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Union Calendar No. 541 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5926 
[Report No. 114–699] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2016 
Mr. COLE, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; 
which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agen-
cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and 
for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That 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, 2017, 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 Second Chance Act of 2007, $3,177,115,000, plus 
reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro-
vided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$2,729,832,000 as follows: 
(A) $815,556,000 for adult employment 
and training activities, of which $103,556,000 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2017 
through 
June 
30, 
2018, 
and 
of 
which 
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$712,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018; 
(B) $873,416,000 for youth activities, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2017 through June 30, 2018; and 
(C) $1,040,860,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$180,860,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, and of 
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018: 
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, $447,283,000 as fol-
lows: 
(A) $120,000,000 for the dislocated work-
ers assistance national reserve, which shall be 
available for the period October 1, 2016 
through September 30, 2018: Provided, That 
funds 
provided 
to 
carry 
out 
section 
132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be used to pro-
vide assistance to a State for statewide or local 
use in order to address cases where there have 
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ment, with a priority for projects serving high- 
crime, high-poverty areas; 
(G) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 
Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 
169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 
2018. 
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, $1,700,330,000, plus reimbursements, 
as follows: 
(1) $1,583,000,000 for Job Corps Operations, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2017 
through June 30, 2018; 
(2) $85,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation 
and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2017 through June 
30, 2020, and which may include the acquisition, 
maintenance, and repair of major items of equip-
ment: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor (re-
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ferred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) may transfer 
up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the oper-
ational needs of such centers or to achieve adminis-
trative efficiencies: Provided further, That any funds 
transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall 
not be available for obligation after June 30, 2018: 
Provided further, That the Committees on Appro-
priations 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, 2016 through September 30, 
2017: 
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’’), $434,371,000, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 2017 
through June 30, 2018, and may be recaptured and reobli-
gated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 
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FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2017 of trade ad-
justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 
of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 
employment and case management services, allowances for 
job search and relocation, and related State administrative 
expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 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, 
$849,000,000 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, 
2017: 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)). 
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STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses, 
$89,066,000, together with not to exceed $3,400,103,000 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 
(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $2,660,019,000 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 $120,000,000 to conduct in-person reemploy-
ment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
insurance improper payment reviews, and to provide 
reemployment services and referrals to training as 
appropriate, for claimants of unemployment insur-
ance for ex-service members under 5 U.S.C. 8521 et. 
seq. and for the claimants of regular unemployment 
compensation who are profiled as most likely to ex-
haust their benefits in each State, and $5,000,000 
for continued support of the Unemployment Insur-
ance Integrity Center of Excellence), the administra-
tion of unemployment insurance for Federal employ-
ees and for ex-service members as authorized under 
5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the administration of 
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trade readjustment allowances, reemployment trade 
adjustment assistance, and alternative trade adjust-
ment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 and 
under section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment As-
sistance Extension Act of 2011 and section 405(a) 
of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 
and shall be available for obligation by the States 
through December 31, 2017, except that funds used 
for automation shall be available for Federal obliga-
tion through December 31, 2017, and for State obli-
gation through September 30, 2019, or, if the auto-
mation is being carried out through consortia of 
States, for State obligation through September 30, 
2022, and for expenditure through September 30, 
2023, and funds for competitive grants awarded to 
States for improved operations and to conduct in- 
person reemployment and eligibility assessments and 
unemployment insurance improper payment reviews 
and provide reemployment services and referrals to 
training, as appropriate, shall be available for Fed-
eral obligation through December 31, 2017, and for 
obligation by the States through September 30, 
2019, and funds for the Unemployment Insurance 
Integrity Center of Excellence shall be available for 
obligation by the State through September 30, 2018, 
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and funds used for unemployment insurance work-
loads experienced by the States through September 
30, 2017 shall be available for Federal obligation 
through December 31, 2017; 
(2) $14,547,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system; 
(3) $642,771,000 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 
be available for Federal obligation for the period 
July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018; 
(4) $19,818,000 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) $62,948,000 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 $48,666,000 
shall be available for the Federal administration of 
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such activities, and $14,282,000 shall be available 
for grants to States for the administration of such 
activities; and 
(6) $67,653,000 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, 2017 through June 
30, 2018: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2017 is 
projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 
2,453,000, 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 
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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 
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 under such grants, 
subject to the conditions applicable to the grants: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this Act for activi-
ties authorized under title III of the Social Security Act 
and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by States to fund 
integrated Unemployment Insurance and Employment 
Service automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation 
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principles prescribed under the final rule entitled ‘‘Uni-
form Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and 
Audit Requirements for Federal Awards’’ at part 200 of 
title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary, at the request of a State participating 
in a consortium with other States, may reallot funds allot-
ted to such State under title III of the Social Security 
Act to other States participating in the consortium in 
order to carry out activities that benefit the administration 
of the unemployment compensation law of the State mak-
ing 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 institutions 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 infor-
mation collection and reporting needs of such entities, 
which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re-
main available until September 30, 2018, for such pur-
poses. 
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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 
sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2018. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $107,376,000, together with not to exceed 
$50,365,000 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, $174,000,000. 
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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, 
as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ-
ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-
tember 30, 2017, for the Corporation: Provided, That 
none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 
year 2017 shall be available for obligations for administra-
tive expenses in excess of $421,006,000: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $98,500,000 shall be available through 
September 30, 2021, for costs associated with the acquisi-
tion, occupancy, and related costs of headquarters space: 
Provided further, That to the extent that the number of 
new plan participants in plans terminated by the Corpora-
tion exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2017, an amount not 
to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be available 
through September 30, 2018, for obligation for adminis-
trative expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated 
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participants: Provided further, That obligations in excess 
of the amounts provided in this paragraph may be in-
curred for unforeseen and extraordinary pretermination 
expenses or extraordinary multiemployer program related 
expenses after approval by the Office of Management and 
Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
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, $215,500,000. 
OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man-
agement Standards, $41,129,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE 
PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs, $100,500,000. 
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