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(2) $75,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation 
and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2016 through June 
30, 2019, and which may include the acquisition, 
maintenance, and repair of major items of equip-
ment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up 
to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational 
needs of such centers or to achieve administrative effi-
ciencies: Provided further, That any funds transferred 
pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not be avail-
able for obligation after June 30, 2017: Provided fur-
ther, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and 
(3) $32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job 
Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 
period October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 
shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 
centers. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $434,371,000, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2016 through June
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30, 2017, and may be recaptured and reobligated in accord-
ance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2016 of trade adjust-
ment benefit payments and allowances under part I of sub-
chapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 
and section 246 of that Act; and for training, employment 
and case management services, allowances for job search 
and relocation, and related State administrative expenses 
under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of 
the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit payments, al-
lowances, training, employment and case management serv-
ices, and related State administration provided pursuant 
to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Exten-
sion Act of 2011 and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences 
Extension Act of 2015, $861,000,000 together with such 
amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse-
quent appropriation for payments for any period subse-
quent to September 15, 2016: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 502 of this division, any part of the appro-
priation provided under this heading may remain available 
for obligation beyond the current fiscal year pursuant to 
the authorities of section 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2317(c)).
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STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For authorized administrative expenses, $89,066,000, 
together with not to exceed $3,480,812,000 which may be 
expended from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust 
Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $2,725,550,000 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 not less than 
$95,000,000 to conduct in-person reemployment and 
eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance 
improper payment reviews, and to provide reemploy-
ment services and referrals to training as appro-
priate, for claimants of unemployment insurance for 
ex-service members under 5 U.S.C. 8521 et. seq. and 
for the claimants of regular unemployment compensa-
tion who are profiled as most likely to exhaust their 
benefits in each State, and $3,000,000 for continued 
support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity 
Center of Excellence), the administration of unem-
ployment insurance for Federal employees and for ex- 
service members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501– 
8523, and the administration of trade readjustment
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tember 30, 2016 shall be available for Federal obliga-
tion through December 31, 2016; 
(2) $14,547,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system; 
(3) $658,587,000 from the Trust Fund, together 
with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treas-
ury, 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, 2016 through 
June 30, 2017; 
(4) $19,818,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities of the Employment Service, including 
administration of the work opportunity tax credit 
under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and the provision of technical assistance and 
staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(5) $62,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
administration of foreign labor certifications and re-
lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act and related laws, of which $48,028,000 shall 
be available for the Federal administration of such 
activities, and $14,282,000 shall be available for
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grants to States for the administration of such activi-
ties; and 
(6) $67,653,000 from the General Fund is to 
provide workforce information, national electronic 
tools, and one-stop system building under the Wagner- 
Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal obliga-
tion for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 
2017: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2016 is pro-
jected by the Department of Labor to exceed 2,680,000, an 
additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be avail-
able for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU 
level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less 
than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security 
Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under 
title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such 
State to assist other States in carrying out activities under 
such title III if the other States include areas that have 
suffered a major disaster declared by the President under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may use 
funds appropriated for grants to States under title III of 
the Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of
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States for the use of the National Directory of New Hires 
under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to 
States under title III of the Social Security Act to make 
payments on behalf of States to the entity operating the 
State Information Data Exchange System: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used 
to establish a national one-stop career center system, or 
which are used to support the national activities of the Fed-
eral-State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 
immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 
grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 
Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 
for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu-
rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi-
ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 
may award subgrants to other States under such grants, 
subject to the conditions applicable to the grants: 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-
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retary, at the request of a State participating in a consor-
tium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to such 
State under title III of the Social Security Act to other 
States participating in the consortium in order to carry 
out activities that benefit the administration of the unem-
ployment compensation law of the State making the request: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may collect fees for 
the costs associated with additional data collection, anal-
yses, and reporting services relating to the National Agri-
cultural Workers Survey requested by State and local gov-
ernments, public and private institutions of higher edu-
cation, and nonprofit organizations and may utilize such 
sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, 
for the National Agricultural Workers Survey infrastruc-
ture, methodology, and data to meet the information collec-
tion and reporting needs of such entities, which shall be 
credited to this appropriation and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017, for such purposes. 
In addition, $20,000,000 from the Employment Secu-
rity Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust 
Fund shall be available for in-person reemployment and eli-
gibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper 
payment reviews and to provide reemployment services and 
referrals to training as appropriate, which shall be avail-
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able for Federal obligations through December 31, 2016, and 
for State obligation through September 30, 2018. 
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, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust 
Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to 
the revolving fund established by section 901(e) of the Social 
Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund as author-
ized 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, 2017. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $104,577,000, together with not to exceed 
$49,982,000 which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Secu-
rity Administration, $181,000,000.
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-
poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, includ-
ing 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, including associ-
ated administrative expenses, through September 30, 2016, 
for the Corporation: Provided, That none of the funds avail-
able to the Corporation for fiscal year 2016 shall be avail-
able for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of 
$431,799,000: Provided further, That to the extent that the 
number of new plan participants in plans terminated by 
the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2016, an 
amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be 
available through September 30, 2017, for obligation for ad-
ministrative expenses for every 20,000 additional termi-
nated participants: Provided further, That obligations in 
excess of the amounts provided in this paragraph may be 
incurred for unforeseen and extraordinary pretermination 
expenses or extraordinary multiemployer program related
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expenses 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. 
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, $227,500,000. 
OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Manage-
ment Standards, $40,593,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs, $105,476,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ Com-
pensation 
Programs, 
$113,324,000, 
together 
with 
$2,177,000 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.
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member of an al-Qa’ida affiliated group, associ-
ated group, or adherent. 
(F) A definition of defeat of the Islamic 
State or core al-Qa’ida. 
(G) An assessment of the extent or coordina-
tion, command, and control between the Islamic 
State or core al-Qa’ida and their affiliated 
groups, associated groups, and adherents, specifi-
cally addressing each such entity. 
(H) An assessment of the effectiveness of 
counterterrorism operations against the Islamic 
State or core al-Qa’ida, their affiliated groups, 
associated groups, and adherents, and whether 
such operations have had a sustained impact on 
the capabilities and effectiveness of the Islamic 
State or core al-Qa’ida, their affiliated groups, 
associated groups, and adherents. 
(4) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
(b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The congressional intelligence committees.
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(V) shall submit to the commit-
tees described in subclause (III), a re-
port that includes an assessment of the 
threat to the national security of the 
United States of the designation of 
each country designated as a program 
country, including the compliance of 
the government of each such country 
with the requirements under subpara-
graphs (D) and (F) of paragraph (2), 
as well as each such government’s ca-
pacity to comply with such require-
ments.’’. 
(b) DATE OF SUBMISSION OF FIRST REPORT.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit the first re-
port described in subclause (V) of section 217(c)(5)(A)(i) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
(c)(5)(A)(i)), as added by subsection (a), not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 206. HIGH RISK PROGRAM COUNTRIES. 
Section 217(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1187(c)), as amended by this Act, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following:
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(A) by striking paragraph (5), and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) SPECIAL
RULES
FOR
CERTAIN
PLANTS 
BEARING FRUITS AND NUTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any spec-
ified plant which is planted before January 1, 
2020, or is grafted before such date to a plant 
that has already been planted, by the taxpayer 
in the ordinary course of the taxpayer’s farming 
business (as defined in section 263A(e)(4)) dur-
ing a taxable year for which the taxpayer has 
elected the application of this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) a depreciation deduction equal to 
50 percent of the adjusted basis of such 
specified plant shall be allowed under sec-
tion 167(a) for the taxable year in which 
such specified plant is so planted or grafted, 
and 
‘‘(ii) the adjusted basis of such speci-
fied plant shall be reduced by the amount of 
such deduction. 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIED PLANT.—For purposes of 
this paragraph, the term ‘specified plant’ 
means—