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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, $188,130,000, 
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 2010, $56,000,000, 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, $49,654,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, 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 (including Social Security account number) as may 
be prescribed. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, such sums as may be nec-
essary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (‘‘Fund’’), to 
remain available until expended, for payment of all benefits author-
ized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1954; and interest on advances, as authorized by section 
9501(c)(2) of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may 
be expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2009 for expenses of 
operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed $32,308,000 for 
transfer to the Employment Standards Administration ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’; not to exceed $24,694,000 for transfer to Depart-
mental Management, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed 
$325,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of 
Inspector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments 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, $513,042,000, including not to exceed $92,593,000 
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, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may 
retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year of training institute course 
tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, and may 
utilize such sums for occupational safety and health training and
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education grants: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2009, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Nation-
ally Recognized Testing Laboratories, 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 appro-
priated 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: Pro-
vided further, 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 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 published, less than 
the national average rate as such rates are most recently published 
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, consultation, tech-
nical assistance, educational and training services, and to con-
duct surveys and studies; 
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response 
to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations 
found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for viola-
tions which are not corrected 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 results in hospitalization of two 
or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such 
investigation 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 employs 10 or fewer 
employees: Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall be available 
for Susan Harwood training grants, of which $3,144,000 shall be 
used for the Institutional Competency Building training grants 
awarded in February 2008, provided that a grantee has dem-
onstrated satisfactory performance: Provided further, That such 
grants shall be awarded not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act.
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MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $347,003,000, including purchase and bestowal of 
certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first- 
aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including up 
to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities, and $1,808,000 
to continue the project with the United Mine Workers of America, 
for classroom and simulated rescue training for mine rescue teams; 
in addition, not to exceed $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 $1,000,000 from fees collected for the approval and certifi-
cation of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, 
and may utilize such sums for such activities; the Secretary of 
Labor is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and 
other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute 
projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or pri-
vate; 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; the Secretary is authorized to recognize 
the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a principal safety 
association and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may 
provide funds and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, 
including service of Mine Safety and Health Administration officials 
as officers in local chapters or in the national organization; and 
any funds available to the Department of Labor may 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 Statistics, 
including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for services rendered, $518,918,000, 
together with not to exceed $78,264,000, which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration Account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund, of which $1,500,000 may be used to 
fund the mass layoff statistics program under section 15 of the 
Wagner-Peyser Act: Provided, That the Current Employment 
Survey shall maintain the content of the survey issued prior to 
June 2005 with respect to the collection of data for the women 
worker series. 
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
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