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reviews and provide reemployment services and referrals to 
training, as appropriate, shall be available for Federal obliga-
tion through December 31, 2017, and for obligation by the 
States through September 30, 2019, and funds for the 
Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence shall 
be available for obligation by the State through September 
30, 2018, and funds used for unemployment insurance work-
loads experienced by the States through September 30, 2017 
shall be available for Federal obligation through December 
31, 2017; 
(2) $14,897,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activi-
ties necessary to support the administration of the Federal- 
State unemployment insurance system; 
(3) $650,000,000 from the Trust Fund, together with 
$21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is for 
grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner- 
Peyser Act, and shall be available for Federal obligation for 
the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018; 
(4) $19,818,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activi-
ties of the Employment Service, including administration of 
the work opportunity tax credit under section 51 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, and the provision of technical assistance 
and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(5) $62,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for the administra-
tion of foreign labor certifications and related activities under 
the Immigration and Nationality Act and related laws, of which 
$48,028,000 shall be available for the Federal administration 
of such activities, and $14,282,000 shall be available for grants 
to States for the administration of such activities; and 
(6) $67,653,000 from the General Fund is to provide 
workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop 
system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and shall be 
available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2017 
through June 30, 2018: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured 
Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2017 is projected by the 
Department of Labor to exceed 2,453,000, 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 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 
under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on 
behalf of States to the entity operating the State Information Data 
Exchange System: Provided further, That funds appropriated in 
this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career 
center system, or which are used to support the national activities
H. R. 244—373 
of the Federal-State unemployment insurance, employment service, 
or immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants, 
or agreements with States and non-State entities: Provided further, 
That States awarded competitive grants for improved operations 
under title III of the Social Security Act, or awarded grants to 
support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment 
insurance system, may award subgrants to other States and non- 
State entities under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 
to the grants: 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 Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service auto-
mation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed 
under the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require-
ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal 
Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided 
further, That the Secretary, at the request of a State participating 
in a consortium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to 
such State under title III of the Social Security Act to other States 
participating in the consortium in order to carry out activities 
that benefit the administration of the unemployment compensation 
law of the State making the request: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may collect fees for the costs associated with additional 
data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating to the 
National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by State and local 
governments, public and private institutions of higher education, 
and nonprofit organizations and may utilize such sums, in accord-
ance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricul-
tural Workers Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet 
the information collection and reporting needs of such entities, 
which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2018, for such purposes. 
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as 
authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, 
and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by 
section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and for 
nonrepayable advances to the revolving fund established by section 
901(e) of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal Unemployment 
Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such sums as may be necessary, 
which shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2018. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and training pro-
grams, $108,674,000, together with not to exceed $49,982,000 which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security 
Administration, $181,000,000.
H. R. 244—374 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Corporation’’) is 
authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assist-
ance authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, 
and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the program, including associated 
administrative expenses, through September 30, 2017, for the Cor-
poration: Provided, That none of the funds available to the Corpora-
tion for fiscal year 2017 shall be available for obligations for 
administrative expenses in excess of $421,006,000: Provided further, 
That an amount not to exceed an additional $98,500,000 shall 
be available through September 30, 2021, for costs associated with 
the acquisition, occupancy, and related costs of headquarters space: 
Provided further, That to the extent that the number of new plan 
participants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 
in fiscal year 2017, an amount not to exceed an additional 
$9,200,000 shall be available through September 30, 2018, for 
obligation for administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional 
terminated participants: Provided further, That obligations in excess 
of the amounts provided in this paragraph may be incurred for 
unforeseen and extraordinary pretermination expenses or extraor-
dinary 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 Division, 
including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and 
their employees for inspection services rendered, $227,500,000. 
OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Management 
Standards, $38,187,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs, $104,476,000.
H. R. 244—375 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ Compensation 
Programs, $115,424,000, together with $2,177,000 which may be 
expended from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 
44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensa-
tion Act. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses 
(except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or 
any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of 
benefits as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ 
in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the 
Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sec-
tion 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2004); obligations 
incurred under the War Hazards Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional compensation and 
benefits required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor 
Workers’ Compensation Act, $220,000,000, together with such 
amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent 
year appropriation for the payment of compensation and other 
benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current 
year, for deposit into and to assume the attributes of the Employees’ 
Compensation Fund established under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, 
That amounts appropriated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 
by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer 
at the time of injury, for portions of the salary of a re-employed, 
disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimburse-
ments unobligated on September 30, 2016, 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 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 administra-
tion for employees of such fair share entities through September 
30, 2017: 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, $66,675,000 shall 
be made available to the Secretary as follows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of automated data 
processing systems operations and telecommunications systems, 
$22,740,000; 
(2) 
For 
automated 
workload 
processing 
operations, 
including document imaging, centralized mail intake, and med-
ical bill processing, $22,968,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and medical 
review, $16,866,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $4,101,000; and 
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury 
as miscellaneous receipts:
H. R. 244—376 
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 Workers’ Compensation Act, pro-
vide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying information 
(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, $61,319,000, 
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 2018, $16,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL 
ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $59,846,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may 
require that any person filing 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 Revenue 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 2017 for expenses of 
operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed $38,246,000 for 
transfer to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’; not to exceed $31,994,000 for transfer to Depart-
mental Management, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed 
$330,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of 
Inspector General’’; and not to exceed $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, $552,787,000, including not to exceed $100,850,000 
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
H. R. 244—377 
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, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may retain 
up to $499,000 per fiscal year of training institute course tuition 
and fees, otherwise 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 Sec-
retary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2017, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in 
accordance with 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 appro-
priated 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: Pro-
vided further, 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, Restricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) 
occupational injury and illness rate, at the most precise industrial 
classification code for which such data are published, 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, except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation, tech-
nical assistance, educational and training services, and to con-
duct surveys and studies; 
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response 
to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations 
found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for viola-
tions which are not corrected 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 results in hospitalization of two 
or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such 
investigation 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 employs 10 or fewer 
employees: Provided further, That $10,537,000 shall be available 
for Susan Harwood training grants: Provided further, That not 
less than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection Programs.
H. R. 244—378 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $373,816,000, including purchase and bestowal of 
certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first- 
aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including up 
to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities and not less 
than $10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 
amounts available for State assistance grants may be used for 
the purchase and maintenance of new equipment required by the 
final rule entitled ‘‘Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Respirable Coal 
Mine Dust, Including Continuous Personal Dust Monitors’’ pub-
lished by the Department of Labor in the Federal Register on 
May 1, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 24813 et seq.), for operators that dem-
onstrate financial need as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
further, 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 Administration 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, buildings, equipment, and 
other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute 
projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or pri-
vate: Provided further, That the Mine Safety and Health Adminis-
tration 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 recognize the Joseph A. Holmes 
Safety Association 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 chap-
ters 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 Statistics, 
including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for services rendered, $544,000,000, 
together with not to exceed $65,000,000 which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund.
H. R. 244—379 
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 Management, 
including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $334,536,000, 
together with not to exceed $308,000, which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That $59,825,000 for the 
Bureau of International Labor Affairs shall be available for obliga-
tion through December 31, 2017: Provided further, That funds avail-
able to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used 
to administer or operate international labor activities, bilateral 
and multilateral technical assistance, and microfinance programs, 
by or through contracts, grants, subgrants and other arrangements: 
Provided further, That not more than $53,825,000 shall be for 
programs to combat exploitative child labor internationally and 
not less than $6,000,000 shall be used to implement model programs 
that address worker rights issues through technical assistance in 
countries with which the United States has free trade agreements 
or trade preference programs: Provided further, That $8,040,000 
shall be used for program evaluation and shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2018: Provided further, That 
funds available for program evaluation may be used to administer 
grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided further, That grants 
made for the purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair 
and open competition: Provided further, That funds available for 
program evaluation 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 Representa-
tives 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: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available to the Women’s Bureau, $994,000 
shall be used for grants authorized by the Women in Apprenticeship 
and Nontraditional Occupations Act. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $234,041,000 may be derived from the Employ-
ment Security Administration account in the Unemployment 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 disabled veterans’ outreach
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program specialists under section 4103A of such title and local 
veterans’ employment representatives under section 4104(b) 
of such title, and for the expenses described in section 
4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obligation by the 
States through December 31, 2017, and not to exceed 3 percent 
for the necessary Federal expenditures for data systems and 
contract support to allow for the tracking of participant and 
performance information: Provided, That, in addition, such 
funds may be used to support such specialists and representa-
tives in the provision of services to transitioning members 
of the Armed Forces who have participated in the Transition 
Assistance Program and have been identified as in need of 
intensive 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) $14,600,000 is for carrying out the Transition Assistance 
Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 10 U.S.C. 1144: Provided, 
That, up to $300,000 of such funds may be used to enter 
into a cooperative agreement with a State relating to a mobile 
application to provide transition assistance to separating service 
members, veterans and eligible spouses; 
(3) $41,027,000 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 appropria-
tions provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) above an amount 
not to exceed 3 percent of the appropriation from which such re-
allocation is made. 
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$45,000,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless 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, 2017, to provide services under such section: 
Provided further, That services provided under section 2023 may 
include, in addition to services to the individuals described in sub-
section (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 centralized 
infrastructure technology investment activities related to support 
systems and modernization, $18,778,000, which shall be available 
through September 30, 2018. 
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, $82,061,000, together with not to exceed $5,660,000 which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.