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LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for Labor-Management
Standards, $27,309,000.
PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for Pension and Welfare Ben-
efits Administration, $64,408,000.
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is author-
ized to make such expenditures, including financial assist-
ance authorized by section 104 of Public Law 96–364,
within limits of funds and borrowing authority available
to such Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C.
9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program
through September 30, 1994, for such Corporation: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $34,194,000 shall be available
for administrative expenses of the Corporation: Provided
further, That expenses of such Corporation in connection
with the termination of pension plans, for the acquisition,
protection or management, and investment of trust assets,
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and for benefits administration services shall be consid-
ered as non-administrative expenses for the purposes here-
of, and excluded from the above limitation.
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Employment Stand-
ards Administration, including reimbursement to State,
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspec-
tion services rendered, $237,176,000 together with
$989,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund
in accordance with sections 39(c) 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 title 5,
chapter 81 of the United States Code; continuation of ben-
efits as provided for under the head ‘‘Civilian War Bene-
fits’’ in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act,
1947; the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appro-
priation Act, 1944; and sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War
Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 per
centum of the additional compensation and benefits re-
quired by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended, $279,000,000
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together with such amounts as may be necessary to be
charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the pay-
ment of compensation and other benefits for any period
subsequent to August 15 of the current year: Provided,
That such sums as are necessary may be used for a dem-
onstration project under section 8104 of title 5, United
States Code, in which the Secretary may reimburse an em-
ployer, who is not the employer at the time of injury, for
portions of the salary of a reemployed, disabled bene-
ficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements
from Federal Government agencies unobligated on Sep-
tember 30, 1993, shall remain available until expended for
the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Pro-
vided further, That in addition there shall be transferred
from the Postal Service fund to this appropriation such
sums as the Secretary of Labor determines to be the cost
of administration for Postal Service employees through
September 30, 1994: Provided further, That the Secretary
may require that any person filing a notice of injury or
a claim for benefits under Subchapter 5, U.S.C., Chapter
81, or under Subchapter 33, U.S.C. 901, et seq. (the
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, as
amended), provide as part of such notice and claim, such
identifying information (including Social Security account
number) as such regulations may prescribe.
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BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust
Fund, $1,001,575,000, of which $947,967,000, shall be
available until September 30, 1995, for payment of all
benefits as authorized by section 9501(d) (1), (2), (4), and
(7), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended,
and interest on advances as authorized by section
9501(c)(2) of that Act, and of which $28,929,000 shall
be available for transfer to Employment Standards Ad-
ministration, Salaries and Expenses, and $24,384,000 for
transfer to Departmental Management, Salaries and Ex-
penses, and $295,000 for transfer to Departmental Man-
agement, Office of Inspector General, for expenses of oper-
ation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits pro-
gram as authorized by section 9501(d)(5)(A) of that Act:
Provided, That in addition, such amounts as may be nec-
essary may be charged to the subsequent year appropria-
tion for the payment of compensation, interest, or other
benefits for any period subsequent to June 15 of the cur-
rent year: Provided further, That in addition such amounts
shall be paid from this fund into miscellaneous receipts
as the Secretary of the Treasury determines to be the ad-
ministrative expenses of the Department of the Treasury
for administering the fund during the current fiscal year,
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5)(B) of that Act.
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, $294,640,000, including not
to exceed $68,630,000, which shall be the maximum
amount available for grants to States under section 23(g)
of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which grants
shall be no less than fifty percent of the costs of State
occupational safety and health programs required to be
incurred under plans approved by the Secretary under sec-
tion 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970: Provided, 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 Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 which is applicable to any person who
is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain
a temporary labor camp and employs ten or fewer employ-
ees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under
this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to admin-
ister or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order
under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
with respect to any employer of ten or fewer employees
who is included within a category having an occupational
injury lost workday case rate, at the most precise Stand-
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ard Industrial Classification Code for which such data are
published, less than the national average rate as such
rates are most recently published by the Secretary, acting
through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance
with section 24 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 673), except—
(1) to provide, as authorized by such 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 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 such Act
with respect to imminent dangers;
(4) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to health hazards;
(5) to take any action authorized by such 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 such Act; and