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Revenue Code of 1986, and the provision of technical assistance 
and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act, including not 
to exceed $1,228,000 that may be used for amortization pay-
ments to States which had independent retirement plans in 
their State employment service agencies prior to 1980; 
(5) $65,517,000 from the Trust Fund is for the administra-
tion of foreign labor certifications and related activities under 
the Immigration and Nationality Act and related laws, of which 
$50,418,000 shall be available for the Federal administration 
of such activities, and $15,099,000 shall be available for grants 
to States for the administration of such activities; and 
(6) $63,593,000 from the General Fund is to provide 
workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop 
system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and section 171 
(e)(2)(C) of the WIA and shall be available for Federal obligation 
for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured 
Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2012 is projected by the 
Department of Labor to exceed 4,832,000, an additional $28,600,000 
from the Trust Fund 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) to carry out title III of the 
Social Security Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in 
this Act that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under 
title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such State 
to assist other States in carrying out activities under such title 
III if the other States include areas that have suffered a major 
disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 
under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on 
behalf of States for the use of the National Directory of New 
Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated in this Act which are used to establish a national 
one-stop career center system, or which are used to support the 
national activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
or immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants, 
or agreements with non-State entities: 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 Unemployment Insurance 
and Employment Service automation efforts, notwithstanding cost 
allocation principles prescribed under the Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A–87: Provided further, That the Secretary, 
at the request of a State participating in a consortium with other 
States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title III 
of the Social Security Act to other States participating in the 
consortium in order to carry out activities that benefit the adminis-
tration of the unemployment compensation law of the State making 
the request. 
In addition, $50,000,000 from the Employment Security 
Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund shall 
be available to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility 
assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment 
reviews.
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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 Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and for 
nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as author-
ized 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, 2013. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and training pro-
grams, $97,320,000, together with not to exceed $50,040,000 which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security 
Administration, $183,500,000. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Corporation’’) is 
authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assist-
ance 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, including associated 
administrative expenses, through September 30, 2012, for the Cor-
poration: Provided, That none of the funds available to the Corpora-
tion for fiscal year 2012 shall be available for obligations for 
administrative expenses in excess of $476,901,000: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the number of new plan participants in 
plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 
2012, an amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be 
available through September 30, 2013, for obligation for administra-
tive expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated participants: 
Provided further, That an additional $50,000 shall be made avail-
able through September 30, 2013, for obligation for investment 
management fees for every $25,000,000 in assets received by the 
Corporation as a result of new plan terminations or asset growth, 
after approval by the Office of Management and Budget and 
notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate: 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
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of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division, 
including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and 
their employees for inspection services rendered, $227,491,000. 
OFFICE OF LABOR MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor Management 
Standards, $41,367,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs, $105,386,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ Compensation 
Programs, $115,939,000, together with $2,124,000 which may be 
expended from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 
44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Compensa-
tion Act. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses 
(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’ Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sec-
tions 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948; and 50 percent 
of the additional compensation and benefits required by section 
10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 
$350,000,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary 
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: 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 beneficiary: Pro-
vided further, That balances of reimbursements unobligated on 
September 30, 2011, shall remain available until expended for 
the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided
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further, That in addition there shall be transferred to this appropria-
tion 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 September 30, 2012: 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, $59,488,000 shall be made available 
to the Secretary as follows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of automated data 
processing 
systems 
and 
telecommunications 
systems, 
$17,253,000; 
(2) 
For 
automated 
workload 
processing 
operations, 
including document imaging, centralized mail intake, and med-
ical bill processing, $26,769,000; 
(3) For periodic roll management and medical review, 
$15,466,000; and 
(4) 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 Workers’ Compensation Act, pro-
vide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying information 
(including Social Security account number) as such regulations 
may prescribe. 
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, $141,227,000, 
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 2013, $40,000,000, 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, $52,147,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may 
require that any person filing 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 (‘‘Fund’’), to remain available until expended, for pay-
ment of all benefits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and 
(7) of the Internal Revenue 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
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from the Fund for fiscal year 2012 for expenses of operation and 
administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, as authorized 
by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed $32,906,000 for transfer to 
the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’; not to exceed $25,217,000 for transfer to Departmental 
Management, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $327,000 for 
transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments 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, $565,857,000, including not to exceed $104,393,000 
which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States 
under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
(‘‘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 under section 18 
of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration may retain up to 
$200,000 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 training and education: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is 
authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, to 
collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally Recognized 
Testing Laboratories, 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, admin-
ister, 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 further, 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 included within a category having a Days 
Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) occupational injury and 
illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification code for 
which such data are published, less than the national average 
rate as such rates are most recently published 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, consultation, tech-
nical assistance, educational and training services, and to con-
duct surveys and studies; 
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response 
to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations 
found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for viola-
tions which are not corrected within a reasonable abatement 
period and for any willful violations found;
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(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 results in hospitalization of two 
or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such 
investigation 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 employs 10 or fewer 
employees: Provided further, That $10,729,000 shall be available 
for Susan Harwood training grants. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $374,000,000, including purchase and bestowal of 
certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first- 
aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including up 
to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities; in addition, 
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 education and training 
activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the 
Mine Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $1,499,000 
from fees collected for the approval and certification of equipment, 
materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such 
sums for such activities; and, in addition, the Secretary may transfer 
from amounts provided under this heading up to $3,000,000 to 
‘‘Departmental Management’’ for activities related to the Office 
of the Solicitor’s caseload before the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Review Commission; the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, 
buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and pri-
vate sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other 
agencies, Federal, State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration is authorized to promote health and safety education 
and training in the mining community through cooperative pro-
grams with States, industry, and safety associations; the Secretary 
is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association 
as a principal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without reimburse-
ment, personnel, including service of Mine Safety and Health 
Administration officials as officers in local chapters or in the 
national organization; and 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 operations in 
the event of a major disaster.
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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for services rendered, $542,921,000, 
together with not to exceed $67,303,000 which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration Account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund, of which $1,500,000 may be used to 
fund the mass layoff statistics program under section 15 of the 
Wagner-Peyser Act. 
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, 
$38,953,000. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $346,683,000, 
together with not to exceed $326,000, which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration Account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That $66,500,000 for the 
Bureau of International Labor Affairs shall be available for obliga-
tion through December 31, 2012: Provided further, That funds avail-
able to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used 
to administer or operate international labor activities, bilateral 
and multilateral technical assistance, and microfinance programs, 
by or through contracts, grants, subgrants and other arrangements: 
Provided further, That $40,000,000 shall be for programs to combat 
exploitative child labor internationally: Provided further, That not 
less than $6,500,000 shall be used to implement model programs 
that address worker rights issues through technical assistance in 
countries with which the United States has free trade agreements 
or trade preference programs: Provided further, That $8,500,000 
shall be used for program evaluation and shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2013: Provided further, That 
funds available for program evaluation may be transferred to any 
other appropriate account in the Department for such purpose: 
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. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $212,060,000 may be derived from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust
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Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 4100–4113, 4211– 
4215, and 4321–4327, and Public Law 103–353, and which shall 
be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 
2012, of which $2,444,000 is for the National Veterans’ Employment 
and Training Services Institute. 
In addition, to carry out Department of Labor programs under 
section 5(a)(1) of the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance 
Act of 2001 and the Veterans Workforce Investment Programs 
under section 168 of the WIA, $52,879,000, of which $14,622,000 
shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2012 through 
June 30, 2013. 
IT MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized 
infrastructure technology investment activities related to support 
systems and modernization, $19,852,000. 
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, $77,937,000, together with not to exceed $5,909,000 which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for the 
Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bonuses of an 
individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect 
cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year 
for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between 
a program, project, or activity, but no such program, project, or 
activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this 
section shall be available only to meet emergency needs and shall 
not be used to create any new program or to fund any project 
or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: Provided 
further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in 
advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order No. 13126, none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the procurement 
of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services 
rendered, in whole or in part, by forced or indentured child labor 
in industries and host countries already identified by the United 
States Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American Competi-
tiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 may be used
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for any purpose other than competitive grants for training in the 
occupations and industries for which employers are using H–1B 
visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary 
to support such training. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Administration’’ shall be 
used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to pay the salary 
and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect 
costs, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation 
shall not apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 
in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. Where States 
are recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower limit 
for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and bonuses 
from subrecipients of such funds, taking into account factors 
including the relative cost-of-living in the State, the compensation 
levels for comparable State or local government employees, and 
the size of the organizations that administer Federal programs 
involved including Employment and Training Administration pro-
grams. Notwithstanding this section, the limitation on salaries for 
the Job Corps shall continue to be governed by section 101. 
SEC. 106. The Secretary shall take no action to amend, through 
regulatory or administration action, the definition established in 
section 667.220 of title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
for functions and activities under title I of WIA, or to modify, 
through regulatory or administrative action, the procedure for 
redesignation of local areas as specified in subtitle B of title I 
of that Act (including applying the standards specified in section 
116(a)(3)(B) of that Act, but notwithstanding the time limits speci-
fied in section 116(a)(3)(B) of that Act), until such time as legislation 
reauthorizing the Act is enacted. Nothing in the preceding sentence 
shall permit or require the Secretary to withdraw approval for 
such redesignation from a State that received the approval not 
later than October 12, 2005, or to revise action taken or modify 
the redesignation procedure being used by the Secretary in order 
to complete such redesignation for a State that initiated the process 
of such redesignation by submitting any request for such redesigna-
tion not later than October 26, 2005. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 
transfer funds made available to the Employment and Training 
Administration by this Act or by Public Law 112–10, either directly 
or through a set-aside, for technical assistance services to grantees 
to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is determined that those serv-
ices will be more efficiently performed by Federal employees. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 108. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.5 
percent from each appropriation made available in this Act identi-
fied 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 this section shall be transferred to 
‘‘Departmental Management’’ for use by the Office of the Chief 
Evaluation Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2013: Provided, That 
such funds shall only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer