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Union Calendar No. 176 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3358 
[Report No. 115–244] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2017 
Mr. COLE, 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, 2018, 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, 2018, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’), 
the Second Chance Act of 2007, $3,042,720,000, plus re-
imbursements, 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, 
$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, 2018 
through 
June 
30, 
2019, 
and 
of 
which 
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$712,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019; 
(B) $831,842,000 for youth activities, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2018 through June 30, 2019; and 
(C) $1,015,530,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$155,530,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, and of 
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019: 
Provided , That the funds available for allotment to 
outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 
WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 
section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act; and 
(2) for national programs, $418,612,000 as fol-
lows: 
(A) $130,000,000 for the dislocated work-
ers assistance national reserve, which shall be 
available for the period October 1, 2017 
through September 30, 2019: Provided, That 
funds 
provided 
to 
carry 
out 
section 
132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be used to pro-
vide assistance to a State for statewide or local 
use in order to address cases where there have 
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been worker dislocations across multiple sectors 
or across multiple local areas and such workers 
remain dislocated; coordinate the State work-
force development plan with emerging economic 
development needs; and train such eligible dis-
located workers: Provided further, That funds 
provided to carry out section 168(b) of the 
WIOA may be used for technical assistance 
projects that provide assistance to new entrants 
in the workforce and incumbent workers: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 
168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds provided 
under this subparagraph, the Secretary of 
Labor (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) 
may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 
funds to provide technical assistance and carry 
out additional activities related to the transition 
to the WIOA: Provided further, That, of the 
funds provided under this subparagraph, up to 
$66,000,000 may be made available for applica-
tions submitted in accordance with section 170 
of the WIOA for training and employment as-
sistance for workers in the Appalachian region, 
as defined by 40 U.S.C. 14102 (a)(1); 
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(B) $50,000,000 for Native American pro-
grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2018 
through June 30, 2019; 
(C) $72,000,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including $66,716,000 for formula 
grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 
be for employment and training services), 
$4,850,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
permanent housing), and $434,000 for other 
discretionary purposes, which shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 
2019: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or related regulation, the 
Department of Labor shall take no action lim-
iting the number or proportion of eligible par-
ticipants receiving related assistance services or 
discouraging grantees from providing such serv-
ices; 
(D) $84,534,000 for YouthBuild activities 
as described in section 171 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2018 
through June 30, 2019; and 
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(E) $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, 2018 through June 30, 2019: Provided, 
That of this amount, $25,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to national and regional 
intermediaries for activities that prepare young 
ex-offenders and school dropouts for employ-
ment, with a priority for projects serving high- 
crime, high-poverty areas. 
JOB CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, 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 WIOA, $1,688,155,000, plus reimbursements, 
as follows: 
(1) $1,572,886,000 for Job Corps Operations, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2018 
through June 30, 2019; 
(2) $83,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation 
and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be 
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available for the period July 1, 2018 through June 
30, 2021, and which may include the acquisition, 
maintenance, and repair of major items of equip-
ment: 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 ef-
ficiencies: Provided further, That any funds trans-
ferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not be 
available for obligation after June 30, 2019: Pro-
vided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 
transfer; and 
(3) $32,269,000 for necessary expenses of Job 
Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 
period October 1, 2017 through September 30, 
2018: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 
shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 
centers. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2018 of trade ad-
justment benefit 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, 
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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) of the Trade Adjust-
ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 and section 405(a) 
of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 
$790,000,000 together with such amounts as may be nec-
essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 
payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 
2018: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this 
Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 
heading may remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 
245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses, 
$70,000,000, together with not to exceed $2,760,903,000 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 
(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 
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(1) $2,665,775,000 from the Trust Fund is for 
grants to States for the administration of State un-
employment insurance laws as authorized under title 
III of the Social Security Act (including not less 
than $160,000,000 to conduct in-person reemploy-
ment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
insurance improper payment reviews, and to provide 
reemployment services and referrals to training as 
appropriate, for claimants of unemployment insur-
ance for ex-service members under 5 U.S.C. 8521 et. 
seq. and for claimants of regular unemployment 
compensation, including those who are profiled as 
most likely to exhaust their benefits in each State, 
and $6,000,000 for continued support of the Unem-
ployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), 
the administration of unemployment insurance for 
Federal employees and for ex-service members as 
authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the ad-
ministration of trade readjustment allowances, reem-
ployment trade adjustment assistance, and alter-
native trade adjustment assistance under the Trade 
Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade 
Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 and 
section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences Extension 
Act of 2015, and shall be available for obligation by 
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the States through December 31, 2018, except that 
funds used for automation shall be available for 
Federal obligation through December 31, 2018, and 
for State obligation through September 30, 2020, or, 
if the automation is being carried out through con-
sortia of States, for State obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2023, and for expenditure through Sep-
tember 30, 2024, and funds for competitive grants 
awarded to States for improved operations and to 
conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility as-
sessments and unemployment insurance improper 
payment reviews and provide reemployment services 
and referrals to training, as appropriate, shall be 
available for Federal obligation through December 
31, 2018, and for obligation by the States through 
September 30, 2020, and funds for the Unemploy-
ment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence shall 
be available for obligation by the State through Sep-
tember 30, 2019, and funds used for unemployment 
insurance workloads experienced through September 
30, 2018 shall be available for Federal obligation 
through December 31, 2018; 
(2) $13,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
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tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system; 
(3) $19,818,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities of the Employment Service, includ-
ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred-
it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and the provision of technical assistance and 
staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(4) $62,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
administration of foreign labor certifications and re-
lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act and related laws, of which $48,028,000 
shall be available for the Federal administration of 
such activities, and $14,282,000 shall be available 
for grants to States for the administration of such 
activities; and 
(5) $70,000,000 from the General Fund is to 
provide workforce information, national electronic 
tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag-
ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob-
ligation for the period July 1, 2018 through June 
30, 2019: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2018 is 
projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 
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Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
which are used to establish a national one-stop career cen-
ter system, or which are used to support the national ac-
tivities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance, em-
ployment service, or immigration programs, may be obli-
gated in contracts, grants, or agreements with States and 
non-State entities: Provided further, That States awarded 
competitive grants for improved operations under title III 
of the Social Security Act, or awarded grants to support 
the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment 
insurance system, may award subgrants to other States 
and non-State entities under such grants, subject to the 
conditions applicable to the grants: 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 Un-
employment Insurance and Employment Service automa-
tion efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles pre-
scribed under the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administra-
tive Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Require-
ments for Federal Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code 
of Federal Regulations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary, at the request of a State participating in a consor-
tium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to such 
State under title III of the Social Security Act to other 
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States participating in the consortium in order to carry 
out activities that benefit the administration of the unem-
ployment compensation law of the State making the re-
quest: Provided further, That the Secretary may collect 
fees for the costs associated with additional data collec-
tion, analyses, and reporting services relating to the Na-
tional Agricultural Workers Survey requested by State 
and local governments, public and private institutions of 
higher education, and nonprofit organizations and may 
utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 
U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers Survey 
infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the infor-
mation collection and reporting needs of such entities, 
which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re-
main available until September 30, 2019, for such pur-
poses. 
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 In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad-
vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) 
of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust 
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Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal 
Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 
sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2019. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $106,461,000, together with not to exceed 
$49,887,000 which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 
Security Administration, $175,600,000. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-
poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in-
cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 
title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, 
as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ-
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ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-
tember 30, 2018, for the Corporation: Provided, That 
none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 
year 2018 shall be available for obligations for administra-
tive expenses in excess of $424,417,000: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the number of new plan partici-
pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 
100,000 in fiscal year 2018, an amount not to exceed an 
additional $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep-
tember 30, 2019, for obligation for administrative ex-
penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici-
pants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the 
amounts provided in this paragraph may be incurred for 
unforeseen and extraordinary pretermination expenses or 
extraordinary multiemployer program related expenses 
after approval by the Office of Management and Budget 
and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi-
sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for inspection services ren-
dered, $217,500,000. 
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OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man-
agement Standards, $41,129,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE 
PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs, $94,500,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, $114,377,000, together with 
$2,173,000 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. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during 
the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
81; continuation of benefits as provided for under the 
heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in the Federal Security 
Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Com-
pensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 
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5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2004); obliga-
tions incurred under the War Hazards Compensation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional 
compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 
$220,000,000, together with such amounts as may be nec-
essary 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, 
for deposit into and to assume the attributes of the Em-
ployees’ Compensation Fund established under 5 U.S.C. 
8147(a): Provided, That amounts appropriated may be 
used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse 
an employer, who is not the employer at the time of injury, 
for portions of the salary of a re-employed, disabled bene-
ficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements 
unobligated on September 30, 2017, 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 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) 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 Sep-
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tember 30, 2018: 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, $71,188,000 shall be made available 
to the Secretary as follows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems operations and tele-
communications systems, $24,540,000; 
(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake, and medical bill processing, $22,968,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and 
medical review, $21,946,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $1,734,000; and 
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 
person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 
under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work-
ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 
claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu-
rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 
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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, $54,319,000, to remain available until expended. 
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 
for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 
as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title IV for the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2019, $15,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act, $59,846,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil-
ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 
such claim such identifying information (including Social 
Security account number) as may be prescribed. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 
Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 
until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 
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section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 
interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) 
of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be 
expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2018 for expenses 
of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene-
fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 
exceed $38,246,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 
exceed $30,595,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-
ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $330,000 
for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay-
ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 
Department of the Treasury. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, $531,470,000, including not 
to exceed $100,850,000 which shall be the maximum 
amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 
of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 
which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs 
of State occupational safety and health programs required 
to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary 
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under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis-
cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other-
wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 
such sums for occupational safety and health training and 
education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2018, to collect and retain fees for 
services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab-
oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 
the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 
international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 
the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 
the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 
expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 
standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 
is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 
operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 
camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 
shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 
any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 
respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 
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included within a category having a Days Away, Re-
stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 
and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica-
tion code for which such data are published, less than the 
national average rate as such rates are most recently pub-
lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 
except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 
response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita-
tion for violations found during such inspection, and 
to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor-
rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 
any willful violations found; 
(3) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to imminent dangers; 
(4) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to health hazards; 
(5) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to a report of an employment accident 
which is fatal to one or more employees or which re-
sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 
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and to take any action pursuant to such investiga-
tion authorized by the Act; and 
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to complaints of discrimination against 
employees for exercising rights under the Act: 
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 
apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 
which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em-
ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That not 
less than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection 
Programs. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, $359,975,000, including purchase 
and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 
with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 
mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 
$10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 
amounts available for State assistance grants may be used 
for the purchase and maintenance of new equipment re-
quired by the final rule entitled ‘‘Lowering Miners’ Expo-
sure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust, Including Continuous 
Personal Dust Monitors’’ published by the Department of 
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Labor in the Federal Register on May 1, 2014 (79 Fed. 
Reg. 24813 et seq.), for operators that demonstrate finan-
cial need as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed 
$750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health 
and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale 
of training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be 
collected, to be available for mine safety and health edu-
cation and training activities: Provided further, That not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration is authorized to collect and retain up to 
$2,499,000 from fees collected for the approval and cer-
tification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use 
in mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities: 
Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to ac-
cept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions 
from public and private sources and to prosecute projects 
in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or pri-
vate: Provided further, That the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration is authorized to promote health and safety 
education and training in the mining community through 
cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety as-
sociations: Provided further, That the Secretary is author-
ized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association 
as a principal safety association and, notwithstanding any 
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other provision of law, may provide funds and, with or 
without reimbursement, personnel, including service of 
Mine Safety and Health Administration officials as offi-
cers in local chapters or in the national organization: Pro-
vided further, That any funds available to the Department 
of Labor may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, 
to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival oper-
ations in the event of a major disaster. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv-
ices rendered, $544,000,000, together with not to exceed 
$65,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 
Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 
and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective 
of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 
people with disabilities, $36,800,000. 
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-
ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$272,539,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund: Provided , That funds available to the Bureau of 
International Labor Affairs may be used to administer or 
operate international labor activities, bilateral and multi-
lateral technical assistance, and microfinance programs, 
by or through contracts, grants, subgrants and other ar-
rangements: Provided further, That $8,040,000 shall be 
used for program evaluation and shall be available for obli-
gation through September 30, 2019: Provided further, 
That funds available for program evaluation may be used 
to administer grants for the purpose of evaluation: Pro-
vided further, That grants made for the purpose of evalua-
tion shall be awarded through fair and open competition: 
Provided further, That funds available for program evalua-
tion may be transferred to any other appropriate account 
in the Department for such purpose: Provided further, 
That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 
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days in advance of any transfer: Provided further, That 
the funds available to the Women’s Bureau may be used 
for grants to serve and promote the interests of women 
in the workforce: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available to the Women’s Bureau, $994,000 shall 
be used for grants authorized by the Women in Appren-
ticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $236,514,000 may be derived from the 
Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, 
of which: 
(1) $175,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 
grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis-
abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 
section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em-
ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 
such title, and for the expenses described in section 
4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obliga-
tion by the States through December 31, 2018, and 
not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal ex-
penditures for data systems and contract support to 
allow for the tracking of participant and perform-
ance information: Provided, That, in addition, such 
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rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv-
ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 
determined that those services will be more efficiently per-
formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 
shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 
transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary 
appropriation made available to the Employment and 
Training Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Admin-
istration’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities 
relating to any of the programs or activities that are fund-
ed under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 
That funds transferred from under paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of the ‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account shall be available 
under paragraph (3) of such account in order to carry out 
program integrity activities relating to the Job Corps pro-
gram: Provided further, That funds transferred under this 
subsection shall be available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 
than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 
in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 
out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 
are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 
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