployment Trust 
Fund shall be available to conduct in-person reemploy-
ment and eligibility assessments in one-stop career centers 
of claimants of unemployment insurance: Provided, That 
not later than 180 days following the end of the fiscal year 
2008, the Secretary shall submit an interim report to the 
Congress that includes available information on expendi-
tures, number of claimants assessed, and outcomes from 
the assessments: Provided further, That not later than 18 
months following the end of the fiscal year, the Secretary 
of Labor shall submit to the Congress a final report con-
taining comprehensive information on the estimated sav-
ings that result from the assessments of claimants and 
identification of best practices. 
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 1954; and for nonrepayable ad-
vances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized 
by section 8509 of title 5, United States Code, and to the
‘‘Federal unemployment benefits and allowances’’ account, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
September 
30, 
2009, 
$437,000,000. 
In addition, for making repayable advances to the 
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal 
year after September 15, 2008, for costs incurred by the 
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $88,451,000, together with not to exceed 
$82,049,000, which may be expended from the employ-
ment security administration account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 
Security Administration, $142,925,000. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is author-
ized to make such expenditures, including financial assist-
ance authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 4201 
et seq.), within limits of funds and borrowing authority
available to such Corporation, and in accord with law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act (31 U.S.C. 9104), 
as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ-
ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-
tember 30, 2008, for such Corporation: Provided, That 
none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 
year 2008 shall be available for obligations for administra-
tive expenses in excess of $411,151,000: 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 2008, an amount not to exceed an 
additional $9,200,000 shall be available for obligation for 
administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional termi-
nated participants: Provided further, That an additional 
$50,000 shall be made available for obligation for invest-
ment management fees for every $25,000,000 in assets 
received by the Corporation as a result of new plan termi-
nations, after approval by the Office of Management and 
Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For necessary expenses for the Employment Stand-
ards Administration, including reimbursement to State, 
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspec-
tion services rendered, $434,397,000, together with 
$2,111,000 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: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to estab-
lish and, in accordance with section 3302 of title 31, 
United States Code, collect and deposit in the Treasury 
fees for processing applications and issuing certificates 
under sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for proc-
essing applications and issuing registrations under title I 
of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protec-
tion Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 
Of the unobligated funds collected pursuant to sec-
tion 286(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
$70,000,000 is rescinded. 
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 chapter 
81 of title 5, United States Code; 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; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act 
of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 percent of the 
additional compensation and benefits required by section 
10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensa-
tion Act, $203,000,000, 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: Provided, That amounts appropriated may 
be used under section 8104 of title 5, United States Code, 
by the Secretary of Labor to reimburse an employer, who 
is not the employer at the time of injury, for portions of 
the salary of a reemployed, disabled beneficiary: Provided 
further, That balances of reimbursements unobligated on 
September 30, 2007, shall remain available until expended 
for the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: 
Provided further, That in addition there shall be trans-
ferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service and 
from any other corporation or instrumentality required 
under section 8147(c) of title 5, United States Code, to
pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of administra-
tion, such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost 
of administration for employees of such fair share entities 
through September 30, 2008: 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, $52,280,000 shall be made 
available to the Secretary as follows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems and telecommuni-
cations systems, $21,855,000. 
(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake and medical bill processing, $16,109,000. 
(3) For periodic roll management and medical 
review, $14,316,000. 
(4) 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 chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, or the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, pro-
vide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying in-
formation (including Social Security 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, $208,221,000, 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 2009, $62,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, 
$104,745,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to trans-
fer to any executive agency with authority under the En-
ergy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, 
including within the Department of Labor, such sums as 
may be necessary in fiscal year 2008 to carry out those 
authorities: Provided further, That the Secretary may re-
quire that any person filing a claim for benefits under 
such Act provide as part of such claim, such identifying 
information (including Social Security account number) as
may be prescribed. Provided further, That not later than 
30 days after enactment of this Act, in addition to other 
sums transferred by the Secretary to the National Insti-
tute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for the 
administration of the Energy Employees Occupational Ill-
ness Compensation Program (EEOICPA), the Secretary 
shall transfer $4,500,000 to NIOSH from the funds ap-
propriated to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Fund (42 U.S.C. 7384e), for use by or in 
support of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker 
Health (the Board) to carry out its statutory responsibil-
ities under EEOICPA (42 U.S.C. 7384n–q), including ob-
taining audits, technical assistance and other support 
from the Board’s audit contractor with regard to radiation 
dose estimation and reconstruction efforts, site profiles, 
procedures, and review of Special Exposure Cohort peti-
tions and evaluation reports. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In fiscal year 2008 and thereafter, such sums as may 
be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, 
to remain available until expended, for payment of all ben-
efits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and interest on ad-
vances, as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of such Act.
In addition, the following amounts shall be available from 
the Fund for fiscal year 2008 for expenses of operation 
and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5) of such Act: 
$32,761,000 for transfer to the Employment Standards 
Administration ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; $24,785,000 for 
transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’; $335,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-
ment, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’; and $356,000 for 
payments 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, $503,516,000, including not 
to exceed $91,093,000 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 of 
Labor under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, not-
withstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, 
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may 
retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year of training institute
course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law to be col-
lected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety 
and health training and education: Provided, That, not-
withstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, 
the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, to collect and retain fees for services 
provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, 
and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provi-
sions of section 2 of the Act of April 13, 1934 (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, regula-
tion, 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 further, That no funds appro-
priated under this paragraph shall be obligated or ex-
pended to administer or enforce any standard, rule, regu-
lation, 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, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) 
occupational injury and illness rate, at the most precise
industrial classification code for which such data are pub-
lished, less than the national average rate as such rates 
are most recently published by the Secretary, acting 
through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance 
with section 24 of the Act (29 U.S.C. 673), except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 
(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: Provided further, That 
$10,116,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood train-
ing grants, of which $3,200,000 shall be used for the In-
stitutional Competency Building training grants which 
commenced in September 2000, for program activities for 
the period of October 1, 2007, to September 30, 2008, 
provided that a grantee has demonstrated satisfactory per-
formance: Provided further, That such grants shall be 
awarded no less than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall pro-
vide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate with timetables 
for the development and issuance of occupational safety 
and health standards on beryllium, silica, cranes and der-
ricks, confined space entry in construction, and hazard 
communication global harmonization; such timetables 
shall include actual or estimated dates for: the publication 
of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, the com-
mencement and completion of a Small Business Regu-
latory Enforcement Fairness Act review (if required), the 
completion of any peer review (if required), the submission 
of the draft proposed rule to the Office of Management 
and Budget for review under Executive Order No. 12866 
(if required), the publication of a proposed rule, the con-
duct of public hearings, the submission of a draft final 
rule to the Office and Management and Budget for review 
under Executive Order No. 12866 (if required), and the 
issuance of a final rule; and such report shall be submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate within 90 days of the enact-
ment of this Act, with updates provided every 90 days 
thereafter that shall include an explanation of the reasons 
for any delays in meeting the projected timetables for ac-
tion. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, $313,478,000 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; in addition, not to ex-
ceed $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, notwithstanding section 
3302 of title 31, United States Code; and, in addition, 
the Mine Safety and Health Administration may retain 
up to $1,000,000 from fees collected for the approval and 
certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for 
use in mines, and may utilize such sums for such activi-
ties; the Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept lands, 
buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public 
and private sources and to prosecute projects in coopera-
tion with other agencies, Federal, State, or private; the 
Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to 
promote health and safety education and training in the 
mining community through cooperative programs with 
States, industry, and safety associations; the Secretary is 
authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety As-
sociation as a principal safety association and, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, may provide funds 
and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, including 
service of Mine Safety and Health Administration officials 
as officers in local chapters or in the national organiza-
tion; and any funds available to the Department 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, $497,854,000, together with not to exceed 
$78,264,000, which may be expended from the employ-
ment security administration account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund, of which $5,000,000 may be used to 
fund the mass layoff statistics program under section 15 
of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49l–2): Provided, 
That the Current Employment Survey shall maintain the 
content of the survey issued prior to June 2005 with re-
spect to the collection of data for the women worker series. 
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, $27,712,000.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-
ment, including the hire of three sedans, and including 
the management or operation, through contracts, grants 
or other arrangements of Departmental activities con-
ducted by or through the Bureau of International Labor 
Affairs, including bilateral and multilateral technical as-
sistance 
and 
other 
international 
labor 
activities, 
$292,943,000 (reduced by $2,500,000) (reduced by 
$2,000,000) (reduced by $500,000), of which $72,516,000 
is for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (including 
$5,000,000 to implement model programs to address 
worker rights issues through technical assistance in coun-
tries with which the United States has trade preference 
programs), and of which $18,000,000 is for the acquisi-
tion of Departmental information technology, architecture, 
infrastructure, equipment, software and related needs, 
which will be allocated by the Department’s Chief Infor-
mation Officer in accordance with the Department’s cap-
ital investment management process to assure a sound in-
vestment strategy; together with not to exceed $318,000, 
which may be expended from the employment security ad-
ministration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.