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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 sur-
vival 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, 
$482,000,000, 
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 Wag-
ner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49l–2): Provided, That the Cur-
rent Employment Survey shall maintain the content of the 
survey issued prior to June 2005 with respect to the collec-
tion of data for the women worker series. 
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, $27,712,000. 
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
including the hire of three sedans, and including the man-
agement or operation, through contracts, grants or other ar-
rangements of Departmental activities conducted by or 
through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, includ-
ing bilateral and multilateral technical assistance and other 
international labor activities, $313,400,000, of which 
$82,516,000 is for the Bureau of International Labor Af-
fairs, and of which $22,000,000 is for the acquisition of De-
partmental information technology, architecture, infra-
structure, equipment, 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 ex-
pended from the Employment Security Administration Ac-
count in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF JOB CORPS 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2881 et. seq.), including 
Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration and 
repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase 
of real property for training centers as authorized by the 
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Workforce Investment Act; $1,659,872,000, plus reimburse-
ments, as follows: 
(1) $1,516,000,000 for Job Corps Operations, of 
which $925,000,000 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) $115,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation 
and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, of which 
$15,000,000 is available for the period July 1, 2008 
through June 30, 2009 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 Of-
fice of Job Corps is available for obligation for the pe-
riod October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008: 
Provided, That the Office of Job Corps shall have con-
tracting authority: Provided further, That no funds from 
any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal serv-
ices at or for Job Corps centers: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available 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 
Employment Security Administration Account in the Un-
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employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 
U.S.C. 4100–4113, 4211–4215, and 4321–4327, 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 Vet-
erans Reintegration Programs (38 U.S.C. 2021) and the 
Veterans Workforce Investment Programs (29 U.S.C. 2913), 
$31,055,000, of which $7,435,000 shall be available for obli-
gation for the period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009: 
Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be transferred from 
amounts made available in this title for salaries and ex-
penses of the Department of Labor, to carry out Federal 
management activities relating to veterans employment and 
training. 
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, as amended, $73,929,000, together with 
not to exceed $5,729,000, which may be expended from the 
Employment Security Administration Account in the Un-
employment 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 indi-
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vidual, 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, as amended) which are appro-
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 a program, project, or activity 
may be increased by up to an additional 2 percent subject 
to approval by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That the transfer authority 
granted by this section shall be available only to meet emer-
gency needs and shall not be used to create any new pro-
gram or to fund any project or activity for which no funds 
are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Appro-
priations Committees of both Houses of Congress are noti-
fied 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, manufac-
tured, or harvested or services rendered, whole or in part, 
by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host 
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countries already identified by the United States Depart-
ment of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 104. There is authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to the Denali Commission 
through the Department of Labor to conduct job training 
of the local workforce where Denali Commission projects 
will be constructed. 
SEC. 105. The Secretary shall prepare and submit not 
later than July 1, 2008, to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and of the House an operating plan that 
outlines the planned allocation by major project and activ-
ity of fiscal year 2008 funds made available for section 171 
of the Workforce Investment Act. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds available in this Act or 
available to the Secretary of Labor from other sources for 
Community College Initiative Grants, Community-Based 
Job Training Grants, and grants authorized under section 
414(c) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Im-
provement Act of 1998 shall be obligated for a grant award-
ed on a non-competitive basis. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act shall be available to finalize or implement 
any proposed regulation under the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998, Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, or the Trade Ad-
justment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 until such time as 
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legislation reauthorizing the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 and the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 
2002 is enacted. 
SEC. 108. The Secretary of Labor shall take no action 
to amend, through regulatory or administration action, the 
definition established in 20 CFR 667.220 for functions and 
activities under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998, or to modify, through regulatory or administrative 
action, the procedure for redesignation of local areas as 
specified in subtitle B of title I of that Act (including ap-
plying the standards specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of 
that Act, but notwithstanding the time limits specified in 
section 116(a)(3)(B) of that Act), until such time as legisla-
tion reauthorizing the Act is enacted. Nothing in the pre-
ceding sentence shall permit or require the Secretary of 
Labor to withdraw approval for such redesignation from 
a State that received the approval not later than October 
12, 2005, or to revise action taken or modify the redesigna-
tion procedure being used by the Secretary in order to com-
plete such redesignation for a State that initiated the proc-
ess of such redesignation by submitting any request for such 
redesignation not later than October 26, 2005. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available in this Act may 
be used to carry out a public-private competition or direct 
conversion under Office of Management and Budget Cir-
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cular A–76 or any successor administrative regulation, di-
rective or policy until 60 days after the Government Ac-
countability Office provides a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on the use of competitive sourcing at the Department 
of Labor. 
SEC. 110. (a) Not later than June 20, 2008, the Sec-
retary of Labor shall revise regulations prescribed pursuant 
to section 303(y) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 863(y)) to require, in any coal mine, 
regardless of the date on which it was opened, that belt haul-
age entries not be used to ventilate active working places 
without prior approval from the Assistant Secretary of 
Labor. 
(b) Not later than June 15, 2008, the Secretary of 
Labor shall issue regulations, pursuant to the design cri-
teria recommended by the National Institute of Occupa-
tional Safety and Health and section 13 of the MINER Act 
(Public Law 109–236), requiring installation of rescue 
chambers in the working areas of underground coal mines. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Adminis-
tration’’ 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 Execu-
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tive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to vendors 
providing goods and services as defined in OMB 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 account factors including the relative 
cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for com-
parable State or local government employees, and the size 
of the organizations that administer Federal programs in-
volved including Employment and Training Administra-
tion programs. 
SEC. 112. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated under this Act, there is appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an ad-
ditional $10,000,000 for necessary expenses for salaries and 
expenses of the Mine Safety and Health Administration. 
(b) Amounts made available under this Act for travel 
expenses for the Department of Labor, the Department of 
Health and Human Services, and the Department of Edu-
cation shall be reduced on a pro rata basis by the percentage 
necessary to decrease the overall amount of such spending 
by $10,000,000. 
SEC. 113. To enable the National Institute for Occupa-
tional Safety and Health to carry out the Fire Fighter Fa-
tality Investigation and Prevention Program, $5,000,000, 
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which shall include any other amounts made available 
under this Act for such Program. Amounts made available 
under this Act for travel expenses for the Department of 
Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and 
the Department of Education shall be reduced on a pro rata 
basis by the percentage necessary to decrease the overall 
amount of such spending by $2,500,000. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES 
For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XII, 
XIX, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section 
427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, 
title V and sections 1128E, and 711, and 1820 of the Social 
Security Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 
1986, as amended, the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act 
of 1988, as amended, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 
2000, and section 712 of the American Jobs Creation Act 
of 2004, $6,843,673,000, of which $191,235,000 shall be 
available for construction and renovation (including equip-
ment) of health care and other facilities and other health- 
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related activities as specified in the committee report of the 
Senate accompanying this Act, and of which $38,538,000 
from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of 
the Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out 
the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program 
under section 1820 of such Act, and of which $250,000 shall 
be for the Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD) Clin-
ic in Libby, Montana: Provided, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $220,000 shall be available 
until expended for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. 
Long Hansen’s Disease Center: Provided further, That 
$40,000,000 of the funding provided for community health 
centers shall be for base grant adjustments for existing 
health centers: Provided further, That in addition to fees 
authorized by section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Im-
provement Act of 1986, fees shall be collected for the full 
disclosure of information under the Act sufficient to recover 
the full costs of operating the National Practitioner Data 
Bank, and shall remain available until expended to carry 
out that Act: Provided further, That fees collected for the 
full disclosure of information under the ‘‘Health Care 
Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program’’, authorized by 
section 1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security Act, shall be suf-
ficient to recover the full costs of operating the program, 
and shall remain available until expended to carry out that 
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Act: Provided further, That no more than $40,000 is avail-
able until expended for carrying out the provisions of 42 
U.S.C. 233(o) including associated administrative expenses 
and relevant evaluations: Provided further, That no more 
than $44,055,000 is available until expended for carrying 
out the provisions of Public Law 104–73 and for expenses 
incurred by the Department of Health and Human Services 
pertaining to administrative claims made under such law: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $300,000,000 shall be for the program under 
title X of the Public Health Service Act to provide for vol-
untary family planning projects: Provided further, That 
amounts provided to said projects under such title shall not 
be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling 
shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be 
expended for any activity (including the publication or dis-
tribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote 
public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or 
candidate for public office: Provided further, That 
$814,546,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Pro-
grams authorized by section 2616 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act: Provided further, That in addition to amounts pro-
vided herein, $25,000,000 shall be available from amounts 
available under section 241 of the Public Health Service 
Act to carry out Parts A, B, C, and D of title XXVI of 
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the Public Health Service Act to fund section 2691 Special 
Projects of National Significance: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the So-
cial Security Act, not to exceed $95,936,920 is available for 
carrying out special projects of regional and national sig-
nificance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act and 
$10,586,238 is available for projects described in para-
graphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided, $39,283,000 
shall be provided to the Denali Commission as a direct 
lump payment pursuant to Public Law 106–113: Provided 
further, That of the funds available under this heading, 
$1,829,511,000 shall remain available to the Secretary until 
September 30, 2010, for parts A and B of title XXVI of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–11 et seq.; 
relating to Ryan White Emergency Relief Grants and 
CARE Grants): Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided, $25,000,000 shall be provided for the Delta Health 
Initiative as authorized in section 222 of this Act and asso-
ciated administrative expenses: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 747(e)(2) of the PHS Act, and not less 
than $5,000,000 shall be for general dentistry programs and 
not less than $5,000,000 shall be for pediatric dentistry pro-
grams and not less than $24,614,000 shall be for family 
medicine programs: Provided further, That of the funds 
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available under this heading, $12,000,000 shall be provided 
for the National Cord Blood Inventory pursuant to the 
Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109–129): Provided further, That where prior year 
funds were disbursed under this appropriation account as 
Health Care and Other Facilities grants (and were used 
for the purchase, construction, or major alteration of prop-
erty; or the purchase of equipment), the Federal interest in 
such property or equipment shall last for a period of 5 years 
following the completion of the project and terminate at 
that time: Provided further, That if the property use 
changes (or the property is transferred or sold) and the Gov-
ernment is compensated for its proportionate interest in the 
property, the Federal interest in such property shall be ter-
minated: Provided further, That for projects where 5 years 
has already elapsed since completion, the Federal interest 
shall be terminated immediately. 
HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pur-
pose of the program, as authorized by title VII of the Public 
Health Service Act, as amended. For administrative ex-
penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, including 
section 709 of the Public Health Service Act, $2,906,000. 
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VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Program Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for 
claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with 
respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988, 
pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public Health 
Service Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed 
$3,528,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING 
To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX, 
XXI, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, sections 
101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal 
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and the Mine Im-
provement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006, sec-
tions 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act 
of 1980, and for expenses necessary to support activities re-
lated to countering potential biological, disease, nuclear, ra-
diological, and chemical threats to civilian populations; in-
cluding purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles 
in foreign countries; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and 
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