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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’ Compensation 
Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the 
War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2004); obligations in-
curred under the War Hazards Compensation Act (42 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional com-
pensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 
$210,000,000, 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, for de-
posit 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: Pro-
vided further, That balances of reimbursements unobligated
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on September 30, 2015, shall remain available until ex-
pended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses: 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 September 30, 2016: Pro-
vided further, That of those funds transferred to this ac-
count from the fair share entities to pay the cost of adminis-
tration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 
$62,170,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as fol-
lows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems operations and tele-
communications systems, $21,140,000; 
(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, $1,394,000; and 
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:
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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’ Com-
pensation Act, provide as part of such notice and claim, 
such identifying information (including Social Security ac-
count 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, $69,302,000, 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 2017, $19,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 
$58,552,000, 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
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claim such identifying information (including Social Secu-
rity 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 2016 for expenses of operation 
and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed 
$35,244,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ Compensa-
tion Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed 
$30,279,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $327,000 for trans-
fer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into mis-
cellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the 
Treasury.
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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 Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), which grants 
shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupa-
tional 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 insti-
tute 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 Secretary is author-
ized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, 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 rec-
ognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and 
products used by workers in the workplace: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this para-
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graph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, ad-
minister, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order 
under the Act which is applicable to any person who is en-
gaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a 
temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: 
Provided 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 na-
tional average rate as such rates are most recently published 
by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics, 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; 
(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 violations which are not corrected 
within a reasonable abatement period and for any 
willful violations found;
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(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 em-
ployees 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. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $375,887,000, including purchase and be-
stowal 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
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recovery activities and not less than $8,441,000 for State 
assistance grants: Provided, 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: Pro-
vided 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 au-
thorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other 
contributions from public and private sources and to pros-
ecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, 
State, or private: Provided further, That the Mine Safety 
and Health Administration is authorized to promote health 
and safety education and training in the mining commu-
nity through cooperative programs with States, industry, 
and safety associations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safe-
ty Association as a principal safety association and, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, may provide 
funds and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, in-
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cluding service of Mine Safety and Health Administration 
officials as officers in local chapters or in the national orga-
nization: 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 Statis-
tics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Fed-
eral, and local agencies and their employees for services ren-
dered, $544,000,000, together with not to exceed $65,000,000 
which may be expended from the Employment Security Ad-
ministration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Em-
ployment 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.
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$334,065,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Adminis-
tration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Pro-
vided, That $59,825,000 for the Bureau of International 
Labor Affairs shall be available for obligation through De-
cember 31, 2016: Provided further, That funds available to 
the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used to 
administer or operate international labor activities, bilat-
eral and multilateral technical assistance, and micro-
finance programs, by or through contracts, grants, sub-
grants and other arrangements: Provided further, That not 
more than $53,825,000 shall be for programs to combat ex-
ploitative 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 agree-
ments 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, 2017: 
Provided further, That funds available for program evalua-
837 
tion may be used to administer grants for the purpose of 
evaluation: Provided further, That grants made for the pur-
pose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair and open 
competition: Provided further, That funds available for pro-
gram evaluation may be transferred to any other appro-
priate account in the Department for such purpose: Pro-
vided 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 fur-
ther, 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. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $233,001,000 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’ employ-
ment 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-
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tion by the States through December 31, 2016, 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 performance 
information: Provided, That, in addition, such funds 
may be used to support such specialists and rep-
resentatives 
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 serv-
ices, to members of the Armed Forces who are wound-
ed, 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) $14,100,000 is for carrying out the Transi-
tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 
10 U.S.C. 1144; 
(3) $40,487,000 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’ Em-
ployment and Training Services Institute under 38 
U.S.C. 4109:
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Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the ap-
propriations 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, 
$38,109,000 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, 2016, to provide services under such section: Provided 
further, That services provided under section 2023 may in-
clude, in addition to services to the individuals 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, $29,778,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $80,640,000, together with not to exceed 
$5,660,000 which may be expended from the Employment
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Security Administration account in the Unemployment 
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 discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated 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 activity 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 Committees 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 expended for the
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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. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
none of the funds made available to the Department of 
Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American Com-
petitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other than com-
petitive grants for training individuals who are older than 
16 years of age and are not currently enrolled in school 
within a local 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 up to $13,000,000 
of such funds shall be available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2017 to process permanent foreign labor certifi-
cations under section 212(a)(5)(A) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(5)(A)): Provided further, 
That the funding limitation under this section shall not 
apply to funding provided pursuant to solicitations for 
grant applications issued before January 15, 2014. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Admin-
842 
istration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of 
such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, 
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 establish a lower 
limit for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and 
bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into ac-
count 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 programs involved including Em-
ployment and Training Administration programs. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary 
may transfer funds made available to the Employment and 
Training Administration by this Act, either directly or 
through a set-aside, for technical assistance services to 
grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is deter-
mined that those services will be more efficiently performed 
by Federal employees: Provided, That this section shall not 
apply to section 171 of the WIOA.
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(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 Manage-
ment’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer 
within the Department of Labor, and shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2017: Provided, That such 
funds shall only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer 
of the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate describing the evaluations to be carried out 15 
days in advance of any transfer. 
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 
‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, ‘‘Com-
munity Service Employment for Older Americans’’, ‘‘State 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Oper-
ations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administration’’, 
‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, ‘‘Wage and 
Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract Compliance 
Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine 
Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Disability
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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, sexu-
ally 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, $527,885,000. 
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 prevention 
and health promotion, $838,146,000: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this account may be available for mak-
ing grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act for not less 
than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds available under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be available to continue and expand com-
munity specific extension and outreach programs to combat 
obesity in counties with the highest levels of obesity: Pro-
vided further, That the proportional funding requirements