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which had independent retirement plans in their State employment
service agencies prior to 1980), which may be expended from the
Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment
Trust Fund including the cost of administering section 1201 of
the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, section 7(d) of
the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended, the Immigration Act of 1990, and the Immigration and
Nationality Act, as amended, and of which the sums available
in the allocation for activities authorized by title III of the Social
Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502–504), and the sums avail-
able in the allocation for necessary administrative expenses for
carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, shall be available for obligation
by the States through December 31, 2000, except that funds used
for automation acquisitions shall be available for obligation by
the States through September 30, 2002; and of which $163,452,000,
together with not to exceed $738,283,000 of the amount which
may be expended from said trust fund, shall be available for obliga-
tion for the period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001, to fund
activities under the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, including
the cost of penalty mail authorized under 39 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E)
made available to States in lieu of allotments for such purpose,
and of which $125,000,000 shall be available only to the extent
necessary for additional State allocations to administer unemploy-
ment compensation laws to finance increases in the number of
unemployment insurance claims filed and claims paid or changes
in a State law: Provided, That to the extent that the Average
Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year 2000 is pro-
jected by the Department of Labor to exceed 2,638,000, an additional
$28,600,000 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) from the Employment Security
Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided
further, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to
establish a national one-stop career center network may be obligated
in contracts, grants or agreements with non-State entities: Provided
further, That funds appropriated under this Act for activities
authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, and title
III of the Social Security Act, may be used by the States to fund
integrated Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance auto-
mation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed
under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–87.
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,
as amended, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as
authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954, as amended; and for nonrepayable advances to the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United
States Code, and to the ‘‘Federal unemployment benefits and allow-
ances’’ account, to remain available until September 30, 2001,
$356,000,000.
In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung
Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after September
15, 2000, for costs incurred by the Black Lung Disability Trust
Fund in the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
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PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For expenses of administering employment and training pro-
grams, $100,944,000, including $6,431,000 to support up to 75
full-time equivalent staff, the majority of which will be term Federal
appointments lasting no more than 1 year, to administer welfare-
to-work grants, together with not to exceed $45,056,000, which
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Pension and Welfare Benefits
Administration, $96,000,000.
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to
make such expenditures, including financial assistance authorized
by section 104 of Public Law 96–364, within limits of funds and
borrowing authority available to such Corporation, and in accord
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of
the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C.
9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program through
September 30, 2000, for such Corporation: Provided, That not to
exceed $11,155,000 shall be available for administrative expenses
of the Corporation: Provided further, That expenses of such Corpora-
tion in connection with the termination of pension plans, for the
acquisition, protection or management, and investment of trust
assets, and for benefits administration services shall be considered
as non-administrative expenses for the purposes hereof, and
excluded from the above limitation.
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards
Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and
local agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered,
$333,260,000, together with $1,740,000 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: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall be for the development of
an alternative system for the electronic submission of reports as
required to be filed under the Labor-Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended, and for a computer database
of the information for each submission by whatever means, that
is indexed and easily searchable by the public via the Internet:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to
accept, retain, and spend, until expended, in the name of the
Department of Labor, all sums of money ordered to be paid to
the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with the terms of the Consent
Judgment in Civil Action No. 91–0027 of the United States District
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Court for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands (May 21,
1992): Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized
to establish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and
deposit in the Treasury fees for processing applications and issuing
certificates under sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair Labor Standards
Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for proc-
essing applications and issuing registrations under title I of the
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.).
SPECIAL BENEFITS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses
(except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or
any prior fiscal year authorized by title 5, chapter 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 additional
compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended,
$79,000,000 together with such amounts as may be necessary to
be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the payment
of compensation and other benefits for any period subsequent to
August 15 of the current year: Provided, That amounts appropriated
may be used under section 8104 of title 5, United States Code,
by the Secretary of Labor to reimburse an employer, who is not
the employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary of
a reemployed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances
of reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 1999, 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 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, 2000: Provided further,
That of those funds transferred to this account from the fair share
entities to pay the cost of administration, $21,849,000 shall be
made available to the Secretary as follows: (1) for the operation
of and enhancement to the automated data processing systems,
including document imaging and medical bill review, in support
of 
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administration,
$13,433,000; (2) for program staff training to operate the new
imaging system, $1,300,000; (3) for the periodic roll review program,
$7,116,000; and (4) the remaining funds shall be paid into the
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary 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 identifying information (including Social Security
account number) as such regulations may prescribe.
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BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund,
$1,013,633,000, of which $963,506,000 shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001, for payment of all benefits as authorized by
section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1954, as amended, and interest on advances as authorized by
section 9501(c)(2) of that Act, and of which $28,676,000 shall be
available for transfer to Employment Standards Administration,
Salaries and Expenses, $20,783,000 for transfer to Departmental
Management, Salaries and Expenses, $312,000 for transfer to
Departmental Management, Office of Inspector General, and
$356,000 for payment into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses
of the Department of Treasury, for expenses of operation and
administration of the Black Lung Benefits program as authorized
by section 9501(d)(5) of that Act: Provided, That, in addition, such
amounts as may be necessary may be charged to the subsequent
year appropriation for the payment of compensation, interest, or
other benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current
year.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, $370,000,000, including not to exceed $81,000,000
which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States
under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health 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 Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; and, in addition,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration may retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year
of training institute course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by
law to be 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 author-
ized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, to collect
and retain fees for services provided to Nationally 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, admin-
ister, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 which is applicable
to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does
not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer
employees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under
this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or
enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to any employer
of 10 or fewer employees who is included within a category having