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Peyser Act (except for requirements relating to the provision
of services to unemployment insurance claimants and veter-
ans, and to universal access to basic labor exchange services
without cost to job seekers), for funds available for expendi-
ture in program year 1997 and thereafter, pursuant to a
request submitted by a State, if the Secretary determines
that such requirements impede the ability of the State to
implement a plan to improve the workforce development
system and the State has executed a Memorandum of Un-
derstanding with the Secretary requiring such State to meet
agreed upon outcomes and implement other appropriate
measures to ensure accountability: Provided further, That
the Secretary of Labor shall establish a workforce flexibility
(work-flex) partnership demonstration program under
which the Secretary shall authorize not more than six
States, of which at least three States shall each have popu-
lations not in excess of 3,500,000, with a preference given
to those States that have been designated Ed-Flex Partner-
ship States under section 311(e) of Public Law 103–227,
to waive any statutory or regulatory requirement applica-
ble to service delivery areas or substate areas within the
State under titles I–III of the Job Training Partnership
Act (except for requirements relating to wage and labor
standards, grievance procedures and judicial review, non-
discrimination, allotment of funds, and eligibility), and
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any of the statutory or regulatory requirements of sections
8–10 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (except for requirements re-
lating to the provision of services to unemployment insur-
ance claimants and veterans, and to universal access to
basic labor exchange services without cost to job seekers),
for a duration not to exceed the waiver period authorized
under section 311(e) of Public Law 103–227, pursuant to
a plan submitted by such States and approved by the Sec-
retary for the provision of workforce employment and train-
ing activities in the States, which includes a description
of the process by which service delivery areas and substate
areas may apply for and have waivers approved by the
State, the requirements of the Wagner-Peyser Act to be
waived, the outcomes to be achieved and other measures to
be taken to ensure appropriate accountability for federal
funds.
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER
AMERICANS
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
To carry out the activities for national grants or con-
tracts with public agencies and public or private nonprofit
organizations under paragraph (1)(A) of section 506(a)
of title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended,
or to carry out older worker activities as subsequently au-
thorized, $242,450,000 $279,750,000.
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To carry out the activities for grants to States under
paragraph (3) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older
Americans Act of 1965, as amended, or to carry out older
worker 
activities 
as 
subsequently 
authorized,
$130,550,000 $93,250,000.
The funds appropriated under this heading shall be
transferred to the Department of Health and Human
Services, ‘‘Aging Services Programs’’ following the enact-
ment of legislation authorizing the administration of the
program by that Department: Provided, That the funds
shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 1997
through June 30, 1998.
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES
For payments during the current fiscal year of trade
adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part
I, and for training, for allowances for job search and relo-
cation, and for related State administrative expenses
under part II, subchapters B and D, chapter 2, title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, $324,500,000, to-
gether with such amounts as may be necessary to be
charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for
any period subsequent to September 15 of the current
year.
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STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE OPERATIONS
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses,
$132,279,000, 
together 
with 
not 
to 
exceed
$3,096,111,000 (reduced by $3,800,000) (decreased by
$2,399,000)
$3,099,736,000 (including not to exceed
$1,653,000 which may be used for amortization payments
to States which had independent retirement plans in their
State employment service agencies prior to 1980, and in-
cluding not to exceed $2,000,000 which may be obligated
in contracts with non-State entities for activities such as
occupational and test research activities which benefit the
Federal-State Employment Service System), which may be
expended from the Employment Security Administration
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund including the
cost of administering section 1201 of the Small Business
Job Protection Act of 1996, section 7(d) of the Wagner-
Peyser Act, as amended, the Trade Act of 1974, as amended,
the Immigration Act of 1990, and the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act, as amended, and of which the sums available
in the allocation for activities authorized by title III of
the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502–504),
and the sums available in the allocation for necessary ad-
ministrative expenses for carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501–
8523, shall be available for obligation by the States
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through December 31, 1997, except that funds used for
automation acquisitions shall be available for obligation by
States through September 30, 1999; and of which
$132,279,000, together with not to exceed $701,369,000
of the amount which may be expended from said trust
fund, shall be available for obligation for the period July
1, 1997 through June 30, 1998, to fund activities under
the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, including the cost
of penalty mail authorized under 39 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E)
made available to States in lieu of allotments for such pur-
pose, and of which $260,573,000 $216,333,000 shall be
available only to the extent necessary for additional State
allocations to administer unemployment compensation
laws to finance increases in the number of unemployment
insurance claims filed and claims paid or changes in a
State law: Provided, That to the extent that the Average
Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year
1997 is projected by the Department of Labor to exceed
2,828,000 an additional $28,600,000 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) from the Employment Security Administration
Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used
to establish a national one-stop career center network may
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be obligated in contracts, grants or agreements with non-
State entities: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this Act for activities authorized under the Wagner-
Peyser Act, as amended, and title III of the Social Secu-
rity Act, may be used by the States to fund integrated
Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance auto-
mation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles
prescribed under Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–87.
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, as amended, and to the Black Lung
Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and
for nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust
Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United
States Code, section 104(d) of Public Law 102–164, and
section 5 of Public Law 103–6, and to the ‘‘Federal unem-
ployment benefits and allowances’’ account, to remain
available until September 30, 1998, $373,000,000.
In addition, for making repayable advances to the
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal
year after September 15, 1997, for costs incurred by the