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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 
SEC. 431. (a) The provisions of the following bills of the 115th 
Congress are hereby enacted into law: 
(1) H.R. 2104 (the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of 
Prey National Conservation Area Boundary Modification Act 
of 2017), as introduced on April 20, 2017. 
(2) S. 131 (the Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange 
Act of 2017), as ordered to be reported on March 30, 2017, 
by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate. 
(3) S. 847 (the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission 
Act), as introduced on April 5, 2017. 
(b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United 
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United 
States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include after 
the date of approval at the end an appendix setting forth the 
text of the bills referred to in subsection (a). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
DIVISION H—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’), the Second Chance 
Act of 2007, and the National Apprenticeship Act, $3,338,699,000, 
plus reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts provided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment and training 
activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment 
and training activities, $2,709,832,000 as follows: 
(A) $815,556,000 for adult employment and training 
activities, of which $103,556,000 shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, and of which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 
2017 through June 30, 2018; 
(B) $873,416,000 for youth activities, which shall be 
available for the period April 1, 2017 through June 30, 
2018; and 
(C) $1,020,860,000 for dislocated worker employment 
and training activities, of which $160,860,000 shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 
2018, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for 
the period October 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018: 
Provided, That pursuant to section 128(a)(1) of the WIOA, 
the amount available to the Governor for statewide workforce 
investment activities shall not exceed 15 percent of the amount 
allotted to the State from each of the appropriations under 
the preceding subparagraphs: Provided further, That the funds
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available for allotment to outlying areas to carry out subtitle 
B of title I of the WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements 
of section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act; and 
(2) for national programs, $628,867,000 as follows: 
(A) $220,859,000 for the dislocated workers assistance 
national reserve, of which $20,859,000 shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018, 
and of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018: Provided, 
That funds provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of 
the WIOA may be used to provide assistance to a State 
for statewide or local use in order to address cases where 
there have been worker dislocations across multiple sectors 
or across multiple local areas and such workers remain 
dislocated; coordinate the State workforce development 
plan with emerging economic development needs; and train 
such eligible dislocated workers: Provided further, That 
funds provided to carry out sections 168(b) and 169(c) of 
the WIOA may be used for technical assistance and dem-
onstration projects, respectively, that provide assistance 
to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 168(b) of 
the WIOA, of the funds provided under this subparagraph, 
the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 
funds to provide technical assistance and carry out addi-
tional activities related to the transition to the WIOA: 
Provided further, That, of the funds provided under this 
subparagraph, $20,000,000 shall be made available for 
applications submitted in accordance with section 170 of 
the WIOA for training and employment assistance for 
workers dislocated from coal mines and coal-fired power 
plants; 
(B) $50,000,000 for Native American programs under 
section 166 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018; 
(C) $81,896,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker 
programs under section 167 of the WIOA, including 
$75,885,000 for formula grants (of which not less than 
70 percent shall be for employment and training services), 
$5,517,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which 
not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), 
and $494,000 for other discretionary purposes, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2017 through June 
30, 2018: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or related regulation, the Department of Labor 
shall take no action limiting the number or proportion 
of eligible participants receiving related assistance services 
or discouraging grantees from providing such services; 
(D) $84,534,000 for YouthBuild activities as described 
in section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period April 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018; 
(E) $2,500,000 for technical assistance activities under 
section 168 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018; 
(F) $88,078,000 for ex-offender activities, under the 
authority of section 169 of the WIOA and section 212
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of the Second Chance Act of 2007, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That of this amount, $25,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to national and regional intermediaries 
for activities that prepare young ex-offenders and school 
dropouts for employment, with a priority for projects 
serving high-crime, high-poverty areas; 
(G) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality Initia-
tive, under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2017 through 
June 30, 2018; and 
(H) $95,000,000 to expand opportunities relating to 
apprenticeship programs registered under the National 
Apprenticeship Act, to be available to the Secretary to 
carry out activities through grants, cooperative agreements, 
contracts and other arrangements, with States and other 
appropriate entities, which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. 
JOB CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, 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 cen-
ters as authorized by the WIOA, $1,704,155,000, plus reimburse-
ments, as follows: 
(1) $1,587,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 
2018; 
(2) $84,500,000 for construction, rehabilitation and acquisi-
tion of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020, and which may 
include the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 
of equipment: 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 efficiencies: Pro-
vided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso shall not be available for obligation after June 
30, 2018: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti-
fied 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, 2016 
through September 30, 2017: 
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’’), $400,000,000, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, and may 
be recaptured and reobligated in accordance with section 517(c) 
of the OAA.
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FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2017 of trade adjustment ben-
efit payments and allowances under part I of subchapter 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, 
allowances, training, employment and case management services, 
and related State administration provided pursuant to section 
231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 
and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 
$849,000,000 together with such amounts as may be necessary 
to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for 
any period subsequent to September 15, 2017: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 502 of this Act, any part of the appropriation 
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)). 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 
OPERATIONS 
For authorized administrative expenses, $89,066,000, together 
with not to exceed $3,434,625,000 which may be expended from 
the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $2,687,600,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to 
States for the administration of State unemployment insurance 
laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act 
(including not less than $115,000,000 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 appropriate, for claim-
ants of unemployment insurance for ex-service members under 
5 U.S.C. 8521 et. seq. and for claimants of regular unemploy-
ment compensation, including those who are profiled as most 
likely to exhaust their benefits in each State, and $5,500,000 
for continued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity 
Center of Excellence), the administration of unemployment 
insurance for Federal employees and for ex-service members 
as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the administra-
tion of trade readjustment allowances, reemployment trade 
adjustment assistance, and alternative trade adjustment assist-
ance under the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) 
of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 
and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences Extension Act 
of 2015, and shall be available for obligation by the States 
through December 31, 2017, except that funds used for automa-
tion shall be available for Federal obligation through December 
31, 2017, and for State obligation through September 30, 2019, 
or, if the automation is being carried out through consortia 
of States, for State obligation through September 30, 2022, 
and for expenditure through September 30, 2023, and funds 
for competitive grants awarded to States for improved oper-
ations and to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility 
assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment