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Union Calendar No. 85 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3010 
[Report No. 109–143] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2005 
Mr. REGULA, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen-
cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
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Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998, including the purchase and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of 
buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real 
property for training centers as authorized by such Act; 
$2,658,792,000 
plus 
reimbursements, 
of 
which 
$1,708,792,000 is available for obligation for the period 
July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007; except that 
amounts determined by the Secretary of Labor to be nec-
essary pursuant to sections 173(a)(4)(A) and 174(c) of 
such Act shall be available from October 1, 2005, until 
expended; and of which $950,000,000 is available for obli-
gation for the period April 1, 2006, through June 30, 
2007, to carry out chapter 4 of such Act: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
provided herein under section 137(c) of such Act of 1998, 
$212,000,000 shall be for activities described in section 
132(a)(2)(A) of such Act and $1,193,264,000 shall be for 
activities described in section 132(a)(2)(B) of such Act:
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Provided further, That $125,000,000 shall be available for 
Community-Based Job Training Grants: Provided further, 
That $7,936,000 shall be for carrying out section 172 of 
such Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or related regulation, $75,759,000 
shall be for carrying out section 167 of such Act, including 
$71,213,000 for formula grants, $4,546,000 for migrant 
and seasonal housing (of which not less than 70 percent 
shall be for permanent housing), and $500,000 for other 
discretionary purposes: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the transfer limitation under section 133(b)(4) 
of such Act, up to 30 percent of such funds may be trans-
ferred by a local board if approved by the Governor: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided to carry out section 
171(d) of such Act may be used for demonstration 
projects that provide assistance to new entrants in the 
workforce and incumbent workers: Provided further, That 
no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to 
provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers. 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998, including the purchase and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of 
buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real 
property for training centers as authorized by the Act; 
$2,463,000,000 
plus 
reimbursements, 
of 
which
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$2,363,000,000 is available for obligation for the period 
October 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007, and of which 
$100,000,000 is available for the period October 1, 2006, 
through June 30, 2009, for necessary expenses of con-
struction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps cen-
ters. 
Of the funds provided under this heading in division 
G of Public Law 108–7 to carry out section 173(a)(4)(A) 
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, $20,000,000 
is rescinded. 
Of the funds provided under this heading in division 
B of Public Law 107–117, $5,000,000 is rescinded. 
Of the funds provided under this heading in division 
F of Public Law 108–447 for Community-Based Job 
Training Grants, $125,000,000 is rescinded. 
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 until such time as legislation reauthorizing 
the Act is enacted. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER 
AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 
1965, as amended, $436,678,000.
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FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during the current fiscal year of trade 
adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part 
I and section 246; and for training, allowances for job 
search and relocation, and related State administrative ex-
penses under part II of chapter 2, title II of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (including the benefits and services described 
under sections 123(c)(2) and 151 (b) and (c) of the Trade 
Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, Public Law 
107–210), $966,400,000, together with such amounts as 
may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent appro-
priation for payments for any period subsequent to Sep-
tember 15 of the current year. 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses, 
$130,985,000, 
together 
with 
not 
to 
exceed 
$3,299,381,000 (including not to exceed $1,228,000 
which may be used for amortization payments to States 
which had independent retirement plans in their State em-
ployment service agencies prior to 1980 and including 
$10,000,000 which may be used to conduct in-person re-
employment and eligibility assessments of unemployment 
insurance beneficiaries in one-stop career centers), which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Adminis-
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tration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund includ-
ing the cost of administering section 51 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, section 7(d) of the 
Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, the Trade Act of 1974, 
as amended, the Immigration Act of 1990, and the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act, as amended, and of which 
the sums available in the allocation for activities author-
ized by title III of the Social Security Act, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 502–504), and the sums available in the alloca-
tion for necessary administrative expenses for carrying out 
5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, shall be available for obligation by 
the States through December 31, 2006, except that funds 
used for automation acquisitions shall be available for obli-
gation by the States through September 30, 2008; of 
which $130,985,000, together with not to exceed 
$672,700,000 of the amount which may be expended from 
said trust fund, shall be available for obligation for the 
period July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007, to fund ac-
tivities under the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, in-
cluding the cost of penalty mail authorized under 39 
U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E) made available to States in lieu of 
allotments for such purpose: Provided, That to the extent 
that the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) 
for fiscal year 2006 is projected by the Department of 
Labor to exceed 2,984,000, an additional $28,600,000
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shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 increase 
in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any 
increment less than 100,000) from the Employment Secu-
rity Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust 
Fund: Provided further, 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 Federal-State unemployment insurance or 
immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 
grants or agreements with non-State entities: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this Act for activi-
ties authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, 
and title III of the Social Security Act, may be used by 
the States to fund integrated Employment Service and 
Unemployment Insurance automation efforts, notwith-
standing cost allocation principles prescribed under Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–87. 
In addition to amounts made available above, and 
subject to the same terms and conditions, $10,000,000 to 
conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assess-
ments of unemployment insurance beneficiaries in one- 
stop career centers, and $30,000,000 to prevent and de-
tect fraudulent unemployment benefits claims filed using 
personal information stolen from unsuspecting workers: 
Provided, That not later than 180 days following the end
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of fiscal year 2006, the Secretary shall provide a report 
to the Congress which includes: 
(1) the amount spent for in-person reemploy-
ment and eligibility assessments of UI beneficiaries 
in One-Stop Career Centers, as well as funds made 
available and expended to prevent and detect fraudu-
lent claims for unemployment benefits filed using 
workers’ stolen personal information; 
(2) the number of scheduled in-person reem-
ployment and eligibility assessments, the number of 
individuals who failed to appear for scheduled as-
sessments, actions taken as a result of individuals 
not appearing for an assessment (e.g., benefits ter-
minated), results of assessments (e.g., referred to re-
employment services, found in compliance with pro-
gram requirements), estimated savings resulting 
from cessation of benefits, and estimated savings as 
a result of accelerated reemployment; and 
(3) the estimated number of UI benefit claims 
filed using stolen identification that are discovered 
at the time of initial filing, with an estimate of the 
resulting savings; and the estimated number of ID 
theft-related continued claims stopped, with an esti-
mate of the amount paid on such fraudulent claims
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and an estimate of the resulting savings from their 
termination. 
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 
OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 
Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 
Social Security Act, as amended, and to the Black Lung 
Disability 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 allowances’’ account, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007, $465,000,000. 
In addition, for making repayable advances to the 
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal 
year after September 15, 2006, 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, $118,123,000, together with not to exceed 
$87,988,000, which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed
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$3,000,000 shall be available for contracts that are not 
competitively bid. 
WORKERS COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds provided under this heading in the 
Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (Public Law 107– 
117, division B), $120,000,000 is rescinded. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 
Security Administration, $137,000,000. 
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, 
within 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 
September 30, 2006, for such Corporation: Provided, That 
none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal
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year 2006 shall be available for obligations for administra-
tive expenses in excess of $296,977,728: 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. 
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employment Stand-
ards Administration, including reimbursement to State, 
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspec-
tion services rendered, $414,284,000, together with 
$2,048,000 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: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to estab-
lish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and 
deposit in the Treasury fees for processing applications 
and issuing certificates under sections 11(d) and 14 of the 
Fair Labor Standards 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.).
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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, 
chapter 81 of the United States Code; continuation of ben-
efits as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Ben-
efits’’ in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 
1947; the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appro-
priation Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War 
Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 per-
cent of the additional compensation and benefits required 
by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 
Compensation Act, as amended, $237,000,000, together 
with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to 
the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of 
compensation and other benefits for any period subse-
quent 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 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 re-
imbursements unobligated on September 30, 2005, shall 
remain available until expended for the payment of com-
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pensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided further, That 
in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation 
from the Postal Service and from any other corporation 
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, 2006: 
Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this 
account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad-
ministration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 
$45,001,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as 
follows: 
(1) for enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems and telecommuni-
cations systems, $13,305,000; 
(2) for automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake and medical bill processing, $18,454,000; 
(3) for periodic roll management and medical 
review, $13,242,000; and 
(4) the remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 
person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits
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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 identifying information (including Social Secu-
rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 
275, (the ‘‘Act’’), $232,250,000, 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 2007, $74,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, 
$96,081,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to trans-
fer to any executive agency with authority under the En-
ergy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, 
including within the Department of Labor, such sums as
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may be necessary in fiscal year 2006 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 infor-
mation (including Social Security account number) as may 
be prescribed. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, such sums as may 
be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, 
to remain available until expended, for payment of all ben-
efits authorized by section 9501(d) (1), (2), (4), and (7) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and 
interest 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 2006 for expenses 
of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene-
fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): 
$33,050,000 for transfer to the Employment Standards 
Administration ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; $24,239,000 for 
transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’; $344,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-
ment, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’; and $356,000 for 
payments into miscellaneous 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, $477,199,000, including not 
to exceed $92,013,000 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, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration may retain up to $750,000 per fis-
cal year of training institute course tuition fees, otherwise 
authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize such 
sums for occupational safety and health training and edu-
cation grants: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, the Secretary of Labor is authorized, during the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 2006, to collect and retain 
fees for services provided to Nationally Recognized Test-
ing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in accord-
ance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer 
national and international laboratory recognition pro-
grams that ensure the safety of equipment and products 
used by workers in the workplace: Provided further, That
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none of the funds appropriated under this 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 tem-
porary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: 
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 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 classifica-
tion code for which such data are published, less than the 
national average rate as such rates are most recently pub-
lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, 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 cita-
tion for violations found during such inspection, and 
to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor-
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rected 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 investiga-
tion authorized 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 em-
ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That not 
less than $3,200,000 shall be used to extend funding for 
the Institutional Competency Building training grants 
which commenced in September 2000, for program activi-
ties for the period of September 30, 2006, to September 
30, 2007, provided that a grantee has demonstrated satis-
factory performance: Provided further, That none of the
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funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obli-
gated or expended to administer or enforce the provisions 
of 29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) (General Industry Respiratory 
Protection Standard) to the extent that such provisions 
require the annual fit testing (after the initial fit testing) 
of respirators for occupational exposure to tuberculosis. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, $280,490,000, including purchase 
and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 
with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 
mine rescue and recovery activities; in addition, not to ex-
ceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine 
Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and 
the sale of training materials, otherwise authorized by law 
to be collected, to be available for mine safety and health 
education and training activities, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration may retain up to $1,000,000 from fees col-
lected for the approval and certification of equipment, ma-
terials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize 
such sums for such activities; the Secretary is authorized 
to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contribu-
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tions from public and private sources and to prosecute 
projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, 
State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health Administra-
tion 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 associa-
tion and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may 
provide funds and, with or without reimbursement, per-
sonnel, including service of Mine Safety and Health Ad-
ministration officials as officers in local chapters or in the 
national organization; and any funds available to the de-
partment may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, 
to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival oper-
ations in the event of a major disaster. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv-
ices rendered, $464,678,000, together with not to exceed 
$77,845,000, which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund, of which $5,000,000 may be used to
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fund the mass layoff statistics program under section 15 
of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49l–2). 
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, $27,934,000. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-
ment, including the hire of three sedans, $244,112,000 of 
which $6,944,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2007, is for Frances Perkins Building Security Enhance-
ments, and $29,760,000 is for the acquisition of Depart-
mental information technology, architecture, infrastruc-
ture, equipment, software and related needs, which will be 
allocated by the Department’s Chief Information Officer 
in accordance with the Department’s capital investment 
management process to assure a sound investment strat-
egy; together with not to exceed $311,000, which may be 
expended from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
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VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $194,834,000 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 obli-
gation by the States through December 31, 2006, of which 
$1,984,000 is for the National Veterans’ Employment and 
Training Services Institute. To carry out the Homeless 
Veterans Reintegration Programs (38 U.S.C. 2021) and 
the Veterans Workforce Investment Programs (29 U.S.C. 
2913), $29,500,000, of which $7,500,000 shall be avail-
able for obligation for the period July 1, 2006, through 
June 30, 2007. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, $65,211,000, together 
with not to exceed $5,608,000, which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration Account in 
the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the acquisition of a new core accounting system 
for the Department of Labor, including hardware and
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software infrastructure and the costs associated with im-
plementation thereof, $6,230,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title 
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the compensation 
of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration 
as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level 
II. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) 
which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the 
Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred be-
tween appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: 
Provided, That an appropriation may be increased by up 
to an additional 2 percent subject to approval by the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the transfer authority granted by this 
section shall be available only to meet emergency needs 
and shall not be used to create any new program or to 
fund any project or activity for which no funds are pro-
vided in this Act: Provided further, That the Appropria-
tions Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.