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SEC. 423. The Forest Service shall allocate to the Regions 
of the Forest Service, $15,000,000 from the current balance in 
the ‘‘timber roads purchaser election fund’’, to remain available 
until expended, for the following purposes: vegetative treatments 
in timber stands at high risk of fire due to insect, disease, or 
drought; road work in support of vegetative treatments to support 
forest health objectives; and maintaining infrastructure for the proc-
essing of woody fiber in Regions where it is critical to sustaining 
local economies and fulfilling the forest health objectives of the 
Forest Service. 
SEC. 424. (a) LAND SALE AUTHORIZATION.—To offset the acreage 
acquired by the Federal Government upon the acquisition of the 
Elkhorn Ranch in Medora, North Dakota, the Secretary of Agri-
culture (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall sell 
all right, title, and interest of the United States to between 5,195 
or 5,205 acres of National Forest System lands located in Billings 
County, North Dakota. It is the intent of Congress that there 
will be no net gain in federally owned land in North Dakota as 
a result of these land conveyances. 
(b) LAND SALES.—The Secretary may prescribe reservations, 
terms, and conditions of sale under this section, and may configure 
the descriptions of the land to be sold under this section to enhance 
the marketability of the land or for management purposes. The 
Secretary may utilize brokers or other third parties in the sale 
of land and, from the proceeds of the sale, may pay reasonable 
commissions or fees for services rendered. 
(c) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the purchase of land 
sold under this section, the purchaser shall pay to the Secretary 
an amount, in cash, equal to the fair market value of the land, 
as determined by the Secretary by appraisal or competitive sale 
consistent with Federal law applicable to land sales. The Secretary 
may reject any offer made under this section if the Secretary 
determines, in the absolute discretion of the Secretary, that the 
offer is not adequate or not in the public interest. 
(d) INITIAL OFFER.—Under such terms, conditions, and proce-
dures as the Secretary may prescribe, any base property landowner 
holding a current permit to graze any land authorized for sale 
under this section shall have a non-assignable first right to buy 
the land, provided that right must be exercised within 6 months 
after the date of the offer from the Secretary. 
(e) TREATMENT OF PROCEEDS.—Using the proceeds from the 
sale of land under this section, the Secretary shall cover direct 
expenses incurred by the Secretary in conducting the sale. Any 
remaining proceeds shall be deposited into the fund established 
by the Act of December 4, 1967 (commonly known as the Sisk 
Act; 16 U.S.C. 484a), and shall be available, until expended, for 
the acquisition of land for inclusion in the National Forest System. 
(f) LAND TRANSFERS.—The lands are to be conveyed from fiscal 
years 2008 to 2009. In the conveyance of any land authorized 
by this section, the Secretary shall not be required to conduct 
additional environmental analysis, including heritage resource anal-
ysis, and no sale, offer to sell, or conveyance shall be subject 
to administrative appeal. 
(g) ELKHORN RANCH.—The grazing land lease terms in effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act relating to the acquired 
Elkhorn Ranch in Medora, North Dakota, shall remain in effect 
until December 31, 2009. After that date, Federal land grazing
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use of the Elkhorn Ranch shall be managed through the grazing 
agreement between the Medora Grazing Association and the Forest 
Service. The Animal Unit Months (AUMs) for both Federal and 
private lands encompassing the Elkhorn Ranch shall become part 
of the grazing agreement held by Medora Grazing Association to 
be reallocated to its members in accordance with their rules in 
effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(h) The multiple uses of the acquired Elkhorn Ranch shall 
continue. 
SEC. 425. In fiscal year 2008 and thereafter, the Forest Service 
shall not change the eligibility requirements for base property, 
and livestock ownership as they relate to leasing of base property 
and shared livestock agreements for grazing permits on the Dakota 
Prairie Grasslands that were in effect as of July 18, 2005. 
SEC. 426. The Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act (Public Law 
94–158) is amended— 
(1) in section 3(a) by striking ‘‘(B) the exhibition of which 
is’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘(B) in the case of international 
exhibitions,’’; and 
(2) in section 5(b), by inserting before the period ‘‘for inter-
national exhibitions, and $5,000,000,000 at any one time for 
domestic exhibitions’’; and 
(3) in section 5(c), by inserting before the period ‘‘for inter-
national exhibitions, or $750,000,000 for domestic exhibitions’’. 
SEC. 427. In accordance with authorities available in section 
428, of Public Law 109–54, the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior shall execute an agreement that transfers 
management and oversight of the Great Onyx, Harper’s Ferry, 
and Oconaluftee Job Corps Centers to the Forest Service. These 
Job Corps centers shall continue to be administered as described 
in section 147(c) of Public Law 105–220, Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998. 
SEC. 428. The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest 
Service shall seek to collaborate with stakeholders or parties in 
Sierra Forest Legacy, et al v. Weingardt, et al, Civil No. C 07– 
001654 (E.D. Cal.), and Sierra Club, et al v. Bosworth, et al, 
Civil No. C 05–00397 (N.D. Cal.), regarding harvest operations 
outside of the Giant Sequoia National Monument in relation to 
the decisions approving the Revised Ice Timber Sale and Fuels 
Reduction Project and the Frog Project, and taking into account 
the terms of the contracts for those projects, and in relation to 
the Record of Decision for the Kings River Project, and as appro-
priate in regard to other disputed fuel reduction projects in the 
area. 
SEC. 429. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 636 of division A of the 
Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations 
Act, 1997 (5 U.S.C. prec. 5941 note; Public Law 104–208), is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) a temporary fire line manager.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and inserting 
a semicolon;
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(B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) notwithstanding the definition of the terms ‘supervisor’ 
and ‘management official’ under section 7103(a) of title 5, 
United States Code, the term ‘temporary fire line manager’ 
means an employee of the Forest Service or the Department 
of the Interior, whose duties include, as determined by the 
employing agency— 
‘‘(A) temporary supervision or management of per-
sonnel engaged in wildland or managed fire activities; 
‘‘(B) providing analysis or information that affects a 
decision by a supervisor or manager about a wildland or 
managed fire; or 
(C) directing the deployment of equipment for a 
wildland or managed fire.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 430. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. (a) The Congress finds 
that— 
(1) greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere are 
causing average temperatures to rise at a rate outside the 
range of natural variability and are posing a substantial risk 
of rising sea-levels, altered patterns of atmospheric and oceanic 
circulation, and increased frequency and severity of floods, 
droughts, and wildfires; 
(2) there is a growing scientific consensus that human 
activity is a substantial cause of greenhouse gas accumulation 
in the atmosphere; and 
(3) mandatory steps will be required to slow or stop the 
growth of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. 
(b) It is the sense of the Congress that there should be enacted 
a comprehensive and effective national program of mandatory, 
market-based limits and incentives on emissions of greenhouse 
gases that slow, stop, and reverse the growth of such emissions 
at a rate and in a manner that: (1) will not significantly harm 
the United States economy; and (2) will encourage comparable 
action by other nations that are major trading partners and key 
contributors to global emissions. 
SEC. 431. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to purchase light bulbs unless the light bulbs have the 
‘‘ENERGY STAR’’ or ‘‘Federal Energy Management Program’’ des-
ignation, except in instances where the agency determines that 
ENERGY STAR or FEMP designated light bulbs are not cost- 
effective over the life of the light bulbs or are not reasonably 
available to meet the functional requirements of the agency. 
SEC. 432. None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to promulgate or implement the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency proposed regulations published in the Federal Register 
on January 3, 2007 (72 Fed. Reg. 69). 
SEC. 433. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be used to prepare or publish final regulations regarding a commer-
cial leasing program for oil shale resources on public lands pursuant 
to section 369(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109–58) or to conduct an oil shale lease sale pursuant to subsection 
369(e) of such Act.
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SEC. 434. Section 401 of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library 
Group Forest Recovery Act, Public Law 105–277, division A, section 
101(e) (title IV), 112 Stat. 2681–305, is amended— 
(1) In section (g) by striking ‘‘until’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘until September 30, 2012.’’; 
(2) By striking subsection (i) and inserting the following: 
‘‘By June 1, 2008, the Forest Service shall initiate a collabo-
rative process with the Plaintiffs in Sierra Nevada Forest Prot. 
Campaign v. Rey, Case No. CIV–S–05–0205 MCE/GGH (E.D. 
Cal.), appeal docketed sub nom. Sierra Forest Legacy v. Rey, 
No. 07–16892 (9th Cir. Oct. 23, 2007) and the Quincy Library 
Group to determine whether modifications to the Pilot Project 
are appropriate for the remainder of the Pilot Project.’’; and 
(3) By adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) Sections 104–106 of Public Law 108–148 shall apply to 
projects authorized by this Act.’’. 
SEC. 435. In addition to the amounts otherwise provided to 
the Environmental Protection Agency in this Act, $8,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, is provided to EPA to be trans-
ferred to the Department of the Navy for clean-up activities at 
the Treasure Island Naval Station—Hunters Point Annex. 
SEC. 436. In addition to amounts provided to the Environmental 
Protection Agency in this Act, the Oklahoma Department of 
Environmental Quality is provided the amount of $3,000,000 for 
a grant to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality 
for ongoing relocation assistance as administered by the Lead 
Impacted Communities Relocation Assistance Trust and as con-
ducted consistent with the use of prior unexpended funding for 
relocation assistance, including buy outs of properties, in accordance 
with section 2301 of Public Law 109–234 (120 Stat. 455–466). 
SEC. 437. (a) ACROSS-THE-BOARD RESCISSIONS.—There is hereby 
rescinded an amount equal to 1.56 percent of the budget authority 
provided for fiscal year 2008 for any discretionary appropriation 
in titles I through IV of this Act. 
(b) PROPORTIONATE APPLICATION.—Any rescission made by sub-
section (a) shall be applied proportionately— 
(1) to each discretionary account and each item of budget 
authority described in subsection (a); and 
(2) within each such account and item, to each program, 
project, and activity (with programs, projects, and activities 
as delineated in the appropriation Act or accompanying reports 
for the relevant fiscal year covering such account or item, 
or for accounts and items not included in appropriation Acts, 
as delineated in the most recently submitted President’s 
budget). 
(c) INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS.—Under the 
heading ‘‘Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Land and Water Claim 
Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians’’, the across- 
the-board rescission in this section, and any subsequent across- 
the-board rescission for fiscal year 2008, shall apply only to the 
first dollar amount in the paragraph and the distribution of the 
rescission shall be at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior 
who shall submit a report on such distribution and the rationale 
therefor to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
(d) OMB REPORT.—Within 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this section the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
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of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report specifying 
the account and amount of each rescission made pursuant to this 
section. 
TITLE V 
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, 
$78,000,000, to remain available until expended, for urgent wildland 
fire suppression activities: Provided, That such funds shall only 
become available if funds previously provided for wildland fire 
suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary of 
the Interior notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations in writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided 
further, That such funds are also available for repayment to other 
appropriations accounts from which funds were transferred for wild-
fire suppression: Provided further, That the amount provided by 
this paragraph is designated as described in section 5 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, 
$222,000,000, to remain available until expended, for urgent 
wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That such funds shall 
only become available if funds provided previously for wildland 
fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary 
of Agriculture notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations in writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided 
further, That such funds are also available for repayment to other 
appropriation accounts from which funds were transferred for wild-
fire suppression: Provided further, That the amount provided by 
this paragraph is designated as described in section 5 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008’’.
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DIVISION G—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
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 (‘‘WIA’’), the Denali Commission Act of 1998, and the Women 
in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Occupations Act of 1992, 
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 WIA; $3,608,349,000, plus reimbursements, is 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, $2,994,510,000 as follows: 
(A) $864,199,000 for adult employment and training 
activities, of which $152,199,000 shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, and of which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 
2008 through June 30, 2009; 
(B) $940,500,000 for youth activities, which shall be 
available for the period April 1, 2008 through June 30, 
2009; and 
(C) $1,189,811,000 for dislocated worker employment 
and training activities, of which $341,811,000 shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 
2009, and of which $848,000,000 shall be available for 
the period October 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009: 
Provided, That notwithstanding the transfer limitation under 
section 133(b)(4) of the WIA, up to 30 percent of such funds 
may be transferred by a local board if approved by the Gov-
ernor; 
(2) for federally administered programs, $477,873,000 as 
follows: 
(A) $282,092,000 for the dislocated workers assistance 
national reserve, of which $6,300,000 shall be available 
on October 1, 2007, of which $63,792,000 shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, and 
of which $212,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009: Provided, That 
up to $125,000,000 may be made available for Community- 
Based Job Training grants from funds reserved under sec-
tion 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA and shall be used to carry 
out such grants under section 171(d) of such Act, except 
that the 10 percent limitation otherwise applicable to the 
amount of funds that may be used to carry out section 
171(d) shall not be applicable to funds used for Community- 
Based Job Training grants: Provided further, That funds
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provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA may 
be used to provide assistance to a State for State-wide 
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 section 171(d) of the WIA may be 
used for demonstration projects that provide assistance 
to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: 
Provided further, That $2,600,000 shall be for a non-
competitive grant to the National Center on Education 
and the Economy, which shall be awarded not later than 
30 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That $1,500,000 shall be for a non-competitive 
grant to the AFL–CIO Working for America Institute, 
which shall be awarded not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
$2,200,000 shall be for a non-competitive grant to the AFL– 
CIO Appalachian Council, Incorporated, for Job Corps 
career transition services, which shall be awarded not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act; 
(B) $53,696,000 for Native American programs, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2008 through 
June 30, 2009; 
(C) $81,085,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker 
programs under section 167 of the WIA, including 
$75,610,000 for formula grants (of which not less that 
70 percent shall be for employment and training services), 
$4,975,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which 
not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), 
and $500,000 for other discretionary purposes, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2008 through June 
30, 2009: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or related regulation, the Department shall 
take no action limiting the number or proportion of eligible 
participants receiving related assistance services or 
discouraging grantees from providing such services; 
(D) $1,000,000 for carrying out the Women in 
Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2008 through 
June 30, 2009; and 
(E) $60,000,000 for YouthBuild activities as described 
in section 173A of the WIA, which shall be available for 
the period April 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009; 
(3) for national activities, $135,966,000, which shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2008 through July 30, 2009 
as follows: 
(A) $49,370,000 for Pilots, Demonstrations, and 
Research, of which $5,000,000 shall be for grants to address 
the employment and training needs of young parents (not-
withstanding the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 
171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA): Provided, That funding provided 
to carry out projects under section 171 of the WIA that 
are identified in the explanatory statement described in
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section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act), shall not be subject to the requirements of 
sections 171(b)(2)(B) and 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA, the joint 
funding 
requirements 
of 
sections 
171(b)(2)(A) 
and 
171(c)(4)(A) of the WIA, or any time limit requirements 
of sections 171(b)(2)(C) and 171(c)(4)(B) of the WIA; 
(B) $74,800,000 for ex-offender activities, under the 
authority of section 171 of the Act, notwithstanding the 
requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D), of 
which not less than $55,000,000 shall be for youthful 
offender activities: Provided, That $50,000,000 shall be 
available from program year 2007 and program year 2008 
funds for competitive grants to local educational agencies 
or community-based organizations to develop and imple-
ment mentoring strategies that integrate educational and 
employment interventions designed to prevent youth 
violence in schools identified as persistently dangerous 
under section 9532 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act; 
(C) $4,921,000 for Evaluation under section 172 of 
the WIA; and 
(D) $6,875,000 for the Denali Commission, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2008 through June 
30, 2009. 
Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public 
Law 107–116 to carry out the activities of the National Skills 
Standards Board, $44,000 are rescinded. 
Of the unexpended balances remaining from funds appropriated 
to the Department of Labor under this heading for fiscal years 
2005 and 2006 to carry out the Youth, Adult and Dislocated Worker 
formula 
programs 
under 
the 
Workforce 
Investment 
Act, 
$250,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor 
may, upon the request of a State, apply any portion of the State’s 
share of this rescission to funds otherwise available to the State 
for such programs during program year 2007: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any provision of such Act, the Secretary 
may waive such requirements as may be necessary to carry out 
the instructions relating to this rescission in House Report 110– 
424. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, 
$530,900,000, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2008 
through June 30, 2009. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2008 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, allowances for job search and reloca-
tion, and related State administrative expenses under part II of 
subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 
$888,700,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary 
to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for 
any period subsequent to September 15, 2008.
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STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 
OPERATIONS 
For authorized administrative expenses, $90,517,000, together 
with not to exceed $3,233,436,000 which may be expended from 
the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $2,497,770,000 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, 
the administration of unemployment insurance for Federal 
employees and for ex-service members as authorized under 
sections 8501–8523 of title 5, United States Code, and the 
administration of trade readjustment allowances and alter-
native trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 
1974, and shall be available for obligation by the States through 
December 31, 2008, except that funds used for automation 
acquisitions shall be available for obligation by the States 
through September 30, 2010, and funds used for unemployment 
insurance workloads experienced by the States through Sep-
tember 30, 2008 shall be available for Federal obligation 
through December 31, 2008. 
(2) $9,900,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities 
necessary to support the administration of the Federal-State 
unemployment insurance system. 
(3) $693,000,000 from the Trust Fund, together with 
$22,883,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, 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, 2008 through June 30, 2009. 
(4) $32,766,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activi-
ties of the Employment Service, including administration of 
the work opportunity tax credit under section 51 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, the administration of activities, 
including foreign labor certifications, under the Immigration 
and Nationality Act, and the provision of technical assistance 
and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act, including not 
to exceed $1,228,000 that may be used for amortization pay-
ments to States which had independent retirement plans in 
their State employment service agencies prior to 1980. 
(5) $52,985,000 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 obligation for the period July 1, 2008 
through June 30, 2009. 
(6) $14,649,000 from the General Fund is to provide for 
work incentive grants to the States and shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured 
Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2008 is projected by the 
Department of Labor to exceed 2,786,000, an additional $28,600,000 
from the Trust Fund 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) 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
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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 Assistance Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Labor may use funds appropriated for grants 
to States under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments 
on behalf of States for the use of the National Directory of New 
Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: 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 activities 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. 
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, 
and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by 
section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; and for 
nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as author-
ized by section 8509 of title 5, United States Code, and to the 
‘‘Federal unemployment benefits and allowances’’ 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 training pro-
grams, $88,451,000, together with not to exceed $86,936,000, 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 Security 
Administration, $141,790,000. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to 
make such expenditures, including financial assistance authorized 
by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), within limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to such Corporation, and in accord 
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without
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regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of 
the Government Corporation Control Act (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may 
be necessary in carrying out the program, including associated 
administrative expenses, through September 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 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 exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall 
be available for obligation for administrative expenses for every 
20,000 additional terminated participants: Provided further, That 
an additional $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 terminations, 
after approval by the Office of Management and Budget and 
notification of the Committees on Appropriations 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 services rendered, 
$426,351,000, together with $2,058,000 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: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to establish 
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 and for processing applications and issuing registrations under 
title I of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection 
Act. 
Of the unobligated funds collected pursuant to section 286(v) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act, $102,000,000 are rescinded. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses 
(except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or 
any prior fiscal year authorized by chapter 81 of title 5, 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; and 50 percent of the additional compensation and 
benefits required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor 
Workers’ Compensation Act, $203,000,000, 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 subsequent to August 15 of the current