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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’’), $405,000,000, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, and may 
be recaptured and reobligated in accordance with section 517(c) 
of the OAA. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2022 of trade adjustment ben-
efit 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 Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, 
sections 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act 
of 2015, and section 285(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (as amended 
by section 406(a)(7) of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 
2015), $540,000,000 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, 2022: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 502 of this Act, any part of the appropria-
tion provided under this heading may remain available for obliga-
tion 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)). 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 
OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized administrative expenses, $84,066,000, together 
with not to exceed $3,627,265,000 which may be expended from 
the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which— 
(1) $2,850,816,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to 
States for the administration of State unemployment insurance 
laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act 
(including not less than $250,000,000 to carry out reemploy-
ment services and eligibility assessments under section 306 
of such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as defined 
in such section, including those who are profiled as most likely 
to exhaust their benefits, may be eligible for such services 
and assessments: Provided, That of such amount, $117,000,000 
is specified for grants under section 306 of the Social Security 
Act and is provided to meet the terms of section 4004(b)(4)(B) 
and section 4005(d)(2) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, 
and $133,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified 
for purposes of section 4004(b)(4) and section 4005(d) of such 
resolution; and $9,000,000 for continued support of the 
Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the 
administration 
of 
unemployment 
insurance 
for 
Federal
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employees and for ex-service members as authorized under 
5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the administration of trade readjust-
ment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment assistance, 
and alternative trade adjustment assistance under the Trade 
Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment 
Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) and 406 of 
the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, and section 
285(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (as amended by section 
406(a)(7) of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015), and 
shall be available for obligation by the States through December 
31, 2022, except that funds used for automation shall be avail-
able for Federal obligation through December 31, 2022, and 
for State obligation through September 30, 2024, or, if the 
automation is being carried out through consortia of States, 
for State obligation through September 30, 2028, and for 
expenditure through September 30, 2029, and funds for 
competitive grants awarded to States for improved operations 
and to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assess-
ments and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews 
and provide reemployment services and referrals to training, 
as appropriate, shall be available for Federal obligation through 
December 31, 2022 (except that funds for outcome payments 
pursuant to section 306(f)(2) of the Social Security Act shall 
be available for Federal obligation through March 31, 2023), 
and for obligation by the States through September 30, 2024, 
and funds for the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center 
of Excellence shall be available for obligation by the State 
through September 30, 2023, and funds used for unemployment 
insurance workloads experienced through September 30, 2022 
shall be available for Federal obligation through December 
31, 2022; 
(2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activi-
ties necessary to support the administration of the Federal- 
State unemployment insurance system; 
(3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, together 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, 2022 through June 30, 2023; 
(4) $25,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activi-
ties of the Employment Service, including administration of 
the work opportunity tax credit under section 51 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (including assisting States in adopting 
or modernizing information technology for use in the processing 
of certification requests), and the provision of technical assist-
ance and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(5) $79,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the administra-
tion of foreign labor certifications and related activities under 
the Immigration and Nationality Act and related laws, of which 
$58,528,000 shall be available for the Federal administration 
of such activities, and $21,282,000 shall be available for grants 
to States for the administration of such activities; and 
(6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to provide 
workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop 
system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and shall be 
available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2022 
through June 30, 2023, of which up to $9,800,000 may be
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used to carry out research and demonstration projects related 
to testing effective ways to promote greater labor force partici-
pation of people with disabilities: Provided, That the Secretary 
may transfer amounts made available for research and dem-
onstration projects under this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Dis-
ability Employment Policy’’ account for such purposes: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured 
Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2022 is projected by the 
Department of Labor to exceed 2,208,000, 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 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 Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 
under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments 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 establish 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 Security Act, or awarded grants to 
support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment 
insurance system, may award subgrants to other States and non- 
State entities under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 
to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this Act for activities 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 auto-
mation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed 
under the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require-
ments, 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 allotted to 
such State under title III of the Social Security Act to other States 
participating in the consortium or to the entity operating the 
Unemployment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 
in order to carry out activities that benefit the administration 
of the unemployment compensation law of the State making 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 pri-
vate institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations
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and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 
29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers Survey infra-
structure, methodology, and data to meet the information collection 
and reporting needs of such entities, which shall be credited to 
this appropriation and shall remain available until September 30, 
2023, for such purposes. 
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 Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and for 
nonrepayable advances 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, 2023. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and training pro-
grams, $112,934,000, together with not to exceed $51,481,000 which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security 
Administration, $185,500,000, of which up to $3,000,000 shall be 
made available through September 30, 2023, for the procurement 
of expert witnesses for enforcement litigation. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Corporation’’) is 
authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assist-
ance 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, including associated 
administrative expenses, through September 30, 2022, for the Cor-
poration: Provided, That none of the funds available to the Corpora-
tion for fiscal year 2022 shall be available for obligations for 
administrative expenses in excess of $472,955,000: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the number of new plan participants in 
plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 
2022, an amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be 
available through September 30, 2026, for obligations for adminis-
trative expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici-
pants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the amounts 
provided for administrative expenses in this paragraph may be