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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 and for carrying out section 908 of the So-
cial Security Act, $81,393,000, together with not to ex-
ceed $39,977,000, which may be expended from the Em-
ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund.
PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for Pension and Welfare Ben-
efits 
Administration, 
$65,783,000
(increased
by
$300,000,
which
amount
shall
be
for
genetic
non-
discrimination enforcement activities) $71,783,000.
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 section 104 of Public Law 96–364,
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 Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C.
9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program
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through September 30, 1997, for such Corporation:–Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $135,720,000 shall be available
for administrative expenses of the Corporation: Provided,
That not to exceed $10,345,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses of the Corporation: Provided further,
That expenses of such Corporation in connection with the
termination of pension plans, for the acquisition, protection
or management, and investment of trust assets, and for ben-
efits administration services shall be considered as non-ad-
ministrative expenses for the purposes hereof, and excluded
from the above limitation.
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
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, $258,422,000
(increased
by
$5,000,000 for sweatshop enforcement in the garment in-
dustry) $262,172,000, together with $983,000 which may
be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with
sections 39(c) and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation Act: Provided, That the Secretary
of Labor is authorized to accept, retain, and spend, until
expended, in the name of the Department of Labor, all
sums of money ordered to be paid to the Secretary of
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Labor, in accordance with the terms of the Consent Judg-
ment in Civil Action No. 91–0027 of the United States
District Court for the District of the Northern Mariana
Islands (May 21, 1992): Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Labor is authorized to establish and, in accord-
ance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and deposit in the
Treasury fees for processing applications and issuing cer-
tificates under sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 211(d)
and 214) and for processing applications and issuing reg-
istrations under Title I of the Migrant and Seasonal Agri-
cultural Worker Protection Act, 29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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 title 5,
chapter 81 of the United States Code; continuation of ben-
efits as provided for under the head ‘‘Civilian War Bene-
fits’’ in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act,
1947; the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appro-
priation Act, 1944; and sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War
Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 per
centum of the additional compensation and benefits re-
quired by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended, $213,000,000
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together with such amounts as may be necessary to be
charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the pay-
ment of compensation and other benefits for any period
subsequent to August 15 of the current year: Provided,
That such sums as are necessary may be used under sec-
tion 8104 of title 5, United States Code, by the Secretary
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 re-
imbursements unobligated on September 30, 1996, shall
remain available until expended for the payment of com-
pensation, 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 section 8147(c) of title
5, United States Code, to pay an amount for its fair share
of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary
of Labor determines to be the cost of administration for
employees of such fair share entities through September
30, 1997: Provided further, That of those funds trans-
ferred to this account from the fair share entities to pay
the cost of administration, $11,390,000 shall be made
available to the Secretary of Labor for expenditures relat-
ing to capital improvements in support of Federal Employ-
ees’ Compensation Act administration, and the balance of
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such funds shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellane-
ous receipts: Provided further, That the Secretary may re-
quire that any person filing a notice of injury or a claim
for benefits under Subchapter 5, U.S.C., chapter 81, or
under subchapter 33, U.S.C. 901, et seq. (the Longshore
and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended),
provide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying
information (including Social Security account number) as
such regulations may prescribe.
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust
Fund, $1,007,644,000, of which $961,665,000 shall be
available until September 30, 1998, for payment of all
benefits as authorized by section 9501(d) (1), (2), (4), and
(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended,
and interest on advances as authorized by section
9501(c)(2) of that Act, and of which $26,071,000 shall
be available for transfer to Employment Standards Ad-
ministration, Salaries and Expenses, $19,621,000 for
transfer to Departmental Management, Salaries and Ex-
penses, and $287,000 for transfer to Departmental Man-
agement, Office of Inspector General, for expenses of oper-
ation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits pro-
gram as authorized by section 9501(d)(5)(A) of that Act:
Provided, That, in addition, such amounts as may be nec-