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FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2008 of trade ad-
justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 
of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 
allowances for job search and relocation, and related State 
administrative expenses under Part II of subchapter B of 
chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 
$888,700,000, together with such amounts as may be nec-
essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 
payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 
2008. 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses, 
$85,945,000, together with not to exceed $3,256,669,000 
which may be expended from the employment security ad-
ministration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 
(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which— 
(1) $2,510,723,000 from the Trust Fund is for 
grants to States for the administration of State un-
employment insurance laws as authorized under title 
III 
of 
the 
Social 
Security 
Act 
(including 
$10,000,000 to conduct in-person reemployment and 
eligibility assessments in one-stop career centers of 
claimants of unemployment insurance), the adminis-
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tration of unemployment insurance for Federal em-
ployees and for ex-service members as authorized 
under sections 8501–8525 of title 5, United States 
Code, and the administration of trade readjustment 
allowances and alternative trade adjustment assist-
ance under the Trade Act of 1974, and shall be 
available for obligation by the States through De-
cember 31, 2008, except that funds used for auto-
mation acquisitions shall be available for obligation 
by the States through September 30, 2010, and 
funds used for unemployment insurance workloads 
experienced by the States through September 30, 
2008, shall be available for Federal obligation 
through December 31, 2008; 
(2) $10,500,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system; 
(3) $23,203,000, together with $702,680,000 
from the Trust Fund, is for grants to States in ac-
cordance with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, 
and shall be available for Federal obligation for the 
period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009; 
(4) $32,766,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities of the Employment Service, includ-
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ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred-
it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, the administration of activities, including for-
eign labor certifications, under the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, and the provision of technical as-
sistance and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser 
Act, including not to exceed $1,228,000 that may be 
used for amortization payments to States which had 
independent retirement plans in their State employ-
ment service agencies prior to 1980; 
(5) $52,985,000 is to provide workforce infor-
mation, national electronic tools, and one-stop sys-
tem building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and shall 
be available for Federal obligation for the period 
July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009; and 
(6) $9,757,000 is to provide for work incentive 
grants to the States and shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2008 is 
projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 
2,786,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 
Fund 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) to carry out title 
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III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 
to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 
Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 
carrying out activities under such title III if the other 
States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 
declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: 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 or immigration 
programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants, or agree-
ments with non-State entities: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this Act for activities authorized 
under title III of the Social Security Act and the Wagner- 
Peyser Act may be used by States to fund integrated un-
employment insurance and Employment Service automa-
tion efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles pre-
scribed under the Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–87. 
In addition, $40,000,000 from the employment secu-
rity administration account of the Unemployment Trust 
Fund shall be available to conduct in-person reemploy-
ment and eligibility assessments in one-stop career centers 
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of claimants of unemployment insurance: Provided, That 
not later than 180 days following the end of the fiscal year 
2008, the Secretary shall submit an interim report to the 
Congress that includes available information on expendi-
tures, number of claimants assessed, and outcomes from 
the assessments: Provided further, That not later than 18 
months following the end of the fiscal year, the Secretary 
of Labor shall submit to the Congress a final report con-
taining comprehensive information on the estimated sav-
ings that result from the assessments of claimants and 
identification of best practices. 
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, and to the Black Lung Disability 
Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1954; and for nonrepayable ad-
vances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized 
by section 8509 of title 5, United States Code, and to the 
‘‘Federal unemployment benefits and allowances’’ account, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
September 
30, 
2009, 
$437,000,000. 
In addition, for making repayable advances to the 
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal 
year after September 15, 2008, for costs incurred by the 
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