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Union Calendar No. 142 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3043 
[Report No. 110–231] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2007 
Mr. OBEY, 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, 2008, 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, 2008, 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 (‘‘the Act’’), and the Women in Apprentice-
ship and Nontraditional Occupations Act of 1992, includ-
ing 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, $3,579,530,000, plus re-
imbursements, is available. Of the amounts provided: 
(1) For grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located 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 
is available for the period July 1, 2008, to June 
30, 2009, and of which $712,000,000 is avail-
able for the period October 1, 2008, through 
June 30, 2009. 
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(B) $940,500,000 for youth activities, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2008, through June 30, 2009. 
(C) $1,189,811,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$341,811,000 is available for the period July 1, 
2008, through June 30, 2009, and of which 
$848,000,000 is available for the period Octo-
ber 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009: Provided, 
That notwithstanding the transfer limitation 
under section 133(b)(4) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
2863(B)(4)), up to 30 percent of such funds 
may be transferred by a local board if approved 
by the Governor. 
(2) 
For 
federally 
administered 
programs, 
$483,213,000 as follows: 
(A) $282,092,000 for the dislocated work-
ers assistance national reserve, of which 
$2,600,000 is available on October 1, 2007, of 
which $67,492,000 is available for the period 
July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009, and of 
which $212,000,000 is available for the period 
October 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009: Pro-
vided, That up to $125,000,000 may be made 
available for Community-Based Job Training 
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grants: Provided further, That funds provided 
to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Act (29 
U.S.C. 2862(A)(2)(a)) 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 re-
main dislocated; coordinate the State workforce 
development plan with emerging economic de-
velopment needs; and train such eligible dis-
located workers: Provided further, That funds 
provided to carry out section 171(d) of the Act 
(29 U.S.C. 2916 (d)) may be used for dem-
onstration projects that provide assistance to 
new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 
workers: Provided further, That $2,600,000 
shall be for a noncompetitive grant to the Na-
tional Center on Education and the Economy, 
which shall be awarded not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(B) $56,381,000 for Native American pro-
grams, which shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009. 
(C) $83,740,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworkers under section 167 of the Act (29 
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U.S.C. 2912), of which $78,740,000 is for for-
mula grants (of which not less that 70 percent 
shall be for employment and training services) 
and $5,000,000 is for migrant and seasonal 
housing (of which not less than 70 percent shall 
be for permanent housing), which shall be avail-
able for the period July 1, 2008, through June 
30, 2009. 
(D) $60,000,000 for YouthBuild activities 
under section 173A of the Act (29 U.S.C. 
2918a), which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009. 
(E) $1,000,000 for carrying out the 
Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional 
Occupations Act (29 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 
2008, through June 30, 2009. 
(3) For national activities, $101,807,000, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2008, 
through July 30, 2009, as follows: 
(A) $68,746,000 for ex-offender activities, 
under the authority of section 171 of the Act 
(29 U.S.C. 2916), notwithstanding the require-
ments of sections 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) 
of such section, of which not less than 
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$48,000,000 shall be for youthful offender ac-
tivities. 
(B) $28,140,000 for Pilots, Demonstra-
tions, and Research (notwithstanding the re-
quirements 
of 
sections 
171(b)(2)(B) 
or 
171(c)(4)(D) 
of 
the 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
2916(b)(2)(B) 
or 
(c)(4)(D)), 
of 
which 
$10,000,000 shall be for grants to address the 
employment and training needs of young par-
ents. 
(C) $4,921,000 for Evaluation under the 
authority of section 172 of the Act (29 U.S.C. 
2917). 
Of the amounts made available under this heading 
in Public Law 107–116 to carry out the activities of the 
National Skill Standards Board, $44,000 is rescinded. 
Of the unexpended balances, including recaptures 
and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the 
Department of Labor under this heading for fiscal years 
2006 and prior years, $335,000,000 is rescinded. 
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 pe-
riod July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009. 
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