Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) 
and the National Apprenticeship Act, $3,977,615,000, 
plus reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts 
provided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$2,967,360,000 as follows: 
(A) $900,000,000 for adult employment 
and training activities, of which $188,000,000 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 
through 
June 
30, 
2021, 
and 
of 
which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021; 
(B) $964,000,000 for youth activities, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2020 through June 30, 2021; and 
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(C) $1,103,360,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$243,360,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, and of 
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021: 
Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 
outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 
WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 
section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act; and 
(2) for national programs, $1,010,255,000 as 
follows: 
(A) $370,859,000 for the dislocated work-
ers assistance national reserve, of which 
$170,859,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021, and 
of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2020 through September 30, 
2021: Provided, That funds provided to carry 
out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be 
used to provide assistance to a State for state-
wide or local use in order to address cases 
where there have been worker dislocations 
across multiple sectors or across multiple local 
areas and such workers remain dislocated; co-
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ordinate the State workforce development plan 
with emerging economic development needs; and 
train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 
further, That funds provided to carry out sec-
tions 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be 
used for technical assistance and demonstration 
projects, respectively, that provide assistance to 
new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 
workers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds pro-
vided under this subparagraph, the Secretary of 
Labor (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) 
may reserve not more than 7 percent of such 
funds to provide technical assistance and carry 
out additional activities related to the transition 
to the WIOA: Provided further, That of the 
funds 
provided 
under 
this 
subparagraph, 
$150,000,000 shall be for training and employ-
ment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) 
(notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in 
such section) and 170 of the WIOA for the pur-
pose of developing, offering, or improving edu-
cational or career training programs at commu-
nity colleges, defined as public institutions of 
higher education, as described in section 101(a) 
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of the Higher Education Act and at which the 
associate’s degree is primarily the highest de-
gree awarded, with other eligible institutions of 
higher education, as defined in section 101(a) 
of the Higher Education Act, eligible to partici-
pate through consortia, with community colleges 
as the lead grantee: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall follow the requirements for the 
program in the committee report accompanying 
this Act: Provided further, That any grant 
funds used for apprenticeships shall be used to 
support only apprenticeship programs reg-
istered under the National Apprenticeship Act 
and as referred to in Section 3(7)(B) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; 
(B) $55,000,000 for Native American pro-
grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 
through June 30, 2021; 
(C) $98,896,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including $91,722,000 for formula 
grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 
be for employment and training services), 
$6,588,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 
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(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
permanent housing), and $586,000 for other 
discretionary purposes, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2020 through June 30, 
2021: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or related regulation, the 
Department of Labor shall take no action lim-
iting the number or proportion of eligible par-
ticipants receiving related assistance services or 
discouraging grantees from providing such serv-
ices; 
(D) $127,500,000 for YouthBuild activi-
ties as described in section 171 of the WIOA, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2020 through June 30, 2021; 
(E) $100,000,000 for ex-offender activi-
ties, under the authority of section 169 of the 
WIOA, which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021: Provided, 
That of this amount, $25,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to national and regional 
intermediaries for activities that prepare young, 
formerly incarcerated individuals, including 
those who have dropped out of school or other 
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educational programs, with a priority for 
projects serving high-crime, high-poverty areas; 
(F) $8,000,000 for the Workforce Data 
Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 
169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 
2021; and 
(G) $250,000,000, to expand opportunities 
through apprenticeships only registered under 
the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred 
to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail-
able to the Secretary to carry out activities 
through grants, cooperative agreements, con-
tracts and other arrangements, with States and 
other appropriate entities, which shall be avail-
able for the period July 1, 2020 through June 
30, 2021: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided to carry out this subparagraph, not 
less than 20 percent shall be for making com-
petitive contracts, grants, and cooperative 
agreements to national apprenticeship inter-
mediaries, not less than 20 percent shall be for 
competitive contracts, grants, and cooperative 
agreements 
to 
local 
apprenticeship 
inter-
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mediaries, and not less than 50 percent shall be 
used to fund grants to States. 
JOB CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ-
ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter-
ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 
purchase of real property for training centers as author-
ized by the WIOA, $1,868,655,000, plus reimbursements, 
as follows: 
(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 
through June 30, 2021; 
(2) $233,000,000 for construction, rehabilita-
tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 
through June 30, 2023, and which may include the 
acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 
of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may 
transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the 
operational needs of such centers or to achieve ad-
ministrative efficiencies: Provided further, That any 
funds transferred pursuant to the preceding provi-
sion shall not be available for obligation after June 
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30, 2021: 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; and 
(3) $32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job 
Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 
period October 1, 2019 through September 30, 
2020: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 
shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 
centers. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER 
AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 
1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $463,800,000, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 2020 
through June 30, 2021, and may be recaptured and reobli-
gated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2020 of trade ad-
justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 
of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 
employment and case management services, allowances for 
job search and relocation, and related State administrative 
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expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit 
payments, allowances, training, employment and case 
management services, and related State administration 
provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjust-
ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 and section 405(a) 
of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 
$680,000,000 together with such amounts as may be nec-
essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 
payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 
2020: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this 
Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 
heading may remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 
245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses, 
$84,066,000, together with not to exceed $3,381,695,000 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 
(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $2,618,230,000 from the Trust Fund is for 
grants to States for the administration of State un-
employment insurance laws as authorized under title 
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III of the Social Security Act (including not less 
than $175,000,000 to carry out reemployment serv-
ices and eligibility assessments under section 306 of 
such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as 
defined in such section, including those who are 
profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may 
be eligible for such services and assessments: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $117,000,000 is speci-
fied for grants under section 306 of the Social Secu-
rity Act and is provided to meet the terms of section 
251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 
$58,000,000 is additional new budget authority 
specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(E)(i)(II) 
of such Act; and $9,000,000 for continued support 
of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of 
Excellence), the administration of unemployment in-
surance for Federal employees and for ex-service 
members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, 
and the administration of trade readjustment allow-
ances, reemployment trade adjustment assistance, 
and alternative trade adjustment assistance under 
the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of 
the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 
2011 and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences 
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Extension Act of 2015, and shall be available for ob-
ligation by the States through December 31, 2020, 
except that funds used for automation shall be avail-
able for Federal obligation through December 31, 
2020, and for State obligation through September 
30, 2022, or, if the automation is being carried out 
through consortia of States, for State obligation 
through September 30, 2026, and for expenditure 
through September 30, 2027, and funds for competi-
tive grants awarded to States for improved oper-
ations and to conduct in-person reemployment and 
eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance 
improper payment reviews and provide reemploy-
ment services and referrals to training, as appro-
priate, shall be available for Federal obligation 
through December 31, 2020, and for obligation by 
the States through September 30, 2022, and funds 
for the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of 
Excellence shall be available for obligation by the 
State through September 30, 2021, and funds used 
for unemployment insurance workloads experienced 
through September 30, 2020 shall be available for 
Federal obligation through December 31, 2020: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds available under this 
paragraph for grants to States for administering 
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1986, and the provision of technical assistance and 
staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(5) $70,560,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
administration of foreign labor certifications and re-
lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act and related laws, of which $56,278,000 
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) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to 
provide workforce information, national electronic 
tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag-
ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob-
ligation for the period July 1, 2020 through June 
30, 2021: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2020 is 
projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 
1,758,000, 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 
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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 Sec-
retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 
under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay-
ments 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 es-
tablish a national one-stop career center system, or which 
are used to support the national activities 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 Secu-
rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi-
ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 
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may award subgrants to other States and non-State enti-
ties 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 In-
surance and Employment Service automation efforts, not-
withstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under 
the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require-
ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Fed-
eral Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regu-
lations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the re-
quest 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 or to the entity operating the Unemploy-
ment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 
in order to carry out activities that benefit the administra-
tion 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 institu-
tions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and 
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may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions 
of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural 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 re-
main available until September 30, 2021, for such pur-
poses. 
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 In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad-
vances 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, 2021. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $108,674,000, together with not to exceed 
$49,982,000 which may be expended from the Employ-
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ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 
Security Administration, $183,155,000, of which up to 
$3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 
2021, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce-
ment litigation. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-
poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in-
cluding financial assistance 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, includ-
ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-
tember 30, 2020, for the Corporation: Provided, That 
none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 
year 2020 shall be available for obligations for administra-
tive expenses in excess of $452,858,000: Provided further, 
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