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Of the unobligated funds collected pursuant to section 
286(v) 
of 
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act, 
$102,000,000 are rescinded. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during the 
current or any prior fiscal year authorized by chapter 81 
of title 5, 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; 
and 50 percent of the additional compensation and benefits 
required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor 
Workers’ Compensation Act, $203,000,000, together with 
such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the sub-
sequent year appropriation for the payment of compensa-
tion and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 
15 of the current year: Provided, That amounts appro-
priated may be used under section 8104 of title 5, United 
States Code, by the Secretary of Labor to reimburse an em-
ployer, 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 unobli-
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gated on September 30, 2007, shall remain available until 
expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses: 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 ad-
ministration for employees of such fair share entities 
through September 30, 2008: 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, $52,280,000 shall be made available to 
the Secretary as follows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems and telecommuni-
cations systems, $21,855,000. 
(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake and medical bill processing, $16,109,000. 
(3) For periodic roll management and medical 
review, $14,316,000. 
(4) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:
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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 the Longshore 
and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, provide as part 
of such notice and claim, such identifying information (in-
cluding Social Security account number) as such regula-
tions 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, $208,221,000, 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 2009, $62,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 
$104,745,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to transfer 
to any executive agency with authority under the Energy
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Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act, including within the Department of Labor, such sums 
as may be necessary in fiscal year 2008 to carry out those 
authorities: Provided further, That the Secretary may re-
quire that any person filing a claim for benefits under the 
Act provide as part of such claim, such identifying informa-
tion (including Social Security account number) as may 
be prescribed: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 
after enactment of this Act, in addition to other sums trans-
ferred by the Secretary to the National Institute for Occupa-
tional Safety and Health (‘‘NIOSH’’) for the administra-
tion of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Com-
pensation Program (‘‘EEOICP’’), the Secretary shall trans-
fer $4,500,000 to NIOSH from the funds appropriated to 
the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Fund, for use by or in support of the Advisory Board on 
Radiation and Worker Health (‘‘the Board’’) to carry out 
its statutory responsibilities under the EEOICP, including 
obtaining audits, technical assistance and other support 
from the Board’s audit contractor with regard to radiation 
dose estimation and reconstruction efforts, site profiles, pro-
cedures, and review of Special Exposure Cohort petitions 
and evaluation reports.
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BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In fiscal year 2008 and thereafter, such sums as may 
be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, 
to remain available until expended, for payment of all bene-
fits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; and interest on ad-
vances, as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of that Act. In 
addition, the following amounts shall be available from the 
Fund for fiscal year 2008 for expenses of operation and ad-
ministration of the Black Lung Benefits program, as au-
thorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed $32,761,000 
for transfer to the Employment Standards Administration 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $24,785,000 for 
transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’; not to exceed $335,000 for transfer to Depart-
mental Management, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’; 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, $494,641,000, including not to 
exceed $91,093,000 which shall be the maximum amount 
available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), which grants
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shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupa-
tional safety and health programs required to be incurred 
under plans approved by the Secretary of Labor under sec-
tion 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-
tration may retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year of train-
ing institute course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law 
to be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational 
safety and health training and education grants: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is au-
thorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 
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 rec-
ognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and 
products used by workers in the workplace: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this para-
graph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, ad-
minister, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order 
under the Act which is applicable to any person who is en-
gaged 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
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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 Statis-
tics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct 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 violations which are not corrected 
within a reasonable abatement period and for any 
willful violations found; 
(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
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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 em-
ployees 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 $10,116,000 
shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants, of 
which $3,200,000 shall be used for the Institutional Com-
petency Building training grants which commenced in Sep-
tember 2000, for program activities for the period of October 
1, 2007 to September 30, 2008, provided that a grantee has 
demonstrated satisfactory performance: Provided further, 
That such grants shall be awarded not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall provide 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, sili-
ca, cranes and derricks, confined space entry in construc-
tion, and hazard communication global harmonization; 
such timetables shall include actual or estimated dates for:
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the publication of an advance notice of proposed rule-
making, the commencement and completion of a Small 
Business Regulatory 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 
No. 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 No. 12866 (if required), and 
the issuance of a final rule; and such report shall be sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives 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 ac-
tion. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $339,862,000, including purchase and be-
stowal 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, $2,200,000 for an award to the United
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Mine Workers of America, for classroom and simulated res-
cue training for mine rescue teams, and $1,184,000 for an 
award to the Wheeling Jesuit University, for the National 
Technology Transfer Center for a coal slurry impoundment 
project; 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, not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the Mine 
Safety and Health Administration may retain up to 
$1,000,000 from fees collected for the approval and certifi-
cation of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in 
mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities; the 
Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept lands, buildings, 
equipment, and other contributions from public and private 
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 programs 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-
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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 may be used, with the approval of the 
Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and sur-
vival operations in the event of a major disaster. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Fed-
eral, and local agencies and their employees for services ren-
dered, 
$476,861,000, 
together 
with 
not 
to 
exceed 
$77,067,000, which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund, of which $5,000,000 may be used to fund the 
mass layoff statistics program under section 15 of the Wag-
ner-Peyser Act: Provided, That the Current Employment 
Survey shall maintain the content of the survey issued prior 
to June 2005 with respect 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 Em-
ployment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and 
initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of