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stitutional Competency Building training grants which 
commenced in September 2000, for program activities for 
the period of October 1, 2007, to September 30, 2008, 
provided that a grantee has demonstrated satisfactory per-
formance: Provided further, That such grants shall be 
awarded no less than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall pro-
vide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate with timetables 
for the development and issuance of occupational safety 
and health standards on beryllium, silica, cranes and der-
ricks, confined space entry in construction, and hazard 
communication global harmonization; such timetables 
shall include actual or estimated dates for: the publication 
of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, the com-
mencement and completion of a Small Business Regu-
latory Enforcement Fairness Act review (if required), the 
completion of any peer review (if required), the submission 
of the draft proposed rule to the Office of Management 
and Budget for review under Executive Order 12866 (if 
required), the publication of a proposed rule, the conduct 
of public hearings, the submission of a draft final rule to 
the Office and Management and Budget for review under 
Executive Order 12866 (if required), and the issuance of 
a final rule; and such report shall be submitted to the 
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Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate within 90 days of the enactment 
of this Act, with updates provided every 90 days thereafter 
that shall include an explanation of the reasons for any 
delays in meeting the projected timetables for action. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, $313,478,000 including purchase 
and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 
with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 
mine rescue and recovery activities; in addition, not to ex-
ceed $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 section 
3302 of title 31, United States Code; and, in addition, 
the Mine Safety and Health Administration may retain 
up to $1,000,000 from fees collected for the approval and 
certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for 
use in mines, and may utilize such sums for such activi-
ties; the Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept lands, 
buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public 
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and private sources and to prosecute projects in coopera-
tion 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 programs with 
States, industry, and safety associations; the Secretary is 
authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety As-
sociation as a principal safety association and, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, may provide funds 
and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, including 
service of Mine Safety and Health Administration officials 
as officers in local chapters or in the national organiza-
tion; and any funds available to the Department 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. 
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, $497,854,000, together with not to exceed 
$78,264,000, which may be expended from the employ-
ment security administration account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund, of which $5,000,000 may be used to 
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fund the mass layoff statistics program under section 15 
of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49l–2): Provided, 
That the Current Employment Survey shall maintain the 
content of the survey issued prior to June 2005 with re-
spect to the collection of data for the women worker series. 
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, $27,712,000. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-
ment, including the hire of three sedans, and including 
the management or operation, through contracts, grants 
or other arrangements of Departmental activities con-
ducted by or through the Bureau of International Labor 
Affairs, including bilateral and multilateral technical as-
sistance 
and 
other 
international 
labor 
activities, 
$292,943,000, of which $72,516,000 is for the Bureau of 
International Labor Affairs (including $5,000,000 to im-
plement model programs to address worker rights issues 
through technical assistance in countries with which the 
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United States has trade preference programs), and of 
which $18,000,000 is for the acquisition of Departmental 
information 
technology, 
architecture, 
infrastructure, 
equipment, software and related needs, which will be allo-
cated by the Department’s Chief Information Officer in 
accordance with the Department’s capital investment 
management process to assure a sound investment strat-
egy; together with not to exceed $318,000, which may be 
expended from the employment security administration ac-
count in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF JOB CORPS 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.), includ-
ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter-
ation and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 
purchase of real property for training centers as author-
ized by the Workforce Investment Act; $1,649,476,000, 
as follows: 
(1) $1,507,684,000 for Job Corps operations, 
of which $916,684,000 is available for the period 
July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009, and of which 
$591,000,000 is available for the period October 1, 
2008, through June 30, 2009; 
(2) $112,920,000 for construction, rehabilita-
tion, and acquisition of Job Corps centers, of which 
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$12,920,000 is available from July 1, 2008, through 
June 30, 2011; and $100,000,000 is available for 
the period October 1, 2008, through June 30, 2011; 
and 
(3) $28,872,000 for necessary expenses of the 
Office of Job Corps, which shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2007, through September 30, 
2008: 
Provided, That the Office of Job Corps shall have con-
tracting authority: Provided further, That no funds from 
any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal serv-
ices at or for Job Corps centers: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated in this title for the Job 
Corps shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, 
either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, 
at a rate in excess of Executive Level I: Provided further, 
That a total student training slot level of not less than 
44,791 shall be achieved by the end of program year 2008. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $197,143,000 may be derived from the 
employment security administration account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of sec-
tions 4100–4113, 4211–4215, and 4321–4327 of title 38, 
United States Code, and Public Law 103–353, and which 
shall be available for obligation by the States through De-
cember 31, 2008, of which $1,967,000 is for the National 
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Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute. 
To carry out the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Pro-
grams under section 5(a)(1) of the Homeless Veterans 
Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001 (38 U.S.C. 2021) 
and the Veterans Workforce Investment Programs under 
section 168 of the Workforce Investment Act (29 U.S.C. 
2913), $31,055,000, of which $7,435,000 shall be avail-
able for obligation for the period July 1, 2008, through 
June 30, 2009. 
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, $72,929,000, together with not to 
exceed $5,729,000, which may be expended from the em-
ployment security administration account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et 
seq.)) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year 
for the Department of Labor in this Act may be trans-
ferred between a program, project, or activity, but no such 
program, project, or activity shall be increased by more 
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than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided further, 
That the transfer authority granted by this section shall 
be available only to meet unanticipated 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 Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 
notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 102. In accordance with Executive Order No. 
13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex-
pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 
manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, 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. 103. After September 30, 2007, the Secretary 
of Labor shall issue a monthly transit subsidy of not less 
than the full amount (of not less than $110) that each 
of its employees of the National Capital Region is eligible 
to receive. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated in this title 
for grants under section 171 of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916) may be obligated prior to 
the preparation and submission of a report by the Sec-
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retary of Labor to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the 
planned uses of such funds. 
SEC. 105. The Secretary of Labor shall award the 
following grants on a competitive basis: (1) Community- 
Based Job Training Grants awarded from amounts pro-
vided for such purpose under this title; and (2) grants dur-
ing fiscal or program year 2008 under section 414(c) of 
the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improve-
ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916 note), as amended by 
section 428 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 
(Public Law 108–447). 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of 
the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improve-
ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916 note) may be used 
for any purpose other than 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: Provided, That the preceding 
limitation shall not apply to grants awarded under section 
107 of this title and to multi-year grants awarded in re-
sponse to competitive solicitations issued prior to April 15, 
2007. 
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SEC. 107. Out of funds available to the Department 
of Labor under section 414(c) the American Competitive-
ness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2916 note), as amended by section 428 of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447), 
up to $20,000,000 is available (in addition to dislocated 
worker assistance national reserve funds) for the purposes 
of grants to States to address the gap in health care cov-
erage faced by trade adjustment assistance (‘‘TAA’’) par-
ticipants and dislocated workers awaiting TAA certifi-
cation, to assure that these dislocated workers can benefit 
from the tax credit for health insurance costs authorized 
in section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
SEC. 108. The Secretary of Labor shall take no ac-
tion to amend, through regulatory or administration ac-
tion, the definition established in 20 CFR 667.220 for 
functions and activities under title I of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998, or to modify, through regulatory 
or administrative action, the procedure for redesignation 
of local areas as specified in subtitle B of title I of the 
Act (including applying the standards specified in section 
116(a)(3)(B) of such Act, but notwithstanding the time 
limits specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2831), until such time as legislation reauthorizing 
such Act is enacted. 
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SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act shall be available to finalize or implement 
any proposed regulation under the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998, Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, or the Trade 
Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 until such 
time as legislation reauthorizing the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998 and the Trade Adjustment Assistance 
Reform Act of 2002 is enacted. 
SEC. 110. (a) On or before November 30, 2007, the 
Secretary of Labor shall, pursuant to section 6 of the Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 
655), promulgate a final occupational safety and health 
standard concerning employer payment for personal pro-
tective equipment. The final standard shall provide no less 
protection to employees and shall have no further excep-
tions from the employer payment requirement than the 
proposed rule published in the Federal Register on March 
31, 1999 (64 FR 15402). 
(b) In the event that such standard is not promul-
gated by the date required, the proposed standard on em-
ployer payment for personal protective equipment pub-
lished in the Federal Register on March 31, 1999 (64 FR 
15402) shall become effective as if such standard had been 
promulgated as a final standard by the Secretary of 
Labor. 
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SEC. 111. None of the funds appropriated in this title 
may be used to carry out a public-private competition or 
direct conversion under OMB Circular A–76 or any suc-
cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy until 
60 days after the Government Accountability Office pro-
vides a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate on the use of 
competitive sourcing at the Department of Labor. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES 
For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XII, 
XVI, XIX, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, 
section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safe-
ty Act, title V and sections 1128E, 711, and 1820 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7e, 912, and 1395i– 
4), the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, 
the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, the Car-
diac Arrest Survival Act of 2000, construction and renova-
tion (including equipment) of health care and other facili-
ties, and section 712(c) of the American Jobs Creation 
Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 300b–1 note), $7,055,709,000, 
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of which $63,538,000 from general revenues, notwith-
standing subsection (j) of section 1820 of the Social Secu-
rity Act, shall be available for carrying out the Medicare 
rural hospital flexibility grants program under such sec-
tion: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $100,000 shall be available until expended 
for facilities renovations at the National Hansen’s Disease 
Programs Center (as described in section 320 of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247e)): Provided further, 
That in addition to fees authorized by section 427(b)(4) 
of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (42 
U.S.C. 11137(b)(4)), fees shall be collected for the full 
disclosure of information under the Act sufficient to re-
cover the full costs of operating the National Practitioner 
Data Bank authorized under such Act, and shall remain 
available until expended to carry out such Act: Provided 
further, That fees authorized under subsection (d)(2) of 
section 1128E of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320a–7e) to be collected for the full disclosure of infor-
mation under the national health care fraud and abuse 
data collection program established under such section, 
shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating 
the program, and shall remain available until expended to 
carry 
out 
that 
program: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$35,000,000 of the funding provided for community 
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health centers shall be used for base grant adjustments 
for existing centers: Provided further, That no more than 
$40,000 is available until expended for carrying out the 
provisions of section 224(o)(6) of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (42 U.S.C. 233(o)(6)) including associated admin-
istrative expenses: Provided further, That $3,963,000 is 
available until expended for the National Cord Blood Stem 
Cell Program: Provided further, That no more than 
$45,000,000 is available until expended for carrying out 
the amendments to section 224 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (42 U.S.C. 233) made by the Federally Supported 
Health Centers Assistance Act of 1995 and for expenses 
incurred by the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices pertaining to administrative claims made pursuant to 
such amendments: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $310,910,000 shall be 
for the program under title X of the Public Health Service 
Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects: Pro-
vided further, That amounts provided to such projects 
under such title shall not be expended for abortions, that 
all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and that 
such amounts shall not be expended for any activity (in-
cluding the publication or distribution of literature) that 
in any way tends to promote public support or opposition 
to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office: 
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Provided further, That of the funds available under this 
heading, $1,865,800,000 shall remain available to the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services through September 
30, 2010, for parts A and B of title XXVI of the Public 
Health Service Act: Provided further, That within the 
amounts provided for part A of title XXVI of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–11 et seq.), funds 
are included to ensure that the amount of any funding 
provided under such part to a metropolitan area for the 
program year beginning in 2007 is not reduced by an 
amount that is more than 8.4 percent, and the amount 
of any funding provided under subpart II of such part to 
a transitional area is not reduced by an amount that is 
more than 13.4 percent, relative to the amount of the total 
funding provided under such part to the metropolitan area 
or transitional area, respectively, for the program year be-
ginning in fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That 
$830,593,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance 
Programs authorized under section 2616 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 300ff–26): Provided further, That in addition to 
amounts provided herein, $25,000,000 shall be available 
from amounts available under section 241 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238j) to carry out parts 
A, B, C, and D of title XXVI of such Act to fund the 
special projects of national significance under section 2691 
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