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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3070 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2012, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 
Mr. REHBERG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations 
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, 2012, and 
for other purposes. 
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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 
Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2012, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘WIA’’), the 
Second Chance Act of 2007, and the Women in Appren-
ticeship and Non-Traditional Occupations Act of 1992, in-
cluding 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 train-
ing centers as authorized by the WIA, $962,205,000, plus 
reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro-
vided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$723,020,000 as follows: 
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(A) $207,520,000 for adult employment 
and training activities which shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2012 through December 
31, 2012; 
(B) $413,784,000 for youth activities, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2012 through December 31, 2012; 
(C) $101,716,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2012 through 
December 31, 2012; and 
(D) No funds shall be available for the 
Workforce Innovation Fund as established by 
section 1801(a)(3) of division B of Public Law 
112-10; 
Provided, That notwithstanding the transfer limita-
tion 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 Governor: Provided further, 
That a local board may award a contract to an insti-
tution of higher education or other eligible training 
provider if the local board determines that it would 
facilitate the training of multiple individuals in high- 
demand occupations, if such contract does not limit 
customer choice: Provided further, That notwith-
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standing section 128(a)(1) of the WIA, the amount 
available to the Governor for statewide workforce in-
vestment activities shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
amount allotted to the State from each of the appro-
priations under the preceding subparagraphs: Pro-
vided further, That of the unobligated balances made 
available for the Workforce Innovation Fund by sec-
tion 1801(a)(3) of division B of Public Law 112-10, 
$125,000,000 is rescinded; 
(2) 
for 
federally 
administered 
programs, 
$175,969,000 as follows: 
(A) $64,580,000 for the dislocated workers 
assistance national reserve which shall be avail-
able for the period July 1, 2012 through De-
cember 31, 2012: Provided, That funds de-
scribed in 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; co-
ordinate the State workforce development plan 
with emerging economic development needs; and 
train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 
further, That funds provided to carry out sec-
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tion 171(d) of the WIA may be used for dem-
onstration projects that provide assistance to 
new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 
workers; Provided further, That none of the 
funds shall be obligated to carry out section 
173(e) of the WIA; 
(B) $27,079,000 for Native American pro-
grams, which shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012; 
(C) $43,310,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIA, including $38,110,000 for formula grants 
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
employment and training services), $2,700,000 
for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not 
less than 70 percent shall be for permanent 
housing), and $2,500,000 for other discre-
tionary purposes, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2012 through December 31, 
2012: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or related regulation, the 
Secretary of Labor shall take no action limiting 
the number or proportion of eligible partici-
pants receiving related assistance services or 
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discouraging grantees from providing such serv-
ices; 
(D) $1,000,000 for carrying out the 
Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional 
Occupations Act, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2012 through September 30, 
2013; and 
(E) $40,000,000 for YouthBuild activities 
as described in section 173A of the WIA, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2012 
through December 31, 2012; 
(3) for national activities, $63,216,000, as fol-
lows: 
(A) $6,616,000 for Pilots, Demonstrations, 
and Research, which shall be available for the 
period April 1, 2012 through September 31, 
2013: Provided, That funds made available by 
Public Law 112-10 for program year 2011 that 
were designated for grants to address the em-
ployment and training needs of young parents 
may be used for other pilots, demonstration, 
and research activities; 
(B) $45,000,000 for ex-offender activities, 
under the authority of section 171 of the WIA 
and section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 
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2007, which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012, and 
which shall not be subject to the requirements 
of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the 
WIA: Provided, That not less than $10,000,000 
shall be for competitive grants to national and 
regional intermediaries for activities that pre-
pare young ex-offenders and school dropouts for 
employment, with a priority for projects serving 
high-crime, high-poverty areas; 
(C) $11,600,000 for Evaluation, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 
through September 30, 2013; 
(D) No funds shall be available for the 
Green Jobs Innovation Fund; and 
(E) No funds shall be available for the 
Workforce Data Quality Initiative. 
OFFICE OF JOB CORPS 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIA, includ-
ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter-
ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 
purchase of real property for training centers as author-
ized by the WIA, $2,223,930,000, plus reimbursements, 
as follows: 
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(1) $2,089,000,000 for Job Corps Operations, 
which shall be available for obligation for the period 
July 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013; 
(2) $103,500,000 for construction, rehabilita-
tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 
through September 30, 2015: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Labor may transfer up to 15 percent of 
such funds to meet the operational needs of such 
centers: Provided further, That any funds trans-
ferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not be 
available for obligation after September 30, 2013; 
and 
(3) $31,430,000 for necessary expenses of the 
Office of Job Corps, which shall be available for obli-
gation for the period October 1, 2011 through Sep-
tember 30, 2012; 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 
shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 
centers: Provided further, That no funds shall be available 
to initiate a competition for any new Job Corps center 
not previously approved through a competitive selection 
process by the Secretary of Labor. 
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