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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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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 
Security Administration, $191,100,000, of which up to 
$3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 
2027, 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, 
as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ-
ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-
tember 30, 2026, for the Corporation: Provided, That 
none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 
year 2026 shall be available for obligations for administra-
tive expenses in excess of $494,264,000: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the number of new plan partici-
pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 
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100,000 in fiscal year 2026, an amount not to exceed an 
additional $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep-
tember 30, 2030, for obligations for administrative ex-
penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici-
pants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the 
amounts provided for administrative expenses in this para-
graph may be incurred and shall be available through Sep-
tember 30, 2030 for obligation for unforeseen and extraor-
dinary pre-termination or termination expenses or extraor-
dinary multiemployer program related expenses after ap-
proval by the Office of Management and Budget and noti-
fication of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
an additional amount shall be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2030 to the extent the Corpora-
tion’s costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or 
identity monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering 
a security incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an ad-
ditional $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, $260,000,000. 
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OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man-
agement Standards, $48,515,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE 
PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs, $100,976,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, $120,500,000, together with 
$2,205,000 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. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses (except administrative expenses not otherwise au-
thorized) 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’ Compensation Commission Appropriation 
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Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2012); obligations incurred under the War Hazards 
Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 per-
cent of the additional compensation and benefits required 
by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 
Compensation Act, $1,298,385,000, together with such 
amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse-
quent 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 Employees’ Compensation Fund es-
tablished 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 beneficiary: Provided further, 
That balances of reimbursements unobligated on Sep-
tember 30, 2025, shall remain available until expended for 
the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Pro-
vided 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 de-
termines to be the cost of administration for employees 
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of such fair share entities through September 30, 2026: 
Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this 
account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad-
ministration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 
$81,808,000 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, $27,549,000; 
(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake, and medical bill processing, $25,956,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and 
medical review, $25,957,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $2,346,000; and 
(5) 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 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. 
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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, $24,585,000, 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 2027, $5,900,000, 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, $68,148,000, 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 
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 
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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 2026 for expenses 
of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene-
fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 
exceed $50,684,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 
exceed $39,086,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-
ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $373,000 
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. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, $629,309,000, including not 
to exceed $120,000,000 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 
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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, 2026, 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 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 employees: Provided fur-
ther, 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 employees who is 
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included within a category having a Days Away, Re-
stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 
and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica-
tion code for which such data are published, less than the 
national average rate as such rates are most recently pub-
lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 
except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the 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 cita-
tion for violations found during such inspection, and 
to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor-
rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 
any willful violations found; 
(3) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to imminent dangers; 
(4) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to health hazards; 
(5) to take any action authorized by the 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, 
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and to take any action pursuant to such investiga-
tion authorized by the Act; and 
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to complaints of discrimination against 
employees for exercising rights under the 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 em-
ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That 
$12,787,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood train-
ing grants: Provided further, That $243,000,000 shall be 
for Federal Enforcement: Provided further, That not less 
than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection Pro-
grams. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, $387,816,000, 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 
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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 
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 
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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. 
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, $640,500,000, together with not to exceed 
$68,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, $43,000,000, of which not less 
than $9,000,000 shall be for research and demonstration 
projects related to testing effective ways to promote great-
er labor force participation of people with disabilities: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts made 
available under this heading for research and demonstra-
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tion projects to the ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and 
Employment Service Operations’’ account for such pur-
poses. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-
ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$362,877,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund: Provided, That $116,125,000 shall be for the Bu-
reau of International Labor Affairs, of which $81,725,000 
shall be available for obligation through December 31, 
2026: Provided further, That funds available to the Bu-
reau of International Labor Affairs may be used to admin-
ister or operate international labor activities, bilateral and 
multilateral technical assistance, and microfinance pro-
grams, by or through contracts, grants, subgrants and 
other arrangements: Provided further, That not less than 
$30,175,000 shall be for programs to combat exploitative 
child labor internationally and not less than $30,175,000 
shall be used to implement model programs that address 
worker rights issues through technical assistance in coun-
tries with which the United States has free trade agree-
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ments or trade preference programs: Provided further, 
That $4,281,000 shall be used for program evaluation and 
shall be available for obligation through September 30, 
2027: Provided further, That funds available for program 
evaluation may be used to administer grants for the pur-
pose of evaluation: Provided further, That grants made for 
the purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair 
and open competition: Provided further, That funds avail-
able for program evaluation may be transferred to any 
other appropriate account in the Department for such pur-
pose: 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: 
Provided further, That $23,000,000 shall be for the Wom-
en’s Bureau and may be used for grants to serve and pro-
mote the interests of women in the workforce: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available to the Wom-
en’s Bureau, not less than $5,000,000 shall be used for 
grants authorized by the Women in Apprenticeship and 
Nontraditional Occupations Act: Provided further, That 
the Department of Labor shall support staffing levels nec-
essary to fulfill its statutory responsibilities including car-
rying out programs, projects, and activities funded in this 
title of this Act in a timely manner. 
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‘‘(A) is not a pharmacy that is an affiliate 
as defined in paragraph (4); and 
‘‘(B) is located in— 
‘‘(i) a rural area in which there is no 
other retail pharmacy within 10 miles, as 
determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(ii) a suburban area in which there 
is no other retail pharmacy within 2 miles, 
as determined by the Secretary; or 
‘‘(iii) an urban area in which there is 
no other retail pharmacy within 1 mile, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) LIST
OF
ESSENTIAL
RETAIL
PHAR-
MACIES.— 
‘‘(A) PUBLICATION OF LIST OF ESSENTIAL 
RETAIL PHARMACIES.—For each plan year (be-
ginning with plan year 2028), the Secretary 
shall publish, on a publicly available internet 
website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services, a list of retail pharmacies that meet 
the criteria described in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) of paragraph (2) to be considered an essen-
tial retail pharmacy. 
‘‘(B) REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS FROM PDP 
SPONSORS.—For each plan year (beginning 
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