OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, $117,000,000, 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’ Compensation Act. 
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 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’ Com-
pensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 
5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2004); obliga-
tions 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 nec-
essary 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, 
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for deposit into and to assume the attributes of the Em-
ployees’ 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 bene-
ficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements 
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 transferred 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 administration 
for employees of such fair share entities through Sep-
tember 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, $63,975,000 shall be made available 
to the Secretary as follows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems operations and tele-
communications systems, $22,740,000; 
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(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake, and medical bill processing, $22,968,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and 
medical review, $16,668,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $1,401,000; and 
(5) 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 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work-
ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 
claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu-
rity 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. 
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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: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil-
ing 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 Rev-
enue 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 Bene-
fits 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 Departmental Manage-
ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $330,000 
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for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay-
ments 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, $534,442,000, including not 
to exceed $102,000,000 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 
under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis-
cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other-
wise 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 Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2017, to collect and retain fees for 
services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab-
oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 
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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 
appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 
expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 
standard, rule, regulation, 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 fur-
ther, 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, Re-
stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 
and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica-
tion code for which such data are published, less than the 
national average rate as such rates are most recently pub-
lished 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, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 
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(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. 
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MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, $350,500,000, 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 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 re-
quired by the final rule entitled ‘‘Lowering Miners’ Expo-
sure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust, Including Continuous 
Personal Dust Monitors’’ published by the Department of 
Labor in the Federal Register on May 1, 2014 (79 Fed. 
Reg. 24813 et seq.), for operators that demonstrate finan-
cial 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 edu-
cation and training activities: Provided further, That not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration is authorized to collect and retain up to 
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$2,499,000 from fees collected for the approval and cer-
tification 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 ac-
cept 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 
Administration is authorized to promote health and safety 
education and training in the mining community through 
cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety as-
sociations: Provided further, That the Secretary is author-
ized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association 
as a principal safety association and, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, may provide funds and, with or 
without reimbursement, personnel, including service of 
Mine Safety and Health Administration officials as offi-
cers in local chapters or in the national organization: Pro-
vided 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 oper-
ations in the event of a major disaster. 
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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, $544,000,000, together with not to exceed 
$65,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
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 Manage-
ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$280,879,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund: Provided, That funds available to the Bureau of 
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International Labor Affairs may be used to administer or 
operate international labor activities, bilateral and multi-
lateral technical assistance, and microfinance programs, 
by or through contracts, grants, subgrants and other ar-
rangements: Provided further, That $9,000,000 shall be 
used for program evaluation and shall be available for obli-
gation through September 30, 2018: Provided further, 
That funds available for program evaluation may be used 
to administer grants for the purpose of evaluation: Pro-
vided further, That grants made for the purpose of evalua-
tion shall be awarded through fair and open competition: 
Provided further, That funds available for program evalua-
tion 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 
Representatives 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, up to $1,244,000 
may be used for grants authorized by the Women in Ap-
prenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act. 
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VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $235,520,000 may be derived from the 
Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
employment 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 dis-
abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 
section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em-
ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 
such title, and for the expenses described in section 
4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obliga-
tion by the States through December 31, 2017, and 
not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal ex-
penditures for data systems and contract support to 
allow for the tracking of participant and perform-
ance information: Provided, That, in addition, such 
funds may be used to support such specialists and 
representatives in the provision of services to 
transitioning members of the Armed Forces who 
have participated in the Transition Assistance Pro-
gram and have been identified as in need of inten-
sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 
are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 
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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 Transi-
tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 
10 U.S.C. 1144; 
(3) $42,506,000 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 
appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 
above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria-
tion from which such reallocation is made. 
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$50,000,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home-
less 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 sec-
tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec-
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tion 2023 may include, in addition to services to the indi-
viduals described in subsection (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 cen-
tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-
lated to support systems and modernization, $33,698,000. 
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, $85,840,000, together with not to 
exceed $5,660,000 which may be expended from the Em-
ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo-
nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora-
tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 
Level II. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-
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priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 
project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ-
ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 
this section shall not be used to create any new program 
or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are 
provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer. 
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 
13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex-
pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 
manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole 
or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 
and host countries already identified by the United States 
Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of 
the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improve-
ment Act of 1998 may be used for any purpose other than 
competitive grants for training individuals over the age of 
16 who are not currently enrolled in school within a local 
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educational agency in the occupations and industries for 
which employers are using H–1B visas to hire foreign 
workers, and the related activities necessary to support 
such training: Provided, That the preceding limitation 
shall not apply to funding provided pursuant to solicita-
tions for grant applications issued prior to January 15, 
2014. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad-
ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 
of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi-
vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 
in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not 
apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 
in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. 
Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es-
tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re-
ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 
funds, taking into account factors including the relative 
cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 
comparable State or local government employees, and the 
size of the organizations that administer Federal pro-
grams involved including Employment and Training Ad-
ministration programs. 
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-
retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-
ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di-
rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv-
ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 
determined that those services will be more efficiently per-
formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 
shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 
than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 
in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 
out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 
are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 
this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man-
agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 
Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 
Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 
a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua-
tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
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(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 
‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, 
‘‘Community Service Employment for Older Americans’’, 
‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 
Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administra-
tion’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 
‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management 
Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-
tration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Of-
fice of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding made 
available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ 
and ‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Man-
agement, Salaries and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans 
Employment and Training’’. 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, beginning October 1, 2016, the Secretary of Labor, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture may se-
lect an entity to operate a Civilian Conservation Center 
on a competitive basis in accordance with section 147 of 
the WIOA, if the Secretary of Labor determines such Cen-
ter has had consistently low performance under the per-
formance accountability system in effect for the Job Corps 
program prior to July 1, 2016, or with respect to expected 
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levels of performance established under section 159(c) of 
such Act beginning July 1, 2016. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act providing funding for the Bureau of 
Land Management, National Park Service, and the Forest 
Service may be used to implement, administer, or enforce 
the Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors regula-
tion published by the Department of Labor in the Federal 
Register on October 7, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 60634 et seq.), 
with respect to Federal contracts, permits, or other con-
tract-like instruments entered into with the Federal Gov-
ernment in connection with Federal property or lands, spe-
cifically related to offering seasonal recreational services 
or seasonal recreation equipment rental for the general 
public: Provided, That this section shall not apply to lodg-
ing and food services associated with seasonal recreation 
services. 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no rule issued by the Department of Labor pursuant 
to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
regarding the Definition of the Term ‘‘Fiduciary’’; Con-
flict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice, in-
cluding the final rule published by the Department of 
Labor in the Federal Register on April 8, 2016 (81 Fed. 
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Reg. 20945 et seq.), shall have an effective date or have 
any legal effect. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
final rule entitled ‘‘Defining and Delimiting the Exemp-
tions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside 
Sales and Computer Employees’’ published by the Depart-
ment of Labor in the Federal Register on May 23, 2016 
(81 Fed. Reg. 32391 et seq.). 
SEC. 112. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 
a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em-
ployer is granted, the employer may bring the non-
immigrants described in the petition into the United 
States at any time during the 120-day period begin-
ning on the start date for which the employer is 
seeking the services of the nonimmigrants without 
filing another petition. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CROSSINGS
AFTER 
90TH DAY.—An employer may not bring H–2B non-
immigrants into the United States after the date 
that is 90 days after the start date for which the 
employer is seeking the services of the non-
immigrants unless the employer— 
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(A) completes a new assessment of the 
local labor market by— 
(i) listing job orders in local news-
papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 
(ii) posting the job opportunity on the 
appropriate Department of Labor Elec-
tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 
place of employment; and 
(B) offers the job to an equally or better 
qualified United States worker who— 
(i) applies for the job; and 
(ii) will be available at the time and 
place of need. 
(3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT 
TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not 
consider an employer who brings H–2B non-
immigrants into the United States during the 120- 
day period specified in paragraph (1) to be stag-
gering the date of need in violation of section 
655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, 
or any other applicable provision of law. 
(b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens ad-
mitted to the United States pursuant to section 
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101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)). 
SEC. 113. The determination of prevailing wage for 
the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater 
of—(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other 
employees with similar experience and qualifications for 
such position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing 
wage level for the occupational classification of the posi-
tion in the geographic area in which the H–2B non-
immigrant will be employed, based on the best information 
available at the time of filing the petition. In the deter-
mination of prevailing wage for the purposes of the H– 
2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage sur-
veys even in instances where Occupational Employment 
Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary 
determines that the methodology and data in the provided 
survey are not statistically supported. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 114. Of the funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Employment and Training Administration– 
Training and Employment Services’’ in division H of Pub-
lic Law 114-113, $200,000,000 is rescinded, to be derived 
from the amount made available in paragraph (2)(A) 
under such heading for the period October 1, 2016, 
through September 30, 2017. 
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 
with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai-
ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,491,822,000: Provided, 
That no more than $400,000 shall be available until ex-
pended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) 
of the PHS Act: Provided further, That no more than 
$99,893,000 shall be available until expended for carrying 
out the provisions of Public Law 104–73 and for expenses 
incurred by the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to ad-
ministrative claims made under such law. 
HEALTH WORKFORCE 
For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 
Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E 
and 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care 
Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $823,706,000: Pro-
vided, That sections 747(c)(2), 751(j)(2), 762(k), and the 
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proportional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through 
(4) of section 756(e) of the PHS Act shall not apply to 
funds made available under this heading: Provided further, 
That for any program operating under section 751 of the 
PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (referred to in this title as 
the ‘‘Secretary’’) may hereafter waive any of the require-
ments 
contained 
in 
sections 
751(d)(2)(A) 
and 
751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full project period of a 
grant under such section: Provided further, That no funds 
shall be available for section 340G–1 of the PHS Act: Pro-
vided further, That fees collected for the disclosure of in-
formation under section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality 
Improvement Act of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 
1921 of the Social Security Act shall be sufficient to re-
cover the full costs of operating the programs authorized 
by such sections and shall remain available until expended 
for the National Practitioner Data Bank: Provided further, 
That funds transferred to this account to carry out section 
846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act 
may be used to make prior year adjustments to awards 
made under such sections. 
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 
PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health, title 
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V of the Social Security Act, and section 712 of the Amer-
ican Jobs Creation Act of 2004, $845,117,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of 
the Social Security Act, not more than $77,093,000 shall 
be available for carrying out special projects of regional 
and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of 
such Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects 
described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 
501(a)(3) of such Act. 
RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 
For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with 
respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 
$2,322,781,000, of which $1,970,881,000 shall remain 
available to the Secretary through September 30, 2019, 
for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and 
of which not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State 
AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of 
section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act. 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS 
For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 
with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 
Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $109,193,000, of 
which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facili-
ties renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease 
Center. 
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RURAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal 
Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 
711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, $169,571,000, 
of which $45,609,000 from general revenues, notwith-
standing section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall 
be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital 
flexibility grants program: Provided, That of the funds 
made available under this heading for Medicare rural hos-
pital flexibility grants, $14,942,000 shall be available for 
the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program 
for quality improvement and adoption of health informa-
tion technology and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry 
out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with 
funds provided for grants under section 1820(g)(6) avail-
able for the purchase and implementation of telehealth 
services, including pilots and demonstrations on the use 
of electronic health records to coordinate rural veterans 
care between rural providers and the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs electronic health record system: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS 
Act, $10,511,000 shall be available for State Offices of 
Rural Health. 
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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For program support in the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, $155,000,000: Provided, That 
funds made available under this heading may be used to 
supplement program support funding provided under the 
headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, ‘‘Health Workforce’’, 
‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program’’, ‘‘Health Care Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’. 
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 
may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-re-
lated injury or death with respect to vaccines administered 
after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title 
XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 
to exceed $8,350,000 shall be available from the Trust 
Fund to the Secretary. 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Ref-
ugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to immuniza-
tion and respiratory diseases, $410,766,000. 
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HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 
DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of 
the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, 
sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 
$1,122,278,000. 
EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 
2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act, with respect to emerging and 
zoonotic infectious diseases, $625,522,000. 
CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH 
PROMOTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and 
XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease pre-
vention and health promotion, $896,321,000: Provided, 
That funds appropriated under this account may be avail-
able for making grants under section 1509 of the PHS 
Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organiza-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds available under 
this heading, $10,000,000 shall be available to continue 
and expand community specific extension and outreach 
programs to combat obesity in counties with the highest 
levels of obesity: Provided further, That the proportional 
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funding requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS 
Act shall not apply to funds made available under this 
heading. 
BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 
DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 
PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis-
abilities, disabilities and health, $135,310,000. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 
informatics, and workforce development, $485,397,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to environmental health, $143,300,000. 
INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 
$261,059,000: Provided, That of the funds provided under 
this heading, $90,000,000 shall be available for an evi-
dence-based opioid drug overdose prevention program. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 
HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 
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of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 
of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response 
Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safe-
ty and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and 
health, $329,100,000. 
ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 
COMPENSATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with 
the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 
151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 
GLOBAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to global health, $556,721,000, of which 
$128,421,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain 
available through September 30, 2018: Provided, That 
funds may be used for purchase and insurance of official 
motor vehicles in foreign countries. 
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to public health preparedness and re-
sponse, and for expenses necessary to support activities 
related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radio-
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logical, and chemical threats to civilian populations, 
$1,485,800,000, of which $610,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the Strategic National Stock-
pile: Provided, That in the event the Director of the CDC 
activates the Emergency Operations Center, the Director 
of the CDC may detail CDC staff without reimbursement 
for up to 90 days to support the work of the CDC Emer-
gency Operations Center, so long as the Director provides 
a notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 15 days 
of the use of this authority and a full report within 30 
days after use of this authority which includes the number 
of staff and funding level broken down by the originating 
center and number of days detailed: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading may be used 
to support a contract for the operation and maintenance 
of an aircraft in direct support of activities throughout 
CDC to ensure the agency is prepared to address public 
health preparedness emergencies. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc-
tion, demolition, and renovation of facilities, $10,000,000, 
which shall remain available until September 30, 2021: 
Provided, That funds previously set-aside by CDC for re-
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pair and upgrade of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine 
and Laboratory shall be used to acquire a replacement 
mine safety research facility: Provided further, That in ad-
dition, the prior year unobligated balance of any amounts 
assigned to former employees in accounts of CDC made 
available for Individual Learning Accounts shall be cred-
ited to and merged with the amounts made available under 
this heading to support the replacement of the mine safety 
research facility. 
CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activi-
ties and program support for activities funded in other 
appropriations included in this Act for the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, $413,570,000: Provided, 
That paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) of sec-
tion 2821 of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appro-
priated under this heading and in all other accounts of 
the CDC: Provided further, That employees of CDC or the 
Public Health Service, both civilian and commissioned of-
ficers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other organiza-
tions under authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or 
in overseas assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal 
employees for reporting purposes only and shall not be in-
cluded within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agen-
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cy, Service, or HHS during the period of detail or assign-
ment: Provided further, That CDC may use up to $10,000 
from amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act for official 
reception and representation expenses when specifically 
approved by the Director of CDC: Provided further, That 
in addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized 
user fees, which shall be credited to the appropriation 
charged with the cost thereof: Provided further, That with 
respect to the previous proviso, authorized user fees from 
the Vessel Sanitation Program and the Respirator Certifi-
cation Program shall be available through September 30, 
2018: Provided further, That of the total amount made 
available under this heading, the Director of CDC shall 
enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of 
Medicine to develop a dietary reference intake report for 
sodium that takes into consideration studies on all-cause 
mortality: Provided further, That the CDC shall not carry 
out or support population-wide sodium reduction activities 
until after the date of publication of such report. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cancer, $5,338,444,000, of which up 
to $50,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and im-
provements at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick 
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Federally Funded Research and Development Center in 
Frederick, Maryland. 
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood dis-
eases, and blood and blood products, $3,190,474,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL 
RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 
$425,578,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND 
KIDNEY DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis-
ease, $1,862,093,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 
AND STROKE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 
$1,751,049,000. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 
$4,738,883,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
general 
medical 
sciences, 
$2,583,851,000, of which $791,598,000 shall be from 
funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro-
vided, That not less than $333,340,000 is provided for 
the Institutional Development Awards program. 
EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 
CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to child health and human development, 
$1,373,408,000. 
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 
$735,576,000. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 
$710,387,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to aging, $1,982,102,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND 
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 
diseases, $555,181,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER 
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis-
orders, $434,126,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to nursing research, $150,008,000. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND 
ALCOHOLISM 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 
$480,330,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,107,700,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to mental health, $1,599,747,000. 
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
human 
genome 
research, 
$531,438,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 
BIOENGINEERING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 
research, $356,978,000. 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND 
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 
$134,549,000. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND 
HEALTH DISPARITIES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 
research, $286,446,000. 
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 
For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 
International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 
title IV of the PHS Act), $72,141,000. 
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to health information communications, 
$403,086,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 
improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided further, That 
in fiscal year 2017, the National Library of Medicine may 
enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 
services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 
the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re-
ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to translational sciences, $712,795,000: 
Provided, That up to $25,835,000 shall be available to im-
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plement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures 
Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least 
$511,500,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational 
Sciences Awards program. 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 
the Director, NIH, $1,676,167,000, of which up to 
$30,000,000 may be used to carry out section 215 of this 
Act: Provided, That funding shall be available for the pur-
chase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement only: Provided further, That all funds credited 
to the NIH Management Fund shall remain available for 
one fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they are de-
posited: Provided further, That $165,000,000 shall be for 
the National Children’s Study Follow-on: Provided further, 
That $763,039,000 shall be available for the Common 
Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS 
Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, $10,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses 
when specifically approved by the Director of the NIH: 
Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research within 
the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend up to 
$8,000,000 to make grants for construction or renovation 
of facilities as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the 
PHS Act: Provided further, That up to $230,000,000 of 
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the funds provided to the Common Fund are available to 
support the trans-NIH Precision Medicine Initiative: Pro-
vided further, That, of the funds from Institute, Center, 
and Office of the Director accounts within ‘‘Department 
of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of 
Health,’’ in order to strengthen privacy protections for 
human research participants, NIH shall require investiga-
tors receiving NIH funding for new and competing re-
search projects designed to generate and analyze data de-
rived from human research participants to obtain a certifi-
cate of confidentiality. 
In addition to other funds appropriated for the Com-
mon Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS 
Act, $12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund 
from the 10-year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund de-
scribed in section 9008 of title 26, United States Code, 
for the purpose of carrying out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) 
of the PHS Act (relating to pediatric research), as author-
ized in the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the study of, construction of, demolition of, ren-
ovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of 
or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, 
$128,863,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2021. 
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 
Act with respect to mental health, and the Protection and 
Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, 
$1,126,628,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for car-
rying out section 520A shall be available for carrying out 
section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That in 
addition to amounts provided herein, $21,039,000 shall be 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out 
subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund 
section 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data 
collection and evaluation activities, and further that the 
total available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities 
shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated 
for subpart I of part B of title XIX: Provided further, That 
section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to 
funds appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2017: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 565(b)(1) of 
the PHS Act, technical assistance may be provided to a 
public entity to establish or operate a system of com-
prehensive community mental health services to children 
with a serious emotional disturbance, without regard to 
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amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation 
(beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, 
earlier fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or fur-
ther any provision of Public Law 111–148 or title I or 
subtitle B of title II of Public Law 111–152 and the 
amendment made by such provision: Provided, That funds 
in this Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, 
or further the rate setting process for calendar year 2017 
and fiscal year 2018 for Medicare under title XVIII of 
the Social Security Act: Provided further, That funds in 
this Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, 
or further the final rules for the provisions of (and amend-
ments made by) sections 2501(c), 2501(d), and 2503 of 
Public Law 111–148, as amended by sections 1206(a) and 
1101(c) of Public Law 111–152, insofar as each respective 
rule relates to calendar year 2017. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 527. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 
2017 [for the Independent Payment Advisory Board] 
under section 3403 of Public Law 111–148, $15,000,000 
are rescinded. 
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