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Union Calendar No. 211
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3037
[Report No. 106–370]
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 7, 1999
Mr. PORTER, 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, 2000, 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
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment
Act, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor
vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of build-
ings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property
for training centers as authorized by the Workforce In-
vestment Act; the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist-
ance Act; the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontradi-
tional Occupations Act; and the National Skill Standards
Act of 1994; $1,964,758,000 plus reimbursements, of
which $1,025,889,000 is available for obligation for the
period July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001, of which
$900,869,000 is available for obligation for the period
April 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001, and of which
$34,000,000 is available for the period July 1, 2000,
through June 30, 2003, for necessary expenses of con-
struction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps cen-
ters: Provided, That $53,815,000 shall be for carrying out
section 166 of the Workforce Investment Act, and
$7,000,000 shall be for carrying out the National Skill
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Standards Act of 1994: Provided further, That no funds
from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal
services at or for Job Corps centers.
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment
Act, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor
vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of build-
ings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property
for training centers as authorized by the Workforce In-
vestment Act; $2,607,300,000 plus reimbursements, of
which $2,507,300,000 is available for obligation for the
period October 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001; and of
which $100,000,000 is available for the period October 1,
2000, through June 30, 2003, for necessary expenses of
construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps
centers.
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER
AMERICANS
To carry out the activities for national grants or con-
tracts with public agencies and public or private nonprofit
organizations under paragraph (1)(A) of section 506(a)
of title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended,
or to carry out older worker activities as subsequently au-
thorized, $343,356,000.
To carry out the activities for grants to States under
paragraph (3) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older
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Americans Act of 1965, as amended, or to carry out older
worker activities as subsequently authorized, $96,844,000.
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES
For payments during the current fiscal year of trade
adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part
I; and for training, allowances for job search and reloca-
tion, and related State administrative expenses under part
II, subchapters B and D, chapter 2, title II of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended, $314,400,000, together with
such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the
subsequent appropriation for payments for any period sub-
sequent to September 15 of the current year.
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE OPERATIONS
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses,
$123,452,000, 
together 
with 
not 
to 
exceed
$3,018,288,000 (including not to exceed $1,228,000
which may be used for amortization payments to States
which had independent retirement plans in their State em-
ployment service agencies prior to 1980), which may be
expended from the Employment Security Administration
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund including the
cost of administering section 1201 of the Small Business
Job Protection Act of 1996, section 7(d) of the Wagner-
Peyser Act, as amended, the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended, the Immigration Act of 1990, and the Immigra-
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tion and Nationality Act, as amended, and of which the
sums available in the allocation for activities authorized
by title III of the Social Security Act, as amended (42
U.S.C. 502–504), and the sums available in the allocation
for necessary administrative expenses for carrying out 5
U.S.C. 8501–8523, shall be available for obligation by the
States through December 31, 2000, except that funds
used for automation acquisitions shall be available for obli-
gation by the States through September 30, 2002; and
of which $123,452,000, together with not to exceed
$738,283,000 of the amount which may be expended from
said trust fund, shall be available for obligation for the
period July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001, to fund ac-
tivities under the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, in-
cluding the cost of penalty mail authorized under 39
U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E) made available to States in lieu of
allotments for such purpose, and of which $75,000,000
shall be available only to the extent necessary for addi-
tional State allocations to administer unemployment com-
pensation laws to finance increases in the number of un-
employment insurance claims filed and claims paid or
changes in a State law: Provided, That to the extent that
the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for
fiscal year 2000 is projected by the Department of Labor
to exceed 2,638,000, an additional $28,600,000 shall be
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and allowances’’ account, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001, $356,000,000.
In addition, for making repayable advances to the
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal
year after September 15, 2000, 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, $94,410,000, including $6,360,000 to sup-
port up to 75 full-time equivalent staff, the majority of
which will be term Federal appointments lasting no more
than one year, to administer welfare-to-work grants, to-
gether with not to exceed $43,716,000, which may be ex-
pended from the Employment Security Administration ac-
count in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Pension and Welfare
Benefits Administration, $90,000,000.
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
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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
through September 30, 2000, for such Corporation: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $10,958,000 shall be available
for administrative 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 benefits administration services shall be consid-
ered as non-administrative expenses for the purposes here-
of, 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, $312,076,000, together with
$1,924,000 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 $2,000,000 shall be for the development of
an alternative system for the electronic submission of re-
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ports as required to be filed under the Labor-Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended, and
for a computer database of the information for each sub-
mission by whatever means, that is indexed and easily
searchable by the public via the Internet: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept, re-
tain, and spend, until expended, in the name of the De-
partment of Labor, all sums of money ordered to be paid
to the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with the terms
of the Consent Judgment in Civil Action No. 91–0027 of
the United States District Court for the District of the
Northern Mariana Islands (May 21, 1992): Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to estab-
lish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, 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, as amended (29
U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for processing applications
and issuing registrations under Title I of the Migrant and
Seasonal Agricultural 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,
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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-
cent of the additional compensation and benefits required
by Section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’
Compensation Act, as amended, $79,000,000, 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 subse-
quent 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 re-
imbursements unobligated on September 30, 1999, 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
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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 September 30, 2000:
Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this
account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad-
ministration, $21,849,000 shall be made available to the
Secretary as follows: for the operation of and enhancement
to the automated data processing systems, including docu-
ment imaging and medical bill review, in support of Fed-
eral 
Employees’ 
Compensation 
Act 
administration,
$13,433,000; for program staff training to operate the
new imaging system, $1,300,000; for the periodic roll re-
view program, $7,116,000; and the remaining funds shall
be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Pro-
vided 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 33
U.S.C. 901 et seq., provide as part of such notice and
claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu-
rity 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, $1,013,266,000, of which $963,506,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2001, for payment of all
benefits as authorized by section 9501(d) (1), (2), (4), and