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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, $132,345,000.
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 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 Government 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, 2005
for such Corporation: Provided, That none of the funds available
to the Corporation for fiscal year 2005 shall be available for obliga-
tions for administrative expenses in excess of $266,330,000: Pro-
vided 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 Standards
Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and
local agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered,
$402,305,000, together with $2,040,000 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 $1,250,000 shall be for the development of
an alternative system for the electronic submission of reports
required to be filed under the Labor-Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended, and for a computer database
of the information for each submission by whatever means, that
is indexed and easily searchable by the public via the Internet:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to
accept, retain, and spend, until expended, in the name of the
Department of Labor, all sums of money ordered to be paid to
the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with the terms of the Consent
Judgment in Civil Action No. 91–0027 of the United States District
Court for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands (May 21,
1992): Provided further, 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, as amended (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for proc-
essing applications and issuing registrations under title I of the
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Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.).
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 title 5, chapter 81 of the 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 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 percent of the additional
compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended,
$233,000,000, 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 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 reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2004, shall remain
available until expended for the payment of compensation, 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, 2005: 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, $39,668,000 shall be made available to the Sec-
retary as follows: (1) for enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems and telecommunications systems,
$12,351,000; (2) for automated workload processing operations,
including document imaging, centralized mail intake and medical
bill processing, $14,221,000; (3) for periodic roll management and
medical review, $13,096,000; and (4) the remaining funds shall
be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may require that any person filing a
notice of injury or a claim for benefits 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 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, (the ‘‘Act’’),
$276,000,000, 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.