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to making a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 
make the request and accompanying information available by elec-
tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web site 
of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
United States obligations under international agreements. 
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the 
funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking Water 
State Revolving Funds for carrying out the provisions described 
in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight of the require-
ments of this section. 
(f) This section does not apply with respect to a project if 
a State agency approves the engineering plans and specifications 
for the project, in that agency’s capacity to approve such plans 
and specifications prior to a project requesting bids, prior to the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, 
ammunition components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Sub-
stances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) or any other law. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
DIVISION G—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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 Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional 
Occupations Act of 1992 (‘‘WANTO Act’’), $3,139,706,000, 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, $2,624,108,000 as follows: 
(A) $776,736,000 for adult employment and training 
activities, of which $64,736,000 shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016, and of which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 
2015 through June 30, 2016; 
(B) $831,842,000 for youth activities, which shall be 
available for the period April 1, 2015 through June 30, 
2016; and 
(C) $1,015,530,000 for dislocated worker employment 
and training activities, of which $155,530,000 shall be
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available for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 
2016, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for 
the period October 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016: 
Provided, That notwithstanding section 128(a)(1) of the WIOA, the 
amount available to the Governor for statewide workforce invest-
ment activities shall not exceed 10 percent of the amount allotted 
to the State from each of the appropriations under the preceding 
subparagraphs; 
(2) for federally administered programs, $429,520,000 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, 2015 through September 30, 2016, 
and of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016: 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 and section 170(b) of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIA’’), of the 
funds provided under this subparagraph, and the funds 
available from the appropriation under this subparagraph 
under the authority of the WIA in Public Law 113–76, 
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; 
(B) $46,082,000 for Native American programs, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2015 through 
June 30, 2016; 
(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, 2015 through June 
30, 2016: 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) $994,000 for carrying out the WANTO Act, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2015 through 
June 30, 2016; and
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(E) $79,689,000 for YouthBuild activities as described 
in section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period April 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016; 
(3) for national activities, $86,078,000, as follows: 
(A) $82,078,000 for ex-offender activities, under the 
authority of section 169 of the WIOA and section 212 
of the Second Chance Act of 2007, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016: Pro-
vided, That of this amount, $20,000,000 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; and 
(B) $4,000,000 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, 2015 through 
June 30, 2016. 
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, $1,688,155,000, plus reimburse-
ments, as follows: 
(1) $1,580,825,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 
2016; 
(2) $75,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and acquisi-
tion of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018, 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, 2016: 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, 
including expenses under the authority of the WIA, which 
shall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 2014 
through September 30, 2015: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be 
used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers: Provided 
further, That an entity operating a Job Corps center that is ranked 
among the top 5 percent of all Job Corps centers based on the 
Outcome Measurement System for program year 2013 shall be 
eligible to compete in any selection process to operate such center 
that is carried out during the period beginning on October 1, 2014 
and ending on June 30, 2015.
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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’’), $434,371,000, which shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, and may be 
recaptured and reobligated in accordance with section 517(c) of 
the OAA. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2015 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) and section 233(b) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Exten-
sion Act of 2011, $710,600,000, together with such amounts as 
may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation 
for payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 2015. 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 
OPERATIONS 
For authorized administrative expenses, $81,566,000, together 
with not to exceed $3,495,584,000 which may be expended from 
the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $2,757,793,000 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 $60,000,000 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, 
$10,000,000 for activities to address the misclassification of 
workers, and $3,000,000 for continued support of the Unemploy-
ment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the administra-
tion of unemployment insurance for Federal employees and 
for ex-service members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501– 
8523, and the administration of trade readjustment allowances, 
reemployment trade adjustment assistance, and alternative 
trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 and 
under sections 231(a) and 233(b) of the Trade Adjustment 
Assistance Extension Act of 2011, and shall be available for 
obligation by the States through December 31, 2015, except 
that funds used for automation acquisitions shall be available 
for Federal obligation through December 31, 2015, and for 
State obligation through September 30, 2017, or, if the automa-
tion acquisition is being carried out through consortia of States, 
for State obligation through September 30, 2020, and for 
expenditure through September 30, 2021, and funds for 
competitive grants awarded to States for improved operations, 
to conduct in-person assessments and reviews and provide 
reemployment 
services 
and 
referrals, 
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