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form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note). 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay the basic pay of any individual 
serving as Deputy Commissioner of Social Security, Social 
Security Administration, whose appointment to such posi-
tion has not been confirmed by a vote of the Senate pursu-
ant to section 702(b)(1) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to establish or implement any require-
ment that individuals receive vaccination for human 
papillomavirus (HPV) as a condition of school admittance 
or matriculation. 
SEC. 524. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF LABOR—Departmental Man-
agement—Salaries and Expenses’’, and increasing the 
amount made available for ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF EDU-
CATION—School Improvement Programs’’ (for activities 
authorized by part B of title II of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965), by $15,665,760. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services to implement the final rule published on March 
30, 2007, on page 15275 of volume 72, Federal Register 
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(relating to section 482.82(b) of title 42, Code of Federal 
Regulations). 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the evaluation of the Upward 
Bound program described in the absolute priority for Up-
ward Bound Program participant selection and evaluation 
published by the Department of Education in the Federal 
Register on September 22, 2006 (71 Fed. Reg. 55447 et 
seq.). 
SEC. 527. The amount otherwise provided in this Act 
for
‘‘DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION—DEPART-
MENTAL MANAGEMENT—Office of Civil Rights’’ is 
hereby
decreased
by
$2,000,000
and
increased
by 
$2,000,000. 
SEC. 528. The amount otherwise provided in this Act 
for ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION—EDUCATION 
FOR THE DISADVANTAGED’’ is hereby decreased by 
$2,000,000 and increased by $2,000,000. 
SEC. 529. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to carry out the Entertainment Edu-
cation Program of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for the Ombudsman Program of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention. 
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(c) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
to provide additional rotating pastel lights, zero-gravity 
chairs, or dry-heat saunas for its fitness center. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to purchase light bulbs unless the light 
bulbs have the ‘‘ENERGY STAR’’ designation. 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart-
ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 
the United States. 
SEC. 532. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for the ‘‘Department of Labor, Employment and Training 
Administration, Training and Employment Services’’, by 
increasing the amount made available for the ‘‘National 
Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute’’, and by 
increasing the amount made available for the ‘‘National 
Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological 
Disorders and Stroke’’ by $49,000,000, $10,000,000, and 
$10,000,000, respectively. 
SEC. 533. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 
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SEC. 534. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Public Broadcasting Service to 
sponsor events at the Filmmaker Lodge at the Sundance 
Film Festival. 
SEC. 535. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 
the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa-
tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 
to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 
agreement between the United States and Mexico estab-
lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu-
rity system established by title II of the Social Security 
Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 
not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 536. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to take any action to finalize (or other-
wise implement) provisions contained in the proposed rule 
published on May 3, 2007, on pages 24680 through 25135 
of volume 72, Federal Register, insofar as such provisions 
propose— 
(1) to alter payments for services under the 
hospital inpatient prospective payment system under 
section 1886(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C 
1395ww(d)) based on use of a Medicare severity di-
agnosis related group (MS-DRG) system; or 
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(2) to implement a prospective behavioral offset 
in response to the implementation of such a Medi-
care Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) 
system for purposes of such hospital inpatient pro-
spective payment system. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
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 RESCISSION) 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998 (WIA), the Denali Commission Act of 1998, and 
the Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Occu-
pations Act of 1992, including the purchase and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and re-
pair of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of 
real property for training centers as authorized by the WIA; 
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$3,587,138,000, plus reimbursements, 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 shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2008 to June 
30, 2009, and of which $712,000,000 shall be 
available 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; and 
(C) $1,189,811,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$341,811,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, and of 
which $848,000,000 shall be available for the pe-
riod October 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009: 
Provided, That notwithstanding the transfer limita-
tion under section 133(b)(4) of the WIA, up to 30 per-
cent of such funds may be transferred by a local 
board if approved by the Governor: 
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(2) 
for 
federally 
administered 
programs, 
$481,540,000 as follows: 
(A) $282,092,000 for the dislocated workers 
assistance national reserve, of which $3,700,000 
shall be available on October 1, 2007, of which 
$66,392,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, and of 
which $212,000,000 shall be available for the pe-
riod October 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009: 
Provided, That up to $150,000,000 may be made 
available for Community-Based Job Training 
Grants from funds reserved under section 
132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA and shall be used to 
carry out such grants under section 171(d) of 
such Act, except that the 10 percent limitation 
otherwise applicable to the amount of funds that 
may be used to carry out section 171(d) shall not 
be applicable to funds used for Community- 
Based Job Training grants: Provided further, 
That funds provided to carry out section 
132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA 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-
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main dislocated; coordinate the State workforce 
development plan with emerging economic devel-
opment needs; and train such eligible dislocated 
workers: Provided further, That funds provided 
to carry out section 171(d) of the WIA may be 
used for demonstration projects that provide as-
sistance to new entrants in the workforce and in-
cumbent 
workers: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$1,500,000 shall be for a non-competitive grant 
to the AFL–CIO Working for America Institute, 
which shall be awarded not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That $2,200,000 shall be for a non-com-
petitive grant to the AFL–CIO Appalachian 
Council, Incorporated, for Job Corps career tran-
sition services, which shall be awarded not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act; 
(B) $53,696,000 for Native American pro-
grams, which shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009; 
(C) $79,752,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworkers, including $74,302,000 for formula 
grants, $4,950,000 for migrant and seasonal 
housing (of which not less than 70 percent shall 
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be for permanent housing), and $500,000 for 
other discretionary purposes, which shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2008 through 
June 30, 2009: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or related regulation, 
the Department shall take no action limiting the 
number or proportion of eligible participants re-
ceiving related assistance services or discour-
aging grantees from providing such services; 
(D) $1,000,000 for carrying out the Women 
in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupa-
tions Act, which shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009; and 
(E) $65,000,000 for YouthBuild activities 
as described in section 173A of the WIA, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2008 
through June 30, 2009; 
(3) for national activities, $111,088,000, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2008 through 
July 30, 2009 as follows: 
(A) $30,650,000 for Pilots, Demonstrations, 
and Research, of which $27,650,000 shall be 
available for noncompetitive grants, with the 
terms, conditions and amounts specified in the 
committee report of the Senate accompanying 
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this Act: Provided, That funding provided to 
carry out projects under section 171 of the WIA 
that are identified in the committee report ac-
companying this Act, shall not be subject to the 
requirements 
of 
section 
171(b)(2)(B) 
and 
171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA, the joint funding re-
quirements 
of 
sections 
171(b)(2)(A) 
and 
171(c)(4)(A) of the WIA, or any time limit re-
quirements 
of 
sections 
171(b)(2)(C) 
and 
171(c)(4)(B) of the WIA; 
(B) $13,642,000 for ex-offender activities, 
under the authority of section 171 of the Act, 
notwithstanding the requirements of sections 
171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D); 
(C) $4,921,000 for Evaluation under section 
172 of the WIA; and 
(D) $6,875,000 for the Denali Commission, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 
2008 through June 30, 2009. 
Of the amounts made available under this heading in 
Public Law 107–116 to carry out the activities of the Na-
tional Skills Standards Board, $44,063 are hereby re-
scinded. 
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COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 
1965, as amended, $483,611,000, which shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2008 of trade adjust-
ment benefit payments and allowances under part I of sub-
chapter B of chapter 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, title II of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (including the benefits and services de-
scribed under sections 123(c)(2) and 151(b) and (c) of the 
Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, Public 
Law 107–210), $888,700,000, together with such amounts 
as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent appro-
priation for payments for any period subsequent to Sep-
tember 15, 2008. 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For authorized administrative expenses, $98,409,000, 
together with not to exceed $3,248,223,000 which may be 
expended from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust 
Fund’’), of which: 
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(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 as-
sessments in one-stop career centers of claimants of 
unemployment insurance), the administration of un-
employment insurance for Federal employees and for 
ex-service members as authorized under sections 
8501–8523 of title 5, United States Code, and the ad-
ministration of trade readjustment allowances and al-
ternative trade adjustment assistance under the Trade 
Act of 1974, and shall be available for obligation by 
the States through December 31, 2008, except that 
funds used for automation acquisitions shall be avail-
able for obligation by the States through September 
30, 2010, and funds used for unemployment insur-
ance workloads experienced by the States through 
September 30, 2008 shall be available for Federal ob-
ligation 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; 
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