OFFICE OF JOB CORPS 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.), 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 Workforce Investment Act; $1,649,476,000, 
as follows: 
(1) $1,507,684,000 for Job Corps operations, 
of which $916,684,000 is available for the period 
July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009, and of which 
$591,000,000 is available for the period October 1, 
2008, through June 30, 2009. 
(2) $112,920,000 for construction, rehabilita-
tion, and acquisition of Job Corps centers, of which 
$12,920,000 is available from July 1, 2008, through 
June 30, 2011. $100,000,000 is available for the pe-
riod October 1, 2008, through June 30, 2011. 
(3) $28,872,000 for necessary expenses of the 
Office of Job Corps, which shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2007, through September 30, 
2008: 
Provided, That the Office of Job Corps shall have con-
tracting authority: Provided further, That no funds from
any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal serv-
ices at or for Job Corps centers: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated in this title for the Job 
Corps shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, 
either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, 
at a rate in excess of Executive Level I: Provided further, 
That a total student training slot level of not less than 
44,791 shall be achieved by the end of program year 2008. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $197,143,000 may be derived from the 
employment security administration account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of sec-
tions 4100–4113, 4211–4215, and 4321–4327 of title 38, 
United States Code, and Public Law 103–353, and which 
shall be available for obligation by the States through De-
cember 31, 2008, of which $1,967,000 is for the National 
Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute. 
To carry out the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Pro-
grams under section 5(a)(1) of the Homeless Veterans 
Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001 (38 U.S.C. 2021) 
and the Veterans Workforce Investment Programs under 
section 168 of the Workforce Investment Act (29 U.S.C. 
2913), $31,055,000, of which $7,435,000 shall be avail-
able for obligation for the period July 1, 2008, through 
June 30, 2009.
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, $72,929,000, together with not to 
exceed $5,729,000, which may be expended from the em-
ployment security administration account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et 
seq.)) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year 
for the Department of Labor in this Act may be trans-
ferred between a program, project, or activity, but no such 
program, project, or activity shall be increased by more 
than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided further, 
That the transfer authority granted by this section shall 
be available only to meet unanticipated 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 Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 
notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
SEC. 102. 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, 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. 103. After September 30, 2007, the Secretary 
of Labor shall issue a monthly transit subsidy of not less 
than the full amount (of not less than $110) that each 
of its employees of the National Capital Region is eligible 
to receive. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated in this title 
for grants under section 171 of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916) may be obligated prior to 
the preparation and submission of a report by the Sec-
retary of Labor to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the 
planned uses of such funds. 
SEC. 105. The Secretary of Labor shall award the 
following grants on a competitive basis: (1) Community- 
Based Job Training Grants awarded from amounts pro-
vided for such purpose under this title; and (2) grants dur-
ing fiscal or program year 2008 under section 414(c) of
the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improve-
ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916 note), as amended by 
section 428 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 
(Public Law 108–447). 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of 
the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improve-
ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916 note) may be used 
for any purpose other than training in the occupations and 
industries for which employers are using H–1B visas to 
hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary 
to support such training: Provided, That the preceding 
limitation shall not apply to grants awarded under section 
107 of this title and to multi-year grants awarded in re-
sponse to competitive solicitations issued prior to April 15, 
2007. 
SEC. 107. Out of funds available to the Department 
of Labor under section 414(c) the American Competitive-
ness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2916 note), as amended by section 428 of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447), 
up to $20,000,000 is available (in addition to dislocated 
worker assistance national reserve funds) for the purposes 
of grants to States to address the gap in health care cov-
erage faced by trade adjustment assistance (‘‘TAA’’) par-
ticipants and dislocated workers awaiting TAA certifi-
cation, to assure that these dislocated workers can benefit 
from the tax credit for health insurance costs authorized 
in section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
SEC. 108. The Secretary of Labor shall take no ac-
tion to amend, through regulatory or administration ac-
tion, the definition established in 20 CFR 667.220 for 
functions and activities under title I of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998, or to modify, through regulatory 
or administrative action, the procedure for redesignation 
of local areas as specified in subtitle B of title I of the 
Act (including applying the standards specified in section 
116(a)(3)(B) of such Act, but notwithstanding the time 
limits specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2831), until such time as legislation reauthorizing 
such Act is enacted. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act shall be available to finalize or implement 
any proposed regulation under the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998, Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, or the Trade 
Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 until such 
time as legislation reauthorizing the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998 and the Trade Adjustment Assistance 
Reform Act of 2002 is enacted.