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transitioning members of the Armed Forces who 
have participated in the Transition Assistance Pro-
gram and have been identified as in need of inten-
sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 
are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 
in military treatment facilities or warrior transition 
units, and to the spouses or other family caregivers 
of such wounded, ill, or injured members; 
(2) $31,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi-
tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 
10 U.S.C. 1144; 
(3) $52,538,000 is for Federal administration 
of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 
2021, 2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States 
Code: Provided, That, up to $500,000 may be used 
to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of Pub-
lic Law 115–31); and 
(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ 
Employment and Training Services Institute under 
38 U.S.C. 4109: 
Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 
appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 
above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria-
tion from which such reallocation is made. 
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In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$67,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home-
less veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 
transitioning from certain institutions under sections 
2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 
Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) 
of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through 
September 30, 2022, to provide services under such sec-
tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec-
tions 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to 
services to homeless veterans described in section 
2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless at 
some point within the 60 days prior to program entry or 
veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 
60 days, and that services provided under section 2023 
may include, in addition to services to the individuals de-
scribed in subsection (e) of such section, services to vet-
erans recently released from incarceration who are at risk 
of homelessness: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appropriated in 
this paragraph may be used for data systems and contract 
support to allow for the tracking of participant and per-
formance information: Provided further, That notwith-
standing sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, 
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United States Code, such funds shall be available for ex-
penditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553. 
In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in 
the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to sec-
tion 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall 
be available to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets 
Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
sums shall be in addition to any other funds available for 
such purposes, including funds available under paragraph 
(3) of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) 
of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 
(Public Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not 
apply. 
IT MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-
tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-
lated to support systems and modernization, $37,269,000, 
which shall be available through September 30, 2023. 
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, $89,738,000, together with not to 
exceed $5,660,000 which may be expended from the Em-
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ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-
ployment 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 bo-
nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora-
tion 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 discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-
priated 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 activ-
ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 
this section 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 Commit-
tees 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 
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available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex-
pended 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. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, none of the funds made available to the Department 
of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American 
Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other 
than competitive grants for training individuals who are 
older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled 
in school within a local educational agency in the occupa-
tions 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 Ad-
ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 
of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi-
vidual, 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. 
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Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es-
tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re-
ceiving 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 pro-
grams involved including Employment and Training Ad-
ministration programs. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-
retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-
ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di-
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, 
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That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro-
viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent 
of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the 
‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such 
account to carry out program integrity activities related 
to the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds 
transferred under the authority provided by this sub-
section shall be available for obligation through September 
30, 2023. 
(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 
this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man-
agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 
Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2023: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 
Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 
a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua-
tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
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(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 
‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, 
‘‘Community Service Employment for Older Americans’’, 
‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 
Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administra-
tion’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 
‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management 
Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-
tration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Of-
fice of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding made 
available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ 
and ‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Man-
agement, Salaries and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans’ 
Employment and Training’’. 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, coopera-
tive agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to 
$2,000,000 of excess personal property, at a value deter-
mined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for 
the purpose of training apprentices in those programs. 
SEC. 109. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a 
Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 
736, chapter 141) shall be applied as if the following text 
is part of such Act: 
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‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is au-
thorized to employ law enforcement officers or special 
agents to— 
‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of 
Labor during the workday of the Secretary and dur-
ing any activity that is preliminary or postliminary 
to the performance of official duties by the Sec-
retary; 
‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protec-
tion provided to the Secretary, to a member of the 
immediate family of the Secretary who is partici-
pating in an activity or event relating to the official 
duties of the Secretary; 
‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Sec-
retary (including during periods not described in 
paragraph (1)) and to the members of the imme-
diate family of the Secretary if there is a significant 
and articulable threat of physical harm, in accord-
ance with guidelines established by the Secretary; 
and 
‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary 
of Labor in the performance of official duties at a 
public event outside of the United States if there is 
a significant and articulable threat of physical harm 
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and protective services are not provided as part of 
an official U.S. visit. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may 
authorize a law enforcement officer or special agent em-
ployed under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing 
the duties authorized under subsection (a), to— 
‘‘(1) carry firearms; 
‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any of-
fense against the United States committed in the 
presence of such officer or special agent; 
‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, in-
cluding identifying and mitigating potential threats 
and conducting advance work to review security mat-
ters relating to sites and events; 
‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement 
agencies; and 
‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations 
into potential threats to the security of the Sec-
retary, in coordination with the Inspector General of 
the Department of Labor. 
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES.—A law en-
forcement officer or special agent employed under sub-
section (a) shall exercise any authority provided under this 
section in accordance with any— 
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‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; 
and 
‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of 
Labor.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 110. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of 
or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appro-
priate, including an agreement or partnership to construct 
a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real prop-
erty on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center is 
situated. Any sale or other disposition will not be subject 
to any requirement of any Federal law or regulation relat-
ing to the disposition of Federal real property, including 
but not limited to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 
of the United States Code and subchapter V of chapter 
119 of title 42 of the United States Code. The net pro-
ceeds of such a sale shall be transferred to the Secretary, 
which shall be available until expended to carry out the 
Job Corps Program on Treasure Island. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agree-
ment between the United States Department of 
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Labor and the United States Department of Agri-
culture; or 
(2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Cen-
ters, except if such closure is necessary to prevent 
the endangerment of the health and safety of the 
students, the capacity of the program is retained, 
and the requirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA 
are met. 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, not to exceed $36,000,000 of the unobligated bal-
ances available to the Secretary of Labor in fiscal year 
2022 (other than the amounts specified in subparagraph 
(2)(J) under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training— 
Training and Employment Services’’) may be transferred 
to the Department’s Working Capital Fund for the acqui-
sition of capital equipment, the improvement and imple-
mentation of Department financial management, informa-
tion technology, infrastructure technology investment ac-
tivities related to support systems and modernization, and 
other support systems necessary for the delivery of finan-
cial, administrative, and information technology services 
of primary benefit to the agencies and programs of the 
Department of Labor: Provided, That any funds so trans-
ferred shall remain available for obligation for five fiscal 
years after the fiscal year of such transfer: Provided fur-
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ther, That no funds may be transferred pursuant to this 
section unless the Chief Information Officer of the Depart-
ment of Labor submits a plan to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate describing the amounts to be transferred by account; 
the planned use of funds, including descriptions of 
projects; project status, including any scheduled delays 
and cost overruns; financial expenditures; planned activi-
ties; and expected benefits: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided in this section shall be in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 
SEC. 113. (a) Section 118(a) of division BB of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116– 
260) is amended by— 
(1) inserting ‘‘and in addition to amounts oth-
erwise available for such purposes,’’ before ‘‘there 
are appropriated’’; and 
(2) striking ‘‘expended through’’. 
(b) The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the final rule 
entitled ‘‘Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing Flexibility’’ pub-
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lished by the Department of Labor in the Federal Register 
on January 6, 2020. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce Subpart B of 
29 CFR Part 29 (29 CFR 29.20 through 29 CFR 29.31 
(Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs)). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 2022’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 
with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai-
ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,831,772,000 (increased 
by $2,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000): Provided, That 
$25,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of making 
grants to support school-based health centers as author-
ized under section 399Z–1 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 
280h–5): Provided further, That no more than $1,000,000 
shall be available until expended for carrying out the pro-
visions of section 224(o) of the PHS Act: Provided further, 
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That no more than $120,000,000 shall be available until 
expended for carrying out subsections (g) through (n) and 
(q) of section 224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses in-
curred by the Department of Health and Human Services 
(referred to in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to adminis-
trative claims made under such law. 
HEALTH WORKFORCE 
For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 
Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E 
and 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care 
Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $1,564,876,000 (re-
duced by $20,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000): Pro-
vided, That sections 751(j)(2) and 762(k) of the PHS Act 
and the proportional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) 
through (4) of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not 
apply to funds made available under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That for any program operating under sec-
tion 751 of the PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to 
in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may hereafter waive any 
of the requirements contained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) 
and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full project period 
of a grant under such section: Provided further, That fees 
collected for the disclosure of information under section 
427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 
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1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social 
Security Act shall be sufficient to recover the full costs 
of operating the programs authorized by such sections and 
shall remain available until expended for the National 
Practitioner Data Bank: Provided further, That funds 
transferred to this account to carry out section 846 and 
subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act may be 
used to make prior year adjustments to awards made 
under such section and subpart: Provided further, That 
$185,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
the purposes of providing primary health services, assign-
ing National Health Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) members 
to expand the delivery of substance use disorder treatment 
services, notwithstanding the assignment priorities and 
limitations under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), and 
333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, and making payments 
under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under section 
338B of such Act: Provided further, That, within the 
amount 
made 
available 
in 
the 
previous 
proviso, 
$15,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
purposes of making payments under the NHSC Loan Re-
payment Program under section 338B of the PHS Act 
to individuals participating in such program who provide 
primary health services in Indian Health Service facilities, 
Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs, and Urban In-
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