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expenses: Provided further, That in addition there shall be trans-
ferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from any 
other corporation or instrumentality required under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) 
to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of administration, 
such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost of administra-
tion for employees of such fair share entities through September 
30, 2016: 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, $62,170,000 shall 
be made available to the Secretary as follows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of automated data 
processing systems operations and telecommunications systems, 
$21,140,000; 
(2) 
For 
automated 
workload 
processing 
operations, 
including document imaging, centralized mail intake, and med-
ical bill processing, $22,968,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and medical 
review, $16,668,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $1,394,000; and 
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury 
as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any person 
filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 5 U.S.C. 
81, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, pro-
vide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying 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, $69,302,000, 
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 2017, $19,000,000, 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, $58,552,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 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) 
Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability 
Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available until expended, for 
payment of all benefits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), 
and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and repayment 
of, and payment of interest on advances, as authorized by section
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9501(d)(4) of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may 
be expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2016 for expenses of 
operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed $35,244,000 for 
transfer to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’; not to exceed $30,279,000 for transfer to Depart-
mental Management, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed 
$327,000 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, $552,787,000, including not to exceed $100,850,000 
which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States 
under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
(the ‘‘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 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 $499,000 per fiscal year of training institute course tuition 
and fees, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, and may 
utilize such sums for occupational safety and health training and 
education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Sec-
retary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2016, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally 
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
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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 $10,537,000 shall be available 
for Susan Harwood training grants. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $375,887,000, 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 not less 
than $8,441,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, 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: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administra-
tion is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 from fees 
collected for the approval and certification of equipment, materials, 
and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for 
such activities: Provided further, That the Secretary 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 private: Provided further, 
That 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: Provided further, That 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: Provided further, That 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.
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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, $544,000,000, 
together with not to exceed $65,000,000 which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund. 
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 
the 
training 
and 
employment 
of 
people 
with 
disabilities, 
$38,203,000. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $334,065,000, 
together with not to exceed $308,000, which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That $59,825,000 for the 
Bureau of International Labor Affairs shall be available for obliga-
tion through December 31, 2016: Provided further, That funds avail-
able to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used 
to administer or operate international labor activities, bilateral 
and multilateral technical assistance, and microfinance programs, 
by or through contracts, grants, subgrants and other arrangements: 
Provided further, That not more than $53,825,000 shall be for 
programs to combat exploitative child labor internationally and 
not less than $6,000,000 shall be used to implement model programs 
that address worker rights issues through technical assistance in 
countries with which the United States has free trade agreements 
or trade preference programs: Provided further, That $8,040,000 
shall be used for program evaluation and shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2017: Provided further, That 
funds available for program evaluation may be used to administer 
grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided further, That grants 
made for the purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair 
and open competition: Provided further, That funds available for 
program evaluation may be transferred to any other appropriate 
account in the Department for such purpose: Provided further, 
That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer: Provided further, That the funds available to the 
Women’s Bureau may be used for grants to serve and promote 
the interests of women in the workforce.