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of Labor shall submit to the Congress a final report con-
taining comprehensive information on the estimated sav-
ings that result from the assessments of claimants and iden-
tification of best practices.
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 So-
cial Security Act, as amended, and to the Black Lung Dis-
ability 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,
and to the ‘‘Federal unemployment benefits and allow-
ances’’ account, to remain available until September 30,
2009, $437,000,000.
In addition, for making repayable advances to the
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal
year after September 15, 2008, for costs incurred by the
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary.
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $91,133,000, together with not to exceed
$94,372,000, which may be expended from the Employment
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Security Administration Account in the Unemployment
Trust Fund.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Secu-
rity Administration, $143,262,000.
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is author-
ized to make such expenditures, including financial assist-
ance authorized by section 104 of Public Law 96–364, with-
in limits of funds and borrowing authority available to
such Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C.
9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program,
including associated administrative expenses, through Sep-
tember 30, 2008, for such Corporation: Provided, That none
of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal year
2008 shall be available for obligations for administrative
expenses in excess of $411,151,000: Provided further, That
obligations in excess of such amount may be incurred after
approval by the Office of Management and Budget and the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate:
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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 2008, an amount not to ex-
ceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be available for obliga-
tion for administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional
terminated participants: Provided further, That an addi-
tional $50,000 shall be made available for obligation for
investment management fees for every $25,000,000 in assets
received by the Corporation as a result of new plan termi-
nations, after approval by the Office of Management and
Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards
Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal,
and local agencies and their employees for inspection serv-
ices rendered, $436,397,000, together with $2,111,000 which
may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with
sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and Har-
bor Workers’ Compensation Act: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Labor is authorized to establish and, in accord-
ance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and deposit in the Treas-
ury fees for processing applications and issuing certificates
under sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair Labor Standards
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Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and
for processing applications and issuing registrations under
title I of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker
Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
Of the unobligated funds collected pursuant to section
286(v) 
of 
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act,
$70,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
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 title 5, chap-
ter 81 of the United States Code; continuation of benefits
as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’
in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947;
the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation
Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act
of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 percent of the addi-
tional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h)
of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act,
as amended, $203,000,000, together with such amounts as
may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year ap-
propriation for the payment of compensation and other ben-
efits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current
year: Provided, That amounts appropriated may be used
under section 8104 of title 5, United States Code, by the
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Secretary of Labor to reimburse an employer, who is not
the employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary
of a reemployed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further,
That balances of reimbursements unobligated on September
30, 2007, shall remain available until expended for the pay-
ment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition there shall be transferred to this ap-
propriation from the Postal Service and from any other cor-
poration or instrumentality required under section 8147(c)
of title 5, United States Code, to pay an amount for its
fair share of the cost of administration, such sums as the
Secretary determines to be the cost of administration for
employees of such fair share entities through September 30,
2008: Provided further, That of those funds transferred to
this account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of
administration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation
Act, $52,280,000 shall be made available to the Secretary
as follows:
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems and telecommuni-
cations systems, $21,855,000.
(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail
intake and medical bill processing, $16,109,000.
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(3) For periodic roll management and medical
review, $14,316,000.
(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
chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, or 33 U.S.C. 901
et seq., provide as part of such notice and claim, such iden-
tifying information (including Social Security 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 (the ‘‘Act’’), $208,221,000, to remain available until
expended.
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year,
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of the 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 2009, $62,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act,
$104,745,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to transfer
to any executive agency with authority under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
Act, including within the Department of Labor, such sums
as may be necessary in fiscal year 2008 to carry out those
authorities: Provided further, That the Secretary may re-
quire that any person filing a claim for benefits under the
Act provide as part of such claim, such identifying informa-
tion (including Social Security account number) as may
be prescribed: Provided further, That not later than 30 days
after enactment, in addition to other sums transferred by
the Secretary of Labor to the National Institute for Occupa-
tional Safety and Health (‘‘NIOSH’’) for the administra-
tion of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Com-
pensation Program (‘‘EEOICP’’), the Secretary of Labor
shall transfer $4,500,000 to NIOSH from the funds appro-
priated to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Com-
pensation Fund (42 U.S.C. 7384e), for use by or in support
of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
(‘‘the Board’’) to carry out its statutory responsibilities
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under the EEOICP (42 U.S.C. 7384n–q), including obtain-
ing audits, technical assistance and other support from the
Board’s audit contractor with regard to radiation dose esti-
mation and reconstruction efforts, site profiles, procedures,
and review of Special Exposure Cohort petitions and eval-
uation reports.
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
In fiscal year 2008 and thereafter, such sums as may
be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund,
to remain available until expended, for payment of all bene-
fits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and inter-
est on advances, as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of that
Act. In addition, the following amounts shall be available
from the Fund for fiscal year 2008 for expenses of operation
and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program,
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed
$32,761,000 for transfer to the Employment Standards Ad-
ministration ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed
$24,785,000 for transfer to Departmental Management,
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $335,000 for trans-
fer to Departmental Management ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into mis-
cellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the
Treasury.
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, $498,445,000, including not to
exceed $91,093,000 which shall be the maximum amount
available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), which grants
shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupa-
tional safety and health programs required to be incurred
under plans approved by the Secretary 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 insti-
tute course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law to be
collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety
and health training and education grants: Provided, That,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary of Labor is
authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30,
2008, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Na-
tionally 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 appropriated under this
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paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue,
administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, 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 employ-
ees: Provided 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 employ-
ees 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 Statis-
tics, in accordance with section 24 of that Act (29 U.S.C.
673), except—
(1) to provide, as authorized by such 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 citation
for violations found during such inspection, and to
assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected
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within a reasonable abatement period and for any
willful violations found;
(3) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to imminent dangers;
(4) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to health hazards;
(5) to take any action authorized by such 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 investigation au-
thorized by such Act; and
(6) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to complaints of discrimination against
employees for exercising rights under such 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 $10,116,000
shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants, of
which $3,200,000 shall be used for the Institutional Com-
petency Building training grants which commenced in Sep-
tember 2000, for program activities for the period of October
1, 2007, to September 30, 2008, provided that a grantee
has demonstrated satisfactory performance: Provided fur-
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ther, That such grants shall be awarded not later than 30
days after the date of enactment of this Act.
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health
Administration, $330,028,000, including purchase and be-
stowal 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, $2,200,000 for an award to the United
Mine Workers Association, for classroom and simulated res-
cue training for mine rescue teams, and $1,350,000 for an
award to the Wheeling Jesuit University, for the National
Technology Transfer Center for a coal slurry impoundment
project; 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, not-
withstanding 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 is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equip-
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ment, and other contributions from public and private
sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other
agencies, Federal, State, or private; 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 reimburse-
ment, 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 may be used, with the approval of the
Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and sur-
vival operations in the event of a major disaster.
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Fed-
eral, and local agencies and their employees for services ren-
dered, 
$482,000,000, 
together 
with 
not 
to 
exceed
$78,000,000, which may be expended from the Employment
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment
Trust Fund, of which $5,000,000 may be used to fund the
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mass layoff statistics program under section 15 of the Wag-
ner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49l–2): Provided, That the Cur-
rent Employment Survey shall maintain the content of the
survey issued prior to June 2005 with respect to the collec-
tion of data for the women worker series.
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Em-
ployment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and
initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of
eliminating barriers to the training and employment of
people with disabilities, $27,712,000.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management,
including the hire of three sedans, and including the man-
agement or operation, through contracts, grants or other ar-
rangements of Departmental activities conducted by or
through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, includ-
ing bilateral and multilateral technical assistance and other
international labor activities, $313,400,000, of which
$82,516,000 is for the Bureau of International Labor Af-
fairs, and of which $22,000,000 is for the acquisition of De-
partmental information technology, architecture, infra-
structure, equipment, software and related needs, which will
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be allocated by the Department’s Chief Information Officer
in accordance with the Department’s capital investment
management process to assure a sound investment strategy;
together with not to exceed $318,000, which may be ex-
pended from the Employment Security Administration Ac-
count in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
OFFICE OF JOB CORPS
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2881 et. seq.), including
Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of
passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration and
repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase
of real property for training centers as authorized by the
Workforce Investment Act; $1,659,872,000, plus reimburse-
ments, as follows:
(1) $1,516,000,000 for Job Corps Operations, of
which $925,000,000 is available for obligation for the
period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 and of
which $591,000,000 is available for obligation for the
period October 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009;
(2) $115,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation
and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, of which
$15,000,000 is available for the period July 1, 2008
through June 30, 2009 and $100,000,000 is available
for the period October 1, 2008 through June 30, 2011;
and
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(3) $28,872,000 for necessary expenses of the Of-
fice of Job Corps is available for obligation for the pe-
riod October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008:
Provided, That the Office of Job Corps shall have con-
tracting authority: Provided further, That no funds from
any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal serv-
ices at or for Job Corps centers: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available in this Act shall be used to
reduce Job Corps total student training slots below 44,791
in program year 2008.
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
Not to exceed $197,143,000 may be derived from the
Employment Security Administration Account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38
U.S.C. 4100–4113, 4211–4215, and 4321–4327, and Public
Law 103–353, and which shall be available for obligation
by the States through December 31, 2008, of which
$1,967,000 is for the National Veterans’ Employment and
Training Services Institute. To carry out the Homeless Vet-
erans Reintegration Programs (38 U.S.C. 2021) and the
Veterans Workforce Investment Programs (29 U.S.C. 2913),
$31,055,000, of which $7,435,000 shall be available for obli-
gation for the period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009:
Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be transferred from
amounts made available in this title for salaries and ex-
penses of the Department of Labor, to carry out Federal
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management activities relating to veterans employment and
training.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $73,929,000, together with
not to exceed $5,729,000, which may be expended from the
Employment Security Administration Account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary of an indi-
vidual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect
cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level I.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appro-
priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of
Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program,
project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ-
ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such
transfer: Provided, That a program, project, or activity
may be increased by up to an additional 2 percent subject
to approval by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That the transfer authority
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granted by this section shall be available only to meet emer-
gency needs and shall not be used to create any new pro-
gram or to fund any project or activity for which no funds
are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Appro-
priations Committees of both Houses of Congress are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order No.
13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended
for the procurement of goods mined, produced, manufac-
tured, or harvested or services rendered, whole or in part,
by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host
countries already identified by the United States Depart-
ment of Labor prior to enactment of this Act.
SEC. 104. There is authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to the Denali Commission
through the Department of Labor to conduct job training
of the local workforce where Denali Commission projects
will be constructed.
SEC. 105. The Secretary shall prepare and submit not
later than July 1, 2008, to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and of the House an operating plan that
outlines the planned allocation by major project and activ-
ity of fiscal year 2008 funds made available for section 171
of the Workforce Investment Act.
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SEC. 106. None of the funds available in this Act or
available to the Secretary of Labor from other sources for
Community College Initiative Grants, Community-Based
Job Training Grants, and grants authorized under section
414(c) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Im-
provement Act of 1998 shall be obligated for a grant award-
ed on a non-competitive basis.
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this
or any other Act shall be available to finalize or implement
any proposed regulation under the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998, Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, or the Trade Ad-
justment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 until such time as
legislation reauthorizing the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 and the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of
2002 is enacted.
SEC. 108. The Secretary of Labor shall take no action
to amend, through regulatory or administration action, the
definition established in 20 CFR 667.220 for functions and
activities under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998, or to modify, through regulatory or administrative
action, the procedure for redesignation of local areas as
specified in subtitle B of title I of that Act (including ap-
plying the standards specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of
that Act, but notwithstanding the time limits specified in
section 116(a)(3)(B) of that Act), until such time as legisla-
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tion reauthorizing the Act is enacted. Nothing in the pre-
ceding sentence shall permit or require the Secretary of
Labor to withdraw approval for such redesignation from
a State that received the approval not later than October
12, 2005, or to revise action taken or modify the redesigna-
tion procedure being used by the Secretary in order to com-
plete such redesignation for a State that initiated the proc-
ess of such redesignation by submitting any request for such
redesignation not later than October 26, 2005.
SEC. 109. None of the funds available in this Act may
be used to carry out a public-private competition or direct
conversion under Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–76 or any successor administrative regulation, di-
rective or policy until 60 days after the Government Ac-
countability Office provides a report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate on the use of competitive sourcing at the Department
of Labor.
SEC. 110. (a) Not later than June 20, 2008, the Sec-
retary of Labor shall revise regulations prescribed pursuant
to section 303(y) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health
Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 863(y)) to require, in any coal mine,
regardless of the date on which it was opened, that belt haul-
age entries not be used to ventilate active working places
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without prior approval from the Assistant Secretary of
Labor.
(b) Not later than June 15, 2008, the Secretary of
Labor shall issue regulations, pursuant to the design cri-
teria recommended by the National Institute of Occupa-
tional Safety and Health and section 13 of the MINER Act
(Public Law 109–236), requiring installation of rescue
chambers in the working areas of underground coal mines.
SEC. 111. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Adminis-
tration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of such
funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either
as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess of Execu-
tive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to vendors
providing goods and services as defined in OMB Circular
A–133. Where States are recipients of such funds, States
may establish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those
receiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such
funds, taking into account factors including the relative
cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for com-
parable State or local government employees, and the size
of the organizations that administer Federal programs in-
volved including Employment and Training Administra-
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SEC. 112. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated under this Act, there is appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an ad-
ditional $10,000,000 for necessary expenses for salaries and
expenses of the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
(b) Amounts made available under this Act for travel
expenses for the Department of Labor, the Department of
Health and Human Services, and the Department of Edu-
cation shall be reduced on a pro rata basis by the percentage
necessary to decrease the overall amount of such spending
by $10,000,000.
SEC. 113. To enable the National Institute for Occupa-
tional Safety and Health to carry out the Fire Fighter Fa-
tality Investigation and Prevention Program, $5,000,000,
which shall include any other amounts made available
under this Act for such Program. Amounts made available
under this Act for travel expenses for the Department of
Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and
the Department of Education shall be reduced on a pro rata
basis by the percentage necessary to decrease the overall
amount of such spending by $2,500,000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor
Appropriations Act, 2008’’.
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TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XII,
XIX, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section
427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act,
title V and sections 1128E, and 711, and 1820 of the Social
Security Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of
1986, as amended, the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act
of 1988, as amended, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of
2000, and section 712 of the American Jobs Creation Act
of 2004, $6,843,673,000, of which $191,235,000 shall be
available for construction and renovation (including equip-
ment) of health care and other facilities and other health-
related activities as specified in the committee report of the
Senate accompanying this Act, and of which $38,538,000
from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of
the Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out
the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program
under section 1820 of such Act, and of which $250,000 shall
be for the Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD) Clin-
ic in Libby, Montana: Provided, That of the funds made
available under this heading, $220,000 shall be available
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until expended for facilities renovations at the Gillis W.
Long Hansen’s Disease Center: Provided further, That
$40,000,000 of the funding provided for community health
centers shall be for base grant adjustments for existing
health centers: Provided further, That in addition to fees
authorized by section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Im-
provement Act of 1986, fees shall be collected for the full
disclosure of information under the Act sufficient to recover
the full costs of operating the National Practitioner Data
Bank, and shall remain available until expended to carry
out that Act: Provided further, That fees collected for the
full disclosure of information under the ‘‘Health Care
Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program’’, authorized by
section 1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security Act, shall be suf-
ficient to recover the full costs of operating the program,
and shall remain available until expended to carry out that
Act: Provided further, That no more than $40,000 is avail-
able until expended for carrying out the provisions of 42
U.S.C. 233(o) including associated administrative expenses
and relevant evaluations: Provided further, That no more
than $44,055,000 is available until expended for carrying
out the provisions of Public Law 104–73 and for expenses
incurred by the Department of Health and Human Services
pertaining to administrative claims made under such law:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under
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this heading, $300,000,000 shall be for the program under
title X of the Public Health Service Act to provide for vol-
untary family planning projects: Provided further, That
amounts provided to said projects under such title shall not
be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling
shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be
expended for any activity (including the publication or dis-
tribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote
public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or
candidate for public office: Provided further, That
$814,546,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Pro-
grams authorized by section 2616 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act: Provided further, That in addition to amounts pro-
vided herein, $25,000,000 shall be available from amounts
available under section 241 of the Public Health Service
Act to carry out Parts A, B, C, and D of title XXVI of
the Public Health Service Act to fund section 2691 Special
Projects of National Significance: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the So-
cial Security Act, not to exceed $95,936,920 is available for
carrying out special projects of regional and national sig-
nificance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act and
$10,586,238 is available for projects described in para-
graphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act:
Provided further, That of the funds provided, $39,283,000
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shall be provided to the Denali Commission as a direct
lump payment pursuant to Public Law 106–113: Provided
further, That of the funds available under this heading,
$1,829,511,000 shall remain available to the Secretary until
September 30, 2010, for parts A and B of title XXVI of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–11 et seq.;
relating to Ryan White Emergency Relief Grants and
CARE Grants): Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided, $25,000,000 shall be provided for the Delta Health
Initiative as authorized in section 222 of this Act and asso-
ciated administrative expenses: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 747(e)(2) of the PHS Act, and not less
than $5,000,000 shall be for general dentistry programs and
not less than $5,000,000 shall be for pediatric dentistry pro-
grams and not less than $24,614,000 shall be for family
medicine programs: Provided further, That of the funds
available under this heading, $12,000,000 shall be provided
for the National Cord Blood Inventory pursuant to the
Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 (Public
Law 109–129): Provided further, That where prior year
funds were disbursed under this appropriation account as
Health Care and Other Facilities grants (and were used
for the purchase, construction, or major alteration of prop-
erty; or the purchase of equipment), the Federal interest in
such property or equipment shall last for a period of 5 years
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following the completion of the project and terminate at
that time: Provided further, That if the property use
changes (or the property is transferred or sold) and the Gov-
ernment is compensated for its proportionate interest in the
property, the Federal interest in such property shall be ter-
minated: Provided further, That for projects where 5 years
has already elapsed since completion, the Federal interest
shall be terminated immediately.
HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pur-
pose of the program, as authorized by title VII of the Public
Health Service Act, as amended. For administrative ex-
penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, including
section 709 of the Public Health Service Act, $2,906,000.
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for
claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with
respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988,
pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public Health
Service Act, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed
$3,528,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING
To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX,
XXI, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, sections
101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and the Mine Im-
provement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006, sec-
tions 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act
of 1980, and for expenses necessary to support activities re-
lated to countering potential biological, disease, nuclear, ra-
diological, and chemical threats to civilian populations; in-
cluding purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles
in foreign countries; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and
operation 
of 
aircraft, 
$6,157,169,000, 
of 
which
$220,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
equipment, construction and renovation of facilities; of
which $581,335,000 shall remain available until expended
for the Strategic National Stockpile; and of which
$122,769,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain
available until September 30, 2009. In addition, such sums
as may be derived from authorized user fees, which shall
be credited to this account: Provided, That in addition to
amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be
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available from amounts available under section 241 of the
Public Health Service Act: (1) $12,794,000 to carry out the
National Immunization Surveys; (2) $108,585,000 to carry
out the National Center for Health Statistics surveys; (3)
$24,751,000 to carry out information systems standards de-
velopment and architecture and applications-based research
used at local public health levels; (4) $463,000 for Health
Marketing evaluations; (5) $31,000,000 to carry out Public
Health Research; and (6) $92,071,000 to carry out research
activities within the National Occupational Research Agen-
da: Provided further, That none of the funds made available
for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention may be used, in whole or in part,
to advocate or promote gun control: Provided further, That
up to $31,800,000 shall be made available until expended
for Individual Learning Accounts for full-time equivalent
employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion: Provided further, That the Director may redirect the
total amount made available under authority of Public Law
101–502, section 3, dated November 3, 1990, to activities
the Director may so designate: Provided further, That the
Congress is to be notified promptly of any such transfer:
Provided further, That not to exceed $19,035,000 may be
available for making grants under section 1509 of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act to not less than 15 States, tribes,
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or tribal organizations: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, a single contract or
related contracts for development and construction of facili-
ties may be employed which collectively include the full
scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation
and contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’
found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated, $10,000 is for official reception and
representation expenses when specifically approved by the
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Provided further, That employees of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention or the Public Health Service, both
civilian and Commissioned Officers, detailed to States, mu-
nicipalities, or other organizations under authority of sec-
tion 214 of the Public Health Service Act, or in overseas
assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal employees for
reporting purposes only and shall not be included within
any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or
the Department of Health and Human Services during the
period of detail or assignment: Provided further, That if
States are eligible, up to $30,000,000 shall be used to imple-
ment section 2625 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300ff–33; relating to the Ryan White early diagnosis
grant program): Provided further, That $16,890,000 shall
be available for the projects and in the amounts specified
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in the committee report of the Senate accompanying this
Act.
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to cancer, $4,910,160,000,
of which up to $8,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs
and improvements at the NCI-Frederick Federally Funded
Research and Development Center in Frederick, Maryland.
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung,
and blood diseases, and blood and blood products,
$2,992,197,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL
RESEARCH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to dental disease,
$398,602,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND
KIDNEY DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and digestive
and kidney disease, $1,747,784,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND
STROKE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to neurological disorders
and stroke, $1,573,268,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious
diseases, $4,668,472,000: Provided, That $300,000,000 may
be made available to International Assistance Programs
‘‘Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuber-
culosis’’, to remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That such sums obligated in fiscal years 2003 through
2007 for extramural facilities construction projects are to
remain available until expended for disbursement, with
prior notification of such projects to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to general medical sciences,
$1,978,601,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to child health and human
development, $1,282,231,000.
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and visual
disorders, $681,962,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SCIENCES
For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV
of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environ-
mental health sciences, $656,176,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to aging, $1,073,048,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to arthritis and musculo-
skeletal and skin diseases, $519,810,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other com-
munication disorders, $402,680,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to nursing research,
$140,456,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND
ALCOHOLISM
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alco-
holism, $445,702,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health 
Service 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
drug 
abuse,
$1,022,594,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to mental health,
$1,436,001,000.
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to human genome research,
$497,031,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND
BIOENGINEERING
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to biomedical imaging and
bioengineering research, $304,319,000.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to research resources and
general research support grants, $1,177,997,000: Provided,
That none of these funds shall be used to pay recipients
of the general research support grants program any amount
for indirect expenses in connection with such grants.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to complementary and al-
ternative medicine, $124,213,000.
NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH
DISPARITIES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to minority health and
health disparities research, $203,895,000.
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
For carrying out the activities at the John E. Fogarty
International Center, $68,000,000.
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NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to health information com-
munications, $327,817,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be
available until expended for improvement of information
systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2008, the Library
may enter into personal services contracts for the provision
of services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed
under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health:
Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided
herein, $8,200,000 shall be available from amounts avail-
able under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to
carry out National Information Center on Health Services
Research and Health Care Technology and related health
services.
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of
the Director, National Institutes of Health, $1,145,790,000,
of which up to $25,000,000 shall be used to carry out section
217 of this Act: Provided, That funding shall be available
for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only: Provided further, That the National
Institutes of Health is authorized to collect third party pay-
ments for the cost of clinical services that are incurred in
National Institutes of Health research facilities and that
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such payments shall be credited to the National Institutes
of Health Management Fund: Provided further, That all
funds credited to the National Institutes of Health Manage-
ment Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after
the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $500,000 shall be available to carry out
section 499 of the Public Health Service Act: Provided fur-
ther, That $110,900,000 shall be available to carry out the
National 
Children’s 
Study: 
Provided 
further, 
That
$531,300,000 shall be available for the Common Fund es-
tablished under section 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health
Service Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided
$10,000 shall be for official reception and representation
expenses when specifically approved by the Director of NIH:
Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research within
the Office of the Director, NIH may spend up to $4,000,000
to make grants for construction or renovation of facilities
as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the Public
Health Service Act.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and
acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by the Na-
tional Institutes of Health, including the acquisition of real
property, $121,081,000, to remain available until expended.
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public Health
Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’) with respect to substance abuse
and mental health services, the Protection and Advocacy for
Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and section 301 of the
PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
program 
management,
$3,278,135,000, of which $10,335,000 shall be available for
projects and in the amounts specified in the committee re-
port accompanying this Act: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds ap-
propriated for carrying out section 520A are available for
carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further,
That of the funds provided to the Child Trauma Stress Net-
work Initiative, priority shall be given to those centers, that
previously received grants, that provide mental health serv-
ices to children affected by Hurricane Katrina and/or Rita:
Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided
herein, the following amounts shall be available under sec-
tion 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out sub-
part II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section
1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection
and evaluation activities, and further that the total avail-
able under this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not
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exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart
II of part B of title XIX; (2) $21,413,000 to carry out sub-
part I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section
1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection
and evaluation activities, and further that the total avail-
able under this Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not
exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart
I of part B of title XIX; (3) $21,750,000 to carry out na-
tional surveys on drug abuse; and (4) $4,300,000 to evalu-
ate substance abuse treatment programs: Provided further,
That section 520E(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act
shall not apply to funds appropriated under this Act for
fiscal year 2008.
AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY
For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health
Service Act, and part A of title XI of the Social Security
Act, $329,564,000; and in addition, amounts received from
Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and inter-
agency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited
to this appropriation and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That no amount shall be made available
pursuant to section 927(c) of the Public Health Service Act
for fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall
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be for activities to reduce infections from methicillin-resist-
ant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and related infections.
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $141,628,056,000,
to remain available until expended.
For making, after May 31, 2008, payments to States
under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quar-
ter of fiscal year 2008 for unanticipated costs, incurred for
the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
For making payments to States or in the case of sec-
tion 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social
Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009,
$67,292,669,000, to remain available until expended.
Payment under title XIX may be made for any quarter
with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect
during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quar-
ter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter.
PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and
the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Funds, as provided under section 1844 and 1860D–16 of
the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the
Social Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d) of
Public Law 97–248, and for administrative expenses in-
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curred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security
Act, $188,828,000,000.
In addition, for making matching payments under sec-
tion 1844, and benefit payments under section 1860D–16
of the Social Security Act, not anticipated in budget esti-
mates, such sums as may be necessary.
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles
XIII and XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, not
to exceed $3,248,088,000, to be transferred from the Federal
Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Med-
ical Insurance Trust Funds, as authorized by section 201(g)
of the Social Security Act; together with all funds collected
in accordance with section 353 of the Public Health Service
Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds
retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 302 of the
Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; and such sums
as may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale
of data, which shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That all funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C.
9701 from organizations established under title XIII of the
Public Health Service Act shall be credited to and available
for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That $49,869,000, to remain available until
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September 30, 2009, is for contract costs for the Healthcare
Integrated General Ledger Accounting System: Provided
further, That $253,775,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009, is for CMS Medicare contracting reform
activities: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading are available for the Healthy Start, Grow
Smart program under which the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services may, directly or through grants, con-
tracts, or cooperative agreements, produce and distribute
informational materials including, but not limited to, pam-
phlets and brochures on infant and toddler health care to
expectant parents enrolled in the Medicaid program and
to parents and guardians enrolled in such program with
infants and children: Provided further, That the Secretary
of Health and Human Services is directed to collect fees
in fiscal year 2008 from Medicare Advantage organizations
pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act
and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts
under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section
1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided further, That in addi-
tion, the Secretary may charge a fee for conducting revisit
surveys on health care facilities cited for deficiencies during
initial certification, recertification, or substantiated com-
plaints surveys: Provided further, That such fees, in an
amount not to exceed $35,000,000, shall be credited to this
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account as offsetting collections, to remain available until
expended for the purpose of conducting such revisit surveys:
Provided further, That amounts transferred to this account
from the Federal Health Insurance and Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Funds for fiscal year
2008 shall be reduced by the amount credited to this account
under this paragraph: Provided further, That $1,625,000
shall be available for the projects and in the amounts speci-
fied in the committee report of the Senate accompanying
this Act.
HEALTH CARE FRAUD ABUSE AND CONTROL ACCOUNT
In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro-
gram integrity and program management, $383,000,000, to
be available until expended, to be transferred from the Fed-
eral Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary
Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as authorized by section
201(g) of the Social Security Act, of which $288,480,000
is for the Medicare Integrity Program at the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services to conduct oversight of ac-
tivities authorized in title 18 of the Social Security Act,
with oversight activities including those activities listed in
18 U.S.C. 1893(b); of which $36,690,000 is for the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector
General; of which $21,140,000 is for the Department of
Health and Human Services for program integrity activi-
ties in title 18, title 19 and title 21 of the Social Security
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Act; and of which $36,690,000 is for the Department of Jus-
tice: Provided, That the report required by 18 U.S.C.
1817(k)(5) for fiscal year 2008 shall include measures of
the operational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste and
abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs for the funds
provided by this appropriation.
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the
Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C.
ch. 9), $2,949,713,000, to remain available until expended;
and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year
2009, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.
For making payments to each State for carrying out
the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children
under title IV–A of the Social Security Act before the effec-
tive date of the program of Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) with respect to such State, such sums as
may be necessary: Provided, That the sum of the amounts
available to a State with respect to expenditures under such
title IV–A in fiscal year 1997 under this appropriation and
under such title IV–A as amended by the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
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shall not exceed the limitations under section 116(b) of such
Act.
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year,
payments to States or other non-Federal entities under ti-
tles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security
Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), for the
last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated
costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may
be necessary.
LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
For making payments under section 2604(a)–(d) of the
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42
U.S.C. 8623(a)–(d)), $1,980,000,000.
For making payments under section 2604(e) of the
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42
U.S.C. 8623(e)), $181,170,000, notwithstanding the des-
ignation requirement of section 2602(e) of such Act.
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assist-
ance activities and for costs associated with the care and
placement of unaccompanied alien children authorized by
title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act and section
501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, for
carrying out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of
2002, and for carrying out the Torture Victims Relief Act
of 1998, $654,166,000, of which up to $9,823,000 shall be
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available to carry out the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000: Provided, That funds appropriated under this
heading pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act and section 462 of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 for fiscal year 2008 shall be available for the
costs of assistance provided and other activities to remain
available through September 30, 2010.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
For carrying out the Child Care and Development
Block Grant Act of 1990, $2,062,081,000 shall be used to
supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds for
child care assistance for low-income families: Provided,
That $18,777,370 shall be available for child care resource
and referral and school-aged child care activities, of which
$982,080 shall be available to the Secretary for discre-
tionary activities to support comprehensive consumer edu-
cation or parental choice: Provided further, That, in addi-
tion to the amounts required to be reserved by the States
under section 658G, $267,785,718 shall be reserved by the
States for activities authorized under section 658G, of which
$98,208,000 shall be for activities that improve the quality
of infant and toddler care: Provided further, That
$9,821,000 shall be for use by the Secretary for child care
research, demonstration, and evaluation activities.
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SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002
of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000.
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Dis-
abilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start
Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sec-
tions 310 and 316 of the Family Violence Prevention and
Services Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974,
title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and
Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), sec-
tions 330F and 330G of the Public Health Service Act, the
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, sections 261 and
291 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, part B(1) of
title IV and sections 413, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Secu-
rity Act; for making payments under the Community Serv-
ices Block Grant Act, sections 439(i), 473B, and 477(i) of
the Social Security Act, and the Assets for Independence
Act, and for necessary administrative expenses to carry out
such Acts and titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX
of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960 (24
U.S.C. ch. 9), the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act
of 1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act,
section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980,
and section 505 of the Family Support Act of 1988,
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$9,213,332,000, of which $9,500,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2009, shall be for grants to States for
adoption incentive payments, as authorized by section 473A
of the Social Security Act and may be made for adoptions
completed before September 30, 2008: Provided, That
$7,088,571,000 shall be for making payments under the
Head Start Act, of which $1,388,800,000 shall become
available October 1, 2008, and remain available through
September 30, 2009: Provided further, That $735,281,000
shall be for making payments under the Community Serv-
ices Block Grant Act: Provided further, That not less than
$8,000,000 shall be for section 680(3)(B) of the Community
Services Block Grant Act: Provided further, That in addi-
tion to amounts provided herein, $6,000,000 shall be avail-
able from amounts available under section 241 of the Public
Health Service Act to carry out the provisions of section
1110 of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That to
the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are dis-
tributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as
provided under the Act, and have not been expended by such
entity, they shall remain with such entity for carryover into
the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity consistent
with program purposes: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall establish procedures regarding the disposition
of intangible property which permits grant funds, or intan-
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gible assets acquired with funds authorized under section
680 of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as amend-
ed, to become the sole property of such grantees after a pe-
riod of not more than 12 years after the end of the grant
for purposes and uses consistent with the original grant:
Provided further, That funds appropriated for section
680(a)(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as
amended, shall be available for financing construction and
rehabilitation and loans or investments in private business
enterprises owned by community development corporations:
Provided further, That $53,625,000 is for a compassion
capital fund to provide grants to charitable organizations
to emulate model social service programs and to encourage
research on the best practices of social service organizations:
Provided further, That $16,720,000 shall be for activities
authorized by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, of which
$11,390,000 shall be for payments to States to promote ac-
cess for voters with disabilities, and of which $5,330,000
shall be for payments to States for protection and advocacy
systems for voters with disabilities: Provided further, That
$80,416,000 shall be for making competitive grants to pro-
vide abstinence education to adolescents, and for Federal
costs of administering the grant: Provided further, That in-
formation provided through grants under the immediately
preceding proviso shall be scientifically accurate and shall
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comply with section 317P(c)(2) of the Public Health Service
Act: Provided further, That in addition to amounts pro-
vided herein for abstinence education for adolescents,
$4,500,000 shall be available from amounts available under
section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out
evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of adoles-
cent pregnancy prevention approaches: Provided further,
That up to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public
Assistance Reporting Information System, including grants
to States to support data collection for a study of the sys-
tem’s effectiveness: Provided further, That $7,425,000 shall
be available for the projects and in the amounts specified
in the committee report of the Senate accompanying this
Act.
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES
For carrying out section 436 of the Social Security
Act, $345,000,000 and section 437, $89,100,000.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION
ASSISTANCE
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act,
$5,067,000,000.
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities under title IV–E of the Act, for the first quarter
of fiscal year 2009, $1,776,000,000.
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For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year,
payments to States or other non-Federal entities under sec-
tion 474 of title IV–E, for the last 3 months of the current
fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current
fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and section
398 of the Public Health Service Act, $1,441,585,000, of
which $5,500,000 shall be available for activities regarding
medication management, screening, and education to pre-
vent incorrect medication and adverse drug reactions: Pro-
vided, That $2,935,000 shall be available for the projects
and in the amounts specified in the committee report of
the Senate accompanying this Act.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for
general departmental management, including hire of six se-
dans, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XX, and XXI
of the Public Health Service Act, the United States-Mexico
Border Health Commission Act, and research studies under
section 1110 of the Social Security Act, $399,386,000, to-
gether with $5,851,000 to be transferred and expended as
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authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act
from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supple-
mental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, and $46,756,000
from the amounts available under section 241 of the Public
Health Service Act to carry out national health or human
services research and evaluation activities: Provided, That
of the funds made available under this heading for carrying
out title XX of the Public Health Service Act, $13,120,000
shall be for activities specified under section 2003(b)(2), all
of which shall be for prevention service demonstration
grants under section 510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Secu-
rity Act, as amended, without application of the limitation
of section 2010(c) of said title XX: Provided further, That
of this amount, $51,891,000 shall be for minority AIDS
prevention and treatment activities; and $5,941,000 shall
be to assist Afghanistan in the development of maternal and
child health clinics, consistent with section 103(a)(4)(H) of
the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002; up to
$4,000,000 shall be for the Secretary’s discretionary fund
and may be used to carry out activities authorized under
the Department’s statutory authorities; and $9,500,000
shall be for a Health Diplomacy Initiative and may be used
to carry out health diplomacy activities such as health
training, services, education, and program evaluation, pro-
vided directly, through grants, or through contracts: Pro-
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vided further, That specific information requests from the
chairmen and ranking members of the Subcommittees on
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and
Related Agencies, on scientific research or any other matter,
shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations
in a prompt professional manner and within the time
frame specified in the request: Provided further, That sci-
entific information requested by the Committees on Appro-
priations and prepared by government researchers and sci-
entists shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations, uncensored and without delay: Provided further,
That funds provided in this Act for embryo adoption activi-
ties may be used to provide, to individuals adopting em-
bryos, through grants and other mechanisms, medical and
administrative services deemed necessary for such adop-
tions: Provided further, That such services shall be provided
consistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That
$2,100,000 shall be available for the projects and in the
amounts specified in the committee report of the Senate ac-
companying this Act: Provided further, That $500,000 shall
be available to complete a feasibility study for a National
Registry of Substantiated Cases of Child Abuse or Neglect,
as described in section 633(g) of the Adam Walsh Child Pro-
tection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248), and
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit