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VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $233,001,000 may be derived from the Employ-
ment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund to carry out the provisions of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of 
title 38, United States Code, of which: 
(1) $175,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State grants under 
38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support disabled veterans’ outreach 
program specialists under section 4103A of such title and local 
veterans’ employment representatives under section 4104(b) 
of such title, and for the expenses described in section 
4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obligation by the 
States through December 31, 2016, and not to exceed 3 percent 
for the necessary Federal expenditures for data systems and 
contract support to allow for the tracking of participant and 
performance information: Provided, That, in addition, such 
funds may be used to support such specialists and representa-
tives in the provision of services to transitioning members 
of the Armed Forces who have participated in the Transition 
Assistance Program and have been identified as in need of 
intensive services, to members of the Armed Forces who are 
wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment in military 
treatment facilities or warrior transition units, and to the 
spouses or other family caregivers of such wounded, ill, or 
injured members; 
(2) $14,100,000 is for carrying out the Transition Assistance 
Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 10 U.S.C. 1144; 
(3) $40,487,000 is for Federal administration of chapters 
41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code; 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 appropria-
tions provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) above an amount 
not to exceed 3 percent of the appropriation from which such re-
allocation is made. 
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$38,109,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless 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, 2016, to provide services under such section: 
Provided further, That services provided under section 2023 may 
include, in addition to services to the individuals described in sub-
section (e) of such section, services to veterans recently released 
from incarceration who are at risk of homelessness. 
IT MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized 
infrastructure technology investment activities related to support 
systems and modernization, $29,778,000. 
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, $80,640,000, together with not to exceed $5,660,000 which
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may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for the 
Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bonuses of an 
individual, either as direct costs or any proration 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 discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year 
for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between 
a program, project, or activity, but no such program, project, or 
activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this 
section shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this 
Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 
15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 13126, none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the procurement 
of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services 
rendered, 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 section, 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 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: Provided, That up to $13,000,000 of such 
funds shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2017 
to process permanent foreign labor certifications under section 
212(a)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(5)(A)): Provided further, That the funding limitation under 
this section shall not apply to funding provided pursuant to solicita-
tions for grant applications issued before January 15, 2014. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Administration’’ shall be 
used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to pay the salary 
and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect 
costs, at a rate in excess of 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 establish a lower limit 
for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and bonuses 
from subrecipients of such funds, taking into account factors 
including the relative cost-of-living in the State, the compensation
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levels for comparable State or local government employees, and 
the size of the organizations that administer Federal programs 
involved including Employment and Training Administration pro-
grams. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 
transfer funds made available to the Employment and Training 
Administration by this Act, either directly or through a set-aside, 
for technical assistance services to grantees to ‘‘Program Adminis-
tration’’ when it is determined that those services will be more 
efficiently performed by Federal employees: Provided, That this 
section shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.75 
percent from each appropriation made available in this Act identi-
fied 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 Management’’ for use by the Office of the Chief 
Evaluation Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2017: Provided, 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 evaluations 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 
Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 
‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract Compliance 
Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health 
Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding 
made available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ and 
‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Management, 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 resulting from 
or relating to such major disaster, by an employer not engaged, 
directly or through an affiliate, in underwriting, selling, or 
marketing property, casualty, or liability insurance policies or 
contracts; 
‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on average weekly 
compensation of not less than $591.00 per week or any min-
imum weekly amount established 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
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‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 
‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, individuals who 
suffered injuries or other damages or losses arising from 
or relating to a disaster, witnesses, or physicians; 
‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or reviewing factual 
information to prepare damage estimates; 
‘‘(iii) 
evaluating 
and 
making 
recommendations 
regarding coverage or compensability of claims or deter-
mining 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 exemp-
tion provided by section 13(a)(1). 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any disaster or catas-
trophe 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 secured or secures a license required 
by applicable law to engage in and perform the activities 
described in clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating 
to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer that 
maintains worker compensation insurance coverage or protec-
tion for its employees, if required by applicable law, and with-
holds 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 compa-
nies, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under 
common control with, another company.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, begin-
ning October 1, 2015, the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Agriculture may select an entity to operate a 
Civilian Conservation Center on a competitive basis in accordance 
with section 147 of the WIOA, if the Secretary of Labor determines 
such Center has had consistently low performance under the 
performance accountability system in effect for the Job Corps pro-
gram prior to July 1, 2016, or with respect to expected levels 
of performance established under section 159(c) of such Act begin-
ning July 1, 2016. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to implement, administer, or enforce the Establishing a 
Minimum Wage for Contractors regulation published by the Depart-
ment of Labor in the Federal Register on October 7, 2014 (79 
Fed. Reg. 60634 et seq.), with respect to Federal contracts, permits, 
or other contract-like instruments entered into with the Federal 
Government in connection with Federal property or lands, specifi-
cally related to offering seasonal recreational services or seasonal 
recreation equipment rental for the general public: Provided, That 
this section shall not apply to lodging and food services associated 
with seasonal recreation services.