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eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 
people with disabilities, $27,712,000. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
including the hire of three sedans, and including the man-
agement or operation, through contracts, grants or other ar-
rangements of Departmental activities conducted by or 
through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, includ-
ing bilateral and multilateral technical assistance and other 
international labor activities, $296,756,000, of which 
$82,516,000 is for the Bureau of International Labor Af-
fairs (including $5,000,000 to implement model programs 
to address worker rights issues through technical assistance 
in countries with which the United States has trade pref-
erence programs), and of which $20,000,000 is for the ac-
quisition of Departmental information technology, architec-
ture, infrastructure, equipment, software and related needs, 
which will be allocated by the Department’s Chief Informa-
tion Officer in accordance with the Department’s capital 
investment management process to assure a sound invest-
ment strategy; together with not to exceed $308,000, which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Adminis-
tration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
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OFFICE OF JOB CORPS 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998, including Federal administrative ex-
penses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the construction, alteration and repairs of buildings and 
other facilities, and the purchase of real property for train-
ing centers as authorized by the Workforce Investment Act; 
$1,626,855,000, plus reimbursements, as follows: 
(1) $1,485,357,000 for Job Corps Operations, of 
which $894,357,000 is available for obligation for the 
period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 and of 
which $591,000,000 is available for obligation for the 
period October 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009; 
(2) $112,920,000 for construction, rehabilitation 
and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, of which 
$12,920,000 is available for the period 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) $28,578,000 for necessary expenses of the Of-
fice of Job Corps is available for obligation for the pe-
riod 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-
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ices at or for Job Corps centers: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available in this Act shall be used to 
reduce Job Corps total student training slots below the cur-
rent level of 44,491 in program year 2008. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $200,631,000 may be derived from the 
Employment Security Administration Account in the Un-
employment 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 $1,984,000 is for the National 
Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute. To 
carry out the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs 
under section 5(a)(1) of the Homeless Veterans Comprehen-
sive Assistance Act of 2001 and the Veterans Workforce In-
vestment Programs under section 168 of the Workforce In-
vestment Act, $31,522,000, of which $7,482,000 shall be 
available 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 Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $70,072,000, together with not to exceed 
$5,641,000, which may be expended from the Employment
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Security Administration Account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary of an indi-
vidual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect 
cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level I. 
(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: Pro-
vided 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, manufac-
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tured, 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 Depart-
ment of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 104. 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 em-
ployees of the National Capital Region is eligible to receive. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds appropriated in this title 
for grants under section 171 of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 may be obligated prior to the preparation and 
submission of a report by the Secretary of Labor to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate detailing the planned uses of such 
funds. 
SEC. 106. There is authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to the Denali Commission 
through the Department of Labor to conduct job training 
of the local workforce where Denali Commission projects 
will be constructed. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the 
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act 
of 1998 may be used for any purpose other than training 
in the occupations and industries for which employers are