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Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $88,451,000, together with not to exceed 
$82,049,000, which may be expended from the employ-
ment security administration account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 
Security Administration, $142,925,000. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is author-
ized to make such expenditures, including financial assist-
ance authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 4201 
et seq.), within limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to such Corporation, and in accord with law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act (31 U.S.C. 9104), 
as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ-
ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-
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tember 30, 2008, for such Corporation: Provided, That 
none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 
year 2008 shall be available for obligations for administra-
tive expenses in excess of $411,151,000: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the number of new plan partici-
pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 
100,000 in fiscal year 2008, an amount not to exceed an 
additional $9,200,000 shall be available for obligation for 
administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional termi-
nated participants: Provided further, That an additional 
$50,000 shall be made available for obligation for invest-
ment management fees for every $25,000,000 in assets 
received by the Corporation as a result of new plan termi-
nations, after approval by the Office of Management and 
Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For necessary expenses for the Employment Stand-
ards Administration, including reimbursement to State, 
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspec-
tion services rendered, $434,397,000, together with 
$2,111,000 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: Pro-
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vided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to estab-
lish and, in accordance with section 3302 of title 31, 
United States Code, collect and deposit in the Treasury 
fees for processing applications and issuing certificates 
under sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for proc-
essing applications and issuing registrations under title I 
of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protec-
tion Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 
Of the unobligated funds collected pursuant to sec-
tion 286(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
$70,000,000 is rescinded. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during 
the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by chapter 
81 of title 5, United States Code; 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 
Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act 
of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 percent of the 
additional compensation and benefits required by section 
10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensa-
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tion Act, $203,000,000, together with such amounts as 
may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year 
appropriation for the payment of compensation and other 
benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the 
current year: Provided, That amounts appropriated may 
be used under section 8104 of title 5, United States Code, 
by the Secretary of Labor to reimburse an employer, who 
is not the employer at the time of injury, for portions of 
the salary of a reemployed, disabled beneficiary: Provided 
further, That balances of reimbursements unobligated on 
September 30, 2007, shall remain available until expended 
for the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: 
Provided further, That in addition there shall be trans-
ferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service and 
from any other corporation or instrumentality required 
under section 8147(c) of title 5, United States Code, to 
pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of administra-
tion, such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost 
of administration for employees of such fair share entities 
through September 30, 2008: Provided further, That of 
those funds transferred to this account from the fair share 
entities to pay the cost of administration of the Federal 
Employees’ Compensation Act, $52,280,000 shall be made 
available to the Secretary as follows: 
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(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems and telecommuni-
cations systems, $21,855,000. 
(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake and medical bill processing, $16,109,000. 
(3) For periodic roll management and medical 
review, $14,316,000. 
(4) 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 chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, or the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, pro-
vide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying in-
formation (including Social Security account number) as 
such regulations may prescribe. 
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, $208,221,000, 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. 
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For making benefit payments under title IV for the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2009, $62,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, 
$104,745,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to trans-
fer to any executive agency with authority under the En-
ergy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, 
including within the Department of Labor, such sums as 
may be necessary in fiscal year 2008 to carry out those 
authorities: Provided further, That the Secretary may re-
quire that any person filing a claim for benefits under 
such Act provide as part of such claim, such identifying 
information (including Social Security account number) as 
may be prescribed. Provided further, That not later than 
30 days after enactment of this Act, in addition to other 
sums transferred by the Secretary to the National Insti-
tute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for the 
administration of the Energy Employees Occupational Ill-
ness Compensation Program (EEOICPA), the Secretary 
shall transfer $4,500,000 to NIOSH from the funds ap-
propriated to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
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Compensation Fund (42 U.S.C. 7384e), for use by or in 
support of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker 
Health (the Board) to carry out its statutory responsibil-
ities under EEOICPA (42 U.S.C. 7384n–q), including ob-
taining audits, technical assistance and other support 
from the Board’s audit contractor with regard to radiation 
dose estimation and reconstruction efforts, site profiles, 
procedures, and review of Special Exposure Cohort peti-
tions and evaluation reports. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In fiscal year 2008 and thereafter, such sums as may 
be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, 
to remain available until expended, for payment of all ben-
efits authorized by section 9501(d) (1), (2), (4), and (7) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and interest on ad-
vances, as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of such Act. 
In addition, the following amounts shall be available from 
the Fund for fiscal year 2008 for expenses of operation 
and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5) of such Act: 
$32,761,000 for transfer to the Employment Standards 
Administration ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; $24,785,000 for 
transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’; $335,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-
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ment, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’; and $356,000 for 
payments 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, $503,516,000, including not 
to exceed $91,093,000 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 of 
Labor under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, not-
withstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, 
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may 
retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year of training institute 
course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law to be col-
lected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety 
and health training and education: Provided, That, not-
withstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, 
the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, to collect and retain fees for services 
provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, 
and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provi-
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sions of section 2 of the Act of April 13, 1934 (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, regula-
tion, 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 further, That no funds appro-
priated under this paragraph shall be obligated or ex-
pended to administer or enforce any standard, rule, regu-
lation, or order under the Act with respect to any employer 
of 10 or fewer employees who is included within a category 
having a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) 
occupational injury and illness rate, at the most precise 
industrial classification code for which such data are pub-
lished, less than the national average rate as such rates 
are most recently published by the Secretary, acting 
through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance 
with section 24 of the Act (29 U.S.C. 673), except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 
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(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, 
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 
$10,116,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood train-
ing grants, of which $3,200,000 shall be used for the In-
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