H. R. 2055—266 
DIVISION F—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGEN-
CIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2012 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIA’’), the Second Chance Act 
of 2007, and the Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional 
Occupations Act of 1992 (‘‘WANTO’’), including the purchase and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and 
repair of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real 
property for training centers as authorized by the WIA, 
$3,195,383,000, plus reimbursements, shall be available. Of the 
amounts provided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment and training 
activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment 
and training activities, $2,605,268,000 as follows: 
(A) $770,922,000 for adult employment and training 
activities, of which $58,922,000 shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013, and of which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 
2012 through June 30, 2013; 
(B) $825,914,000 for youth activities, which shall be 
available for the period April 1, 2012 through June 30, 
2013; and 
(C) $1,008,432,000 for dislocated worker employment 
and training activities, of which $148,432,000 shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 
2013, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for 
the period October 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013: 
Provided, That notwithstanding the transfer limitation under 
section 133(b)(4) of the WIA, up to 30 percent of such funds 
may be transferred by a local board if approved by the Gov-
ernor: Provided further, That a local board may award a con-
tract to an institution of higher education or other eligible 
training provider if the local board determines that it would 
facilitate the training of multiple individuals in high-demand 
occupations, if such contract does not limit customer choice: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 128(a)(1) of the 
WIA, the amount available to the Governor for statewide 
workforce investment activities shall not exceed 5 percent of 
the amount allotted to the State from each of the appropriations 
under the preceding subparagraphs; 
(2) for federally administered programs, $487,053,000 as 
follows: 
(A) $224,112,000 for the dislocated workers assistance 
national reserve, of which $24,112,000 shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, and 
of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the period
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October 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013: Provided, That 
funds provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA 
may be used to provide assistance to a State for statewide 
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; 
coordinate the State workforce development plan with 
emerging economic development needs; and train such 
eligible dislocated workers: Provided further, That funds 
provided to carry out section 171(d) of the WIA may be 
used for demonstration projects that provide assistance 
to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: 
Provided further, That none of the funds shall be obligated 
to carry out section 173(e) of the WIA; 
(B) $47,652,000 for Native American programs, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 through 
June 30, 2013; 
(C) $84,451,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker 
programs under section 167 of the WIA, including 
$78,253,000 for formula grants (of which not less than 
70 percent shall be for employment and training services), 
$5,689,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which 
not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), 
and $509,000 for other discretionary purposes, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2012 through June 
30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or related regulation, the Department of Labor 
shall take no action limiting the number or proportion 
of eligible participants receiving related assistance services 
or discouraging grantees from providing such services; 
(D) $998,000 for carrying out the WANTO, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2012 through June 
30, 2013; and 
(E) $79,840,000 for YouthBuild activities as described 
in section 173A of the WIA, which shall be available for 
the period April 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013; and 
(F) $50,000,000 to be available to the Secretary of 
Labor (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) for the 
Workforce Innovation Fund to carry out projects that dem-
onstrate innovative strategies or replicate effective evi-
dence-based strategies that align and strengthen the 
workforce investment system in order to improve program 
delivery and education and employment outcomes for bene-
ficiaries, which shall be for the period July 1, 2012 through 
September 30, 2013: Provided, That amounts shall be avail-
able for awards to States or State agencies that are eligible 
for assistance under any program authorized under the 
WIA, consortia of States, or partnerships, including 
regional partnerships: Provided further, That not more than 
5 percent of the funds available for workforce innovation 
activities shall be for technical assistance and evaluations 
related to the projects carried out with these funds; 
(3) for national activities, $103,062,000, as follows: 
(A) $6,616,000, in addition to any amounts available 
under paragraph (2), for Pilots, Demonstrations, and 
Research, which shall be available for the period April 
1, 2012 through June 30, 2013: Provided, That funds made
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available by Public Law 112–10 that were designated for 
grants to address the employment and training needs of 
young parents may be used for other pilots, demonstrations, 
and research activities and for implementation activities 
related to the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 and may 
be transferred to ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and 
Employment Service Operations’’ to carry out such 
implementation activities; 
(B) $80,390,000 for ex-offender activities, under the 
authority of section 171 of the WIA and section 212 of 
the Second Chance Act of 2007, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, notwith-
standing the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 
171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA: Provided, That of this amount, 
$20,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to national 
and regional intermediaries for activities that prepare 
young ex-offenders and school dropouts for employment, 
with a priority for projects serving high-crime, high-poverty 
areas; 
(C) $9,581,000 for Evaluation, which shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013; and 
(D) $6,475,000 for the Workforce Data Quality Initia-
tive, under the authority of section 171(c)(2) of the WIA, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 through 
June 30, 2013, and which shall not be subject to the 
requirements of section 171(c)(4)(D). 
OFFICE OF JOBS CORPS 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIA, 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 cen-
ters as authorized by the WIA, $1,706,171,000, plus reimburse-
ments, as follows: 
(1) $1,572,049,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 
2013; 
(2) $104,990,000 for construction, rehabilitation and 
acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2015: Provided, That 
the Secretary may transfer up to 15 percent of such funds 
to meet the operational needs of such centers or to achieve 
administrative efficiencies: Provided further, That any funds 
transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not be 
available for obligation after June 30, 2013; and 
(3) $29,132,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of 
Job Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the period 
October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012: 
Provided further, 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’’), $449,100,000, which shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, and may be
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recaptured and reobligated in accordance with section 517(c) of 
the OAA. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2012 of trade adjustment ben-
efit 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, including benefit payments, 
allowances, training, employment and case management services, 
and related State administration provided pursuant to section 
231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, 
$1,100,100,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary 
to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for 
any period subsequent to September 15, 2012. 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 
OPERATIONS 
For authorized administrative expenses, $86,231,000, together 
with not to exceed $3,958,441,000 which may be expended from 
the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $3,181,154,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to 
States for the administration of State unemployment insurance 
laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act 
(including not less than $10,000,000 to conduct in-person 
reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
insurance improper payment reviews), the administration of 
unemployment insurance for Federal employees and for ex- 
service members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and 
the administration of trade readjustment allowances, reemploy-
ment trade adjustment assistance, and alternative trade adjust-
ment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 
231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 
2011, and shall be available for obligation by the States through 
December 31, 2012, except that funds used for automation 
acquisitions or competitive grants awarded to States for 
improved operations, or reemployment and eligibility assess-
ments and improper payments shall be available for obligation 
by the States through September 30, 2014, and funds used 
for unemployment insurance workloads experienced by the 
States through September 30, 2012 shall be available for Fed-
eral obligation through December 31, 2012; 
(2) $11,287,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activi-
ties necessary to support the administration of the Federal- 
State unemployment insurance system; 
(3) $679,531,000 from the Trust Fund, together with 
$22,638,000 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, 2012 through June 30, 2013; 
(4) $20,952,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activi-
ties of the Employment Service, including administration of 
the work opportunity tax credit under section 51 of the Internal