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DIVISION A—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely: 
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, $3,977,615,000, 
plus reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts 
provided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$2,967,360,000 as follows: 
(A) $900,000,000 for adult employment 
and training activities, of which $188,000,000 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 
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through 
June 
30, 
2021, 
and 
of 
which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021; 
(B) $964,000,000 for youth activities, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2020 through June 30, 2021; and 
(C) $1,103,360,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$243,360,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, and of 
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021: 
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; and 
(2) for national programs, $1,010,255,000 as 
follows: 
(A) $370,859,000 for the dislocated work-
ers assistance national reserve, of which 
$170,859,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021, and 
of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2020 through September 30, 
2021: Provided, That funds provided to carry 
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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 
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 of 
Labor (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) 
may reserve not more than 7 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, 
$150,000,000 shall be for training and employ-
ment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) 
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(notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in 
such section) and 170 of the WIOA for the pur-
pose of developing, offering, or improving edu-
cational or career training programs at commu-
nity colleges, defined as public institutions of 
higher education, as described in section 101(a) 
of the Higher Education Act and at which the 
associate’s degree is primarily the highest de-
gree awarded, with other eligible institutions of 
higher education, as defined in section 101(a) 
of the Higher Education Act, eligible to partici-
pate through consortia, with community colleges 
as the lead grantee: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall follow the requirements for the 
program in the committee report accompanying 
this Act: Provided further, That any grant 
funds used for apprenticeships shall be used to 
support only apprenticeship programs reg-
istered under the National Apprenticeship Act 
and as referred to in Section 3(7)(B) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; 
(B) $55,000,000 for Native American pro-
grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 
through June 30, 2021; 
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(C) $98,896,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including $91,722,000 for formula 
grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 
be for employment and training services), 
$6,588,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
permanent housing), and $586,000 for other 
discretionary purposes, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2020 through June 30, 
2021: 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; 
(D) $127,500,000 for YouthBuild activi-
ties as described in section 171 of the WIOA, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2020 through June 30, 2021; 
(E) $100,000,000 for ex-offender activi-
ties, under the authority of section 169 of the 
WIOA, which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021: Provided, 
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That of this amount, $25,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to national and regional 
intermediaries for activities that prepare young, 
formerly incarcerated individuals, including 
those who have dropped out of school or other 
educational programs, with a priority for 
projects serving high-crime, high-poverty areas; 
(F) $8,000,000 for the Workforce Data 
Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 
169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 
2021; and 
(G) $250,000,000, 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, which shall be avail-
able for the period July 1, 2020 through June 
30, 2021: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided to carry out this subparagraph, not 
less than 20 percent shall be for making com-
petitive contracts, grants, and cooperative 
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agreements to national apprenticeship inter-
mediaries, not less than 20 percent shall be for 
competitive contracts, grants, and cooperative 
agreements 
to 
local 
apprenticeship 
inter-
mediaries, and not less than 50 percent shall be 
used to fund grants to States. 
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, $1,868,655,000, plus reimbursements, 
as follows: 
(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 
through June 30, 2021; 
(2) $233,000,000 for construction, rehabilita-
tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 
through June 30, 2023, and which may include the 
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 
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operational needs of such centers or to achieve ad-
ministrative efficiencies: Provided further, That any 
funds transferred pursuant to the preceding provi-
sion shall not be available for obligation after June 
30, 2021: 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; and 
(3) $32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job 
Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 
period October 1, 2019 through September 30, 
2020: 
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’’), $463,800,000, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 2020 
through June 30, 2021, and may be recaptured and reobli-
gated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2020 of trade ad-
justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 
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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 and section 405(a) 
of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 
$680,000,000 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, 
2020: 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)). 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses, 
$84,066,000, together with not to exceed $3,381,695,000 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
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Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 
(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $2,618,230,000 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 $175,000,000 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 section 
251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 
$58,000,000 is additional new budget authority 
specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(E)(i)(II) 
of such Act; and $9,000,000 for continued support 
of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of 
Excellence), the administration of unemployment in-
surance for Federal employees and for ex-service 
members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, 
and the administration of trade readjustment allow-
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ances, reemployment trade adjustment assistance, 
and alternative trade adjustment assistance under 
the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of 
the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 
2011 and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences 
Extension Act of 2015, and shall be available for ob-
ligation by the States through December 31, 2020, 
except that funds used for automation shall be avail-
able for Federal obligation through December 31, 
2020, and for State obligation through September 
30, 2022, or, if the automation is being carried out 
through consortia of States, for State obligation 
through September 30, 2026, and for expenditure 
through September 30, 2027, and funds for competi-
tive grants awarded to States for improved oper-
ations and to conduct in-person reemployment and 
eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance 
improper payment reviews and provide reemploy-
ment services and referrals to training, as appro-
priate, shall be available for Federal obligation 
through December 31, 2020, and for obligation by 
the States through September 30, 2022, and funds 
for the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of 
Excellence shall be available for obligation by the 
State through September 30, 2021, and funds used 
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for unemployment insurance workloads experienced 
through September 30, 2020 shall be available for 
Federal obligation through December 31, 2020: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds available under this 
paragraph for grants to States for administering 
claims under State unemployment compensation 
laws that remain unallocated at the end of the fiscal 
year as a result of state workloads in administering 
such claims not supporting the allocation, the Sec-
retary shall use such funds (other than funds speci-
fied for other activities in this paragraph) for sup-
plemental grant funding opportunities to States in 
order to improve operations and modernize State 
Unemployment Insurance systems and such funds 
shall remain available for Federal obligation through 
December 31, 2020; 
(2) $12,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system; 
(3) $658,587,000 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 
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be available for Federal obligation for the period 
July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021; 
(4) $22,318,000 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, and the provision of technical assistance and 
staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(5) $70,560,000 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 $56,278,000 
shall be available for the Federal administration of 
such activities, and $14,282,000 shall be available 
for grants to States for the administration of such 
activities; and 
(6) $62,653,000 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, 2020 through June 
30, 2021: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2020 is 
projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 
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1,758,000, 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-
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 
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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-
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 
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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, 2021, 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 
Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal 
Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 
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sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2021. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $108,674,000, together with not to exceed 
$49,982,000 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, $183,155,000, of which up to 
$3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 
2021, 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, 
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as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ-
ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-
tember 30, 2020, for the Corporation: Provided, That 
none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 
year 2020 shall be available for obligations for administra-
tive expenses in excess of $452,858,000: 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 2020, an amount not to exceed an 
additional $9,200,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for obligations for administrative expenses for 
every 20,000 additional terminated participants: Provided 
further, That obligations in excess of the amounts provided 
for administrative expenses in this paragraph may be in-
curred and shall remain available until expended for obli-
gation for unforeseen and extraordinary pre-termination 
or termination expenses or extraordinary multiemployer 
program related expenses after approval by the Office of 
Management and Budget and notification of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: Provided further, That to the extent the 
Corporation’s expenses exceed $250,000 for the provision 
of credit or identity monitoring to affected individuals 
upon suffering a security incident or privacy breach, an 
additional amount shall remain available until expended 
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for obligations for such expenses, not to exceed an addi-
tional $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, $298,131,000. 
OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man-
agement 
Standards, 
$40,187,000 
(reduced 
by 
$4,000,000). 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE 
PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs, $120,000,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, $118,609,000, together with 
$2,173,000 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. 
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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 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’ Com-
pensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 
5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); obliga-
tions incurred under the War Hazards Compensation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional 
compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 
$234,600,000, together with such amounts as may be nec-
essary 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, 
for deposit into and to assume the attributes of the Em-
ployees’ Compensation Fund established 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 bene-
ficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements 
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unobligated on September 30, 2019, shall remain available 
until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, 
and expenses: Provided 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 determines to be the cost of administration 
for employees of such fair share entities through Sep-
tember 30, 2020: 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, $74,777,000 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, $24,540,000; 
(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake, and medical bill processing, $22,968,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and 
medical review, $25,535,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $1,734,000; and 
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
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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. 
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, $20,970,000, 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 2021, $14,000,000, 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, $59,846,000, 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 
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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 
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 2020 for expenses 
of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene-
fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 
exceed $38,246,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 
exceed $32,844,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-
ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $330,000 
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. 
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, $660,908,000, including not 
to exceed $123,233,000 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 
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, 2020, 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 $12,690,000 shall 
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be available for Susan Harwood training grants, of which 
not less than $4,500,000 is for Susan Harwood Training 
Capacity Building Developmental grants, as described in 
Funding Opportunity Number SHTG–FY–16–02 (ref-
erenced in the notice of availability of funds published in 
the Federal Register on May 3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 
30568)) for program activities starting not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2020 and lasting for a period of 12 months: 
Provided further, That not more than $3,500,000 shall be 
for Voluntary Protection Programs. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, $417,290,000, 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 
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 
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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 
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. 
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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, $600,800,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (in-
creased by $1,000,000) (increased by $1) (reduced by $1), 
together with not to exceed $65,000,000 which may be 
expended from the Employment Security Administration 
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
In addition, $10,000,000 to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, for costs associated with the physical 
move of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ headquarters, in-
cluding replication of space, furniture, fixtures, equip-
ment, and related costs, as well as relocation of the data 
center to a shared facility. 
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
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, $38,500,000. 
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-
ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$382,631,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund: Provided, That $89,825,000 for the Bureau of 
International Labor Affairs shall be available for obliga-
tion through December 31, 2020: Provided further, That 
funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Af-
fairs may be used to administer or operate international 
labor activities, bilateral and multilateral technical assist-
ance, and microfinance programs, by or through contracts, 
grants, subgrants and other arrangements: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $53,825,000 shall be for pro-
grams to combat exploitative child labor internationally 
and not less than $36,000,000 shall be used to implement 
model programs that address worker rights issues through 
technical assistance in countries with which the United 
States has free trade agreements or trade preference pro-
grams: Provided further, That $8,040,000 shall be used 
for program evaluation and shall be available for obliga-
tion through September 30, 2021: Provided further, That 
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funds available for program evaluation may be used to ad-
minister grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided 
further, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation 
shall be awarded through fair and open competition: Pro-
vided further, That funds available for program evaluation 
may be transferred to any other appropriate account in 
the Department for such purpose: Provided further, That 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 
in advance of any transfer: Provided further, That the 
funds available to the Women’s Bureau may be used for 
grants to serve and promote the interests of women in the 
workforce: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available to the Women’s Bureau, not less than 
$4,994,000 shall be used for grants authorized by the 
Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations 
Act. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $256,341,000 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) $180,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 
grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis-
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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 obliga-
tion by the States through December 31, 2020, and 
not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal ex-
penditures for data systems and contract support to 
allow for the tracking of participant and perform-
ance 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, and to the spouses or other family caregivers 
of such wounded, ill, or injured members; 
(2) $29,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi-
tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 
10 U.S.C. 1144; 
(3) $43,548,000 is for Federal administration 
of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 
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2021, 2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States 
Code: Provided, That, up to $500,000 may be used 
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, 
$60,000,000 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, 2020, 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 
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60 days, and that services provided under section 2023 
may include, in addition to services to the individuals de-
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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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-
tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-
lated to support systems and modernization, $37,000,000, 
which shall be available through September 30, 2021. 
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, $90,461,000, together with not to 
exceed $5,660,000 which may be expended from the Em-
ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-
ployment 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 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 
Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 
project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ-
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ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 
this section shall be available only to meet emergency 
needs and 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 No. 
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 
in school within a local educational agency in the occupa-
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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-
rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv-
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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 the authority provided by this sub-
section shall be available for obligation through September 
30, 2021. 
(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 
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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, 2021: 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-
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’’. 
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SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, coopera-
tive agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to 
$2,000,000 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. 109. Funds made available in prior Acts under 
the heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Employment and 
Training Administration—State Unemployment Insur-
ance and Employment Service Operations’’ for fiscal years 
2015 through 2019 for automation acquisitions that are 
being carried out through consortia of States shall be 
available for expenditure for 6 fiscal years after the final 
fiscal year that such funds are available to incur new obli-
gations. 
SEC. 110. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a 
Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 
736, chapter 141) shall be applied as if the following text 
is part of such Act: 
‘‘(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; 
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‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any of-
fense against the United States committed in the 
presence of such officer or special agent; 
‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, in-
cluding identifying and mitigating potential threats 
and conducting advance work to review security mat-
ters relating to sites and events; 
‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement 
agencies; and 
‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations 
into potential threats to the security of the Sec-
retary, in coordination with the Inspector General of 
the Department of Labor. 
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES.—A law en-
forcement officer or special agent employed under sub-
section (a) shall exercise any authority provided under this 
section in accordance with any— 
‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; 
and 
‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of 
Labor.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 111. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of 
or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appro-
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priate, including an agreement or partnership to construct 
a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real prop-
erty on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center is 
situated. Any sale or other disposition will not be subject 
to any requirement of any Federal law or regulation relat-
ing to the disposition of Federal real property, including 
but not limited to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 
of the United States Code and subchapter V of chapter 
119 of title 42 of the United States Code. The net pro-
ceeds of such a sale shall be transferred to the Secretary, 
which shall be available until expended to carry out the 
Job Corps Program on Treasure Island. 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding the Federal Assets Sale 
and Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), the pro-
ceeds from the sale of any Job Corps facility under such 
Act shall be transferred to the Secretary pursuant to sec-
tion 158(g) of the WIOA. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 
with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai-
ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,676,522,000 (increased 
by $5,000,000): Provided, That no more than $1,000,000 
shall be available until expended for carrying out the pro-
visions of section 224(o) of the PHS Act: Provided further, 
That no more than $120,000,000 shall be available until 
expended for carrying out subsections (g) through (n) and 
(q) of section 224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses in-
curred by the Department of Health and Human Services 
(referred to in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to adminis-
trative claims made under such law. 
HEALTH WORKFORCE 
For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 
Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E 
and 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care 
Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $1,244,942,000 (re-
duced by $1) (increased by $1) (increased by $5,000,000): 
Provided, That sections 751(j)(2) and 762(k) of the PHS 
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Act and the proportional funding amounts in paragraphs 
(1) through (4) of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall 
not apply to funds made available under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That for any program operating under sec-
tion 751 of the PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to 
in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may hereafter waive any 
of the requirements contained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) 
and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full project period 
of a grant under such section: Provided further, That no 
funds shall be available for section 340G–1 of the PHS 
Act: Provided further, That fees collected for the disclosure 
of information under section 427(b) of the Health Care 
Quality 
Improvement 
Act 
of 
1986 
and 
sections 
1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social Security Act shall be 
sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the pro-
grams authorized by such sections and shall remain avail-
able until expended for the National Practitioner Data 
Bank: Provided further, That funds transferred to this ac-
count to carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of part D 
of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior 
year adjustments to awards made under such section and 
subpart: Provided further, That $120,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended for the purposes of pro-
viding primary health services, assigning National Health 
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Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) members to expand the delivery 
of substance use disorder treatment services, notwith-
standing the assignment priorities and limitations under 
sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of 
the PHS Act, and making payments under the NHSC 
Loan Repayment Program under section 338B of such 
Act: Provided further, That, within the amount made 
available in the previous proviso, $15,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended for the purposes of making 
payments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program 
under section 338B of the PHS Act to individuals partici-
pating in such program who provide primary health serv-
ices in Indian Health Service facilities, Tribally-Operated 
638 Health Programs, and Urban Indian Health Pro-
grams (as those terms are defined by the Secretary), not-
withstanding the assignment priorities and limitations 
under section 333(b) of such Act: Provided further, That 
for purposes of the previous two provisos, section 
331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied as if the 
term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes clinical substance 
use disorder treatment services, including those provided 
by masters level, licensed substance use disorder treat-
ment counselors: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be avail-
able to make grants to establish or expand optional com-
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munity-based nurse practitioner fellowship programs that 
are accredited or in the accreditation process, with a pref-
erence for those in Federally Qualified Health Centers, for 
practicing postgraduate nurse practitioners in primary 
care or behavioral health. 
Of the funds made available under this heading, 
$40,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
grants to public institutions of higher education to expand 
or support graduate education for physicians provided by 
such institutions: Provided, That, in awarding such 
grants, the Secretary shall give priority to public institu-
tions of higher education located in States with a projected 
primary care provider shortage in 2025, as determined by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That grants so awarded 
are limited to such public institutions of higher education 
in States in the top quintile of States with a projected 
primary care provider shortage in 2025, as determined by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That the minimum 
amount of a grant so awarded to such an institution shall 
be not less than $1,000,000 per year: Provided further, 
That such a grant may be awarded for a period not to 
exceed 5 years: Provided further, That such a grant award-
ed with respect to a year to such an institution shall be 
subject to a matching requirement of non-Federal funds 
in an amount that is not less than 10 percent of the total 
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amount of Federal funds provided in the grant to such 
institution with respect to such year. 
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 
PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health, title 
V of the Social Security Act, $972,751,000 (increased by 
$7,000,000): Provided, That notwithstanding sections 
502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not 
more than $119,593,000 (increased by $7,000,000) shall 
be available for carrying out special projects of regional 
and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of 
such Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects 
described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 
501(a)(3) of such Act. 
RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 
For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with 
respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 
$2,435,157,000, of which $2,009,200,000 shall remain 
available to the Secretary through September 30, 2022, 
for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and 
of which not less than $912,017,000 shall be for State 
AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of 
section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act: Provided, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $175,000,000 
shall be for the Minority AIDS Initiative under section 
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2693 of such Act, of which $56,664,000 shall be allocated 
under 
subsection 
(b)(2)(A) 
of 
such 
section 
and 
$74,376,000 shall be allocated under subsection (b)(2)(C) 
of such section: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $70,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available to the Secretary 
for carrying out a program of grants and contracts under 
title XXVI or section 311(c) of such Act focused on ending 
the nationwide HIV/AIDS epidemic, with any grants 
issued under such section 311(c) administered in conjunc-
tion with title XXVI of the PHS Act, including the limita-
tion on administrative expenses. 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS 
For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 
with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 
Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $123,693,000, of 
which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facili-
ties renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease 
Center. 
RURAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal 
Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 
711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, $317,794,000 
(increased by $1,000,000), of which $59,000,000 from 
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general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the 
Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the 
Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program: Pro-
vided, That of the funds made available under this heading 
for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, $19,942,000 
shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital Improve-
ment Grant Program for quality improvement and adop-
tion of health information technology and up to 
$1,000,000 shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the 
Social Security Act, with funds provided for grants under 
section 1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and imple-
mentation of telehealth services, including pilots and dem-
onstrations on the use of electronic health records to co-
ordinate rural veterans care between rural providers and 
the Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health 
record system: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, $12,500,000 shall be 
available for State Offices of Rural Health: Provided fur-
ther, That $10,000,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2022, to support the Rural Residency De-
velopment Program. 
FAMILY PLANNING 
For carrying out the program under title X of the 
PHS Act to provide for voluntary family planning 
projects, $400,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
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carry out section 1001 of the PHS Act solely in accord-
ance with any regulations or other conditions or instruc-
tions established by the Secretary pursuant to the author-
ity under section 1006 of the PHS Act that applied as 
of January 18, 2017, to grants and contracts awarded 
under section 1001 of the PHS Act: Provided further, 
That amounts provided to said projects under such title 
shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy 
counseling shall be nondirective, and that such amounts 
shall not be expended for any activity (including the publi-
cation or distribution of literature) that in any way tends 
to promote public support or opposition to any legislative 
proposal or candidate for public office. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For program support in the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, $155,250,000 (reduced by 
$7,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000): Provided, That 
funds made available under this heading may be used to 
supplement program support funding provided under the 
headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, ‘‘Health Workforce’’, 
‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program’’, ‘‘Health Care Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’. 
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VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 
may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-re-
lated injury or death with respect to vaccines administered 
after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title 
XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 
to exceed $11,200,000 shall be available from the Trust 
Fund to the Secretary. 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Ref-
ugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to immuniza-
tion and respiratory diseases, $499,758,000. 
HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 
DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of 
the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, 
sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 
$1,335,197,000 (increased by $15,000,000). 
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EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 
2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act, with respect to emerging and 
zoonotic infectious diseases, $592,622,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000): Provided, That of 
the funds made available under this heading to pay for 
the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other re-
lated costs of persons quarantined or isolated under Fed-
eral or State quarantine law, up to $1,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended. 
CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH 
PROMOTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and 
XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease pre-
vention and health promotion, $1,080,121,000 (increased 
by $500,000) (increased by $3,000,000): Provided, That 
funds made available under this heading may be available 
for making grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act 
for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $15,000,000 shall be available to continue 
and expand community specific extension and outreach 
programs to combat obesity in counties with the highest 
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levels of obesity: Provided further, That the proportional 
funding requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS 
Act shall not apply to funds made available under this 
heading. 
BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 
DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 
PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis-
abilities, disabilities and health, $161,560,000 (increased 
by $2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000). 
PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 
informatics, and workforce development, $603,897,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to environmental health, $226,350,000. 
INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 
$697,559,000 (increased by $4,500,000) (increased by 
$5,570,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) 
(increased 
by 
$2,000,000), 
of 
which 
$25,000,000 is provided for firearm injury and mortality 
prevention research. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 
HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 
of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 
of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response 
Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safe-
ty and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and 
health, $346,300,000 (increased by $900,000). 
ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 
COMPENSATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with 
the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 
151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 
GLOBAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to global health, $523,621,000, of which: 
(1) $128,421,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2021, for international HIV/AIDS; and (2) 
$99,762,000 shall be available for global public health pro-
tection: Provided, That funds may be used for purchase 
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and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign coun-
tries. 
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to public health preparedness and re-
sponse, and for expenses necessary to support activities 
related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radio-
logical, and chemical threats to civilian populations, 
$880,200,000: Provided, That the Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this 
title as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator of the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff 
without reimbursement for up to 180 days to support an 
activation of the CDC Emergency Operations Center, so 
long as the Director or Administrator, as applicable, pro-
vides a notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 15 days 
of the use of this authority and a full report within 30 
days after use of this authority which includes the number 
of staff and funding level broken down by the originating 
center and number of days detailed. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc-
tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, 
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$30,000,000, which shall remain available until September 
30, 2024: Provided, That in addition to the amount pro-
vided, for a new CDC research support building and all 
related material handling, utility, transportation, and per-
sonnel support infrastructure at the Chamblee campus, in-
cluding necessary acquisition of real property, equipment, 
construction, demolition, installation, activation, renova-
tion, and improvements, $225,000,000, which shall be de-
rived by transfer from the Fund established by Public Law 
110–161, division G, title II, section 223 and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That 
funds previously set aside by CDC for repair and upgrade 
of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory 
shall be used to acquire a replacement mine safety re-
search facility: Provided further, That in addition, the 
prior year unobligated balance of any amounts assigned 
to former employees in accounts of CDC made available 
for Individual Learning Accounts shall be credited to and 
merged with the amounts made available under this head-
ing to support the replacement of the mine safety research 
facility. 
CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activi-
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ties and program support for activities funded in other 
appropriations included in this Act for the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, $163,570,000 (reduced 
by $500,000), of which up to $10,000,000 (reduced by 
$500,000) may be transferred to the reserve of the Work-
ing Capital Fund authorized under this heading in division 
F of Public Law 112–74: Provided, That paragraphs (1) 
through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the PHS 
Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this head-
ing and in all other accounts of the CDC: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$50,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund estab-
lished by section 231 of division B of Public Law 115– 
245: Provided further, That any funds made available by 
this Act to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
may be used to support the purchase, hire, maintenance, 
and operation of an aircraft for use and support of the 
activities of CDC: Provided further, That employees of 
CDC or the Public Health Service, both civilian and com-
missioned officers, detailed to States, municipalities, or 
other organizations under authority of section 214 of the 
PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be treated as 
non-Federal employees for reporting purposes only and 
shall not be included within any personnel ceiling applica-
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