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SEC. 8143. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, shall be for the Taiwan Security Cooperation Initia-
tive: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 
Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Sec-
retary of State, to provide assistance, including new pro-
curement of defense articles, services, and military edu-
cation and training to Taiwan: Provided further, That 
equipment procured using funds made available in this 
section, and not yet transferred to Taiwan, or returned 
by Taiwan to the United States, may be treated as stocks 
of the Department of Defense upon written notification 
to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days 
prior to obligating funds made available in this section, 
notify the congressional defense committees in writing of 
the details of any such obligation: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports 
to the congressional defense committees on the use and 
status of funds made available in this section. 
SEC. 8144. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available by title II of this Act under the heading 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, the Secretary
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of Defense may reimburse the Federated States of Micro-
nesia in an amount not to exceed $34,000,000 for land 
acquisition costs for defense sites in Yap. 
SEC. 8145. The total amount appropriated in title II 
of this Act is hereby reduced by $550,000,000 to reflect 
savings due to favorable bulk fuel rates: Provided, That 
such reduction may not be derived from amounts appro-
priated by this Act for the National Intelligence Program 
or the Military Intelligence Program. 
SEC. 8146. In making Federal financial assistance, 
the Department of Defense shall continue to apply the ne-
gotiated indirect cost rates in section 200.414 of title 2, 
Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the 
approval of deviations from negotiated indirect cost rates, 
to the same extent and in the same manner as such nego-
tiated indirect cost rates were applied in fiscal year 2024: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this or 
prior Department of Defense Appropriations Acts, or oth-
erwise made available to the Department of Defense may 
be used to develop, modify, or implement changes to such 
fiscal year 2024 negotiated indirect cost rates. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8147. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide’’, $150,000,000, to remain available until September
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30, 2027, may be used for replacement of defense articles 
and for reimbursement of defense services provided to or 
identified for provision to Taiwan: Provided, That such 
funds may be transferred to appropriations made available 
under titles II, III, IV, and V of this Act for replacement, 
through new procurement or repair of existing unservice-
able equipment, of defense articles from the stocks of the 
Department of Defense, and for reimbursement for de-
fense services of the Department of Defense and military 
education and training, provided to the government of Tai-
wan or to foreign countries that have provided support to 
Taiwan at the request of the United States: Provided fur-
ther, That funds transferred pursuant to this section shall 
be merged with and available for the same purposes and 
for the same time period as the appropriations to which 
the funds are transferred: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 
committees of the details of such transfers not less than 
15 days before any such transfer: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 
purposes provided herein, such amounts may be trans-
ferred back and merged with this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided in this sec-
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tion is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
in this Act. 
SEC. 8148. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior 
fiscal year may be used by the Department of Defense 
to award a sole-source or non-competitive contract in ex-
cess of $100,000,000 for space-based airborne moving tar-
get indication systems. 
SEC. 8149. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior 
fiscal year may be used to pause, cancel, or terminate the 
Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geo-
synchronous Earth Orbit and the Next-Generation Over-
head Persistent Infrared Polar programs. 
SEC. 8150. Any transactions or follow-on trans-
actions entered into pursuant to the authority in section 
2808a of title 10, United States Code, to carry out repair 
and construction projects for facilities may only be carried 
out if, without regard to section 2808a, such projects are 
otherwise authorized by law and the use of military con-
struction, operation and maintenance, or research, devel-
opment, test and evaluation funds is otherwise authorized 
for such projects: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this or prior Acts, 
by title I of division D of Public Law 119–37 or by any
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prior Act making appropriations for Military Construc-
tion, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, or by funds 
made available to the Department of Defense in Public 
Law 119–21 may be transferred pursuant to the authority 
in section 2808a of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8151. The amounts appropriated in title IV of 
this Act are hereby reduced by $1,000,000,000 due to the 
expiration of authorizations contained in 15 U.S.C. 638, 
as follows: 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Army’’, $140,000,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Navy’’, $157,000,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Air Force’’, $325,000,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Space Force’’, $140,000,000; and 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Defense-Wide’’, $238,000,000: 
Provided, That this section shall not apply to appropria-
tions for the National Intelligence Program: Provided fur-
ther, That if a law reauthorizing 15 U.S.C. 638 for fiscal 
year 2026 is enacted after the date of the enactment of 
this section and before September 30, 2026, the required 
expenditure amount in 15 U.S.C. 638 for the Department
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of Defense for such program for such fiscal year shall be 
prorated on an annual basis for the remainder of such fis-
cal year based on the extramural budget (as defined in 
15 U.S.C. 638(e)(1)) of the Department on the date of 
the enactment of such law. 
SEC. 8152. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, shall be available for the International Security Co-
operation Program – Baltic Security Initiative to provide 
support and assistance to the foreign security forces of 
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in accordance with the ob-
jectives identified by section 1247 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119–
60): Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 
less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made available 
in this section, notify the congressional defense commit-
tees in writing of the details of any planned obligation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall pro-
vide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 
the use and status of funds made available in this section.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8153. (a) In addition to amounts made available 
elsewhere in this Act, $500,000,000, of which not less 
than $150,000,000 shall be available only for the quali-
fication and testing of second source providers, is hereby 
appropriated to the Department of Defense and may be 
transferred to the procurement accounts of the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, and Department of Defense and the ‘‘Re-
search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-
Wide’’ account, only for the following purposes—
(1) investment in modernization, expansion, or 
facilitization of the solid rocket motor industrial 
base, including capital equipment, tooling, and facil-
ity upgrades; 
(2) workforce development, training, and reten-
tion; 
(3) supplier base expansion and qualification, 
including second- and third-tier vendors and non-
traditional manufacturers; 
(4) process improvements, automation, and dig-
ital manufacturing; and 
(5) risk reduction and surge capacity initiatives 
necessary to ensure reliable, affordable, and timely 
production of solid rocket motors and related 
energetics:
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(b) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
a briefing to the congressional defense committees on 
planned activities under this section, including an expla-
nation of how competition considerations and industry 
input were incorporated into acquisition and execution de-
cisions: Provided, That none of the funds provided under 
this section may be obligated or expended until 30 days 
after the Secretary of Defense provides to the congres-
sional defense committees a detailed execution plan for the 
use of such funds: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to any 
transfer of funds, notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 
writing of the details of any such transfer: Provided fur-
ther, That upon transfer, the funds shall be merged with 
and available for the same purposes, and for the same 
time period, as the appropriation to which transferred: 
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 
not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back and merged with this 
appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer author-
ity provided under this section is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of De-
fense Appropriations Act, 2026’’.
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DIVISION B—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) 
and the National Apprenticeship Act, $3,981,588,000 plus 
reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro-
vided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$2,919,332,000 as follows: 
(A) $875,649,000 for adult employment 
and training activities, of which $163,649,000 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2026 
through 
June 
30, 
2027, 
and 
of 
which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
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(B) $948,130,000 for youth activities, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2026 through June 30, 2027; and 
(C) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$235,553,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and of 
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027: 
Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 
outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 
WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 
section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding the requirements of 
WIOA, outlying areas may submit a single applica-
tion for a consolidated grant that awards funds that 
would otherwise be available to such areas to carry 
out the activities described in subtitle B of title I of 
the WIOA: Provided further, That such application 
shall be submitted to the Secretary of Labor (re-
ferred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require: Provided further, That 
outlying areas awarded a consolidated grant de-
scribed in the preceding provisos may use the funds
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for any of the programs and activities authorized 
under such subtitle B of title I of the WIOA subject 
to approval of the application and such reporting re-
quirements issued by the Secretary; and 
(2) for national programs, $1,062,256,000 as 
follows: 
(A) $300,859,000 for the dislocated work-
ers assistance national reserve, of which 
$100,859,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027, and 
of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2026 through September 30, 
2027: Provided, That funds provided to carry 
out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be 
used to provide assistance to a State for state-
wide or local use in order to address cases 
where there have been worker dislocations 
across multiple sectors or across multiple local 
areas and such workers remain dislocated; co-
ordinate the State workforce development plan 
with emerging economic development needs; and 
train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 
further, That funds provided to carry out sec-
tions 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be 
used for technical assistance and demonstration
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projects, respectively, that provide assistance to 
new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 
workers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds pro-
vided under this subparagraph, the Secretary 
may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 
funds to provide technical assistance and carry 
out additional activities related to the transition 
to the WIOA: Provided further, That of the 
funds 
provided 
under 
this 
subparagraph, 
$120,000,000 shall be for training and employ-
ment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) 
(notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in 
such section) and 170 of the WIOA as follows: 
(i) $55,000,000 shall be for workers 
in the Appalachian region, as defined by 
40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in the 
Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 
4(2) of the Delta Development Act (Public 
Law 100–460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 
2009aa(2)), and workers in the region 
served by the Northern Border Regional 
Commission, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 
15733; and
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(ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the pur-
pose of developing, offering, or improving 
educational or career training programs at 
community colleges, defined as public insti-
tutions of higher education, as described in 
section 101(a) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 and at which the associate’s 
degree is primarily the highest degree 
awarded, with other eligible institutions of 
higher education, as defined in section 
101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, eligible to participate through con-
sortia, with community colleges as the lead 
grantee: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
follow the requirements for the program in 
House Report 116–62: Provided further, 
That any grant funds used for apprentice-
ships shall be used to support only appren-
ticeship programs registered under the Na-
tional Apprenticeship Act and as referred 
to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA; 
(B) $62,500,000 for Native American pro-
grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2026 
through June 30, 2027;
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(C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including $90,134,000 for formula 
grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 
be for employment and training services), 
$6,591,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
permanent housing), and $671,000 for other 
discretionary purposes, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 
2027: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or related regulation, the 
Department of Labor shall take no action lim-
iting the number or proportion of eligible par-
ticipants receiving related assistance services or 
discouraging grantees from providing such serv-
ices: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
definition of ‘‘eligible seasonal farmworker’’ in 
section 167(i)(3)(A) of the WIOA relating to an 
individual being ‘‘low-income’’, an individual is 
eligible for migrant and seasonal farmworker 
programs under section 167 of the WIOA under 
that definition if, in addition to meeting the re-
quirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 
167(i)(3)(A), such individual is a member of a
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family with a total family income equal to or 
less than 150 percent of the poverty line; 
(D) $105,000,000 for YouthBuild activi-
ties as described in section 171 of the WIOA, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2026 through June 30, 2027; 
(E) $110,000,000 for ex-offender activi-
ties, under the authority of section 169 of the 
WIOA, which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027: Provided, 
That of this amount, $30,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to national and regional 
intermediaries for activities that prepare for 
employment young adults with criminal legal 
histories, young adults who have been justice 
system-involved, or young adults who have 
dropped out of school or other educational pro-
grams, with a priority for projects serving high-
crime, high-poverty areas; 
(F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 
Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 
169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 
2027;
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(G) $285,000,000 to expand opportunities 
through apprenticeships only registered under 
the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred 
to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail-
able to the Secretary to carry out activities 
through grants, cooperative agreements, con-
tracts and other arrangements, with States and 
other appropriate entities, including equity 
intermediaries and business and labor industry 
partner intermediaries, which shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 
2027; and 
(H) $95,501,000 for carrying out Dem-
onstration and Pilot projects under section 
169(c) of the WIOA, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 
2027, in addition to funds available for such ac-
tivities 
under 
subparagraph 
(A) 
for 
the 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 
table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Con-
gressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act): Provided, That such funds may be 
used for projects that are related to the employ-
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ment and training needs of dislocated workers, 
other adults, or youth: Provided further, That 
the 10 percent funding limitation under such 
section of the WIOA shall not apply to such 
funds: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
section 
169(b)(6)(C) of the WIOA shall not apply to 
such funds: Provided further, That sections 102 
and 107 of this Act shall not apply to such 
funds. 
JOB CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ-
ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase 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 author-
ized by the WIOA, $1,760,155,000, plus reimbursements, 
as follows: 
(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2026 
through June 30, 2027; 
(2) $123,000,000 for construction, rehabilita-
tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2026 
through June 30, 2029, and which may include the
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acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 
of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may 
transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the 
operational needs of such centers or to achieve ad-
ministrative efficiencies: Provided further, That any 
funds transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 
2027: Provided further, That the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of 
any transfer; and 
(3) $33,830,000 for necessary expenses of Job 
Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 
period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 
2026: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 
shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 
Centers. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER 
AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 
1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $395,000,000, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 2026 
through June 30, 2027, and may be recaptured and reobli-
gated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA.
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FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2026 of trade ad-
justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 
of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 
employment and case management services, allowances for 
job search and relocation, and related State administrative 
expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit 
payments, allowances, training, employment and case 
management services, and related State administration 
provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjust-
ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) 
and 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 
and section 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 
$50,300,000 together with such amounts as may be nec-
essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 
payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 
2026: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this 
Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 
heading may remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 
245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)).
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STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses, 
$74,306,000, together with not to exceed $4,000,584,000 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 
(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which—
(1) $3,226,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for 
grants to States for the administration of State un-
employment insurance laws as authorized under title 
III of the Social Security Act (including not less 
than $467,000,000 to carry out reemployment serv-
ices and eligibility assessments under section 306 of 
such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as 
defined in such section, including those who are 
profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may 
be eligible for such services and assessments: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $117,000,000 is speci-
fied for grants under section 306 of the Social Secu-
rity Act and is provided to meet the terms of a con-
current resolution on the budget and $350,000,000 
is additional new budget authority specified for pur-
poses of a concurrent resolution on the budget; and 
$9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemploy-
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ment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the 
administration of unemployment insurance for Fed-
eral employees and for ex-service members as au-
thorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the admin-
istration of trade readjustment allowances, reem-
ployment trade adjustment assistance, and alter-
native trade adjustment assistance under the Trade 
Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade 
Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sec-
tions 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Preferences Ex-
tension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and shall be avail-
able for Federal obligation through December 31, 
2026, except that funds for outcome payments pur-
suant to section 306(f)(2) of the Social Security Act 
shall be available for Federal obligation through 
March 31, 2027: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary may recap-
ture any funds appropriated under this paragraph 
that remain unexpended by a State after the period 
of expenditure for a State (but before such funds 
have been returned to the Trust Fund), and such re-
captured funds shall remain available until expended 
for reobligation by the Secretary to the States to 
carry out automation activities related to the admin-
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istration of unemployment compensation laws: Pro-
vided further, That funds transferred pursuant to 
the preceding proviso shall not be available until 60 
days after the Secretary has submitted a plan to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate on the planned use of 
funds; 
(2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system; 
(3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, to-
gether with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of 
the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance 
with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall 
be available for Federal obligation for the period 
July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; 
(4) $17,500,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities of the Employment Service, includ-
ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred-
it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (including assisting States in adopting or mod-
ernizing information technology for use in the proc-
essing of certification requests), and the provision of
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technical assistance and staff training under the 
Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(5) $84,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
administration of foreign labor certifications and re-
lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act and related laws, of which $61,528,000 
shall be available for the Federal administration of 
such activities, and $23,282,000 shall be available 
for grants to States for the administration of such 
activities; and 
(6) $52,893,000 from the General Fund is to 
provide workforce information, national electronic 
tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag-
ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob-
ligation for the period July 1, 2026 through June 
30, 2027, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used 
to carry out research and demonstration projects re-
lated to testing effective ways to promote greater 
labor force participation of people with disabilities: 
Provided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts 
made available for research and demonstration 
projects under this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Dis-
ability Employment Policy’’ account for such pur-
poses:
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Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2026 is 
projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 
3,075,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 
Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 
increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 
for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title 
III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 
to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 
Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 
carrying out activities under such title III if the other 
States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 
declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 
for grants to States under title III of the Social Security 
Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of 
the National Directory of New Hires under section 
453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 
under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay-
ments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State 
Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to es-
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tablish a national one-stop career center system, or which 
are used to support the national activities of the Federal-
State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 
immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 
grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 
Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 
for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu-
rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi-
ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 
may award subgrants to other States and non-State enti-
ties under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 
to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 
the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 
be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment In-
surance and Employment Service automation efforts, not-
withstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under 
the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require-
ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Fed-
eral Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regu-
lations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the re-
quest of a State participating in a consortium with other 
States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title 
III of the Social Security Act to other States participating 
in the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemploy-
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ment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 
in order to carry out activities that benefit the administra-
tion of the unemployment compensation law of the State 
making the request: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may collect fees for the costs associated with additional 
data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating 
to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by 
State and local governments, public and private institu-
tions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and 
may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions 
of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers 
Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the 
information collection and reporting needs of such entities, 
which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re-
main available until September 30, 2027, for such pur-
poses. 
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 
OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 
Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 
Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 
Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad-
vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) 
of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust
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Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal 
Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 
sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2027. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $104,527,000, together with not to exceed 
$53,906,000 which shall be available from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE 
Not to exceed $269,841,000 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) $185,000,000 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 expend-
iture by the States through September 30, 2028,
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and not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Fed-
eral expenditures for data systems and contract sup-
port to allow for the tracking of participant and per-
formance 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, to the spouses or other family caregivers of 
such wounded, ill, or injured members, and to sur-
viving spouses of individuals who died while serving 
as members of the Armed Forces or as a result of 
a service-connected disability; 
(2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi-
tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 
10 U.S.C. 1144; 
(3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration 
of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 
2021, 2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States 
Code: Provided, That up to $500,000 may be used
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to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of Pub-
lic Law 115–31); 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. 
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$65,500,000 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, 2026, to provide services under such sec-
tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec-
tions 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to 
services to homeless veterans described in section 
2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless at 
some point within the 60 days prior to program entry or 
veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 
60 days, and that services provided under section 2023 
may include, in addition to services to the individuals de-
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scribed in subsection (e) of such section, services to vet-
erans recently released from incarceration who are at risk 
of homelessness: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appropriated in 
this paragraph may be used for data systems and contract 
support to allow for the tracking of participant and per-
formance information: Provided further, That notwith-
standing sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code, such funds shall be available for ex-
penditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553. 
In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in 
the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to sec-
tion 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall 
be available to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets 
Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
sums shall be in addition to any other funds available for 
such purposes, including funds available under paragraph 
(3) of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) 
of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 
(Public Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not 
apply.
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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 
Security Administration, $191,100,000, of which up to 
$3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 
2027, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce-
ment litigation. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-
poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in-
cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 
title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, 
as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ-
ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-
tember 30, 2026, for the Corporation: Provided, That 
none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 
year 2026 shall be available for obligations for administra-
tive expenses in excess of $494,264,000: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the number of new plan partici-
pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds
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100,000 in fiscal year 2026, an amount not to exceed an 
additional $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep-
tember 30, 2030, for obligations for administrative ex-
penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici-
pants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the 
amounts provided for administrative expenses in this para-
graph may be incurred and shall be available through Sep-
tember 30, 2030 for obligation for unforeseen and extraor-
dinary pre-termination or termination expenses or extraor-
dinary multiemployer program related expenses after ap-
proval by the Office of Management and Budget and noti-
fication of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
an additional amount shall be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2030 to the extent the Corpora-
tion’s costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or 
identity monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering 
a security incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an ad-
ditional $100 per affected individual. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi-
sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for inspection services ren-
dered, $260,000,000.
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OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man-
agement Standards, $48,515,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE 
PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs, $100,976,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, $120,500,000, together with 
$2,205,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 
in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), 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 not otherwise au-
thorized) 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
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Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2012); obligations incurred under the War Hazards 
Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 per-
cent of the additional compensation and benefits required 
by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 
Compensation Act, $1,298,385,000, together with such 
amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse-
quent year appropriation for the payment of compensation 
and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 
15 of the current year, for deposit into and to assume 
the attributes of the Employees’ Compensation Fund es-
tablished 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: Provided further, 
That balances of reimbursements unobligated on Sep-
tember 30, 2025, shall remain available until expended for 
the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Pro-
vided 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 de-
termines to be the cost of administration for employees
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of such fair share entities through September 30, 2026: 
Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this 
account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad-
ministration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 
$81,808,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as 
follows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems operations and tele-
communications systems, $27,549,000; 
(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake, and medical bill processing, $25,956,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and 
medical review, $25,957,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $2,346,000; and 
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
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 Work-
ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 
claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu-
rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe.
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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, $24,585,000, 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 2027, $5,900,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act, $68,148,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil-
ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 
such claim such identifying information (including Social 
Security 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
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section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev-
enue 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 2026 for expenses 
of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene-
fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 
exceed $50,684,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 
exceed $39,086,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-
ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $373,000 
for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay-
ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 
Department of the Treasury. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, $629,309,000, including not 
to exceed $120,000,000 which shall be the maximum 
amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 
of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 
which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs 
of State occupational safety and health programs required 
to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary
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under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis-
cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other-
wise 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 authorized, during the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2026, to collect and retain fees for 
services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab-
oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 
the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 
international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 
the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 
the workplace: Provided further, 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 Act which 
is applicable 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 fur-
ther, 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
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included within a category having a Days Away, Re-
stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 
and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica-
tion code for which such data are published, less than the 
national average rate as such rates are most recently pub-
lished 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, 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 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 re-
sults in hospitalization of two or more employees,
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and to take any action pursuant to such investiga-
tion 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 em-
ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That 
$12,787,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood train-
ing grants: Provided further, That $243,000,000 shall be 
for Federal Enforcement: Provided further, That not less 
than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection Pro-
grams. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, $387,816,000, including purchase 
and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 
with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 
mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 
$10,537,000 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
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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: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administra-
tion 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 authorized to accept lands, build-
ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and 
private sources and to prosecute 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 community through cooperative 
programs with States, industry, and safety associations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to rec-
ognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a prin-
cipal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 
reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safe-
ty and Health Administration officials as officers in local 
chapters or in the national organization: Provided further, 
That any funds available to the Department of Labor may
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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 Sta-
tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv-
ices rendered, $640,500,000, together with not to exceed 
$68,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, $43,000,000, of which not less 
than $9,000,000 shall be for research and demonstration 
projects related to testing effective ways to promote great-
er labor force participation of people with disabilities: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts made 
available under this heading for research and demonstra-
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tion projects to the ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and 
Employment Service Operations’’ account for such pur-
poses. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-
ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$362,877,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund: Provided, That $116,125,000 shall be for the Bu-
reau of International Labor Affairs, of which $81,725,000 
shall be available for obligation through December 31, 
2026: Provided further, That funds available to the Bu-
reau of International Labor Affairs may be used to admin-
ister or operate international labor activities, bilateral and 
multilateral technical assistance, and microfinance pro-
grams, by or through contracts, grants, subgrants and 
other arrangements: Provided further, That not less than 
$30,175,000 shall be for programs to combat exploitative 
child labor internationally and not less than $30,175,000 
shall be used to implement model programs that address 
worker rights issues through technical assistance in coun-
tries with which the United States has free trade agree-
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ments or trade preference programs: Provided further, 
That $4,281,000 shall be used for program evaluation and 
shall be available for obligation through September 30, 
2027: Provided further, That funds available for program 
evaluation may be used to administer grants for the pur-
pose of evaluation: Provided further, That grants made for 
the purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair 
and open competition: Provided further, That funds avail-
able for program evaluation may be transferred to any 
other appropriate account in the Department for such pur-
pose: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: 
Provided further, That $23,000,000 shall be for the Wom-
en’s Bureau and may be used for grants to serve and pro-
mote the interests of women in the workforce: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available to the Wom-
en’s Bureau, not less than $5,000,000 shall be used for 
grants authorized by the Women in Apprenticeship and 
Nontraditional Occupations Act: Provided further, That 
the Department of Labor shall support staffing levels nec-
essary to fulfill its statutory responsibilities including car-
rying out programs, projects, and activities funded in this 
title of this Act in a timely manner.
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IT MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-
tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-
lated to support systems and modernization, $6,889,000, 
which shall be available through September 30, 2027. 
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, $91,187,000, together with not to 
exceed $5,841,000 which may be expended from the Em-
ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund: Provided, That not more than 
$2,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 
may be available until expended. 
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-
priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of
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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 
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 
older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled
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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-
ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di-
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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 notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro-
viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent 
of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the 
‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such 
account to carry out program integrity activities related 
to the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds 
transferred under this subsection shall be available to the 
Secretary to carry out program integrity activities directly 
or through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and 
other arrangements with States and other appropriate en-
tities: Provided further, That funds transferred under the 
authority provided by this subsection shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2027.
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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 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, 2027: 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-
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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’’. 
SEC. 108. (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 
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:
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‘‘(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; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 
evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 
major disaster’ means an individual who timely se-
cured or secures a license required by applicable law 
to engage in and perform the activities described in
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clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating 
to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer 
that maintains worker compensation insurance cov-
erage or protection for its employees, if required by 
applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 
State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 
wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 
and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, 
by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 
more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 
securities of one or more companies, directly or indi-
rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 
control with, another company.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE 
SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 
a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em-
ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em-
ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in 
the petition into the United States at any time dur-
ing the 120-day period beginning on the start date
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for which the employer is seeking the services of the 
nonimmigrants without filing another petition. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CROSSINGS
AFTER 
90TH
DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry 
may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United 
States after the date that is 90 days after the start 
date for which the employer is seeking the services 
of the nonimmigrants unless the employer—
(A) completes a new assessment of the 
local labor market by—
(i) listing job orders in local news-
papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 
(ii) posting the job opportunity on the 
appropriate Department of Labor Elec-
tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 
place of employment; and 
(B) offers the job to an equally or better 
qualified United States worker who—
(i) applies for the job; and 
(ii) will be available at the time and 
place of need. 
(3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT 
TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not 
consider an employer in the seafood industry who 
brings H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States
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during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) 
to be staggering the date of need in violation of sec-
tion 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, or any other applicable provision of law. 
(b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens ad-
mitted to the United States pursuant to section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 
SEC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for 
the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater 
of—(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other 
employees with similar experience and qualifications for 
such position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing 
wage level for the occupational classification of the posi-
tion in the geographic area in which the H–2B non-
immigrant will be employed, based on the best information 
available at the time of filing the petition. In the deter-
mination of prevailing wage for the purposes of the H–
2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage sur-
veys even in instances where Occupational Employment 
Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary 
determines that the methodology and data in the provided 
survey are not statistically supported.
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SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to enforce the definition of corresponding employment 
found in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee 
rule definition found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references 
thereto. Further, for the purpose of regulating admission 
of temporary workers under the H–2B program, the defi-
nition of temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 
214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, coopera-
tive agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to 
$450,000 of excess personal property, at a value deter-
mined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for 
the purpose of training apprentices in those programs. 
SEC. 113. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a 
Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 
736, chapter 141) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is au-
thorized to employ law enforcement officers or special 
agents to—
‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of 
Labor during the workday of the Secretary and dur-
ing any activity that is preliminary or postliminary
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to the performance of official duties by the Sec-
retary; 
‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protec-
tion provided to the Secretary, to a member of the 
immediate family of the Secretary who is partici-
pating in an activity or event relating to the official 
duties of the Secretary; 
‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Sec-
retary (including during periods not described in 
paragraph (1)) and to the members of the imme-
diate family of the Secretary if there is a unique and 
articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance 
with guidelines established by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary 
of Labor or another senior officer representing the 
Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a 
unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in 
accordance with guidelines established by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may 
authorize a law enforcement officer or special agent em-
ployed under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing 
the duties authorized under subsection (a), to—
‘‘(1) carry firearms;