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Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards 
Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, 
and local agencies and their employees for inspection serv-
ices rendered, $436,397,000, together with $2,111,000 which 
may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with 
sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and Har-
bor Workers’ Compensation Act: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Labor is authorized to establish and, in accord-
ance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and deposit in the Treas-
ury fees for processing applications and issuing certificates 
under sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and 
for processing applications and issuing registrations under 
title I of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 
Of the unobligated funds collected pursuant to section 
286(v) 
of 
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act, 
$70,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
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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 title 5, chap-
ter 81 of the United States Code; continuation of benefits 
as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ 
in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; 
the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation 
Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act 
of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 percent of the addi-
tional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) 
of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 
as amended, $203,000,000, together with such amounts as 
may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year ap-
propriation for the payment of compensation and other ben-
efits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current 
year: Provided, That amounts appropriated may be used 
under section 8104 of title 5, United States Code, by the 
Secretary of Labor to reimburse an employer, who is not 
the employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary 
of a reemployed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, 
That balances of reimbursements unobligated on September 
30, 2007, shall remain available until expended for the pay-
ment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition there shall be transferred to this ap-
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propriation from the Postal Service and from any other cor-
poration or instrumentality required under section 8147(c) 
of title 5, United States Code, to pay an amount for its 
fair share of the cost of administration, such sums as the 
Secretary determines to be the cost of administration for 
employees of such fair share entities through September 30, 
2008: Provided further, That of those funds transferred to 
this account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of 
administration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation 
Act, $52,280,000 shall be made available to the Secretary 
as follows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems and telecommuni-
cations systems, $21,855,000. 
(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake and medical bill processing, $16,109,000. 
(3) For periodic roll management and medical 
review, $14,316,000. 
(4) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 
person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 
chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, or 33 U.S.C. 901 
et seq., provide as part of such notice and claim, such iden-
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tifying information (including Social Security account 
number) as such regulations may prescribe. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 
275 (the ‘‘Act’’), $208,221,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of the 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 2009, $62,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 
$104,745,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to transfer 
to any executive agency with authority under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act, including within the Department of Labor, such sums 
as may be necessary in fiscal year 2008 to carry out those 
authorities: Provided further, That the Secretary may re-
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quire that any person filing a claim for benefits under the 
Act provide as part of such claim, such identifying informa-
tion (including Social Security account number) as may 
be prescribed: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 
after enactment, in addition to other sums transferred by 
the Secretary of Labor to the National Institute for Occupa-
tional Safety and Health (‘‘NIOSH’’) for the administra-
tion of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Com-
pensation Program (‘‘EEOICP’’), the Secretary of Labor 
shall transfer $4,500,000 to NIOSH from the funds appro-
priated to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Com-
pensation Fund (42 U.S.C. 7384e), for use by or in support 
of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health 
(‘‘the Board’’) to carry out its statutory responsibilities 
under the EEOICP (42 U.S.C. 7384n–q), including obtain-
ing audits, technical assistance and other support from the 
Board’s audit contractor with regard to radiation dose esti-
mation and reconstruction efforts, site profiles, procedures, 
and review of Special Exposure Cohort petitions and eval-
uation reports. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In fiscal year 2008 and thereafter, such sums as may 
be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, 
to remain available until expended, for payment of all bene-
fits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of 
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the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and inter-
est on advances, as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of that 
Act. In addition, the following amounts shall be available 
from the Fund for fiscal year 2008 for expenses of operation 
and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed 
$32,761,000 for transfer to the Employment Standards Ad-
ministration ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed 
$24,785,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $335,000 for trans-
fer to Departmental Management ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into mis-
cellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the 
Treasury. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, $498,445,000, including not to 
exceed $91,093,000 which shall be the maximum amount 
available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), which grants 
shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupa-
tional safety and health programs required to be incurred 
under plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 
of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
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3302, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
may retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year of training insti-
tute course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law to be 
collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety 
and health training and education grants: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary of Labor is 
authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2008, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Na-
tionally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize 
such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 
9a, to administer national and international laboratory 
recognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment 
and products used by workers in the workplace: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, 
administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or 
order under the Act which is applicable to any person who 
is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain 
a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employ-
ees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under 
this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer 
or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under 
the Act with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employ-
ees who is included within a category having a Days Away, 
Restricted, or Transferred (DART) occupational injury and 
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illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification code 
for which such data are published, less than the national 
average rate as such rates are most recently published by 
the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, in accordance with section 24 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 
673), except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 
response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation 
for violations found during such inspection, and to 
assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected 
within a reasonable abatement period and for any 
willful violations found; 
(3) to take any action authorized by such Act 
with respect to imminent dangers; 
(4) to take any action authorized by such Act 
with respect to health hazards; 
(5) to take any action authorized by such Act 
with respect to a report of an employment accident 
which is fatal to one or more employees or which re-
sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, and 
to take any action pursuant to such investigation au-
thorized by such Act; and 
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(6) to take any action authorized by such Act 
with respect to complaints of discrimination against 
employees for exercising rights under such Act: 
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply 
to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which 
does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 
10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That $10,116,000 
shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants, of 
which $3,200,000 shall be used for the Institutional Com-
petency Building training grants which commenced in Sep-
tember 2000, for program activities for the period of October 
1, 2007, to September 30, 2008, provided that a grantee 
has demonstrated satisfactory performance: Provided fur-
ther, That such grants shall be awarded not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $330,028,000, including purchase and be-
stowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine 
rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and 
recovery activities, $2,200,000 for an award to the United 
Mine Workers Association, for classroom and simulated res-
cue training for mine rescue teams, and $1,350,000 for an 
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award to the Wheeling Jesuit University, for the National 
Technology Transfer Center for a coal slurry impoundment 
project; in addition, 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, not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the Mine 
Safety and Health Administration may retain up to 
$1,000,000 from fees collected for the approval and certifi-
cation of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in 
mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities; the 
Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equip-
ment, and other contributions from public and private 
sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other 
agencies, Federal, State, or private; 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; the Secretary is authorized to recognize 
the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a principal 
safety association and, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, may provide funds and, with or without reimburse-
ment, personnel, including service of Mine Safety and 
Health Administration officials as officers in local chapters 
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