Calendar No. 189
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2127
[Report No. 104–145]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
cation, and related agencies, for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1996, and for other pur-
poses.
AUGUST 7 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on
Appropriations
SEPTEMBER 15 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 5), 1995
Reported with amendments
II
Calendar No. 189
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2127
[Report No. 104–145]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
AUGUST 7 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
SEPTEMBER 15 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 5), 1995
Reported by Mr. SPECTER, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and related agen-
cies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,
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
Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1996, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
For expenses necessary to carry into effect the Job
Training Partnership Act, as amended, including the pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construc-
tion, alteration, and repair of buildings and other facili-
ties, and the purchase of real property for training centers
as authorized by the Job Training Partnership Act; para-
graph (3) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older Americans
Act of 1965, as amended, title II of the Civil Rights Act
of 1991; the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional
Occupations Act; National Skill Standards Act of 1994;
and 
the 
School-to-Work 
Opportunities 
Act;
$3,180,441,000 $3,182,512,000 plus reimbursements, of
which $2,936,154,000 $3,232,512,000 is available for obli-
gation for the period July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997;
of which $148,535,000 $121,467,000 is available for the
period July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1999 for necessary
expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of
Job 
Corps 
centers; 
and 
of 
which 
$95,000,000
$122,500,000 shall be available from July 1, 1996 through
September 30, 1997, for carrying out activities of the
School-to-Work 
Opportunities 
Act: 
Provided, 
That
$50,000,000 $55,004,000 shall be for carrying out section
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401 of the Job Training Partnership Act, $65,000,000
$73,570,000 shall be for carrying out section 402 of such
Act, $7,300,000 shall be for carrying out section 441 of
such Act, $5,060,000 shall be for all activities conducted
by and through the National Occupational Information Co-
ordinating Committee under such Act, $830,000,000
$745,700,000 shall be for carrying out title II, part A of
such Act, and $126,672,000 $311,460,000 shall be for car-
rying out title II, part C of such Act: Provided further,
That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used
to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary of Labor may waive any of the re-
quirements contained in sections 4, 104, 105, 107, 108, 121,
164, 204, 253, 254, 264, 301, 311, 313, 314, and 315 of
the Job Training Partnership Act in order to assist States
in improving State workforce development systems, pursu-
ant to a request submitted by a State that has prior to the
date of enactment of this Act executed a Memorandum of
Understanding with the United States requiring such State
to meet agreed upon outcomes: Provided further, That funds
used from this Act to carry out title III of the Job Training
Partnership Act shall not be subject to the limitation con-
tained in subsection (b) of section 315 of such Act; that the
waiver allowing a reduction in the cost limitation relating
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to retraining services described in subsection (a)(2) of such
section 315 may be granted with respect to funds from this
Act if a substate grantee demonstrates to the Governor that
such waiver is appropriate due to the availability of low-
cost retraining services, is necessary to facilitate the provi-
sion of needs-related payments to accompany long-term
training, or is necessary to facilitate the provision of appro-
priate basic readjustment services and that funds used from
this Act to carry out the Secretary’s discretionary grants
under part B of such title III may be used to provide needs-
related payments to participants who, in lieu of meeting
the requirements relating to enrollment in training under
section 314(e) of such Act, are enrolled in training by the
end of the sixth week after funds have been awarded: Pro-
vided further, That service delivery areas may transfer
funding provided herein under authority of title II–C of
the Job Training Partnership Act to the program author-
ized by title II–B of that Act, if such transfer is approved
by the Governor: Provided further, That service delivery
areas and substate areas may transfer funding provided
herein under authority of title II–A and title III of the Job
Training Partnership Act between the programs authorized
by those titles of the Act, if such transfer is approved by
the Governor: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, any proceeds from the sale of Job
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Corps Center facilities shall be retained by the Secretary
of Labor to carry out the Job Corps program.
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER
AMERICANS
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of
1965, as amended, $350,000,000.
To carry out the activities for national grants or con-
tracts with public agencies and public or private nonprofit
organizations under paragraph (1)(A) of section 506(a) of
title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended,
or to carry out older worker activities as subsequently au-
thorized, $273,000,000.
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES
For payments during the current fiscal year of trade
adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part
I, and for training, for allowances for job search and relo-
cation, and for related State administrative expenses
under part II, subchapters B and D, chapter 2, title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, $346,100,000, to-
gether with such amounts as may be necessary to be
charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for
any period subsequent to September 15 of the current
year.
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STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE OPERATIONS
For activities authorized by the Act of June 6, 1933,
as 
amended 
(29 
U.S.C. 
49–49l–1; 
U.S.C.
3202(a)(1)(E)); title III of the Social Security Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 502–504); necessary administrative
expenses for carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and sec-
tions 225, 231–235, 243–244, and 250(d)(1), 250(d)(3),
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended; as author-
ized by section 7c of the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended,
necessary 
administrative 
expenses 
under 
sections
101(a)(15)(H), 212(a)(5)(A), (m) (2) and (3), (n)(1), and
218(g) (1), (2), and (3), and 258(c) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.);
necessary administrative expenses to carry out section
221(a) of the Immigration Act of 1990, $125,328,000
$117,328,000, together with not to exceed $3,107,404,000
$3,104,194,000 (including not to exceed $1,653,000 which
may be used for amortization payments to States which
had independent retirement plans in their State employ-
ment service agencies prior to 1980, and including not to
exceed $2,000,000 which may be obligated in contracts
with non-State entities for activities such as occupational
and test research activities which benefit the Federal-
State Employment Service System), which may be ex-
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pended from the Employment Security Administration ac-
count in the Unemployment Trust Fund, and of which the
sums available in the allocation for activities authorized
by title III of the Social Security Act, as amended (42
U.S.C. 502–504), and the sums available in the allocation
for necessary administrative expenses for carrying out 5
U.S.C. 8501–8523, shall be available for obligation by the
States through December 31, 1996, except that funds
used for automation acquisitions shall be available for obli-
gation by States through September 30, 1998; and of
which $125,328,000 $115,452,000, together with not to ex-
ceed $738,283,000 of the amount which may be expended
from said trust fund shall be available for obligation for
the period July 1, 1996, through June 30, 1997, to fund
activities under the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, in-
cluding the cost of penalty mail made available to States
in lieu of allotments for such purpose, and of which
$216,333,000 shall be available only to the extent nec-
essary for additional State allocations to administer unem-
ployment compensation laws to finance increases in the
number of unemployment insurance claims filed and
claims paid or changes in a State law: Provided, That to
the extent that the Average Weekly Insured Unemploy-
ment (AWIU) for fiscal year 1996 is projected by the De-
partment of Labor to exceed 2.785 million, an additional
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$28,600,000 shall be available for obligation for every
100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata
amount for any increment less than 100,000) from the
Employment Security Administration Account of the Un-
employment Trust Fund: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated in this Act which are used to establish a na-
tional one-stop career center network may be obligated in
contracts, grants or agreements with non-State entities:
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act
for activities authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as
amended, and title III of the Social Security Act, may be
used by the States to fund integrated Employment Service
and Unemployment Insurance automation efforts, not-
withstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–87.
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, as amended, and to the Black Lung
Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and
for nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust
Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United
States Code, and section 104(d) of Public Law 102–164,
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and section 5 of Public Law 103–6, and to the ‘‘Federal
unemployment benefits and allowances’’ account, to re-
main available until September 30, 1997, $369,000,000.
In addition, for making repayable advances to the
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal
year after September 15, 1996, for costs incurred by the
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary.
ADVANCES TO THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TION ACCOUNT OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND
(RESCISSION)
Amounts remaining unobligated under this heading as
of September 30, 1995, are hereby rescinded.
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs and for carrying out section 908 of the So-
cial Security Act, $83,505,000 $83,054,000, together with
not to exceed $40,974,000 $40,793,000, which may be ex-
pended from the Employment Security Administration ac-
count in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for Pension and Welfare Ben-
efits Administration, $64,113,000 $65,740,000.
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is author-
ized to make such expenditures, including financial assist-
ance 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 Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C.
9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program
through September 30, 1996, for such Corporation: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $10,603,000 shall be available
for administrative expenses of the Corporation: Provided
further, That expenses of such Corporation in connection
with the collection of premiums, the termination of pen-
sion plans, for the acquisition, protection or management,
and investment of trust assets, and for benefits adminis-
tration services shall be considered as non-administrative
expenses for the purposes hereof, and excluded from the
above limitation.
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Employment Stand-
ards Administration, including reimbursement to State,
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Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspec-
tion services rendered, $246,967,000 $259,190,000, to-
gether with $978,000 which may be expended from the
Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c) and 44(j)
of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act:
Provided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to ac-
cept, 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): Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized
to establish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, col-
lect and deposit in the Treasury fees for processing appli-
cations 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 processing applica-
tions and issuing registrations under Title I of the Mi-
grant 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 ex-
penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during
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the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by title 5,
chapter 81 of the United States Code; continuation of ben-
efits as provided for under the head ‘‘Civilian War Bene-
fits’’ in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act,
1947; the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appro-
priation Act, 1944; and sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War
Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 per
centum of the additional compensation and benefits re-
quired by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended, $218,000,000
together with such amounts as may be necessary to be
charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the pay-
ment of compensation and other benefits for any period
subsequent to August 15 of the current year: Provided,
That such sums as are necessary may be used under sec-
tion 8104 of title 5, United States Code, by the Secretary
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 re-
imbursements unobligated on September 30, 1995, shall
remain available until expended for the payment of com-
pensation, 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
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5, United States Code, to pay an amount for its fair share
of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary
of Labor determines to be the cost of administration for
employees of such fair share entities through September
30, 1996: Provided further, That of those funds trans-
ferred to this account from the fair share entities to pay
the cost of administration, $11,383,000 $19,383,000 shall
be made available to the Secretary of Labor for expendi-
tures relating to capital improvements in support of Fed-
eral Employees’ Compensation Act administration, and
the balance of such funds shall be paid into the Treasury
as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may require that any person filing a notice of injury
or a claim for benefits under Subchapter 5, U.S.C., chap-
ter 81, or under subchapter 33, U.S.C. 901, et seq. (the
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, as
amended), provide as part of such notice and claim, such
identifying information (including Social Security account
number) as such regulations may prescribe.
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust
Fund, $995,447,000 $998,080,000, of which $949,494,000
shall be available until September 30, 1997, for payment
of all benefits as authorized by section 9501(d) (1), (2),
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(4), and (7), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as
amended, and interest on advances as authorized by sec-
tion 9501(c)(2) of that Act, and of which $26,045,000
$28,655,000 shall be available for transfer to Employment
Standards Administration, Salaries and Expenses, and
$19,621,000 for transfer to Departmental Management,
Salaries and Expenses, and $287,000 $310,000 for trans-
fer to Departmental Management, Office of Inspector
General, for expenses of operation and administration of
the Black Lung Benefits program as authorized by section
9501(d)(5)(A) of that Act: Provided, That in addition,
such amounts as may be necessary may be charged to the
subsequent year appropriation for the payment of com-
pensation, interest, or other benefits for any period subse-
quent to August 15 of the current year: Provided further,
That in addition such amounts shall be paid from this
fund into miscellaneous receipts as the Secretary of the
Treasury determines to be the administrative expenses of
the Department of the Treasury for administering the
fund during the current fiscal year, as authorized by sec-
tion 9501(d)(5)(B) of that Act.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, $263,985,000 $296,656,000
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including not to exceed $65,319,000 $67,084,000 which
shall be the maximum amount available for grants to
States under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act, which grants shall be no less than fifty per-
cent of the costs of State occupational safety and health
programs required to be incurred under plans approved
by the Secretary under section 18 of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970; and, in addition, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration may retain up to $500,000
$750,000 per fiscal year of training institute course tuition
fees, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, and may
utilize such sums for occupational safety and health train-
ing and education grants: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obli-
gated or expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or en-
force any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 which is ap-
plicable to any person who is engaged in a farming oper-
ation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp
and employs ten or fewer employees: Provided further,
That no funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be
obligated or expended to administer or enforce any stand-
ard, rule, regulation, or order under the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to any em-
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ployer of ten or fewer employees who is included within
a category having an occupational injury lost workday case
rate, at the most precise Standard 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 that Act
(29 U.S.C. 673), except—
(1) to provide, as authorized by such 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 such Act
with respect to imminent dangers;
(4) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to health hazards;
(5) to take any action authorized by such 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 such Act; and
(6) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to complaints of discrimination against
employees for exercising rights under such 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 ten or fewer employees.
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and
Health Administration, $185,154,000 $200,646,000, in-
cluding purchase and bestowal of certificates and trophies
in connection with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the
hire of passenger motor vehicles; the Secretary is author-
ized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other con-
tributions from public and private sources and to pros-
ecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal,
State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health Administra-
tion is authorized to promote health and safety education
and training in the mining community through cooperative
programs with States, industry, and safety associations;
and any funds available to the Department may be used,
with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs
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of mine rescue and survival operations in the event of a
major disaster: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this paragraph shall be obligated or ex-
pended to carry out section 115 of the Federal Mine Safe-
ty and Health Act of 1977 or to carry out that portion
of section 104(g)(1) of such Act relating to the enforce-
ment of any training requirements, with respect to shell
dredging, or with respect to any sand, gravel, surface
stone, surface clay, colloidal phosphate, or surface lime-
stone mine.
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, $296,993,000
$280,599,000, of which
$11,549,000 shall be for expenses of revising the
Consumer Price Index and shall remain available until
September 30, 1997, together with not to exceed
$50,220,000 $49,774,000, which may be expended from
the Employment Security Administration account in the
Unemployment Trust Fund.
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-
ment, including the hire of three sedans, and including
up to $4,056,000 $4,385,000 for the President’s Commit-
tee on Employment of People With Disabilities,
$134,220,000 $142,940,000; together with not to exceed
$303,000, which may be expended from the Employment
Security Administration account in the Unemployment
Trust Fund.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
The language under this heading in Public Law 85–
67, as amended, is further amended by adding the follow-
ing before the last period: ‘‘: Provided further, That within
the Working Capital Fund, there is established an Invest-
ment in Reinvention Fund (IRF), which shall be available
to invest in projects of the Department designed to
produce measurable improvements in agency efficiency
and significant taxpayer savings. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary of Labor may retain
up to $3,900,000 of the unobligated balances in the De-
partment’s annual Salaries and Expenses accounts as of
September 30, 1995, and transfer those amounts to the
IRF to provide the initial capital for the IRF, to remain
available until expended, to make loans to agencies of the
Department for projects designed to enhance productivity
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and generate cost savings. Such loans shall be repaid to
the IRF no later than September 30 of the fiscal year
following the fiscal year in which the project is completed.
Such repayments shall be deposited in the IRF, to be
available without further appropriation action.’’
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VETERANS EMPLOYMENT
AND TRAINING
Not to exceed $175,883,000 $170,390,000 may be de-
rived from the Employment Security Administration ac-
count in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out the
provisions of 38 U.S.C. 4100–4110A and 4321–4327, and
Public Law 103–353, and which shall be available for obli-
gation by the States through December 31, 1996.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $44,426,000, together
with not to exceed $3,615,000, which may be expended
from the Employment Security Administration account in
the Unemployment Trust Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the compensation
of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration
as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of $125,000.
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SEC. 102. Section 427(c) of the Job Training Part-
nership Act, as amended, is repealed.
SEC. 103. No amount of funds appropriated in this
Act for fiscal year 1996 may be used to implement, admin-
ister, or enforce any executive order, or other rule or
order, that prohibits Federal contracts with, or requires
the debarment of, or imposes other sanction on, a contrac-
tor on the basis that such contractor or organizational
unit thereof has permanently replaced lawfully striking
workers.
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this
Act to the Department of Labor or the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation may be used—
(1) to implement or administer Interpretive
Bulletin 94–1, issued by the Secretary of Labor on
June 23, 1994 (59 Fed. Reg. 32606; 29 C.F.R.
2509.94–1),
(2) to establish or maintain, or to contract with
(or otherwise provide assistance to) any other party
to
establish
or
maintain,
any
clearinghouse,
database, or other listing which—
(A) makes available to employee benefit
plans (as defined in section 3(3) of the Em-
ployee
Retirement
Income
Security
Act
of
1974) information relating to the status of in-
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vestments as economically targeted investments
referred to in such Interpretive Bulletin,
(B) provides assistance to employee benefit
plans (as so defined) or any other party to de-
velop or evaluate investments as economically
targeted investments referred to in such Inter-
pretive Bulletin, or
(C) identifies investments with respect to
which the Department or the Corporation will
withhold from undertaking enforcement actions
under such Act by reason of their status as eco-
nomically targeted investments referred to in
such Interpretive Bulletin,
(3) to administer or otherwise carry out the
contract entered into by the Department of Labor
designated ‘‘Contract No. J–9–P–4–0060’’ or any
other similar contract entered into by the Depart-
ment or the Corporation (except to the extent re-
quired by applicable law to provide for the imme-
diate termination of such contract), or
(4) to promote economically targeted invest-
ments referred to in such Interpretive Bulletin, ei-
ther by direct means, such as lecture or travel, or
by indirect means.
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SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration directly or through section 23(g) of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act for the development,
promulgation or issuance of any proposed or final stand-
ard or guideline regarding ergonomic protection or record-
ing and reporting occupational injuries and illnesses di-
rectly related thereto.
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no funds shall be expended by the Occupational Safe-
ty and Health Administration for the enforcement of the
Fall Protection Standard published at subpart M of 29
CFR part 1926, until 30 days after a new standard has
been promulgated by the Secretary of Labor (‘‘the Sec-
retary’’).
The Secretary shall develop this standard no later
than 180 days after the enactment of this Act. Until the
publishing of the revised final rule, the Occupational Safe-
ty and Health Administration may only expend funds des-
ignated for the enforcement of an interim fall protection
standard which adjusts all height requirements referenced
at subpart M of 29 CFR part 1926 from 6 feet to 16
feet.
SEC. 107. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be obligated or expended by the Department of Labor
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for the purposes of enforcement and the issuance of fines
under Hazardous Occupation Order Number 12 (HO 12)
with respect to the placement or loading of materials by
a person under 18 years of age into a cardboard baler
that is in compliance with the American National Stand-
ards Institute safety standard ANSI Z245.5 1990, and a
compactor that is in compliance with the American Na-
tional Standards Institute safety standard ANSI Z245.2
1992.
SEC. 108. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be obligated or expended by the Department of Labor
for the purposes of enforcement and the issuance of fines
under Hazardous Occupation Order Number 2 (HO 2)
with respect to incidental and occasional driving by minors
under age 18, unless the Secretary finds that the oper-
ation of a motor vehicle is the primary duty of the minor’s
employment.
SEC. 109. Not to exceed 1 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Labor in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 3 percent by any such transfers.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor
Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
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TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, VIII, X, XIX, and
XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, title V of the So-
cial Security Act, and the Health Care Quality Improve-
ment Act of 1986, as amended, section 427(a) of the Fed-
eral Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, title V of the Social
Security Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of
1986, as amended, Public Law 101–527, and the Native
Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, as amended,
$2,927,122,000 $2,951,159,000, of which $411,000 shall
remain available until expended for interest subsidies on
loan guarantees made prior to fiscal year 1981 under part
B of title VII of the Public Health Service Act: Provided,
That the Division of Federal Occupational Health may
utilize personal services contracting to employ professional
management/administrative, and occupational health pro-
fessionals: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able under this heading, $933,000 $858,000 shall be avail-
able until expended for facilities renovations at the Gillis
W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center: Provided further, That
in addition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of the
Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall
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gations for the total loan principal any part of which is
to be guaranteed at not to exceed $210,000,000. In addi-
tion, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, $2,703,000 $2,688,000.
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for
claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with
respect to vaccines administered after September 30,
1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public
Health Service Act, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not
to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available from the Trust
Fund to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION
For payment of claims resolved by the United States
Court of Federal Claims related to the administration of
vaccines before October 1, 1988, $110,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, and
XIX XIX, and XXI of the Public Health Service Act, sec-
tions 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, and 203 of the Federal
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Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and sections 20 and
22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970;
including insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign
countries; and hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft, 
$2,085,831,000
$2,052,783,000, 
of 
which
$4,353,000 $4,575,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for equipment and construction and renovation of
facilities, and in addition, such sums as may be derived
from authorized user fees, which shall be credited to this
account: Provided, That in addition to amounts provided
herein, up to $27,862,000 $40,063,000 shall be available
from amounts available under section 241 of the Public
Health Service Act, to carry out the National Center for
Health Statistics surveys: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor may redirect the total amount made available under
authority of Public Law 101–502, dated November 3, 1990,
to activities the Director may so designate: Provided fur-
ther, That the Congress is to be notified promptly of any
such transfer.
In addition, $39,100,000, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, for carrying out sec-
tions 40151, 40261, and 40293 of Public Law 103–322.
Of the amounts made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–333, Public Law 103–112, and Public
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Law 102–394 for immunization activities, $53,000,000 are
hereby rescinded.
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic 
Health 
Service 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
cancer,
$2,251,084,000 $1,972,757,000.
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung,
and blood diseases, and blood and blood products,
$1,355,866,000 $1,266,465,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL RESEARCH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to dental disease,
$183,196,000 $166,547,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND
KIDNEY DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and diges-
tive and kidney diseases, $771,252,000 $740,818,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
AND STROKE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to neurological dis-
orders and stroke, $681,534,000 $641,347,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infec-
tious diseases, $1,169,628,000 $551,414,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to general medical
sciences, $946,971,000 $898,001,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to child health and
human development, $595,162,000 $520,570,000.
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and
visual disorders, $314,185,000 $297,489,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SCIENCES
For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV
of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environ-
mental health sciences, $288,898,000 $275,861,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to aging, $453,917,000
$441,072,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to arthritis, and mus-
culoskeletal 
and 
skin 
diseases, 
$241,828,000
$232,919,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other
communication disorders, $176,502,000 $170,562,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to nursing research,
$55,831,000 $49,624,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND
ALCOHOLISM
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and
alcoholism, $198,607,000 $183,733,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to drug abuse,
$458,441,000 $295,554,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to mental health,
$661,328,000 $553,127,000.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to research resources
and general research support grants, $390,339,000
$304,267,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be
used to pay recipients of the general research support
grants program any amount for indirect expenses in con-
nection with such grants: Provided further, That
$11,000,000 shall be for extramural facilities construction
grants, of which $2,500,000 shall be for grants authorized
under section 481B of title IV of the Act.
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NATIONAL CENTER FOR HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to human genome re-
search, $170,041,000 $164,902,000.
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
For carrying out the activities at the John E.
Fogarty International Center, $25,313,000 $15,104,000.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to health information
communications, $141,439,000 $134,858,000, of which
$4,000,000 shall be available until expended for improve-
ment of information systems: Provided, That in fiscal year
1996, the Library may enter into personal services con-
tracts for the provision of services in facilities owned, oper-
ated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of the National
Institutes of Health.
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of
the Director, National Institutes of Health, $261,488,000
$233,151,000: Provided, That funding shall be available for
the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only: Provided further, That the Director
may direct up to 1 percent of the total amount made avail-
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able in this Act to all National Institutes of Health appro-
priations to activities the Director may so designate: Pro-
vided further, That no such appropriation shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than 1 percent by any such
transfers and that the Congress is promptly notified of
the transfer:–Provided further, That of the funds made
available under this heading, $7,500,000 shall be available
for carrying out the activities of the Office of Alternative
Medicine under section 404E of the Public Health Service
Act.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For the study of, construction of, and acquisition of
equipment for, facilities of or used by the National Insti-
tutes of Health, including the acquisition of real property,
$146,151,000 $140,384,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
OFFICE OF AIDS RESEARCH
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out part D of title XXIII of the Public
Health Service Act, $1,388,678,000: Provided, That the Di-
rector of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from
this appropriation the amounts necessary to carry out sec-
tion 2353(d) of the Act.
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to substance abuse and
mental health services, the Protection and Advocacy for
Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986, and section 301 of
the Public Health Service Act with respect to program
management, $1,788,946,000 $1,669,928,000.
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by
law, and for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s
Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan and for
medical care of dependents and retired personnel under
the Dependents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), and
for payments pursuant to section 229(b) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), such amounts as may be
required during the current fiscal year.
AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH
HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH
For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public
Health Service Act, and part A of title XI of the Social
Security Act, $85,423,000, together with not to exceed
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$5,796,000
$62,230,000 together with not to exceed
$5,796,000 to be transferred from the Federal Hospital In-
surance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insur-
ance Trust Funds, as authorized by sections 1142 and
201(g) of the Social Security Act; in addition, amounts
received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimburs-
able and interagency agreements, and the sale of data
tapes shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the amount
made available pursuant to section 926(b) of the Public
Health Service Act shall not exceed $34,284,000
$59,284,000.
HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $55,094,355,000,
to remain available until expended.
For making, after May 31, 1996, payments to States
under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last
quarter of fiscal year 1996 for unanticipated costs, in-
curred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be
necessary.
For making payments to States under title XIX of
the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year
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1997, $26,155,350,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
Payment under title XIX may be made for any quar-
ter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in
effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such
quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter.
PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and
the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Funds, as provided under sections 217(g) and 1844 of the
Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the So-
cial Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d) of Pub-
lic Law 97–248, and for administrative expenses incurred
pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act,
$63,313,000,000.
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
XI, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act, and title
XIII of the Public Health Service Act, the Clinical Labora-
tory Improvement Amendments of 1988, and section
4005(e) of Public Law 100–203, not to exceed
$2,134,533,000 $2,105,869,000, together with all funds
collected in accordance with section 353 of the Public
Health Service Act, the latter funds to remain available
until expended; the $2,134,533,000 $2,105,869,000, to be
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transferred to this appropriation as authorized by section
201(g) of the Social Security Act, from the Federal Hos-
pital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical
Insurance Trust Funds: Provided, That all funds derived
in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations es-
tablished under title XIII of the Public Health Service Act
are to be credited to this appropriation.
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION LOAN AND LOAN
GUARANTEE FUND
For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section
1308 of the Public Health Service Act, any amounts re-
ceived by the Secretary in connection with loans and loan
guarantees under title XIII of the Public Health Service
Act, to be available without fiscal year limitation for the
payment of outstanding obligations. During fiscal year
1996, no commitments for direct loans or loan guarantees
shall be made.
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
FAMILY SUPPORT PAYMENTS TO STATES
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities, except as otherwise provided, under titles I, IV–
A (other than section 402(g)(6)) and D, X, XI, XIV, and
XVI of the Social Security Act, and the Act of July 5,
1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), $13,614,307,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year,
payments to States or other non-Federal entities under
titles I, IV–A and D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social
Security Act, for the last three months of the current year
for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary.
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities under titles I, IV–A (other than section 402(g)(6))
and D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act
and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9) for the
first quarter of fiscal year 1997, $4,800,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND BASIC SKILLS
For carrying out aid to families with dependent chil-
dren work programs, as authorized by part F of title IV
of the Social Security Act, $1,000,000,000.
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available beginning on October 1,
1995 under this heading in Public Law 103–333,
$1,000,000,000 $100,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
For making payments under title XXVI of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,000,000,000, to
be available for obligation in the period October 1, 1996
through September 30, 1997.
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For making payments under title XXVI of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, an additional
$600,000,000: Provided, That all of the funds available
under this paragraph are hereby designated by Congress to
be 
emergency 
requirements 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defi-
cit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That these funds
shall be made available only after submission to Congress
of a formal budget request by the President that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE
For making payments for refugee and entrant assist-
ance activities authorized by title IV of the Immigration
and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–422),
$411,781,000 $397,172,000: Provided, That funds appro-
priated pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act under Public Law 103–112 for fiscal year
1994 shall be available for the costs of assistance provided
and other activities conducted in such year and in fiscal
years 1995 and 1996.
COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
For making payments under the Community Services
Block Grant Act and section 408 of Public Law 99–425,
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$431,483,000: Provided, That such funds to the extent they
are distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible en-
tity as provided under the Act, and have not been expended
by such entity, shall remain with such entity for carry-over
into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity con-
sistent with program purposes.
CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990),
$934,642,000, which shall be available for obligation
under the same statutory terms and conditions applicable
in the prior fiscal year.
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
For making grants to States pursuant to section
2002 of the Social Security Act, $2,800,000,000
$2,520,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section
2003(c) of such Act, the amount specified for allocation
under such section for fiscal year 1996 shall be
$2,520,000,000.
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head
Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act,
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the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Na-
tive American Programs Act of 1974, title II of Public
Law 95–266 (adoption opportunities), the Temporary
Child Care for Children with Disabilities and Crisis Nurs-
eries Act of 1986, the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act
of 1988, and part B(1) of title IV of the Social Security
Act; for making payments under the Community Services
Block Grant Act; and for necessary administrative ex-
penses to carry out said Acts and titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV,
XVI, and XX of the Social Security Act, the Act of July
5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance
Act of 1980, and section 126 and titles IV and V of Public
Law 100–485, $4,544,643,000 $4,129,169,000.
In addition, $800,000 $25,900,000, to be derived from
the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, for carrying out
sections 40211 40155, 40211, 40241, and 40251 of Public
Law 103–322.
FAMILY PRESERVATION AND SUPPORT
For carrying out section 430 of the Social Security
Act, $225,000,000.
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PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION
ASSISTANCE
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities, under title IV–E of the Social Security Act,
$4,307,842,000 $4,322,238,000.
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended,
$778,246,000 $836,027,000.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for
general departmental management, including hire of six
medium sedans, and for carrying out titles III and XX
III, XVII, XX, and XXI of the Public Health Service Act,
$116,826,000 $133,722,000, together with $6,813,000
$6,628,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental
Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $56,333,000
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$55,945,000, together with not to exceed $17,623,000
$19,996,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental
Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil
Rights, $10,249,000 $16,153,000, together with not to ex-
ceed $3,251,000 $3,314,000, to be transferred and ex-
pended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social
Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and
the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
POLICY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, research studies under section 1110 of the Social
Security Act, $9,000,000 $14,500,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be
available for not to exceed $37,000 for official reception
and representation expenses when specifically approved by
the Secretary.
SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public
Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to
work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided
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by the Agency for International Development, the United
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the
World Health Organization.
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act may be used to implement section 399L(b) of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act or section 1503 of the National In-
stitutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law
103–43.
SEC. 204. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to withhold payment to any State under
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act by reason
of a determination that the State is not in compliance with
section 1340.2(d)(2)(ii) of title 45 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. This provision expires upon the date of enact-
ment of the reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Act or upon September 30, 1996, which-
ever occurs first.
SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this title
for the National Institutes of Health and the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall
be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant
or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of
$125,000 per year.
SEC. 206. Taps and other assessments made by any
office located in the Department of Health and Human
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Services shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds ex-
cept that this provision shall not apply to assessments re-
quired by authorizing legislation, or related to working
capital funds or other fee-for-service activities.
Sec. 206. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public
Health Service Act, except for funds specifically provided
for in this Act, prior to the Secretary’s preparation and
submission of a report to the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate and of the House detailing the planned uses
of such funds.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 207. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available for the Department of Health and Human
Services, General Departmental Management, for fiscal
year 1996, the Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall transfer to the Office of the Inspector General such
sums as may be necessary for any expenses with respect
to the provision of security protection for the Secretary
of Health and Human Services.
SEC. 208. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be obligated or expended for the Federal Council on
Aging under the Older Americans Act or the Advisory
Board on Child Abuse and Neglect under the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act.
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SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated in this or
any other Act may be obligated or expended for the posi-
tion of Surgeon General of the Public Health Service.
SEC. 210. Of the budgetary resources available to the
Department of Health and Human Services, under the
heading, ‘‘National Institutes of Health’’, for administra-
tive expenses during fiscal year 1996, $41,665,000 are per-
manently canceled.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health
and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION REFORM
For carrying out activities authorized by titles II and
III of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act, $95,000,000,
which For carrying out activities authorized by titles III
and IV of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act and titles
II, III, and IV of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act,
$432,500,000, of which $310,000,000 for the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act and $122,500,000 for the School-to-
Work Opportunities Act shall become available on July 1,
1996, and remain available through September 30, 1997:
Provided, That notwithstanding section 311(e) of Public
Law 103–227, the Secretary is authorized to grant up to
six additional State education agencies authority to waive
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Federal statutory or regulatory requirements for fiscal year
1996 and succeeding fiscal years.
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965, $6,014,499,000, which
shall become available on July 1, 1996 and shall remain
available through September 30, 1997: Provided, and sec-
tion 418A of the Higher Education Act, $6,517,166,000, of
which $6,500,827,000 shall become available on July 1,
1996 and shall remain available through September 30,
1997: Provided, That $5,266,863,000 shall be available for
basic grants under section 1124, which shall be allocated
without regard to section 1124(d): Provided further, That
up to $3,500,000 of these funds shall be available to the
Secretary on October 1, 1995 and shall remain available
through September 30, 1997, to obtain updated local-edu-
cational-agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau
of the Census: Provided further, That $692,341,000 shall
be available for concentration grants under section 1124(A)
and $3,370,000 shall be available for evaluations under sec-
tion 1501:–Provided further, That no funds shall be re-
served under section 1003(a) of said Act.
IMPACT AID
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to
federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
$645,000,000, of which $550,000,000 $677,959,000, of
which $581,170,000 shall be for basic support payments
under section 8003(b), $40,000,000 shall be for payments
for children with disabilities under section 8003(d),
$50,000,000 $36,800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for payments under section 8003(f), and
$5,000,000 shall be for construction under section 8007,
and $14,989,000 shall be for Federal property payments
under section 8002:–Provided, That none of the funds pro-
vided shall be used for payments under section 8003(e).
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
For carrying out school improvement activities au-
thorized by titles II, IV–A–1, V–A, VI, and X section 7203,
and titles IX, X and XIII of the Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act of 1965 and 1965; the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and the Civil Rights
Act of 1964; $842,000,000,
of
which
$723,000,000
$1,157,623,000 of which $975,760,000 shall become avail-
able on July 1, 1996, and remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 1997: Provided, That of the amount appro-
priated, $275,000,000 shall be for Eisenhower professional
development 
State 
grants 
under 
title 
II–B 
and
$275,000,000 shall be for innovative education program
strategies State grants under title VI–A: Provided further,
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That not less than $3,000,000 shall be for innovative pro-
grams under section 5111: Provided further, That
$200,000,000 shall be transferred to the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration for youth sub-
stance abuse prevention which shall become available on
July 1, 1996, and remain available through September 30,
1997.
BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, bilingual and immigrant education activities author-
ized by title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation 
Act, 
$103,000,000
$172,959,000 
of 
which
$15,144,000 shall be for training activities under subpart
3 of part A of title VII, and $50,000,000 shall be for immi-
grant education programs authorized by part C: Provided,
That State educational agencies may use all, or any part
of, their part C allocation for competitive grants to local
educational agencies:–Provided further, That the Depart-
ment of Education should only support instructional pro-
grams which ensure that students completely master Eng-
lish in a timely fashion (a period of three to five years)
while meeting rigorous achievement standards in the aca-
demic content areas: Provided further, That no funds shall
be available for subpart 3 of part A.
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title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965, as amended, $250,238,000: Provided, That
$3,000,000 section 2102, parts A, B, C, and D of title III,
parts A, B, I, K, and L and section 10601 of title X, parts
B and C of title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, as amended, and title VI of the
Goals 2000: Educate America Act, $322,601,000: Provided,
That $4,106,000 shall be for section 10601 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act: Provided further, That
$25,000,000 $15,000,000 shall be for section 3136 (K–12
technology learning challenges) and $10,000,000 shall be for
section 3141 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (K–12 technology learning challenge): Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph may be obligated or expended for the Goals 2000
Community Partnerships Program: Provided further, That
$41,000,000 shall be for regional laboratories, $28,500,000
shall be for national research centers, $6,000,000 shall be
for International Education Exchange, $2,000,000 shall be
for Extended Time and Learning, and $3,000,000 shall be
for the elementary mathematics and science equipment
projects under the fund for the improvement of education.
LIBRARIES
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, titles I and III I, II, III, and IV of the Library