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Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti-
fied 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, 
$994,000 (increased by $906,000) shall be used for grants 
authorized by the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontradi-
tional Occupations Act. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $236,514,000 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, 2018, and 
not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal ex-
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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 
in military treatment facilities or warrior transition 
units, and to the spouses or other family caregivers 
of such wounded, ill, or injured members; 
(2) $16,073,000 is for carrying out the Transi-
tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 
10 U.S.C. 1144; 
(3) $42,027,000 is for Federal administration 
of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States 
Code: Provided, That of such amounts, not more 
than $1,000,000 shall be available for necessary ex-
penses of the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program 
authorized by the HIRE Vets Act (Division O of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 
115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note)), which shall be in 
addition to amounts available in the HIRE Vets Me-
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dallion Award Fund established by section 5 of such 
Act; 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: Provided fur-
ther, That the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund shall 
be available to the Secretary for necessary expenses of the 
HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program authorized by the 
Hire Vets Act (Division O of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 
note)). 
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$47,537,000 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, 2018, to provide services under such sec-
tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec-
tion 2023 may include, in addition to services to the indi-
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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, $20,769,000, 
which shall be available through September 30, 2019. 
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, $83,487,000, 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 No. 
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. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, none of the funds made available to the Department 
of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American 
Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other 
than competitive grants for training individuals who are 
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older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled 
in school within a local educational agency in the occupa-
tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B 
visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities 
necessary to support such training. 
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. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-
retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-
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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. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 
transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary 
appropriation made available to the Employment and 
Training Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Admin-
istration’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities 
relating to any of the programs or activities that are fund-
ed under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 
That funds transferred from under paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of the ‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account shall be available 
under paragraph (3) of such account in order to carry out 
program integrity activities relating to the Job Corps pro-
gram: Provided further, That funds transferred under this 
subsection shall be available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
(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 
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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, 2019: 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. 
(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’’. 
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SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, beginning October 1, 2017, 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 
levels of performance established under section 159(c) of 
such Act beginning July 1, 2016. 
SEC. 109. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the 
following text is part of such section: 
‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 
for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major 
disaster to any employee— 
‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re-
sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by 
an employer not engaged, directly or through an af-
filiate, in underwriting, selling, or marketing prop-
erty, casualty, or liability insurance policies or con-
tracts; 
‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on aver-
age weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 
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per week or any minimum weekly amount estab-
lished by the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the 
number of weeks such employee is engaged in any 
of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 
‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi-
viduals who suffered injuries or other damages 
or losses arising from or relating to a disaster, 
witnesses, or physicians; 
‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review-
ing factual information to prepare damage esti-
mates; 
‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda-
tions regarding coverage or compensability of 
claims or determining liability or value aspects 
of claims; 
‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 
‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 
litigation. 
‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 
the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis-
aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 
State or Federal agency or department; 
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