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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 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 the Act, except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation, tech-
nical assistance, educational and training services, and to con-
duct 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 viola-
tions which are not corrected 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 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 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 employs 10 or fewer 
employees: Provided further, That $10,116,000 shall be available 
for Susan Harwood training grants, of which $3,200,000 shall be 
used for the Institutional Competency Building training grants 
which commenced in September 2000, for program activities for 
the period of October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008, provided 
that a grantee has demonstrated satisfactory performance: Provided 
further, That such grants shall be awarded not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate with 
timetables for the development and issuance of occupational safety 
and health standards on beryllium, silica, cranes and derricks, 
confined space entry in construction, and hazard communication 
global harmonization; such timetables shall include actual or esti-
mated dates for: the publication of an advance notice of proposed 
rulemaking, the commencement and completion of a Small Business 
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act review (if required), the 
completion of any peer review (if required), the submission of the 
draft proposed rule to the Office of Management and Budget for 
review under Executive Order No. 12866 (if required), the publica-
tion of a proposed rule, the conduct of public hearings, the submis-
sion of a draft final rule to the Office and Management and Budget 
for review under Executive Order No. 12866 (if required), and 
the issuance of a final rule; and such report shall be submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate within 90 days of the enactment of this
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Act, with updates provided every 90 days thereafter that shall 
include an explanation of the reasons for any delays in meeting 
the projected timetables for action. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $339,893,000, including purchase and bestowal 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 recovery activities, $2,200,000 
for an award to the United Mine Workers of America, for classroom 
and simulated rescue training for mine rescue teams, and 
$1,215,000 for an award to the Wheeling Jesuit University, for 
the National Technology Transfer Center for a coal slurry impound-
ment project; in addition, 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, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; 
and, in addition, the Mine Safety and Health Administration may 
retain up to $1,000,000 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; the Secretary 
of Labor is authorized to accept 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; 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 associations; the Secretary is authorized 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 officers in local chapters or in the national organization; and 
any funds available to the Department 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 Statistics, 
including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for services rendered, $488,804,000, 
together with not to exceed $78,000,000, which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration Account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund, of which $5,000,000 may be used to 
fund the mass layoff statistics program under section 15 of the 
Wagner-Peyser Act: Provided, That the Current Employment 
Survey shall maintain the content of the survey issued prior to 
June 2005 with respect to the collection of data for the women 
worker series.
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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, 
$27,712,000. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
including the hire of three sedans, and including the management 
or operation, through contracts, grants or other arrangements of 
Departmental activities conducted by or through the Bureau of 
International Labor Affairs, including bilateral and multilateral 
technical assistance and other international labor activities, 
$304,856,000, of which $82,516,000 is for the Bureau of Inter-
national Labor Affairs (including $5,000,000 to implement model 
programs to address worker rights issues through technical assist-
ance in countries with which the United States has trade preference 
programs), and of which $20,000,000 is for the acquisition of Depart-
mental information technology, architecture, infrastructure, equip-
ment, software and related needs, which will be allocated by the 
Department’s Chief Information Officer in accordance with the 
Department’s capital investment management process to assure 
a sound investment strategy; together with not to exceed $318,000, 
which may be expended from the Employment Security Administra-
tion Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF JOB CORPS 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998, including Federal administrative expenses, the pur-
chase 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 authorized by the Workforce 
Investment Act; $1,650,516,000, plus reimbursements, as follows: 
(1) $1,507,684,000 for Job Corps Operations, of which 
$916,684,000 is available for obligation for the period July 
1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 and of which $591,000,000 
is available for obligation for the period October 1, 2008 through 
June 30, 2009; 
(2) $113,960,000 for construction, rehabilitation and 
acquisition of Job Corps Centers, of which $13,960,000 is avail-
able for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2011 and 
$100,000,000 is available for the period October 1, 2008 through 
June 30, 2011; and 
(3) $28,872,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of 
Job Corps is available for obligation for the period October 
1, 2007 through September 30, 2008: 
Provided, That the Office of Job Corps shall have contracting 
authority: Provided further, That no funds from any other appro-
priation shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 
centers: Provided further, That none of the funds made available
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in this Act shall be used to reduce Job Corps total student training 
slots below 44,791 in program year 2008. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $197,143,000 may be derived from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund to carry out the provisions of sections 4100–4113, 4211– 
4215, and 4321–4327 of title 38, United States Code, and Public 
Law 103–353, and which shall be available for obligation by the 
States through December 31, 2008, of which $1,967,000 is for the 
National Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute. 
To carry out the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs under 
section 5(a)(1) of the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance 
Act of 2001 and the Veterans Workforce Investment Programs 
under section 168 of the Workforce Investment Act, $31,055,000, 
of which $7,435,000 shall be available for obligation for the period 
July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009. 
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, $72,929,000, together with not to exceed $5,729,000, which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, either 
as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate 
in excess of Executive Level I. 
(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 be available only to meet emergency needs and 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 No. 13126, none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the procurement 
of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services 
rendered, 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. After September 30, 2007, the Secretary of Labor 
shall issue a monthly transit subsidy of not less than the full