COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER 
AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 
1965, $450,000,000, which shall be available for the pe-
riod July 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2012 of trade ad-
justment benefit 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, including benefit pay-
ments, allowances, training, and related State administra-
tion provided pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of sec-
tion 1891(b) of the Trade and Globalization Adjustment 
Assistance Act of 2009, $1,100,100,000, together with 
such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the 
subsequent appropriation for payments for any period sub-
sequent to September 15, 2012. 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses, 
$43,139,000, together with not to exceed $3,629,167,000, 
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which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 
(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $3,190,899,000 from the Trust Fund is for 
grants to States for the administration of State un-
employment insurance laws as authorized under title 
III 
of 
the 
Social 
Security 
Act 
(including 
$10,000,000 to conduct in-person reemployment and 
eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance 
improper payment reviews), the administration of 
unemployment insurance for Federal employees and 
for ex-service members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 
8501-8523, and the administration of trade read-
justment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment 
assistance, and alternative trade adjustment assist-
ance under the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 
1891(b) of the Trade and Globalization Adjustment 
Assistance Act of 2009, and shall be available for 
obligation by the States through December 31, 
2012, except that funds used for automation acquisi-
tions or incentive grants for improved operations 
shall be available for obligation by the States 
through September 30, 2014, and funds used for 
unemployment insurance workloads experienced by 
the States through September 30, 2012 shall be 
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available for Federal obligation through December 
31, 2012; 
(2) $11,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system; 
(3) $340,447,000 from the Trust Fund, to-
gether with $11,342,000 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, 2012 through December 31, 2012; 
(4) $20,994,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities of the Employment Service, includ-
ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred-
it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and the provision of technical assistance and 
staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act, includ-
ing not to exceed $1,228,000 that may be used for 
amortization payments to States which had inde-
pendent retirement plans in their State employment 
service agencies prior to 1980; 
(5) $65,517,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
administration of foreign labor certifications and re-
lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-
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ality Act and related laws, of which $50,418,000 
shall be available for the Federal administration of 
such activities, and $15,099,000 shall be available 
for grants to States for the administration of such 
activities; and 
(6) $31,797,000 from the general fund of the 
Treasury is to provide workforce information, na-
tional electronic tools, and one-stop system building 
under 
the 
Wagner-Peyser 
Act 
and 
section 
171(e)(2)(C) of the WIA and shall be available for 
Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2012 
through December 31, 2012: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2012 is 
projected by the Secretary of Labor to exceed 4,832,000, 
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 incre-
ment 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 activi-
ties under title III of the Social Security Act may be used 
by such State to assist other States in carrying out activi-
ties under such title III if the other States include areas 
that have suffered a major disaster declared by the Presi-
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dent under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Labor may use funds appropriated for grants to States 
under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay-
ments on behalf of States for the use of the National Di-
rectory of New Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
which are used to establish a national one-stop career cen-
ter system, or which are used to support the national ac-
tivities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance or 
immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 
grants, or agreements with non-State entities: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this Act for activi-
ties 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 automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation 
principles prescribed under the Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A-87: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Labor, at the request of a State participating 
in a consortium with other States, may reallot funds allot-
ted to such State under title III of the Social Security 
Act to other States participating in the consortium in 
order to carry out activities that benefit the administration 
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of the unemployment compensation law of the State mak-
ing the request. 
In addition, $60,000,000 from the Employment Se-
curity Administration Account of the Unemployment 
Trust Fund shall be available to conduct in-person reem-
ployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
insurance improper payment reviews. 
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 In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad-
vances 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, 2013. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $91,320,000, together with not to exceed 
$50,040,000, which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 
Security Administration, $159,363,000. 
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, 2012, for the Corporation: Provided, That 
none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 
year 2012 shall be available for obligations for administra-
tive expenses in excess of $476,901,000: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the number of new plan partici-
pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 
100,000 in fiscal year 2012, an amount not to exceed an 
additional $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep-
tember 30, 2013, for obligation for administrative ex-
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penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici-
pants: Provided further, That an additional $50,000 shall 
be made available through September 30, 2013 for obliga-
tion 
for 
investment 
management 
fees 
for 
every 
$25,000,000 in assets received by the Corporation as a 
result of new plan terminations or asset growth, 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 
obligations in excess of the amounts provided in this para-
graph may be incurred for unforeseen and extraordinary 
pre-termination expenses or extraordinary multiemployer 
program related expenses after approval by the Office of 
Management and Budget and notification of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
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, $214,805,000. 
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OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man-
agement Standards, $41,367,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE 
PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs, $105,386,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, $115,939,000, together with 
$2,124,000, 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) 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’ Com-
pensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sections 
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4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948; and 50 per-
cent of the additional compensation and benefits required 
by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 
Compensation Act, $350,000,000, 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: Provided, That amounts appro-
priated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104, by the Sec-
retary of Labor 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, 2011 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 
of such fair share entities through September 30, 2012: 
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, 
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$59,488,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as 
follows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems and telecommuni-
cations systems, $17,253,000; 
(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake, and medical bill processing, $26,769,000; 
(3) For periodic roll management and medical 
review, $15,466,000; and 
(4) 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. 
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, $141,227,000, 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, 
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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 2013, $40,000,000, 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, $52,147,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Labor may require that any 
person filing a claim for benefits under the Act provide 
as part of such claim such identifying information (includ-
ing 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 (‘‘Fund’’), to remain available until 
expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by section 
9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Revenue 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 2012 for expenses of operation 
and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
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as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed 
$32,906,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ Com-
pensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to ex-
ceed $25,217,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-
ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $327,000 
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, $565,712,000, including not 
to exceed $104,184,000, which shall be the maximum 
amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 
of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (‘‘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 of 
Labor under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration may retain up to $200,000 per 
fiscal year of training institute course tuition fees, other-
wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 
such sums for occupational safety and health training and 
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education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2012, 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 the Act of April 13, 1934 (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, regula-
tion, 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 further, That no funds appro-
priated under this paragraph shall be obligated or ex-
pended to administer or enforce any standard, rule, regu-
lation, or order under the Act with respect to any employer 
of 10 or fewer employees who is included within a category 
having a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) 
occupational injury and illness rate, at the most precise 
industrial classification code for which such data are pub-
lished, less than the national average rate as such rates 
are most recently published by the Secretary, acting 
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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, 
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: 
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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 no 
funds shall be available for Susan Harwood training 
grants. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, $379,854,000, 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; in addition, not to ex-
ceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine 
Health and Safety 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, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration may retain up to $1,499,000 from fees col-
lected for the approval and certification of equipment, ma-
terials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize 
such sums for such activities; and, in addition, the Sec-
retary of Labor may transfer from amounts provided 
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Requirements—Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) Column 
regulation (Regulatory Identification Number 1218- 
AC45) being developed by the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration of the Department of Labor. 
SEC. 120. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to continue the development of or to pro-
mulgate, administer, enforce, or otherwise implement the 
Injury and Illness Prevention Program regulation (Regu-
latory Identification Number 1218-AC48) being developed 
by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of 
the Department of Labor. 
SEC. 121. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce the cancellation of compliance 
directive STD 03-00-001 (Plain Language Revision of 
OSHA Instruction STD 3-1, Interim Fall Protection Com-
pliance Guidance for Residential Construction) as it re-
lates to residential reroofing and roof-repair activities. 
SEC. 122. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to continue the development of or to pro-
mulgate, administer, enforce, or otherwise implement the 
Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Coal Mine Dust, Including 
Continuous Personal Dust Monitors regulation (Regu-
latory Identification Number 1219-AB64) being developed 
by the Mine Safety and Health Administration of the De-
partment of Labor. 
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