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workers: Provided further, That funding provided to carry out
projects under section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 that are identified in the Conference Agreement, shall not
be subject to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) of such Act,
the requirements of section 171(c)(4)(D) of such Act, or the joint
funding requirements of sections 171(b)(2)(A) and 171(c)(4)(A) of
such Act: Provided further, That no funds from any other appropria-
tion shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps
centers.
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other facili-
ties, and the purchase of real property for training centers as
authorized by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; $2,463,000,000
plus reimbursements, of which $2,363,000,000 is available for
obligation for the period October 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004,
and of which $100,000,000 is available for the period October 1,
2003 through June 30, 2006, for necessary expenses of construction,
rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers.
Of the funds provided under this heading in Public Law 107–
116 for the Employment and Training Administration, funding shall
be restored to the prior grantee, no later than March 28, 2003,
for a period of performance of 24 months at an annualized level
equivalent to fiscal year 2000 funding levels, for the following
grants: Building a High Skills Workforce Development System,
Building a High Skills Cities/Counties Consortium, and Increasing
Academic and Employability Skills: Applying New Standards in
Job Corps Centers.
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as
amended, $445,200,000.
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,
allowances for job search and relocation, and related State adminis-
trative expenses under part II, subchapters B and D, chapter 2,
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, $972,200,000, together
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.
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
OPERATIONS
For authorized administrative expenses, $143,452,000, together
with not to exceed $3,475,451,000 (including not to exceed
$1,228,000 which may be used for amortization payments to States
which had independent retirement plans in their State employment
service agencies prior to 1980), which may be expended from the
Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund including the cost of administering section 51
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, section 7(d)
of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, the Trade Act of 1974,
as amended, the Immigration Act of 1990, and the Immigration
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and Nationality Act, as amended, 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 avail-
able 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, 2003, except that funds used
for automation acquisitions shall be available for obligation by
the States through September 30, 2005; of which $143,452,000,
together with not to exceed $773,283,000 of the amount which
may be expended from said trust fund, shall be available for obliga-
tion for the period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004, to fund
activities under the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, including
the cost of penalty mail authorized under 39 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E)
made available to States in lieu of allotments for such purpose:
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured
Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year 2003 is projected by the
Department of Labor to exceed 4,526,000, an additional $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 Unemployment Trust Fund: 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
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 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, notwithstanding 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 Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United
States Code, and to the ‘‘Federal unemployment benefits and allow-
ances’’ account, to remain available until September 30, 2004,
$463,000,000.
In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung
Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after September
15, 2003, for costs incurred by the Black Lung Disability Trust
Fund in the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For expenses of administering employment and training pro-
grams, $121,424,000, including $4,711,000 to administer welfare-
to-work grants, together with not to exceed $54,228,000, which
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
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PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Pension and Welfare Benefits
Administration, $117,044,000.
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to
make such expenditures, including financial assistance 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 Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C.
9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program through
September 30, 2003, for such Corporation: Provided, That not to
exceed $13,050,000 shall be available for administrative expenses
of the Corporation: Provided further, That expenses of such Corpora-
tion in connection with the termination of pension plans, for the
acquisition, protection or management, and investment of trust
assets, and for benefits administration 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 Standards
Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and
local agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered,
$381,578,000, together with $2,029,000 which may be expended
from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d)
and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation
Act: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall be for the development of
an alternative system for the electronic submission of reports
required to be filed under the Labor-Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended, and for a computer database
of the information for each submission by whatever means, that
is indexed and easily searchable by the public via the Internet:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to
accept, 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): Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized
to establish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and
deposit in the Treasury fees for processing applications 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 proc-
essing applications and issuing registrations under title I of the
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.).
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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 title 5, chapter 81 of the United
States Code; 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; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims
Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 percent of the additional
compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended,
$163,000,000, 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 section 8104 of title 5, United States Code,
by the Secretary of Labor 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 reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2002, shall remain
available until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits,
and expenses: Provided further, That in addition there shall be
transferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from
any other corporation or instrumentality required under section
8147(c) of title 5, United States Code, 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, 2003: 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, $37,657,000 shall be made available to the Sec-
retary as follows: (1) for the operation of and enhancement to
the automated data processing systems, including document
imaging and conversion to a paperless office, $24,928,000; (2) for
medical bill review and periodic roll management, $12,027,000;
(3) for communications redesign, $702,000; 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 chapter
81 of title 5, United States Code, or 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., provide
as part of such notice and claim, such identifying information
(including Social Security account number) as such regulations
may prescribe.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL
ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Act, $104,867,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor
is authorized to transfer to any executive agency with authority
under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Act, including within the Department of Labor, such sums as may