II 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4502 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
AUGUST 3, 2021 
Received 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agen-
cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services 
and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 
2022’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO ACT. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
sion. 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES TO REPORT. 
(a) DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022.—Any reference to a ‘‘report 
accompanying this Act’’ contained in division A of this Act 
shall be treated as a reference to House Report 117–96. 
The effect of such Report shall be limited to division A 
and shall apply for purposes of determining the allocation 
of funds provided by, and the implementation of, division 
A. 
(b) AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD 
AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022.—Any reference to a ‘‘report 
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tained in division E of this Act shall be treated as a ref-
erence to House Report 117–83. The effect of such Report 
shall be limited to division E and shall apply for purposes 
of determining the allocation of funds provided by, and 
the implementation of, division E. 
(f) MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022.— 
Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ con-
tained in division F of this Act shall be treated as a ref-
erence to House Report 117–81. The effect of such Report 
shall be limited to division F and shall apply for purposes 
of determining the allocation of funds provided by, and 
the implementation of, division F. 
(g) TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DE-
VELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2022.—Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in division G of this Act shall be treat-
ed as a reference to House Report 117–99. The effect of 
such Report shall be limited to division G and shall apply 
for purposes of determining the allocation of funds pro-
vided by, and the implementation of, division G. 
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. 
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DIVISION A—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
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 National Apprenticeship Act, $4,407,108,000 (in-
creased by $1,000,000), plus reimbursements, shall be 
available. Of the amounts provided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$3,095,332,000 as follows: 
(A) $923,174,000 for adult employment 
and training activities, of which $211,174,000 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2022 
through 
June 
30, 
2023, 
and 
of 
which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023; 
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(B) $988,604,000 for youth activities, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2022 through June 30, 2023; and 
(C) $1,183,554,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$323,554,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, and of 
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023: 
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, $1,311,776,000 (in-
creased by $1,000,000) as follows: 
(A) $435,859,000 for the dislocated work-
ers assistance national reserve, of which 
$235,859,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023, and 
of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2022 through September 30, 
2023: Provided, That funds made available in 
this subparagraph shall be available for the 
pilot program authorized under section 8041 of 
the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities 
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Act (Public Law 115–271): Provided further, 
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 
been worker dislocations across multiple sectors 
or across multiple local areas and such workers 
remain dislocated; coordinate the State work-
force development plan with emerging economic 
development needs; and train such eligible dis-
located workers: Provided further, That funds 
provided to carry out sections 168(b) and 
169(c) of the WIOA may be used for technical 
assistance and demonstration projects, respec-
tively, that provide assistance to new entrants 
in the workforce and incumbent workers: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 
168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds provided 
under this subparagraph, the Secretary of 
Labor (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) 
may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 
funds to provide technical assistance and carry 
out additional activities related to the transition 
to the WIOA: Provided further, That of the 
funds 
provided 
under 
this 
subparagraph, 
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$200,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) shall 
be for training and employment assistance 
under sections 168(b), 169(c) (notwithstanding 
the 10 percent limitation in such section) and 
170 of the WIOA as follows: 
(i) 
$100,000,000 
(increased 
by 
$5,000,000) shall be for the purpose of de-
veloping, offering, or improving educational 
or career training programs at community 
colleges, defined as public institutions of 
higher education, as described in section 
101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 and at which the associate’s degree is 
primarily the highest degree awarded, with 
other eligible institutions of higher edu-
cation, as defined in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, eligible to 
participate through consortia, with commu-
nity colleges as the lead grantee: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall follow the require-
ments for the program in House Report 
116–62 and in the report accompanying 
this Act: Provided further, That any grant 
funds used for apprenticeships shall be 
used to support only apprenticeship pro-
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grams registered under the National Ap-
prenticeship Act and as referred to in sec-
tion 3(7)(B) of the WIOA; and 
(ii) $100,000,000 shall be for training 
and employment assistance for workers in 
communities that have experienced job 
losses due to dislocations in industries re-
lated to fossil fuel extraction or energy 
production; 
(B) $58,000,000 for Native American pro-
grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2022 
through June 30, 2023; 
(C) $96,711,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including $89,693,000 for formula 
grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 
be for employment and training services), 
$6,444,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
permanent housing), and $574,000 for other 
discretionary purposes, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2022 through June 30, 
2023: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or related regulation, the 
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