services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab-
oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 
the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 
international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 
the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 
the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 
expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 
standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 
is applicable 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 fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 
shall be obligated or expended to administer or 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, Re-
stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 
and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica-
tion code for which such data are published, less than the 
national average rate as such rates are most recently pub-
lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 
except— 
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(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 cita-
tion for violations found during such inspection, and 
to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor-
rected 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 re-
sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 
and to take any action pursuant to such investiga-
tion authorized by the Act; and 
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to complaints of discrimination against 
employees 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 em-
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ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That not 
less than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection 
Programs. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, $348,207,000, 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 and not less than 
$10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 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: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administra-
tion is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 
from fees collected for the approval and certification of 
equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and 
may utilize such sums for such activities: Provided further, 
That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build-
ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and 
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private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation 
with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided 
further, That 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: 
Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to rec-
ognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a prin-
cipal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 
reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safe-
ty and Health Administration officials as officers in local 
chapters or in the national organization: Provided further, 
That any funds available to the Department of Labor 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, $645,952,000, together with not to exceed 
$68,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ-
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ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, $37,000,000, of which not less 
than $9,000,000 shall be for research and demonstration 
projects related to testing effective ways to promote great-
er labor force participation of people with disabilities: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts made 
available under this heading for research and demonstra-
tion projects to the ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and 
Employment Service Operations’’ account for such pur-
poses. 
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, $93,187,000, together with not to 
exceed $5,841,000 which may be expended from the Em-
ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund: Provided, That not more than 
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$2,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 
may be available until expended. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-
ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$230,312,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund: Provided, That $4,281,000 shall be used for pro-
gram evaluation and shall be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2027: Provided further, That funds 
available for program evaluation may be used to admin-
ister grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided fur-
ther, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation shall 
be awarded through fair and open competition: Provided 
further, That funds available for program evaluation may 
be transferred to any other appropriate account in the De-
partment for such purpose: Provided further, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad-
vance of any transfer. 
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IT MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-
tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-
lated to support systems and modernization, $29,269,000, 
which shall be available through September 30, 2027. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo-
nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora-
tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 
Level II. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-
priated 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 activ-
ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 
this section 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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
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and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer. 
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 
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, in 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. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, none of the funds made available to the Department 
of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American 
Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other 
than competitive grants for training individuals who are 
older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled 
in school within a local educational agency in the occupa-
tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B 
visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities 
necessary to support such training. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad-
ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 
of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi-
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vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 
in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not 
apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 
in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. 
Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es-
tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re-
ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 
funds, taking into account factors including the relative 
cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 
comparable State or local government employees, and the 
size of the organizations that administer Federal pro-
grams involved including Employment and Training Ad-
ministration programs. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-
retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-
ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di-
rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv-
ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 
determined that those services will be more efficiently per-
formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 
shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 
transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary 
appropriation made available to the Employment and 
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Training Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Admin-
istration’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities 
relating to any of the programs or activities that are fund-
ed under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro-
viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent 
of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the 
‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such 
account to carry out program integrity activities related 
to the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds 
transferred under this subsection shall be available to the 
Secretary to carry out program integrity activities directly 
or through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and 
other arrangements with States and other appropriate en-
tities: Provided further, That funds transferred under the 
authority provided by this subsection shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2027. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 
than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 
in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 
out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 
are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 
this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man-
agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 
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Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2027: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 
Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 
a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua-
tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 
‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, 
‘‘Community Service Employment for Older Americans’’, 
‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 
Operations’’, ‘‘Veterans’ Employment and Training’’, 
‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administration’’, ‘‘Office of 
Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, ‘‘Wage and Hour Di-
vision’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract Compliance Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine 
Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Disability 
Employment Policy’’, and funding made available to the 
‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ and ‘‘Women’s 
Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Management’’ ac-
count. 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied hereafter 
as if the following text is part of such section: 
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‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 
for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major 
disaster to any employee— 
‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re-
sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by 
an employer not engaged, directly or through an af-
filiate, in underwriting, selling, or marketing prop-
erty, casualty, or liability insurance policies or con-
tracts; 
‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on aver-
age weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 
per week or any minimum weekly amount estab-
lished by the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the 
number of weeks such employee is engaged in any 
of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 
‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi-
viduals who suffered injuries or other damages 
or losses arising from or relating to a disaster, 
witnesses, or physicians; 
‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review-
ing factual information to prepare damage esti-
mates; 
‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda-
tions regarding coverage or compensability of 
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claims or determining liability or value aspects 
of claims; 
‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 
‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 
litigation. 
‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 
the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis-
aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 
State or Federal agency or department; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 
evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 
major disaster’ means an individual who timely se-
cured or secures a license required by applicable law 
to engage in and perform the activities described in 
clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating 
to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer 
that maintains worker compensation insurance cov-
erage or protection for its employees, if required by 
applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 
State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 
wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 
and 
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‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, 
by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 
more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 
securities of one or more companies, directly or indi-
rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 
control with, another company.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE 
SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 
a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em-
ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em-
ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in 
the petition into the United States at any time dur-
ing the 120-day period beginning on the start date 
for which the employer is seeking the services of the 
nonimmigrants without filing another petition. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CROSSINGS
AFTER 
90TH
DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry 
may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United 
States after the date that is 90 days after the start 
date for which the employer is seeking the services 
of the nonimmigrants unless the employer— 
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(A) completes a new assessment of the 
local labor market by— 
(i) listing job orders in local news-
papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 
(ii) posting the job opportunity on the 
appropriate Department of Labor Elec-
tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 
place of employment; and 
(B) offers the job to an equally or better 
qualified United States worker who— 
(i) applies for the job; and 
(ii) will be available at the time and 
place of need. 
(3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT 
TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not 
consider an employer in the seafood industry who 
brings H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 
during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) 
to be staggering the date of need in violation of sec-
tion 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, or any other applicable provision of law. 
(b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens ad-
mitted to the United States pursuant to section 
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101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 
SEC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for 
the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater 
of—(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other 
employees with similar experience and qualifications for 
such position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing 
wage level for the occupational classification of the posi-
tion in the geographic area in which the H–2B non-
immigrant will be employed, based on the best information 
available at the time of filing the petition. In the deter-
mination of prevailing wage for the purposes of the H– 
2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage sur-
veys even in instances where Occupational Employment 
Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary 
determines that the methodology and data in the provided 
survey are not statistically supported. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to enforce the definition of corresponding employment 
found in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee 
rule definition found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references 
thereto. Further, for the purpose of regulating admission 
of temporary workers under the H–2B program, the defi-
nition of temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 
214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 
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SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, coopera-
tive agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to 
$450,000 of excess personal property, at a value deter-
mined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for 
the purpose of training apprentices in those programs. 
SEC. 113. (a) The Act of March 4, 1913 entitled ‘‘An 
Act to create a Department of Labor’’ (37 Stat. 736, 
chapter 141) is amended— 
(1) in section 11, by inserting ‘‘(except for sec-
tion 12)’’ before ‘‘shall take effect’’; and 
(2) by adding the following after section 11: 
‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is au-
thorized to employ law enforcement officers or special 
agents to provide— 
‘‘(1) protection for the Secretary and Deputy 
Secretary during the performance of official duties 
by each such officer and during any activity that is 
preliminary or postliminary to the performance of 
official duties by each such officer; 
‘‘(2) protection, incidental to the protection pro-
vided pursuant to paragraph (1), to an individual 
accompanying each such officer who is participating 
in an activity or event relating to the official duties 
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of each such officer when there is an articulable 
threat to such individual; 
‘‘(3) continuous protection to the Secretary and 
Deputy Secretary (including during periods not de-
scribed in paragraph (1)) if there is an articulable 
threat of physical harm, in accordance with guide-
lines established by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(4) protection of another senior officer (includ-
ing a person nominated to be the Secretary during 
the pendency of such nomination) if there is an 
articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance 
with guidelines established by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES
OF
THE PROTECTIVE OPER-
ATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may author-
ize officers or special agents employed pursuant to 
subsection (a)— 
‘‘(A) to carry firearms; 
‘‘(B) to conduct criminal investigations 
into potential threats to the security of persons 
protected under this section; 
‘‘(C) to make arrests without a warrant for 
any offense against the United States com-
mitted in the presence of such officer or special 
agent; 
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‘‘(D) to perform protective intelligence 
work, including identifying and mitigating po-
tential threats and conducting advance work to 
review security matters relating to sites and 
events; and 
‘‘(E) coordinate with local law enforcement 
agencies. 
‘‘(2) GUIDELINES.—The authority provided by 
this section shall be exercised in accordance with 
any— 
‘‘(A) guidelines issued by the Attorney 
General; and 
‘‘(B) such additional guidelines as may be 
issued by the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—The authorities granted under 
this section may be exercised notwithstanding section 
1343(b)(1) of Title 31.’’. 
SEC. 114. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of 
or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appro-
priate, including an agreement or partnership to construct 
a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real prop-
erty on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center and 
the Gary Job Corps Center are situated. Any sale or other 
disposition, to include any associated construction project, 
will not be subject to any requirement of any Federal law 
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or regulation relating to the disposition of Federal real 
property or relating to Federal procurement, including but 
not limited to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of 
the United States Code, subchapter V of chapter 119 of 
title 42 of the United States Code, and chapter 33 of divi-
sion C of subtitle I of title 41 of the United States Code. 
The net proceeds of such a sale shall be transferred to 
the Secretary, which shall be available until expended for 
such project to carry out the Job Corps Program on 
Treasure Island and the Job Corps Program in and 
around San Marcos, Texas, respectively. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agree-
ment between the United States Department of 
Labor and the United States Department of Agri-
culture; or 
(2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Cen-
ters, except if such closure is necessary to prevent 
the endangerment of the health and safety of the 
students, the capacity of the program is retained, 
and the requirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA 
are met. 
SEC. 116. For the 2-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Adverse Effect 
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127 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATED VIOLATION.—The term ‘des-
ignated violation’ means an actual or threatened vio-
lation of— 
‘‘(A) section 507(d) of division D of the 
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 
(or any subsequent substantially similar provi-
sion); or 
‘‘(B) any funding condition imposed by the 
Federal Government pursuant to such section 
507(d) (or such substantially similar provision). 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED PARTY.—The term ‘qualified 
party’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Attorney General of the United 
States; 
‘‘(B) any attorney general of a State; or 
‘‘(C) any person or entity adversely af-
fected by the designated violation without re-
gard to whether such person or entity is a 
health care provider. 
‘‘(3) STATE
GOVERNMENTAL
ENTITY.—The 
term ‘State governmental entity’ means a State, a 
local government within a State, and any agency or 
other governmental unit or subdivision of a State, or 
of such a local government. 
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