Appendix - Department of Labor

[Appendix]
[Detailed Budget Estimates by Agency]
[Department of Labor]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

Federal Funds

General and special funds:

Training and Employment Services

For necessary expenses [necessary to carry into effect] of the Job
Training Partnership Act, as amended, including the purchase and hire of
passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of
buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for
training centers as authorized by the Job Training Partnership Act; the
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; the Women in Apprenticeship
and Nontraditional Occupations Act; the National Skill Standards Act of
1994; and the School-to-Work Opportunities Act; [$4,719,703,000]
$5,295,318,000 plus reimbursements, of which [$3,559,408,000]
$4,102,680,000 is available for obligation for the period July 1, [1997]
1998 through June 30, [1998] 1999; of which [$88,685,000] $118,491,000
is available for the period July 1, [1997] 1998 through June 30, [2000]
2001 for necessary expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and
acquisition of Job Corps centers; and of which $200,000,000 shall be
available from July 1, [1997] 1998 through September 30, [1998] 1999,
for carrying out activities of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act:
Provided, That $52,502,000 shall be for carrying out section 401 of the
Job Training Partnership Act, $69,285,000 shall be for carrying out
section 402 of such Act, $7,300,000 shall be for carrying out section
441 of such Act, [$8,000,000] $5,000,000 shall be for all activities
conducted by and through the National Occupational Information
Coordinating Committee under such Act, [$895,000,000] $1,063,990,000
shall be for carrying out title II, part A of such Act, and
[$126,672,000] $129,965,000 shall be for carrying out title II, part C
of such Act: Provided further, That no funds from any other
appropriation shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps
centers: Provided further, That funds provided [to carry out] for title
III of the Job Training Partnership Act shall not be subject to the
limitation contained in subsection (b) of section 315 of such Act; that
the waiver [allowing a reduction in the cost limitation relating to
retraining services] described in [subsection (a)(2) of such section]
section 315(a)(2) may be granted [with respect to funds from this Act]
if a substate grantee demonstrates to the Governor that such waiver is
appropriate due to the availability of low-cost retraining services, is
necessary to facilitate the provision of needs-related payments to
accompany long-term training, or is necessary to facilitate the
provision of appropriate basic readjustment services; and that funds
provided [to carry out the Secretary's] for discretionary grants under
part B of such title III may be used to provide needs-related payments
to participants who, in lieu of meeting the enrollment requirements
[relating to enrollment in training] under section 314(e) of such Act,
are enrolled in training by the end of the sixth week after grant funds
have been awarded: Provided further, That service delivery areas may
transfer funding provided herein under authority of [titles II-B and II-
C] title II, parts B and C of the Job Training Partnership Act between
the programs authorized by those titles of [that] the Act, if [such] the
transfer is approved by the Governor: Provided further, That service
delivery areas and substate areas may transfer up to 20 percent of the
funding provided herein under authority of title [II-A] II, part A and
title III of the Job Training Partnership Act between the programs
authorized by those titles of the Act, if such transfer is approved by
the Governor: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any proceeds from the sale of Job Corps center
facilities shall be retained by the Secretary of Labor to carry out the
Job Corps program: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of Labor may waive any of the statutory
or regulatory requirements of titles I-III of the Job Training
Partnership Act (except for requirements relating to wage and labor
standards, worker rights, participation and protection, grievance
procedures and judicial review, nondiscrimination, allocation of funds
to local areas, eligibility, review and approval of plans, the
establishment and functions of service delivery areas and private
industry councils, and the basic purposes of the Act), and any of the
statutory or regulatory requirements of sections 8-10 of the Wagner-
Peyser Act (except for requirements relating to the provision of
services to unemployment insurance claimants and veterans, and to
universal access to basic labor exchange services without cost to job
seekers), only for funds available for expenditure in program year
[1997] 1998, pursuant to a request submitted by a State which identifies
the statutory or regulatory requirements that are requested to be waived
and the goals which the State or local service delivery areas intend to
achieve, describes the actions that the State or local service delivery
areas have undertaken to remove State or local statutory or regulatory
barriers, describes the goals of the waiver and the expected
programmatic outcomes if the request is granted, describes the
individuals impacted by the waiver, and describes the process used to
monitor the progress in implementing a waiver, and for which notice and
an opportunity to comment on such request has been provided to the
organizations identified in section 105(a)(1) of the Job Training
Partnership Act, if and only to the extent that the Secretary determines
that such requirements impede the ability of the State to implement a
plan to improve the workforce development system and the State has
executed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Secretary requiring such
State to meet agreed upon outcomes and implement other appropriate
measures to ensure accountability: Provided further, That the Secretary
of Labor shall establish a workforce flexibility (work-flex) partnership
demonstration program under which the Secretary shall authorize not more
than six States, of which at least three States shall each have
populations not in excess of 3,500,000, with a preference given to those
States that have been designated Ed-Flex Partnership States under
section 311(e) of Public Law 103-227, to waive any statutory or
regulatory requirement applicable to service delivery areas or substate
areas within the State under titles I-III of the Job Training
Partnership Act (except for requirements relating to wage and labor
standards, grievance procedures and judicial review, nondiscrimination,
allotment of funds, and eligibility), and any of the statutory or
regulatory requirements of sections 8-10 of the Wagner-Peyser Act
(except for requirements relating to the provision of services to
unemployment insurance claimants and veterans, and to universal access
to basic labor exchange services without cost to job seekers), for a
duration not to exceed the waiver period authorized under section 311(e)
of Public Law 103-227, pursuant to a plan submitted by such States and
approved by the Secretary for the provision of workforce employment and
training activities in the States, which includes a description of the
process by which service delivery areas and substate areas may apply for
and have waivers approved by the State, the requirements of the Wagner-
Peyser Act to be waived, the outcomes to be achieved and other measures
to be taken to ensure appropriate accountability for federal funds.
(Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:

00.01 Adult training grants........... 850 895 1,064
00.02 Dislocated worker assistance.... 1,121 1,253 1,340
00.03 Youth training grants........... 127 127 130
00.04 Summer youth employment and
training program.............. 625 871 871
00.05 School-to-work opportunities.... 117 172 200
00.06 Job Corps....................... 1,114 1,146 1,213
00.07 Native Americans................ 53 53 53
00.08 Migrant and seasonal farmworkers 69 69 69
00.09 Veterans employment............. 8 7 7
00.10 National activities............. 66 52 103
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00.91 Total direct program.......... 4,150 4,645 5,050
01.01 Reimbursable program.............. 2 7 4
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10.00 Total obligations............... 4,152 4,652 5,054
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested
balance......................... 1,070 1,042 1,110
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 4,142 4,720 5,299
22.21 Unobligated balance transferred to
other accounts.................. -16
22.22 Unobligated balance transferred
from other accounts............. 2
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -3
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 5,195 5,762 6,409
23.95 New obligations................... -4,152 -4,652 -5,054
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested balance..... 1,042 1,110 1,355
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:

40.00 Appropriation................... 4,146 4,720 5,295
41.00 Transferred to other accounts... -6 -4
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43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 4,140 4,716 5,295
Permanent:

68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 2 4 4
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 4,142 4,720 5,299
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 3,989 3,833 3,763
73.10 New obligations................... 4,152 4,652 5,054
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -4,298 -4,722 -4,741
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -10
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 3,833 3,763 4,076
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 547 704 732
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 3,749 4,014 4,005
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 2 4 4
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 4,298 4,722 4,741
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:

Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -1 -2 -2
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -1 -2 -2
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88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -2 -4 -4
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 4,140 4,716 5,295
90.00 Outlays........................... 4,296 4,718 4,737
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Adult training grants.--Grants to provide financial assistance to
States and territories to design and operate training programs for
economically disadvantaged adults.

Dislocated worker assistance.--Grants to provide reemployment
services and retraining assistance to individuals dislocated from their
employment.

Youth training grants.--Grants to provide financial assistance to
States and territories to design and operate training programs for
economically disadvantaged youth.

Summer youth employment and training.--Grants to operate programs of
employment and training assistance, as well as academic enrichment, for
economically disadvantaged youth during the summer months.

School-to-work opportunities.--Grants to States and localities,
jointly administered by the Departments of Labor and Education, to build
systems that provide youth with the knowledge and skills necessary to
make an effective transition from school to their first job through
work-based learning, school-based education, and connecting activities.

Job Corps.--A system of primarily residential centers offering basic
education, training, work experience, and other support to economically
disadvantaged youth typically from debilitating environments.

Native Americans.--Grants to Indian tribes and other Native American
groups to provide training, work experience, and other employment-
related services to Native Americans.

Migrant and seasonal farmworkers.--Grants to public agencies and
nonprofit groups to provide training and other employability development
services to economically disadvantaged families whose principal
livelihood is gained in migratory and other forms of seasonal farmwork.

Veterans employment.--Grants or contracts to provide disabled,
Vietnam-era, and recently separated veterans with programs to meet their
unique employment and training needs.

National activities.--Provides program support for JTPA activities
and nationally administered programs for segments of the population that
have special disadvantages in the labor market. In 1998, a new program
will be added to this activity. Opportunity Areas for Out-of-School
Youth will provide grants to selected Empowerment Zones (EZ),
Empowerment Communities (EC), and other communities meeting EZ/EC
criteria in order to reduce significant unemployment among out-of-school
youth through employment and training assistance combined with other
assistance.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Direct obligations:

25.2 Other services.................. 31 39 39
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 5 6 6
25.5 Research and development
contracts..................... 3 3 3
31.0 Equipment....................... 3 3 3
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 3,963 4,452 4,854
92.0 Undistributed................... 1 3 4
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 4,006 4,506 4,909
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 2 7 4
Allocation Account:

Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 46 47 49
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 3 3 4
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 3 3 2
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 52 53 55
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 13 13 14
13.0 Benefits for former personnel... 1
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 2 2 2
22.0 Transportation of things........ 1 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 5 5 5
25.2 Other services.................. 34 31 29
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 30 27 26
31.0 Equipment....................... 2 2 2
32.0 Land and structures............. 1 2 2
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 3 2 5
92.0 Undistributed................... 1
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99.0 Subtotal, allocation account.. 144 139 141
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99.9 Total obligations............... 4,152 4,652 5,054
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Obligations are distributed as follows:
Department of Labor................... 4,008 4,512 4,913
Department of Agriculture............. 87 92 93
Department of the Interior............ 57 48 48
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Welfare-to-Work Jobs

(Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations................. 6
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 6

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23.95 New obligations................... -6
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 6
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 6
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -5
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 5
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 6
90.00 Outlays........................... 5
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Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time
permanent....................... 3
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 1
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 2
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99.9 Total obligations............... 6
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Personnel Summary

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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 75
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Welfare-to-Work Jobs

(Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)........................... 750
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 750
23.95 New obligations................... -750
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.00 Appropriation..................... 750
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 750
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -600
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 150
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 600
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 750
90.00 Outlays........................... 600
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As part of the Administration's Welfare-to-Work Jobs Challenge, this
account will provide $3 billion over three years to move one million of
the hardest-to-employ welfare recipients into jobs by the year 2000.

Community Service Employment for Older Americans

(transfer of funds)

[To carry out the activities for national grants or contracts with
public agencies and public or private nonprofit organizations under
paragraph (1)(A) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older Americans Act
of 1965, as amended, or to carry out older worker activities as
subsequently authorized, $361,140,000, including $21,840,000 which shall
be available for the period ending June 30, 1997.]
[To carry out the activities for grants to States under paragraph
(3) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as
amended, or to carry out older worker activities as subsequently
authorized, $101,860,000, including $6,160,000 which shall be available
for the period ending June 30, 1997.]
[The funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to
the Department of Health and Human Services, ``Aging Services Programs''
following the enactment of legislation authorizing the administration of
the program by that Department.]
For national grants or contracts with public agencies and public or
private nonprofit organizations under section 506(a)(1)(A) of the Older
Americans Act of 1965, as amended, $343,356,000; and in addition
$96,844,000 for grants to States under paragraph (3) of such section:
Provided, That these amounts shall be transferred to and merged with the
Department of Health and Human Services, ``Aging Services Program'' for
the same purposes and the same period as the account to which
transferred. (Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 National programs................. 291 361
00.02 State programs.................... 82 102
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10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)......................... 373 463
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 373 463
23.95 New obligations................... -373 -463
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 373 463 440
41.00 Transferred to other accounts..... -440
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43.00 Appropriation (total)........... 373 463
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 373 463
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 349 335 391
73.10 New obligations................... 373 463
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -382 -407 -354
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -5
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 335 391 37
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 69 78
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 313 329 354
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 382 407 354
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 373 463
90.00 Outlays........................... 382 407 354
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This program provides part-time work experience in community service
activities to unemployed, low-income persons aged 55 and over and is
forward funded on a July to June cycle. The Administration's
reauthorization proposal for the Older Americans Act proposes
transferring the administration of this program from the Department of
Labor's Employment and Training Administration to the Department of
Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging.

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
administrative expenses under part II, subchapters B and D, chapter 2,
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, [$324,500,000]
$349,000,000, 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. (Department of Labor
Appropriations Act, 1997.)

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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:

00.01 Trade adjustment assistance
benefits...................... 191 180 208
00.02 Trade adjustment assistance
training...................... 97 85 97
00.03 North American Free Trade
Agreement adjustment
assistance benefits........... 14 20 22
00.04 North American Free Trade
Agreement adjustment
assistance training........... 19 22 22
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00.91 Total direct program.......... 321 307 349
01.01 Reimbursable program.............. 15 40 40
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10.00 Total obligations............... 336 347 389
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 361 365 389
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -25 -18
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 336 347 389
23.95 New obligations................... -336 -347 -389
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:

40.00 Appropriation................... 346 325 349
Permanent:

68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 15 40 40
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 361 365 389
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 176 187 186
73.10 New obligations................... 336 347 389
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -304 -347 -380
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -21
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 187 186 194
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 227 239 278
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 62 68 62
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 15 40 40
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 304 347 380
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:

88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -15 -40 -40
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 346 325 349
90.00 Outlays........................... 289 307 340
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Trade adjustment assistance.--Adjustment assistance, including cash
weekly benefits, training, job search and relocation allowances, is paid
to workers as authorized by the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Transitional Adjustment
Assistance.--Adjustment assistance, including weekly cash benefits,
training, job search and relocation allowances, is paid to workers
determined to be adversely affected as a result of the NAFTA as
authorized by the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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41.0 Direct obligations: Grants,
subsidies, and contributions.... 321 307 349
99.0 Reimbursable obligations:
Subtotal, reimbursable
obligations..................... 15 40 40
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99.9 Total obligations............... 336 347 389
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State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations

For authorized administrative expenses, $173,452,000, together with
not to exceed [$3,146,826,000] $3,342,476,000 (including not to exceed
[$1,653,000] $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, and including not to exceed $2,000,000
which may be obligated in contracts with non-State entities for
activities such as occupational and test research activities which
benefit the Federal-State Employment Service System), which may be
expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the
Unemployment Trust Fund including the cost of administering section 1201
of the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, 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 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 available 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, [1997] 1998, except that funds used for automation acquisitions
shall be available for obligation by States through September 30, [1999]
2000; and of which [$23,452,000] $173,452,000, together with not to
exceed $738,283,000 of the amount which may be expended from said trust
fund, shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, [1997]
1998 through June 30, [1998] 1999, 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, and of which $200,000,000 shall be
available solely for the purpose of assisting States to convert their
automated State employment security agency systems to be year 2000
compliant, and of which $216,333,000 shall be available only to the
extent necessary for additional State allocations to administer
unemployment compensation laws to finance increases in the number of
unemployment insurance claims filed and claims paid or changes in a
State law: Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured
Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year [1997] 1998 is projected by the
Department of Labor to exceed [2,828,000] 2,789,000 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
network 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.
In addition to funds already provided under this heading, and
subject to the same terms and conditions, not to exceed $89,000,000
shall be available only for State administrative expenses associated
solely with the conduct of unemployment insurance integrity functions
authorized by title III of the Social Security Act. (Department of Labor
Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)

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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............
Receipts:
02.01 Alien labor certification fees,
legislative proposal............ 25
Appropriation:
05.01 Program operations, legislative
proposal........................ -6
05.02 State unemployment insurance and
employment service operations,
legislative proposal............ -19
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05.99 Subtotal appropriation............ -25
07.99 Total balance, end of year........
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:

Unemployment compensation:
00.01 State administration.......... 2,297 2,115 2,404
00.02 National activities........... 10 10 10
00.03 Contingency................... 216 216
Employment service:
00.10 Allotments to States.......... 1,377 762 774
00.11 National activities........... 59 63 63
00.12 One-stop career centers....... 82 226 60
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00.91 Total direct program.......... 3,825 3,392 3,527
01.01 Reimbursable program.............. 5 10 10
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10.00 Total obligations............... 3,830 3,402 3,537
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested
balance......................... 48 90 13
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 3,872 3,325 3,628
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 3,920 3,415 3,641
23.95 New obligations................... -3,830 -3,402 -3,537
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested balance..... 90 13 104
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:

40.00 Appropriation................... 135 173 173
Permanent:

Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash):
68.00 Offsetting collections
(cash).................... 3,737 3,156 3,455
68.00 Transfers to other accounts. -4
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68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)................... 3,737 3,152 3,455
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 3,872 3,325 3,628
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 110 221 308
73.10 New obligations................... 3,830 3,402 3,537
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -3,833 -3,315 -3,572
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... 114
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 221 308 273
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 16 65 20
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 80 98 97
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 3,737 3,152 3,455
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 3,833 3,315 3,572
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:

Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
Federal sources:
88.00 Federal sources............. -5 -10 -10
88.00 Trust Fund sources.......... -3,732 -3,146 -3,445
88.00 Federal sources............. 4
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -3,737 -3,152 -3,455
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 135 173 173
90.00 Outlays........................... 96 163 117
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Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays

[In millions of dollars]

1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority.................. 135 173 173
Outlays........................... 96 163 117
Supplemental proposal:
Budget Authority..................
Outlays........................... -45 30
Legislative proposal, subject to
PAYGO:
Budget Authority.................. 19
Outlays........................... 19
------------------------------------
Total:
Budget Authority.................. 135 173 192
Outlays........................... 96 118 166
====================================

Unemployment compensation.--State administrationP amounts provide
administrative grants to State agencies which pay unemployment
compensation to eligible workers and collect State unemployment taxes
from employers. These agencies also pay unemployment benefits to former
Federal personnel as well as trade adjustment assistance to eligible
individuals. State administration amounts also provide administrative
grants to State agencies to improve the integrity and financial
stability of the unemployment compensation program through a
comprehensive program, UI Performs, to effect continuous improvement in
State performance and related activities designed to assess and reduce
errors and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in the payment of
unemployment compensation benefits and the collection of unemployment
taxes. National activities relating to the Federal-State unemployment
insurance programs are conducted through contracts or agreements with
the State agencies. Contingency funds are available only to meet
increases in the costs of administration resulting from changes in State
law, or increases in the number of claims filed and claims paid.
PROGRAM STATISTICS

1995 1996 1997 1998
actual estimate estimate \1\estimate \1\
Staff years..................................... 39,956 38,482 43,056 44,327
Basic workload (in thousands):
Employer tax accounts......................... 6,046 6,146 6,235 6,292
Employee wage items recorded.................. 488,167 495,217 507,025 520,807
Initial claims taken.......................... 19,175 20,101 20,225 21,384
Eligibility interviews........................ 3,434 2,969 11,568 12,086
Weeks claimed................................. 137,295 141,146 138,817 145,033
Nonmonetary determinations.................... 7,092 7,579 7,782 7,774
Appeals....................................... 1,165 1,185 1,145 1,422
Covered employment............................ 112,850 114,940 116,590 117,660

^{1 1997 and 1998 estimates include workload that can be financed
from contingency funds.

Employment service.--The public employment service is a nationwide
system providing no-fee employment services to individuals who are
seeking employment and employers who are seeking workers. State
employment service activities are financed by allotment to States
distributed under a demographically based funding formula established
under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended. Employment service allotments
are funded on a program year basis running from July 1 through June 30
of the following year.

Employment service activities serving national needs, including
interstate job listings and labor certification of aliens, are conducted
through specific reimbursable agreements between the States and the
Federal Government under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended. Funding is
also provided for amortization payments for States which had independent
retirement plans prior to 1980 in their State employment service
agencies.

One-Stop Career Centers.--These funds will be used to support
voluntary State efforts to create a comprehensive system of One-Stop
Career Centers which will provide workers and employers with quick and
easy access to a wide array of enhanced career development and labor
market information services. Funding for this activity is on a program
year basis, running from July 1 through June 30 of the following year.
PROGRAM STATISTICS

[In thousands]

1995 1996 1997 1998
actual \1\ estimate \2\estimate \3\estimate \4\
Total applicants................................ 18,542 17,900 17,900 17,900
Entered employment.............................. 3,216 3,100 3,100 3,100

\1\ For the program year, July 1, 1995-June 30, 1996.
\2\ For the program year, July 1, 1996-June 30, 1997.
\3\ For the program year, July 1, 1997-June 30, 1998.
\4\ For the program year, July 1, 1998-June 30, 1999.

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Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Direct obligations:

23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 115 115 116
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 3,710 3,277 3,411
--------- --------- ----------
99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 3,825 3,392 3,527
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 5 10 10
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 3,830 3,402 3,537
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State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations

(Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 16-0179-4-1-999 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)........................... 19
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 19
23.95 New obligations................... -19
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.25 Appropriation (special fund,
indefinite)..................... 19
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 19
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -19
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 19
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 19
90.00 Outlays........................... 19
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Legislation will be proposed that would authorize the Department of
Labor to collect fees from employers for the certification of certain
aliens as eligible workers. This is one of several proposals in the
budget to charge fees to users directly availing themselves of, or
subject to, a government service, program, or activity, in order to
cover the government's costs. Legislation will be proposed to authorize
the alien labor certification fees and, upon enactment of the
authorization, a budget amendment to the current appropriations language
will be proposed to make the fees available for expenditure for alien
labor certification program operations. Because the current requirements
of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 make it difficult to fund
discretionary programs with receipts that are not authorized in
appropriations act, the Administration is proposing a change in the
requirements to facilitate the enactment of proposals such as this one.

Payments to the Unemployment Trust Fund

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 16-0178-0-1-603 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested
balance......................... 271 5 5
22.40 Capital transfer to general fund
pursuant to P.L. 104-134........ -266
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 5 5 5
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested balance..... 5 5 5
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays...........................
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This account was initiated as a result of the amendments to the
Emergency Unemployment Compensation law (P.L. 102-164, as amended) which
currently provides for general fund financing for administrative costs
related to extended benefits under the optional, total unemployment rate
trigger. These funds are transferred to a receipt account in the
Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF) in order that resources may be transferred
to the Employment Security Administration Account in the UTF for
administrative costs.

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 Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by
section 8509 of title 5, United States Code, section 104(d) of Public
Law 102-164, and section 5 of Public Law 103-6, and to the ``Federal
unemployment benefits and allowances'' account, to remain available
until September 30, [1998, $373,000,000] 1999, $392,000,000.
In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung
Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after September 15,
[1997] 1998, for costs incurred by the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund
in the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. (Department
of Labor Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 16-0327-0-1-603 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
92.0)........................... 63
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 63
23.95 New obligations................... -63
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.05 Appropriation (indefinite)........ 63
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 63
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -63
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 63
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 63
90.00 Outlays........................... 63
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This account provides repayable advances to the Black Lung
Disability Trust Fund for making payments from that fund whenever its
balances prove insufficient. The funding requested in this appropriation
for FY 1998 is entirely for Black Lung. This spending authority is
presented as authority to borrow in the Black Lung Disability Trust
Fund.

This account also provides advances to several other accounts to pay
unemployment compensation to eligible individuals under various Federal
and State unemployment compensation laws whenever the balances in the
funds prove insufficient or whenever reimbursements to certain accounts,
as allowed by law, are to be made. Advances made to the Extended
unemployment compensation account under the financing provisions of the
Emergency Unemployment Act of 1991 and section 5 of Public Law 103-6,
the Federal employees compensation account in the Unemployment Trust
Fund

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and to the Federal unemployment benefits and allowances account are
nonrepayable. All other advances made to the Federal unemployment
account and to the Extended unemployment compensation account (both in
the Unemployment Trust Fund) are repaid, with interest, to the general
fund of the Treasury.

Program [Administration] Operations

For expenses of administering employment and training programs [and
for carrying out section 908 of the Social Security Act, $81,393,000],
$86,214,000, together with not to exceed [$39,977,000] $43,429,000,
which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. (8 U.S.C. 1184; 19 U.S.C. 2271-
2321; 20 U.S.C. 6104; 29 U.S.C. 49-49l-1, 50, 1501 et seq.; 42 U.S.C.
502-504, 2000-2000d-4, 3001 et seq.; Immigration Act of 1990, section
221(a); Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 16-0172-0-1-504 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Adult employment and training..... 28 28 29
00.02 Youth employment and training..... 29 30 32
00.03 Employment security............... 43 43 45
00.04 Apprenticeship services........... 16 16 17
00.05 Executive direction............... 7 7 7
--------- --------- ----------
00.91 Total direct program............ 123 124 130
01.01 Reimbursable program.............. 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 124 125 130
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 124 124 130
23.95 New obligations................... -124 -125 -130
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:

40.00 Appropriation................... 83 81 86
Permanent:

Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash):
68.00 Offsetting collections
(cash).................... 41 40 44
68.00 Transferred from other
accounts--SUIESO.......... 3
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)................... 41 43 44
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 124 124 130
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 12 14 18
73.10 New obligations................... 124 125 130
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -122 -121 -124
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 14 18 24
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 72 66 70
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 9 12 10
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 41 43 44
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 122 121 124
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:

Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
Federal sources:
88.00 Trust fund sources.......... -41 -40 -44
88.00 Transferred from other
accounts--SUIESO.......... -3
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -41 -43 -44
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 83 81 86
90.00 Outlays........................... 80 78 80
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Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays

[In millions of dollars]

1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority.................. 83 81 86
Outlays........................... 81 78 80
Legislative proposal, subject to
PAYGO:
Budget Authority.................. 6
Outlays........................... 6
------------------------------------
Total:
Budget Authority.................. 83 81 92
Outlays........................... 81 78 86
====================================

Adult employment and training.--Provides leadership, policy
direction and administration for a decentralized system of grants to
States and federally administered programs for job training and
employment assistance for disadvantaged adults and dislocated workers;
provides for training and employment services to special targeted
groups; provides for the settlement of trade adjustment petitions; and
includes related program operations support activities.

Youth employment and training.--Provides leadership, policy
direction and administration for a decentralized system of grants to
States and federally administered programs for job training and
employment assistance for youth, including youth training grants, summer
youth programs, and the Job Corps; provides for leadership and policy
direction for implementing the School-to-Work Opportunities system; and
includes related program operations support activities.

Employment security.--Provides leadership and policy direction for
the administration of the comprehensive nationwide public employment
service system; unemployment insurance programs in each State; and for a
One-Stop career center network, including a comprehensive system of
collecting, analyzing and disseminating labor market information; and
includes related program operations support activities.

Apprenticeship services.--Promotes and provides leadership and
policy direction for the administration of apprenticeship as a method of
skill acquisition through a Federal-State apprenticeship structure.

Executive direction.--Provides leadership and policy direction for
all training and employment services programs and activities and
provides for related program operations support, including research,
evaluations, demonstrations and performance standards.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Direct obligations:

Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 73 74 77
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 1 1 1
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation 75 76 79
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 14 15 15
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 4 4 5
23.1 Rental payments to GSA.......... 10 10 10
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 3 3 3
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 10 10 10
25.7 Operation and maintenance of
equipment..................... 2 1 2
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 1 1 1
31.0 Equipment....................... 3 2 3
--------- --------- ----------
99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 123 123 129
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 1 1
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 124 125 130
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Personnel Summary

1001 Full-time equivalent employment. 1,371 1,325 1,342
1005 Full-time equivalent of overtime
and holiday hours............. 4 4 4
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 3 10 3
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Program Operations

(Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
00.03 Employment security............... 6
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 6
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 6
23.95 New obligations................... -6
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.25 Appropriation (special fund,
indefinite)..................... 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 6
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 6
90.00 Outlays........................... 6
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Legislation will be proposed that would authorize the Department of
Labor to collect fees from employers for the certification of certain
aliens as eligible workers. This is one of several proposals in the
budget to charge fees to users directly availing themselves of, or
subject to, a government service, program, or activity, in order to
cover the government's costs. Legislation will be proposed to authorize
the alien labor certification fees and, upon enactment of the
authorization, a budget amendment to the current appropriations language
will be proposed to make the fees available for expenditure for alien
labor certification program operations. Because the current requirements
of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 make it difficult to fund
discretionary programs with receipts that are not authorized in
appropriations acts, the Administration is proposing a change in the
requirements to facilitate the enactment of proposals such as this one.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 16-0172-4-1-504 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
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11.3 Personnel compensation: Other than
full-time permanent............. 3
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 1
--------- --------- ----------
99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 4
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 2
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 6
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Personnel Summary

Intragovernmental funds:

Advances to the Employment Security Administration Account of the
Unemployment Trust Fund

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 16-4510-0-4-603 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested
balance......................... 56
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... -56
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation......
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.36 Unobligated balance rescinded..... -56
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. -56
90.00 Outlays...........................
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This fund is available for advances to the Employment Security
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund under the
provisions of section 901(e) of the Social Security Act. These
repayable, interest-bearing advances permit financing the Federal and
State administrative costs of employment security programs when the
balance in the Employment Security Administration Account is
insufficient.

Unemployment Trust Fund

Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 20-8042-0-7-999 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 47,148 53,317 60,373
Receipts:
02.01 General taxes, FUTA............... 5,854 5,920 5,976
02.02 Deposits by Federal agencies to
the Federal Employees
Compensation Account............ 599 612 604
02.03 Non-repayable advances for
unemployment compensation....... 62
02.04 Payments from the general fund for
administrative costs............ -223
02.05 Interest and profits on
investments in public debt
securities...................... 3,373 3,595 3,893
02.06 State accounts, Deposits by States 22,706 23,517 24,496
02.08 Deposits by Railroad Retirement
Board........................... 24 28 67
02.09 CMIA interest, Unemployment trust
fund............................ 3
--------- --------- ----------
02.99 Total receipts.................. 32,398 33,672 35,036
--------- --------- ----------
04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 79,546 86,989 95,409
Appropriation:
05.01 Unemployment trust fund........... -26,149 -26,521 -28,564
05.04 Railroad unemployment insurance
trust fund...................... -80 -95 -96
--------- --------- ----------
05.99 Subtotal appropriation............ -26,229 -26,616 -28,660
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 53,317 60,373 66,749
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
Federal-State unemployment insurance:

Withdrawals:
00.01 Benefit payments by States.... 21,975 22,385 24,229
00.02 Federal employees'
unemployment compensation... 625 607 603
00.03 State administrative expenses..... 3,231 3,203 3,404

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Federal administrative expenses:

00.10 Direct expenses................. 45 45 47
00.11 Reimbursements to the Department
of the Treasury............... 100 96 97
00.20 Veterans employment and training.. 170 182 182
00.21 Interest on refunds............... 3 3 3
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 26,149 26,521 28,565
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested
balance......................... 694 694 694
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 26,149 26,521 28,564
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 26,843 27,215 29,258
23.95 New obligations................... -26,149 -26,521 -28,565
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested balance..... 694 694 694
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:

40.26 Appropriation (trust fund,
definite)..................... 3,368 3,421 3,713
Permanent:

60.27 Appropriation (trust fund,
indefinite)................... 32,398 33,672 35,036
60.45 Portion precluded from
obligation.................... -9,617 -10,572 -10,185
--------- --------- ----------
63.00 Appropriation (total)......... 22,781 23,100 24,851
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 26,149 26,521 28,564
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 12 15 19
73.10 New obligations................... 26,149 26,521 28,565
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -26,146 -26,517 -28,484
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 15 19 100
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 2,737 2,815 3,027
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 706 613 606
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 22,703 23,089 24,851
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 26,146 26,517 28,484
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 26,149 26,521 28,564
90.00 Outlays........................... 26,146 26,517 28,484
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The financial transactions of the Federal-State and railroad
unemployment insurance systems are made through the Unemployment Trust
Fund. All State and Federal unemployment tax receipts are deposited in
the trust fund and invested in Government securities until needed for
benefit payments or administrative costs. States may receive repayable
advances from the fund when their balances in the fund are insufficient
to pay benefits. The fund may receive repayable advances from the
general fund when it has insufficient balances to make advances to
States or to pay the Federal share of extended benefits.

ADVANCES FROM THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND TO THE STATES

[In thousands of dollars]

1996 actual 1997
estimate 1998
estimate
Outstanding advances, beginning of
year................................ 0 0 0
Advances repaid..................... 238,734 0 0
Advances made....................... 238,734 0 0
------------------------------------
Outstanding advances, end of year... 0 0 0
====================================

State payroll taxes pay for all regular State benefits. During
periods of high State unemployment, extended benefits, financed one-half
by State payroll taxes and one-half by the Federal unemployment payroll
tax, are also paid. The Federal tax pays the costs of Federal and State
administration of unemployment insurance and veterans employment
services and 97% of the costs of the employment service.

The Federal employees compensation account provides funds to States
for unemployment compensation benefits paid to eligible former Federal
civilian personnel, Postal Service employees, and ex-servicemembers.
Benefits paid are reimbursed to the Federal employees compensation
account by the various Federal agencies. Any additional resources
necessary to assure that the account can make the required payments to
States will be provided from the Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund
and other funds account.

Both the benefit payments and administrative expenses of the
separate unemployment insurance program for railroad employees are paid
from the unemployment trust fund and receipts from the tax on railroad
payrolls are deposited in the fund to meet expenses.

Status of Funds (in millions of dollars)

0200 General taxes, FUTA,
Unemployment trust fund....... 5,854 5,920 5,976
0201 Unemployment trust fund, State
accounts, Deposits by States.. 22,706 23,517 24,496
0202 Deposits by Railroad Retirement
Board......................... 24 28 67
Proprietary receipts:

0221 CMIA interest, Unemployment
trust fund.................... 3
Intragovernmental transactions:

0240 Deposits by Federal agencies to
the Federal Employees
Compensation Account,
Unemployment trust fund....... 599 612 604
0241 Non-repayable advances for
unemployment compensation,
Unemployment trust fund....... 62
0243 Repayments to the general fund.. -223
0244 Unemployment trust fund,
Interest and profits on
investments in public debt
securities.................... 3,373 3,595 3,893
--------- --------- ----------
0299 Total cash income............... 32,398 33,672 35,036
Cash outgo during year:
0500 Unemployment trust fund........... -26,146 -26,517 -28,484
0503 Railroad unemployment insurance
trust fund...................... -82 -95 -96
--------- --------- ----------
0599 Total cash outgo (-).............. -26,228 -26,612 -28,580
Unexpended balance, end of year:
0700 Uninvested balance................ 135 1,418 1,014
0701 U.S. Securities: Par value........ 53,893 59,670 66,530
--------- --------- ----------
0799 Total balance, end of year...... 54,028 61,088 67,544
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Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Purchases of goods and services from
Government accounts:

25.3 Employment and training
administration................ 41 41 43
25.3 Departmental management......... 4 4 4
25.3 Reimbursements to Department of
the Treasury.................. 100 96 97
41.0 Payments to States for
administrative expenses......... 3,231 3,203 3,404
Insurance claims and indemnities:

42.0 Federal unemployment benefits... 625 607 603
42.0 State unemployment benefits..... 21,975 22,385 24,229
43.0 Interest and dividends............ 3 3 3
93.0 Veterans employment and training.. 170 182 182
--------- --------- ----------
99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 26,149 26,521 28,565
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 26,149 26,521 28,565
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OFFICE OF THE AMERICAN WORKPLACE

Federal Funds

General and special funds:

Salaries and Expenses

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
99.5)........................... 2
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 2
23.95 New obligations................... -2
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 2
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 2
73.10 New obligations................... 2
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -4
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 2
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 2
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 4
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 2
90.00 Outlays........................... 4
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No appropriation is being requested for this account in FY 1998.
Labor-Management Standards, 13(c) enforcement, and related
administrative functions were transferred to the Employment Standards
Administration in FY 1996.

Personnel Summary

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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 12
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PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

Federal Funds

General and special funds:

Salaries and Expenses

For necessary expenses for Pension and Welfare Benefits
Administration, [$77,083,000] $84,307,000, of which [$6,000,000]
$3,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, [1998] 1999 for
expenses of [revising] completing the revision of the processing of
employee benefit plan returns. (Department of Labor Appropriations Act,
1997.)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:

00.01 Enforcement and compliance...... 51 61 67
00.02 Policy, regulations, and public
services...................... 12 12 13
00.03 Program oversight............... 4 4 4
--------- --------- ----------
00.91 Total direct obligations...... 67 77 84
01.01 Reimbursable obligations.......... 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 67 78 85
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 67 78 85
23.95 New obligations................... -67 -78 -85
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:

40.00 Appropriation................... 67 77 84
Permanent:

68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 67 78 85
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 15 18 14
73.10 New obligations................... 67 78 85
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -63 -82 -84
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 18 14 15
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 51 65 71
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 12 16 12
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 63 82 84
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:

88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources..... -1 -1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 67 77 84
90.00 Outlays........................... 64 81 83
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Enforcement and compliance.--Conducts criminal and civil
investigations, and performs reviews to ensure compliance with the
fiduciary provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
(ERISA) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986
(FERSA). Assures compliance with applicable reporting requirements, as
well as accounting, auditing and actuarial standards. Provides
compliance assistance to the public. The 1998 estimates include: (1)
enhanced implementation of health-insurance portability and other
reforms under new health benefit laws covering private employers; (2)
expanded enforcement safeguards to ensure that employers promptly remit
workers' contributions to 401(k) and other benefit plans; (3) expanded
compliance and technical assistance capabilities to help ensure
employers, practitioners, participants, and beneficiaries understand
their rights and responsibilities under the law; and, (4) enhanced
pension protection through faster multi-agency processing of employers'
plan returns.

1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
Plan reviews and investigations
conducted........................... 7,065 7,168 7,962
Inquiries received:
Field offices \1\................. 88,472 84,000 104,800

Policy, regulations and public services.--Conducts policy and
legislative analysis, as well as research. Promulgates regulations and
interpretations. Issues individual and class exemptions from
regulations. Discloses government-required reports and provides
compliance assistance to the public.

1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
Exemptions, variances,
determinations, interpretations, and
regulations issued.................. 1,101 1,410 1,425
Inquiries received:
National office \1\............... 56,360 77,000 107,000
\1\ Inquiries received at field and national offices represent the total
number of inquiries received.

Program oversight.--Provides overall policy direction, leadership
and management of the pension and welfare benefits program. Provides
debt collection, financial and human resource management support
including budget, management, labor/employee relations, technical
program training and other administrative activities.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Direct obligations:

11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-
time permanent................ 30 33 38
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 6 7 8
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 1 2 3

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23.1 Rental payments to GSA.......... 4 4 5
25.2 Other services.................. 3 5 5
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 12 11 14
25.5 Research and development
contracts..................... 2 1 2
25.7 Operation and maintenance of
equipment..................... 4 10 8
31.0 Equipment....................... 4 3 1
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 66 76 84
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 1 1
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 67 78 85
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Personnel Summary

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Total compensable workyears:
1001 Full-time equivalent employment... 566 639 715
1005 Full-time equivalent of overtime
and holiday hours............... 2 2 2
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

Federal Funds

Public enterprise funds:

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, [1997], 1998 for such Corporation:
Provided, That not to exceed [$10,345,000] $10,625,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses of the Corporation: Provided
further, That expenses of such Corporation 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. (Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Single employer program benefits
payments........................ 873 859 982
00.02 Multi-employer program financial
assistance...................... 4 6 6
00.03 Administrative expenses........... 10 10 11
00.04 Services related to terminations.. 124 125 137
00.05 Loss on sale of govt. securities..
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10.00 Total obligations............... 1,011 1,000 1,136
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance available, start of year:

21.47 Authority to borrow............. 100 100 100
21.90 Fund balance.................... -112 -125 177
U.S. Securities:
21.91 Par value..................... 5,732 6,532 7,782
21.92 Unrealized discounts.......... -357 -343 -588
--------- --------- ----------
21.99 Total unobligated balance,
start of year............... 5,363 6,164 7,471
22.00 Budget authority from offsetting
collections..................... 1,812 2,307 2,421
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 7,175 8,471 9,892
23.95 New obligations................... -1,011 -1,000 -1,136
Unobligated balance available, end of year:

24.47 Authority to borrow............. 100 100 100
24.90 Fund balance.................... -125 177 177
U.S. Securities:
24.91 Par value..................... 6,532 7,782 9,045
24.92 Unrealized discounts.......... -343 -588 -568
--------- --------- ----------
24.99 Total unobligated balance, end
of year....................... 6,164 7,471 8,754
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 1,812 2,307 2,421
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.90 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: start of
year; fund balance.............. 75 125 128
73.10 New obligations................... 1,011 1,000 1,136
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -961 -997 -1,136
74.90 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: end of year;
fund balance.................... 125 128 128
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 961 997 1,136
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:

Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.20 Interest on U.S. securities... -147 -512 -608
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Premium income.............. -1,236 -1,251 -1,171
88.40 Benefit payment
reimbursements............ -281 -419 -505
88.40 Reimbursements from trust
funds for services related
to terminations........... -144 -125 -137
88.40 Other reimbursements from
trust funds............... -4
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -1,812 -2,307 -2,421
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... -851 -1,310 -1,285
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)

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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 4 6 6
1263 Write-offs for default: Direct
loans........................... -4 -6 -6
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This wholly owned government corporation administers programs of
mandatory insurance to prevent loss of pension benefits under covered
private, defined-benefit pension plans if single-employer plans
terminate or if multiemployer plans are unable to pay benefits.

Single-employer program.--The single-employer program protects about
33 million participants in about 48,000 pension plans. Under this
program a company may voluntarily seek to terminate its plan, or the
PBGC may seek termination under certain circumstances. The PBGC must
seek termination when a plan cannot pay current benefits.

In a ``standard'' termination, plan assets must be sufficient to pay
all benefits before the plan is allowed to end. That payment is in the
form of an annuity purchased from an insurance company, or a lump sum
payment. After the payment is made, the PBGC guarantee ends. A plan that
cannot pay all benefits may be ended by a ``distress'' termination, but
only if the employer meets tests proving severe financial distress; for
example, the likelihood that continuing the plan would force the company
to shut down. If the terminated plan cannot pay at least the PBGC-
guaranteed benefits, the PBGC uses its funds to ensure guaranteed
benefits are paid.

1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
Government trusteeships at end of
year................................ 2,248 2,448 2,618
Participants in government
trusteeships owed benefits.......... 441,000 481,000 521,000
Retirees receiving monthly benefits. 199,700 218,000 236,000

Multiemployer program.--The multiemployer insurance program protects
about 8.7 million participants in about 2,000 plans. Multiemployer
pension plans are maintained under collectively bargained agreements
involving unrelated employers, generally in the same industry. If a
PBGC-insured multiemployer plan is unable to pay guaranteed benefits
when due, the PBGC will provide the plan with financial assistance to
continue paying guaranteed benefits, ordinarily in the form of a loan to
the plan. Nineteen plans are expected to be receiving assistance in
1998.

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Administrative expenses subject to limitation.--Provides for
collection of over $1 billion in premiums, accounting and auditing
services, asset management, executive direction, and other support
functions.

Services related to terminations.--This activity provides for
needed, but unpredictable, costs related to benefits administration,
actuarial services, managing the assets of trusteed plans, and a share
of other costs arising from plan termination.

1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
Plans terminated during the year:
With sufficient assets............ 3,100 3,500 3,500
Without sufficient assets......... 255 150 150
Regulations issued.................. 7 10 10

Financing.--The primary source of financing is annual premiums paid
by sponsors of ongoing covered plans, which vary according to the plans'
funding level. Other sources of financing include assets from terminated
plans, investment income, and amounts due the Corporation from the
sponsors of terminating plans. Also, the Corporation is authorized to
borrow up to $100 million from the U.S. Treasury.

Operating results.--The following tables show the status of the
Corporation's trust funds and the Corporation's operating results.
STATUS OF TRUST FUNDS

[In thousands of dollars]

1995 actual 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
Assets:
Cash.......................................... 285,100 393,010 393,010 393,010
Investments................................... 3,788,310 4,554,160 5,489,150 6,122,980
Receivables:
Due from Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation............................... 6,212,830 5,872,970 6,598,830 7,321,830
Due from employers--terminated plans........ 76,210 44,050 250,590 262,330
Assets of pretrusteed plans................. 211,900 118,590 555,910 357,290
Other assets................................ 128,700 124,680 124,690 124,690
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Total assets............................ 10,703,050 11,107,460 13,412,180 14,582,130
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Liabilities:
Estimate of future benefits--terminated plans. 9,430,990 9,933,220 13,123,190 14,370,530
Estimate of probable terminations (net claims
for)........................................ 1,179,030 954,690 195,430 118,040
Other liabilities............................. 93,030 219,550 93,560 93,560
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Total liabilities......................... 10,703,050 11,107,460 13,412,180 14,582,130
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CHANGE IN CORPORATION'S LIABILITY UNDER TERMINATED PLANS

[In thousands1995 actual]1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
Liabilit
y,
beginnin
g of
year... 4,475,547 5,033,803 4,918,288 6,403,394
Liabilit
y
incurred
due to
plan
terminat
ions... 156,010 342,830 1,396,345 731,479
(New liabilities assumed)..................... 448,140 578,950 3,424,575 1,335,410
(Plan assets acquired)........................ (310,890) (348,540) (1,657,800) (531,260)
(Recoveries from employers, net).............. 18,760 112,420 (370,430) (72,671)
Operatin
g loss
of
trust
fund... 812,170 (14,580) 505,375 550,820
Benefit
payments
....... (409,924) (443,765) (416,614) (481,900)
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Liability, end of year...................... 5,033,803 4,918,288 6,403,394 7,203,793
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Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars)

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Revenue:
0101 Premium income.................... 866 1,183 1,251 1,170
0101 Investment income................. 1,154 152 511 608
0101 Other income...................... 2 6
Expense:
0102 Trust fund operating loss......... -812 15 -501 -547
0102 Net liability due to plan
terminations.................... -156 -343 -1,396 -731
0102 Provision for probable
terminations.................... -13 224 759 77
0102 Change in allowance for
uncollectible financial
assistance...................... -109 -102 -24 -25
0102 Administrative expenses........... -11 -21 -10 -12
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0109 Net income or loss (-)............ 921 1,114 590 540
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0191 Total revenues.................... 2,022 1,341 1,762 1,778
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0192 Total expenses.................... -1,101 -227 -1,172 -1,238
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0199 Net income or loss................ 921 1,114 590 540
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Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)

1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 1 1 306 306
Investments in US securities:
Treasury securities, par:
1102 Treasury securities, par.... 5,732 6,532 7,782 9,045
1102 Treasury securities,
unamortized discount (-)/
premium (+)............... 83 655 655 655
1106 Receivables, net.............. 65 95 97 97
1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables,
net............................. 131 247 36 30
Net value of assets related to
pre-1992 direct loans
receivable and acquired
defaulted guaranteed loans
receivable:

1601 Direct loans, gross............. 27 31
1602 Interest receivable............. 15 19
1603 Allowance for estimated
uncollectible loans and
interest (-).................. -42 -50
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1699 Value of assets related to
direct loans................
Other Federal assets:

1803 Property, plant and equipment,
net........................... 4 4 4 4
1901 Other assets.................... 609 24
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 6,625 7,558 8,880 10,137
LIABILITIES:
Non-Federal liabilities:

2201 Accounts payable................ 266 328 317 290
2206 Pension and other actuarial
liabilities................... 6,481 6,238 6,981 7,724
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 6,747 6,566 7,298 8,014
NET POSITION:
3300 Cumulative results of operations.. -122 992 1,582 2,123
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. -122 992 1,582 2,123
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 6,625 7,558 8,880 10,137
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Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Personnel compensation:

11.1 Full-time permanent............. 37 40 41
11.3 Other than full-time permanent.. 1 1 1
11.5 Other personnel compensation.... 2 1 2
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation.. 40 42 44
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 8 9 9
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons......................... 1 1 1
23.2 Rental payments to others......... 11 12 12
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges........... 1 2 2
25.2 Other services.................... 65 66 76
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts........ 1 1 1
26.0 Supplies and materials............ 1 1 1
31.0 Equipment......................... 6 2 2
33.0 Investments and loans............. 4 6 6
42.0 Insurance claims and indemnities.. 873 858 982
99.0 Subtotal, reimbursable obligations 1,011 1,000 1,136
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99.9 Total obligations............... 1,011 1,000 1,136
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Personnel Summary

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Total compensable workyears:
2001 Full-time equivalent employment... 716 731 731
2005 Full-time equivalent of overtime
and holiday hours............... 14 14 14
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EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION

Federal Funds

General and special funds:

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, [$290,422,000] $312,443,000,
together with [$983,000] $1,760,000 which may be expended from the
Special Fund in accordance with [section] sections 39(c), 44(i) (4) and
(5) and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act:
Provided, 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. [2119(d)] 211(d)
and 214) and for processing applications and issuing registrations under
Title I of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act,
29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. (Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:

00.01 Enforcement of wage and hour
standards..................... 100 118 125
00.02 Federal contractor EEO standards
enforcement................... 56 59 69
00.03 Federal programs for workers'
compensation.................. 101 102 109
00.04 Program direction and support... 11 12 12
00.05 Labor-management standards...... 24 25 26
--------- --------- ----------
00.91 Subtotal direct program....... 292 316 340
01.01 Reimbursable program.............. 1 3 2
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10.00 Total obligations............... 293 319 342
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 293 319 342
23.95 New obligations................... -293 -319 -342
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:

40.00 Appropriation................... 265 290 312
40.75 Reduction pursuant to P.L. 104-
208........................... -1
41.00 Transferred to other accounts... -7 -4
42.00 Transferred from other accounts. 6 4
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 264 289 312
Permanent:

68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 29 30 30
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 293 319 342
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 21 26 27
73.10 New obligations................... 293 319 342
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -286 -316 -342
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 26 27 27
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 241 263 288
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 16 24 24
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 29 30 30
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 286 316 342
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:

Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -28 -27 -28
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -1 -3 -2
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -29 -30 -30
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 264 289 312
90.00 Outlays........................... 258 287 312
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Enforcement of wage and hour standards.--The Wage and Hour Division
works to obtain and encourage compliance with the minimum wage,
overtime, child labor, and other employment standards under the Fair
Labor Standards Act, Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection
Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, certain provisions of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, the wage garnishment provisions in
title III of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, and the Employee
Polygraph Protection Act. Prevailing wages are determined and employment
standards enforced under various Government contract wage standards. In
1998 approximately 281,300 persons are expected to be aided under the
Fair Labor Standards Act through securing agreements with firms to pay
back wages owed to their workers. Through the special minimum wage
program, an estimated 200,000 persons will be aided by certificates
issued and employment authorized. In Government contract compliance
actions, about 29,500 persons will be aided through securing agreements
to pay wages owed to workers. Under the Migrant and Seasonal
Agricultural Worker Protection Act program, approximately 2,600
investigations and 1,700 housing inspections will be completed. In the
course of all on-site investigations, investigators will routinely check
for employer compliance with the employment eligibility verification
recordkeeping requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)-based Electronic Service Contract Act
Notification System, which will enable contracting agencies to request
and receive wage determination data, became operational in 1997. The
Budget includes resources for the Wage and Hour Division which will be
assigned to areas where employment of illegal immigrants is most
prevalent. The targeting of labor standards enforcement efforts in those
industries and geographic areas where unauthorized workers are most
prevalent will help to reduce the economic incentive for such illegal
employment practices and will, in turn, reduce illegal immigration.

Federal contractor EEO standards enforcement.--The Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is responsible for ensuring
nondiscrimination in employment based on race, sex, religion, color,
national origin, disability or veteran status by Federal contractors and
subcontractors at 90,000 supply and service establishments and 150,000
construction sites with a total workforce of 22 million people. It
conducts compliance reviews and complaint investigations. It assures
that Federal contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action in
the hiring and advancement of minorities and women under the authority
of Executive Orders 11246 and 11375. It enforces the affirmative action
and nondiscrimination provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and,
as an agent of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the
Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. It ensures that contractors
comply with the provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment
Assistance Act of 1974 providing for affirmative action by Federal
contractors to employ, and advance in employment, special disabled and
Vietnam era veterans.

The Budget includes resources for a tiered-review process, which
will significantly reduce the paperwork burden on federal contractors
and increase coverage of the contractor universe; compliance assistance
to ensure that federal contractors are fully aware of their equal
employment opportunity responsibilities; increased vigilance in
preventing discrimination based on national origin through coordination
with the Department of Justice; and the review of federal contractor's
compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act. In 1998, approximately
2,760,000 individuals will be directly aided

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through 6,000 compliance reviews, 900 complaint investigations, and
4,100 other compliance actions.

Federal programs for workers' compensation.--Under this income
maintenance activity, the Employment Standards Administration
administers the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, the Longshore and
Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, and the benefit provisions of the
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. These programs insure that
eligible disabled and injured workers or their survivors receive
compensation and medical benefits and a range of services including
rehabilitation, supervision of medical care, and technical and advisory
counseling to which they are entitled. Monitoring and advisory services
are provided with respect to State workers' compensation laws.

Program direction and support.--This activity includes planning,
personnel management, financial management, and Federal/State liaison
programs, management systems implementation, and data processing
operations. Major goals in 1998 will include implementing financial
management initiatives; continued efforts to eliminate internal fraud,
waste, and mismanagement; the improvement of management information,
automated data processing, and program and fiscal accountability; and
legislative and regulatory improvements.

Labor-management standards.--The Office of Labor-Management
Standards (OLMS) collects and discloses union financial reports; audits
union financial records and investigates possible embezzlements of union
funds; conducts election investigations and reruns of union officer
elections after court determinations that elections were not conducted
in accordance with the Labor Management Relations Disclosure Act; and
administers the statutory program to certify employee protection
provisions of various Federally-sponsored transportation programs. In FY
1998, OLMS expects to process 36,000 reports and conduct a total of
3,566 investigations, audits, and supervised elections.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Direct obligations:

Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 171 180 188
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 3 2 4
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 2 2 2
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation 176 184 194
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 35 39 41
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 4 9 9
22.0 Transportation of things........ 1 1
23.1 Rental payments to GSA.......... 24 24 26
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 3 4 4
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 2 2 8
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 23 25 25
25.7 Operation and maintenance of
equipment..................... 19 20 22
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 2 2 2
31.0 Equipment....................... 3 5 7
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 292 316 340
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 1 3 2
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 293 319 342
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Personnel Summary

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Total compensable workyears:
1001 Full-time equivalent employment... 3,672 3,942 4,055
1005 Full-time equivalent of overtime
and holiday hours............... 6 6 6
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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] chapter 81 of title 5,
United States Code; continuation of benefits as provided for under the
head ``Civilian War Benefits'' in the Federal Security Agency
Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees' Compensation Commission
Appropriation Act, 1944; and sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims
Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 [per centum] percent of the
additional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended,
[$213,000,000] $201,000,000 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 [such sums as are
necessary] amounts appropriated may be used under section 8104 of title
5, United States Code, by the Secretary 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, [1996] 1997, 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 of Labor determines to be
the cost of administration for employees of such fair share entities
through September 30, [1997] 1998: Provided further, That of those funds
transferred to this account from the fair share entities to pay the cost
of administration, [$11,390,000] $7,269,000 shall be made available to
the Secretary of Labor for expenditures relating to capital improvements
in support of Federal Employees' Compensation Act administration, and
the balance of such 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
[Subchapter 5, U.S.C., chapter 81, or under subchapter 33, U.S.C. 901,
et seq. (the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as
amended)] 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. (Department of Labor Appropriations Act,
1997.)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Longshore and harbor workers'
compensation benefits........... 4 4 4
00.02 Federal Employees' Compensation
Act benefits.................... 1,997 1,995 1,991
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 2,001 1,999 1,995
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested
balance......................... 687 757 847
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 2,071 2,089 2,058
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 2,758 2,846 2,905
23.95 New obligations................... -2,001 -1,999 -1,995
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested balance..... 757 847 910
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:

40.00 Appropriation................... 218 213 201
Permanent:

68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 1,853 1,876 1,857
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 2,071 2,089 2,058
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.90 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Fund balance. 78 78
73.10 New obligations................... 2,001 1,999 1,995
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -1,923 -1,999 -1,995

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74.90 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Fund balance. 78 78 78
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 70 123 138
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 90 67
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1,853 1,786 1,790
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 1,923 1,999 1,995
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:

88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -1,853 -1,876 -1,857
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 218 213 201
90.00 Outlays........................... 70 123 138
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Note:--In FY 1996, presentation of accrued liabilities was initiated in
the Special Fund. Implementation of this accounting adjustment requires an
overstatement of the FY 1996 obligations compared with FY 1995 and all prior
fiscal years.

Federal Employees' Compensation Act Benefits.--Under the Federal
Employees' Compensation Act program, income is replaced if a job injury
results in time away from work. Medical bills arising from compensable
job injuries are also paid. Not all benefits are paid by the program
since the first 45 days of disability are usually covered by keeping
injured workers in pay status with their employing agencies. In 1998,
175,000 injured federal workers or their survivors will file claims;
57,500 will receive long-term wage replacement benefits for job-related
injuries, diseases, or deaths. Most of the costs of this account are
charged back to the employing agencies of beneficiaries.

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION WORKLOAD

1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
Wage-loss claims received........... 20,392 20,000 20,000
Compensation and medical payments... 2,387,341 2,400,000 2,400,000
Cases received...................... 175,052 175,000 175,000
Periodic payment cases.............. 58,329 58,000 57,500

Longshore and harbor workers' compensation benefits.--Under the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended, the Federal
Government pays from direct appropriations one-half of the increased
benefits provided by the amendments for persons on the rolls prior to
1972. The remainder is provided from the special fund which is financed
by private employers assessed at the beginning of each calendar year for
their proportionate share of these payments.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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25.7 Operation and maintenance of
equipment....................... 4 1 1
31.0 Equipment......................... 9 17 6
42.0 Insurance claims and indemnities.. 1,988 1,981 1,988
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 2,001 1,999 1,995
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Note:--In FY 1996, presentation of accrued liabilities was initiated in
the Special Fund. Implementation of this accounting adjustment requires an
overstatement of the FY 1996 obligations compared with FY 1995 and all prior
fiscal years.

Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund

Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 16-5155-0-2-602 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............
Receipts:
02.01 Deposits for Panama Commission
Compensation Fund, Labor........ 11 8 7
02.02 Interest on investments, Panama
Canal Comm., Labor.............. 4 5 5
--------- --------- ----------
02.99 Total receipts.................. 15 13 12
Appropriation:
05.01 Panama Canal Commission
compensation fund............... -15 -13 -12
07.99 Total balance, end of year........
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
42.0)........................... 6 7 7
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance available, start of year:

U.S. Securities:
21.41 Par value..................... 64 73 79
21.42 Unrealized discounts.......... -1 -1 -1
--------- --------- ----------
21.99 Total unobligated balance,
start of year............... 63 72 78
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 15 13 12
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 78 85 90
23.95 New obligations................... -6 -7 -7
Unobligated balance available, end of year:

U.S. Securities:
24.41 Par value..................... 73 79 83
24.42 Unrealized discounts.......... -1 -1 -1
--------- --------- ----------
24.99 Total unobligated balance, end
of year....................... 72 78 82
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.25 Appropriation (special fund,
indefinite)..................... 15 13 12
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 6 7 7
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -6 -7 -7
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 6 7 7
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 15 13 12
90.00 Outlays........................... 6 7 7
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Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund.--This fund has been
established to provide for the accumulation of funds to meet the Panama
Canal Commission's obligations to defray costs of workers' compensation
which will accrue pursuant to the Federal Employees' Compensation Act
(FECA). On December 31, 1999, the Commission will be dissolved as set
forth in the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, and the liability of the
Commission for payments beyond that date will not end with its
termination. The establishment of this fund, into which funds will be
deposited on a regular basis by the Commission is in conjunction with
the transfer of the administration of the FECA program from the
Commission to the Department of Labor effective January 1, 1989.

Trust Funds

Black Lung Disability Trust Fund

(including transfer of funds)

[For payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund,
$1,007,644,000, of which $961,665,000 shall be available until September
30, 1998, for payment of all benefits as authorized by section 9501(d)
(1), (2), (4), and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended,
and interest on advances as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of that
Act, and of which $26,071,000 shall be available for transfer to
Employment Standards Administration, Salaries and Expenses, $19,621,000
for transfer to Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses, and
$287,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, Office of Inspector
General, for expenses of operation and administration of the Black Lung
Benefits program as authorized by section 9501(d)(5)(A) of that Act:
Provided, That, in addition, such amounts as may be necessary may be
charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of
compensation, interest, or other benefits for any period subsequent to
August 15 of the current year: Provided further, That in addition such
amounts shall be paid from this fund into miscellaneous receipts as the
Secretary of the Treasury determines to be the administrative expenses
of the Department of the Treasury for administering the fund during the
current fiscal year, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5)(B) of that
Act.]

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Beginning in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter, such sums as may be
necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, to remain available
until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by section
9501(d) (1), (2), (4) and (7), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as
amended; and interest on advances as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of
that Act; and in addition, the following amounts shall be available from
the Fund for fiscal year 1998 for expenses of operation and
administration of the Black Lung Benefits program as authorized by
section 9501(d)(5) of that Act $26,147,000 for transfer to the
Employment Standards Administration, ``Salaries and Expenses'';
$19,551,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ``Salaries and
Expenses''; $296,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ``Office
of Inspector General''; and $356,000 for payment into miscellaneous
receipts for the expenses of the Department of Treasury. (Department of
Labor Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 20-8144-0-7-601 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 2 7
Receipts:
02.01 Transfer from general fund, Black
Lung Benefits Revenue Act taxes. 614 604 613
02.02 Miscellaneous interest............ 3 2 2
--------- --------- ----------
02.99 Total receipts.................. 617 606 615
--------- --------- ----------
04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 619 613 615
Appropriation:
05.01 Administrative Expenses........... -612 -613 -615
--------- --------- ----------
05.99 Subtotal appropriation............ -612 -613 -615
07.99 Balance, end of year.............. 7
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Disabled coal miners benefits..... 494 496 466
00.02 Administrative expenses........... 47 47 47
00.03 Interest on advances.............. 445 465 494
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 986 1,008 1,007
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 986 1,008 1,007
23.95 New obligations................... -986 -1,008 -1,007
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.26 Appropriation (trust fund,
definite)....................... 47 46 46
40.27 Appropriation (trust fund,
indefinite)..................... 565 567 569
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)........... 612 613 615
47.05 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 374 395 392
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 986 1,008 1,007
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 986 1,008 1,007
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -986 -1,008 -1,007
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 986 1,008 1,007
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 986 1,008 1,007
90.00 Outlays........................... 986 1,008 1,007
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The trust fund consists of all moneys collected from the coal mine
industry under the provisions of the Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of
1981, as amended by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of 1985, in the form of an excise tax on mined coal. These moneys are
expended to pay compensation, medical, and survivor benefits to eligible
miners and their survivors, where mine employment terminated prior to
1970 or where no mine operator can be assigned liability. In addition
the fund pays all administrative costs incurred in the operation of part
C of the black lung program. The fund is administered jointly by the
Secretaries of Labor, the Treasury, and Health and Human Services. The
Benefits Revenue Act provides for repayable advances to the fund in the
event fund resources will not be adequate to meet program obligations.
Such advances are to be repaid with interest. The outstanding debt at
the end of each year was: 1981, $1,510 million; 1982, $1,793 million;
1983, $2,151 million; 1984, $2,497 million; 1985, $2,833 million; 1986,
$2,884 million; 1987, $2,952 million; 1988, $2,993 million; 1989, $3,049
million; 1990, $3,049 million; 1991, $3,266 million; 1992, $3,606
million; 1993, $3,949 million; 1994, $4,363 million; 1995, $4,738
million; 1996, $5,112 million; 1997, $5,507 million, and 1998 $5,899
million.

BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND WORKLOAD

1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.

Claims received..................... 6,791 6,500 6,300
Claims in payment status............ 64,501 62,500 60,000
Medical benefits only recipients.... 16,762 14,500 13,500

Status of Funds (in millions of dollars)

0200 Transfer from general fund,
Black Lung Benefits Revenue
Act taxes..................... 614 604 613
Proprietary receipts:

0220 Miscellaneous interest, Black
Lung fund..................... 3 2 2
--------- --------- ----------
0299 Total cash income............... 617 606 615
Cash outgo during year:
0500 Black lung disability trust fund.. -986 -1,008 -1,007
Unexpended balance, end of year:
0700 Cash Balance...................... 7
0705 Outstanding Treasury borrowing.... -5,112 -5,507 -5,899
--------- --------- ----------
0799 Total balance, end of year...... -5,105 -5,507 -5,899
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Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 20-8144-0-7-601 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
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25.2 Other services.................... 47 47 47
42.0 Insurance claims and indemnities.. 494 496 466
43.0 Interest and dividends............ 445 465 494
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 986 1,008 1,007
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Special Workers' Compensation Expenses

Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 16-9971-0-7-601 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............
Receipts:
02.01 Longshoremen's & Harbor Workers
Compensation Act, Receipts,
Special workers'................ 116 137 139
02.02 Longshoremen's & Harbor Workers
Compensation Act, Earnings on
investments, Special workers',
Labor........................... 3 2 2
02.03 Workmen's Compensation Act within
District of Columbia, Receipts,
Special workers'................ 11 12 12
--------- --------- ----------
02.99 Total receipts.................. 130 151 153
Appropriation:
05.01 Special workers' compensation
expenses........................ -130 -151 -153
--------- --------- ----------
05.99 Subtotal appropriation............ -130 -151 -153
07.99 Total balance, end of year........
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Longshore and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Act, as amended.... 119 133 135
00.02 District of Columbia Compensation
Act............................. 11 11 11
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 130 144 146
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance available, start of year:

21.40 Uninvested balance.............. 1
U.S. Securities:
21.41 Par value..................... 77 79 86
21.42 Unrealized discounts.......... -1 -1 -1
--------- --------- ----------
21.99 Total unobligated balance,
start of year............... 77 78 85
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 130 151 153
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 207 229 238
23.95 New obligations................... -130 -144 -146
Unobligated balance available, end of year:

U.S. Securities:
24.41 Par value..................... 79 86 93
24.42 Unrealized discounts.......... -1 -1 -1
--------- --------- ----------
24.99 Total unobligated balance, end
of year....................... 78 85 92
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:

40.26 Appropriation (trust fund,
definite)..................... 1 1 2
Permanent:

60.27 Permanent Appropriation (trust
fund, indefinite)............. 129 150 151
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 130 151 153
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 4 5 5
73.10 New obligations................... 130 144 146
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -129 -144 -146
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 5 5 5
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 1 1 2
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 52 66 60
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 76 77 84
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 129 144 146
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 130 151 153
90.00 Outlays........................... 129 144 146
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Distribution of budget authority by
account:
Longshore and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Act.................... 119 139 141
District of Columbia Compensation Act. 12 12 12
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Distribution of outlays by account:
Longshore and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Act.................... 117 133 135
District of Columbia Compensation Act. 12 11 11
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The trust funds consist of amounts received from employers for the
death of an employee where no person is entitled to compensation for
such death, for fines and penalty payments, and pursuant to an annual
assessment of the industry, for the general expenses of the fund under
the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended.

These trust funds are available for payments of additional
compensation for second injuries. When a second injury is combined with
a previous disability and results in increased permanent partial
disability, permanent total disability, or death, the employer's
liability for benefits is limited to a specified period of compensation
payments after which the fund provides continuing compensation benefits.
In addition, the fund pays one-half of the increased benefits provided
under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended,
for persons on the rolls prior to 1972. Maintenance payments are made to
disabled employees undergoing vocational rehabilitation to enable them
to return to remunerative occupations, and the costs of necessary
rehabilitation services not otherwise available to disabled workers are
defrayed. Payments are made in cases where other circumstances preclude
payment by an employer and to provide medical, surgical, and other
treatment in disability cases where there has been a default by the
insolvency of an uninsured employer.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 16-9971-0-7-601 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
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25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts........ 1 1 2
42.0 Insurance claims and indemnities.. 129 143 144
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99.9 Total obligations............... 130 144 146
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

Federal Funds

General and special funds:

Salaries and Expenses

For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, [$325,734,000] $347,805,000, including not to exceed
[$77,354,000] $79,175,000 which shall be the maximum amount available
for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act, which grants shall be no less than fifty percent of the
costs of State occupational safety and health programs required to be
incurred under plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; and, in addition,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration may retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year of training
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 of Labor is authorized, during the fiscal year
ending September 30, [1997] 1998, 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 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 Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 which is applicable to
any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain
a temporary labor camp and employs ten or fewer employees:] Provided
further, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be
obligated or expended to administer or enforce any standard, rule,
regulation, or order under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 with respect to any employer of ten or fewer employees who is
included within a category having an occupational injury lost workday
case rate, at the most precise Standard 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 Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of
that Act (29 U.S.C. 673), except--
(1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, consultation,
technical assistance, educational and training 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 such Act with respect to
imminent dangers;
(4) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect to
health hazards;
(5) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect to a
report of an employment accident which is fatal to one or more

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employees or which results in hospitalization of two or more
employees, and to take any action pursuant to such investigation
authorized by such Act; and
(6) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect to
complaints of discrimination against employees for exercising rights
under such 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 ten or fewer
employees]. (Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:

00.01 Safety and health standards..... 8 12 13
00.02 Federal enforcement............. 123 126 136
00.03 State programs.................. 68 77 79
00.04 Technical support............... 20 17 18
00.05 Federal compliance assistance... 27 37 46
00.06 State consultation grants....... 35 34 35
00.07 Safety and health statistics.... 16 14 14
00.08 Executive direction and
administration................ 7 7 7
--------- --------- ----------
00.91 Total direct program.......... 304 325 348
01.01 Reimbursable program.............. 2 3 2
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 306 327 350
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 306 327 350
23.95 New obligations................... -306 -327 -350
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:

40.00 Appropriation................... 304 326 348
40.75 Reduction pursuant to P.L. 104-
208........................... -1
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 304 325 348
Permanent:

Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash). 3 3 2
68.10 Change in orders on hand from
Federal sources............. -1
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)................... 2 3 2
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 306 328 350
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:

72.40 Obligated balance: Appropriation 50 67 68
72.95 Orders on hand from Federal
sources....................... 1
--------- --------- ----------
72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year............... 51 67 68
73.10 New obligations................... 306 327 350
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -290 -326 -347
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 67 68 71
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 245 283 303
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 43 40 42
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 2 3 2
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 290 326 347
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:

Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -1 -1 -1
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -2 -2 -1
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -3 -3 -2
88.95 Change in orders on hand from
Federal sources................. 1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 304 324 348
90.00 Outlays........................... 288 323 345
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Safety and Health Standards.--The safety and health standards
activity provides for the development, promulgation, review and
evaluation of occupational safety and health standards under procedures
providing opportunity for public comment. Before any standard is
proposed or promulgated, a determination is made that: (1) a significant
risk of serious injury or health impairment exists; (2) the standard
will reduce this risk; (3) the standard is economically and
technologically feasible; and (4) the standard is cost-effective when
compared with alternative regulatory proposals providing equal levels of
protection. Regulatory reform efforts include consensus-based
rulemaking, development of common sense regulations, rewriting existing
standards in plain language, and regulatory process improvements.

Enforcement.--This activity provides for the enforcement of
workplace standards promulgated under the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 through the physical inspection of worksites, and by
fostering the voluntary cooperation of employers and employees. This
activity also provides grants to assist States in administering and
enforcing State standards. Programs are targeted to the investigation of
claims of imminent danger and employee complaints, investigation of
fatal and catastrophic accidents, programmed inspections of firms with
injury-illness rates that are above the national average, and special
emphasis inspections for serious safety and health hazards. OSHA's
enforcement strategy includes a selective targeting of inspections and
related compliance activities to specific high hazard industries, and
offering employers a choice between a partnership and a traditional
enforcement relationship.

Technical support.--Technical assistance is provided on all aspects
of standards setting, variances, compliance assistance, and enforcement
programs. Laboratory support is provided to compliance officers.
Comprehensive scientific and technical information services are made
available. The economic and environmental impacts of proposed standards
are analyzed.

Compliance Assistance--Federal.--This activity supports a variety of
employer and employee assistance programs, consistent with OSHA's
partnership initiatives. Outreach activities are conducted, including
training and information exchanges and technical assistance to employers
requesting such help. Grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations to
provide employee and employer training programs, targeted to address
specific industry needs for safety and health education. Employers are
encouraged to establish voluntary employee protection programs, and
Federal agencies are assisted in implementing job safety and health
programs for their employees. Professional training for compliance
personnel and others with related workplace safety and health
responsibilities is conducted at the OSHA Training Institute, and
further training is provided by education centers selected and
sanctioned by the institute.

Compliance Assistance--State.--This activity supports 90 percent
Federally-funded cooperative agreements with designated State agencies
to provide free on-site consultation to employers upon request. State
agencies tailor workplans to specific needs in each State while
maximizing their impact on injury and illness rates in smaller
establishments. These projects offer a variety of services, including
safety and health program assessment and assistance, hazard
identification and control, and training of employers and their
employees.

Statistics.--Information technology, management information and
statistical support for OSHA's programs and field operations are
provided through an integrated data network, and statistical analysis
and review. OSHA administers and maintains the recordkeeping system
which serves as the foundation for the BLS survey on occupational
injuries and illnesses, provides guidance and recordkeeping requirements
to both the public and private sectors, and develops regulations along
with interpretive publications and materials.

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Executive direction and administration.--These activities include
executive direction, planning and evaluation, management support,
legislative liaison, interagency affairs, administrative services, and
budgeting and financial control.

PROGRAM STATISTICS

1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
Standards promulgated............... 7 12 10
Inspections:
Federal inspections............... 24,024 31,500 34,000
State program inspections......... 57,199 58,400 58,400
Training and consultations:
Training grants supported......... 26 21 45
Consultation visits............... 24,708 25,000 25,000

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Direct obligations:

Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 103 114 122
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 1 1 1
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 1 2 2
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation 105 117 125
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 23 25 27
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 6 7 9
23.1 Rental payments to GSA.......... 15 16 17
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 2 3 3
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 1 1 1
25.1 Advisory and assistance services 9 4 4
25.2 Other services.................. 39 45 47
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 16 13 14
25.7 Operation and maintenance of
equipment..................... 7 4 4
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 3 3 3
31.0 Equipment....................... 7 6 6
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 71 79 85
--------- --------- ----------
99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 304 323 345
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 2 3 2
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 1 3
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 306 327 350
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Personnel Summary

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Total compensable workyears:
1001 Full-time equivalent employment... 2,069 2,241 2,361
1005 Full-time equivalent of overtime
and holiday hours............... 2 3 3
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Allocations Received From Other Accounts

Note.--Obligations incurred under allocations from other accounts
are included in the schedules of the parent appropriations as follows:
Environmental Protection Agency: Hazardous Substance Response
Trust Fund.

MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

Federal Funds

General and special funds:

Salaries and Expenses

For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health
Administration, [$197,810,000] $205,804,000, including purchase and
bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and
first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles; the Secretary
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; 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 survival
operations in the event of a major disaster[: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended
to carry out section 115 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of
1977 or to carry out that portion of section 104(g)(1) of such Act
relating to the enforcement of any training requirements, with respect
to shell dredging, or with respect to any sand, gravel, surface stone,
surface clay, colloidal phosphate, or surface limestone mine]. (30
U.S.C. 1-11, 801, 951 et seq; 91 Stat. 1290-1322; Stat. 111, 137.)
(Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
Enforcement:

00.01 Coal............................ 106 107 108
00.02 Metal/non-metal................. 41 42 44
00.03 Standards development........... 1 1 1
00.04 Assessments....................... 3 3 4
00.05 Educational policy and development 15 15 15
00.06 Technical support................. 21 21 25
00.07 Program administration............ 8 8 9
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 195 197 206
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 196 197 206
23.95 New obligations................... -195 -197 -206
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 196 198 206
40.75 Reduction pursuant to P.L. 104-208 -1
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)........... 196 197 206
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 196 197 206
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 22 28 28
73.10 New obligations................... 195 197 206
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -189 -197 -205
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 28 28 29
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 169 179 187
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 20 18 18
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 189 197 205
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 196 197 206
90.00 Outlays........................... 189 197 205
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Enforcement.--The Enforcement strategy in 1998 will be an integrated
approach that links all actions to preventing occupational injuries and
illness. These include inspection of mines as mandated by the Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, special emphasis initiatives that
focus on persistent safety and health hazards, promulgation of safety
and health standards, investigation of serious accidents, and on-site
education and training assistance. The desired outcome of these
enforcement efforts is to at least maintain or lower fatality and injury
rates.

Assessments.--This activity assesses and collects civil monetary
penalties for violations of safety and health standards.

Educational policy and development.--This activity develops and
coordinates MSHA's mine safety and health education and training
policies, and provides classroom instruction at the National Academy for
MSHA personnel, other governmental personnel, and the mining industry.
States provide mine health and safety training materials, and provide
technical assistance through the State Grants program.

Technical support.--This activity applies engineering and scientific
expertise through field and laboratory forensic investigations to
resolve technical problems associated with imple-

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mentation of the Mine Act. Technical support administers a fee program
to approve equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines and
performs field and laboratory audits of equipment previously approved by
MSHA. It also collects and analyzes data relative to the cause,
frequency, and circumstances of accidents.

Program administration.--This activity provides for general
administrative functions.

PROGRAM STATISTICS

1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.

Enforcement:
Fatality Rates:
Coal mines...................... .038 .038 .038
Metal/non-metal mines........... .028 .028 .028
Non-fatal lost time injury rates:
Coal mines...................... 5.11 5.11 5.11
Metal/Non-metal mines........... 2.62 2.62 2.62
Regulations promulgated......... 5 16 11
Assessments:
Violations assessed............... 106,566 110,000 110,000
Educational policy and development:
Course days....................... 518 550 550
Technical support:
Equipment approvals............... 1,259 1,500 1,500
Field investigations.............. 1,280 1,350 1,350
Laboratory samples analyzed....... 82,122 102,000 127,000
Note.--Incidence rates represent the number of injuries that occur for
each 200,000 employee-hours worked.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Personnel compensation:

11.1 Full-time permanent............. 109 111 114
11.3 Other than full-time permanent.. 1 1
11.5 Other personnel compensation.... 2 2 2
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation.. 112 114 116
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 31 33 34
21.0 Travel and transportation of
things.......................... 5 7 7
22.0 Transportation of things.......... 3 3 3
23.1 Rental payments to GSA............ 9 9 9
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges........... 2 2 2
24.0 Printing and reproduction......... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................... 3 4 5
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts........ 7 7 8
25.4 Operation and maintenance of
facilities...................... 2
25.7 Operation and maintenance of
equipment....................... 4 3 4
26.0 Supplies and materials............ 3 3 3
31.0 Equipment......................... 7 5 8
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 6 6 6
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 195 197 206
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Personnel Summary

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Identification code 16-1200-0-1-554 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
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Total compensable workyears:
1001 Full-time equivalent employment... 2,258 2,198 2,186
1005 Full-time equivalent of overtime
and holiday hours............... 10 10 10
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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Federal Funds

General and special funds:

Salaries and Expenses

For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including
advances or reimbursements to State,Federal, and local agencies and
their employees for services rendered, [$309,647,000] $326,609,000, of
which [$16,145,000] $15,430,000 shall be for expenses of revising the
Consumer Price Index and shall remain available until September 30,
[1998] 1999, together with not to exceed [$52,053,000] $52,848,000,
which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. (Department of Labor
Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 16-0200-0-1-505 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:

00.01 Labor force statistics.......... 147 153 163
00.02 Prices and cost of living....... 96 100 107
00.03 Compensation and working
conditions.................... 55 57 59
00.04 Productivity and technology..... 7 7 7
00.05 Employment projections.......... 4 5 5
00.06 Executive direction and staff
services...................... 22 22 23
00.07 Consumer price index revision... 12 16 15
--------- --------- ----------
00.91 Total direct program.......... 343 361 379
01.01 Reimbursable program.............. 17 19 19
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 360 380 398
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 360 380 399
23.95 New obligations................... -360 -380 -398
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:

40.00 Appropriation................... 292 310 327
40.75 Reduction pursuant to P.L. 104-
208........................... -1
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 292 309 327
Permanent:

68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 68 71 72
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 360 380 398
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 67 77 78
73.10 New obligations................... 360 380 398
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -349 -380 -394
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 77 78 82
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 233 254 268
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 48 55 54
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 68 71 72
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 349 380 394
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:

Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -66 -69 -70
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -2 -2 -2
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -68 -71 -72
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 292 309 327
90.00 Outlays........................... 281 309 322
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Labor force statistics.--Publishes monthly estimates of the labor
force, employment, unemployment, and earnings for the Nation, States,
and local areas. Makes studies of the labor force. Publishes data on
covered employment and wages, by industry.

1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.

Labor force statistics (selected
items):
Covered employment and wages
(quarterly series).............. 1,000,201 1,000,201 1,000,201
Employment and unemployment
estimates for States and local
areas (monthly and annual
series)......................... 86,300 87,100 87,100
Occupational employment statistics
(annual series)................. 57,000 57,040 57,040

Prices and cost of living.--Publishes the Consumer Price Index
(CPI), the Producer Price Index (PPI), Export and Import Price Indexes
(IP), estimates of consumers' expenditures, and studies of price change.

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1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
Consumer price indexes published
(monthly)........................... 8,360 8,360 8,360
Producer prices:
(a) Commodity indexes published
(monthly)....................... 3,041 3,041 3,041
(b) Mining and manufacturing
indexes published (monthly)..... 9,589 9,489 9,389
International prices and price
indexes:
(a) Sample units initiated
(annually)...................... 3,200 3,200 3,200
(b) Price quotations collected
(monthly)....................... 25,000 24,000 23,000

Compensation and working conditions.--Publishes data on wages and
benefits by occupation for major labor markets and industries. Compiles
annual information to estimate the incidence and number of work-related
injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. Includes resources to continue
producing surveys to support the implementation of the Federal Employees
Pay Comparability Act of 1990.

1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
Compensation and working conditions
(major items):
Employment cost index--number of
schedules....................... 6,700 7,500 8,000
Occupational Safety and Health--
number of schedules............. 280,000 200,000 200,000
Federal pay reform--number of
schedules....................... 17,000 20,900 30,600

Productivity and technology.--Provides studies of productivity
changes for industries and major economic sectors. Develops
international comparisons of productivity and cost. Studies the effects
of technology change on employment and productivity.

1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
Studies, articles, and special
reports............................. 39 40 40
Series maintained................... 4,667 4,693 4,716

Employment projections.--Provides economic projections, including
changes in the level and structure of economic growth, and industry
employment and occupational projections. Publishes the Occupational
Outlook Handbook and Quarterly.

1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
Industry projections (2 year cycle). 114 114 114
Occupational Outlook Handbook
statements (2 year cycle)........... 125 125 125

Executive direction and staff services.--Provides planning and
policy for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), operates the management
information system, coordinates research, and publishes data and reports
for government and public use.

Consumer Price Index Revision.--BLS will release the revised index
for January, 1998, will introduce a revised housing sample in 1999, and
will complete the revision in 2000. The revision includes new market
baskets of goods and services as well as improvements in collecting and
processing data for the CPI and for surveys which support the CPI.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Direct obligations:

Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 100 112 117
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 5 7 10
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 2 2 2
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation 107 121 129
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 22 25 27
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 5 7 6
23.1 Rental payments to GSA.......... 26 27 28
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 2 3 3
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 2 2 2
25.2 Other services.................. 15 16 15
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 82 86 93
25.4 Operation and maintenance of
facilities.................... 1
25.5 Research and development
contracts..................... 10 10 10
25.7 Operation and maintenance of
equipment..................... 2 2 2
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 1 1 1
31.0 Equipment....................... 13 7 6
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 54 55 56
--------- --------- ----------
99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 342 362 378
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 17 19 19
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 1 -1 1
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 360 380 398
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Personnel Summary

1001 Full-time equivalent employment. 2,194 2,423 2,515
1005 Full-time equivalent of overtime
and holiday hours............. 9 9 9
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 121 121 121
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Federal Funds

General and special funds:

Salaries and Expenses

For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the
hire of three sedans, and including up to [$4,358,000] $4,439,000 for
the President's Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities,
[$144,211,000] $152,396,000; together with not to exceed [$297,000]
$282,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund[: Provided, That
no funds made available by this Act may be used by the Solicitor of
Labor to participate in a review in any United States court of appeals
of any decision made by the Benefits Review Board under section 21 of
the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 921) where
such participation is precluded by the decision of the United States
Supreme Court in Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v.
Newport News Shipbuilding, 115 S. Ct. 1278 (1995): Provided further,
That no funds made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of
Labor to review a decision under the Longshore and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) that has been appealed and that
has been pending before the Benefits Review Board for more than 12
months: Provided further, That any such decision pending a review by the
Benefits Review Board for more than one year shall be considered
affirmed by the Benefits Review Board on that date, and shall be
considered the final order of the Board for purposes of obtaining a
review in the United States courts of appeals: Provided further, That
these provisions shall not be applicable to the review of any decision
issued under the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.)].
(Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 16-0165-0-1-505 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:

00.01 Program direction and support... 19 20 20
00.02 Legal services.................. 64 66 71
00.03 International labor affairs..... 10 9 11
00.04 Administration and management... 14 14 14
00.05 Adjudication.................... 34 34 35
00.06 Promoting employment of people
with disabilities............. 4 4 4
00.07 Women's bureau.................. 8 8 8
00.09 Civil rights.................... 4 5 4
00.10 Chief financial officer......... 4 4 5
--------- --------- ----------
00.91 Total direct program.......... 161 164 172
01.01 Reimbursable program.............. 11 16 16
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 172 180 188
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 174 181 188
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -1
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 173 181 188
23.95 New obligations................... -172 -180 -188
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:

40.00 Appropriation................... 141 144 152
42.00 Transferred from other accounts. 1
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 142 144 152

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Permanent:

Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash):
68.00 Offsetting collections
(cash).................... 32 36 36
68.00 Transfer from SUIESO........ 1
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)................... 32 37 36
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 174 181 188
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 14 15 15
73.10 New obligations................... 172 180 188
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -173 -181 -187
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... 1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 15 15 16
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 126 130 138
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 15 14 13
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 32 37 36
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 173 181 187
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:

Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -30 -31 -30
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -2 -6 -6
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -32 -37 -36
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 142 144 152
90.00 Outlays........................... 142 144 151
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Program direction and support.--Provides leadership and direction
for all programs and functions assigned to the Department. Provides
guidance for the development and implementation of governmental policy
to protect and promote the interests of the American worker, toward
achieving better employment and earnings, promoting productivity and
economic growth, safety, equity and affirmative action in employment,
and collecting and analyzing statistics on the labor force.

Legal services.--Provides the Secretary of Labor and Departmental
program officials with the legal services required to accomplish the
Department's mission. The major services include litigating cases,
providing assistance to the Department of Justice in case preparation
and trials, reviewing rules, orders and written interpretations and
opinions for DOL program agencies and the public, and coordinating the
Department's legislative program.

International labor affairs.--Coordinates the Department of Labor's
international responsibilities, including support of U.S. foreign policy
objectives through relationships with international organizations and
foreign governments, analysis on the labor market and economic impact of
trade proposals, trade legislation and immigration-related initiatives;
and assures compliance with worker rights provisions in U.S. trade law.

Administration and management.--Exercises leadership in all
Departmental administrative and management programs and services and
ensures efficient and effective operation of Departmental programs;
provides policy guidance on matters of personnel management, information
resource management and procurement; and provides for consistent and
constructive internal labor-management relations throughout the
Department.

Adjudication.--Conducts formal hearings and renders timely decisions
on claims filed under the Black Lung Benefits Act, the Longshore and
Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and its extensions, the Federal
Employees' Compensation Act and other acts involving complaints to
determine violations of minimum wage requirements, overtime payments,
health and safety regulations and unfair labor practices.

Promoting employment of people with disabilities.--The President's
Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities provides leadership
to eliminate employment barriers to people with physical, mental and
communications disabilities.

Women's bureau.--Promotes the interests of wage earning women, and
seeks to improve their working conditions and advance their
opportunities for profitable employment.

Civil rights.--Ensures full compliance with title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 and other regulatory nondiscrimination provisions in
programs receiving financial assistance from the Department of Labor and
promotes equal opportunity in these programs and activities; and
ensures equal employment opportunity to all DOL employees and applicants
for employment.

Chief financial officer.--Responsible for enhancing the level of
knowledge and skills of Departmental staff working in financial
management operations; developing comprehensive accounting and financial
management policies; assuring that all DOL financial functions conform
to applicable standards; providing leadership and coordination to DOL
agencies' trust and benefit fund financial actions; monitoring the
financial execution of the budget in relation to actual expenditures;
and managing a comprehensive training program for budget, accounting,
and financial support staff.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Direct obligations:

Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 92 94 97
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 2 1 1
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation 95 96 99
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 18 18 19
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 2 3 2
23.1 Rental payments to GSA.......... 16 16 16
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 2 2 2
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 1
25.1 Advisory and assistance services 3 2 2
25.2 Other services.................. 3 6 6
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 13 15 15
25.7 Operation and maintenance of
equipment..................... 3 3 3
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 1 2 2
31.0 Equipment....................... 2 1
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 3 4
--------- --------- ----------
99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 161 163 172
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 9 15 15
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 2 2 1
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 172 180 188
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Personnel Summary

1001 Full-time equivalent employment. 1,606 1,525 1,526
1005 Full-time equivalent of overtime
and holiday hours............. 5 5 5
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 51 60 60
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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, as
amended, [$42,938,000] $43,105,000, together with not to exceed
[$3,543,000] $3,645,000, which may be expended from the Employment
Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
(Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:

00.01 Program activities.............. 42 41 41
00.02 Executive direction and
management.................... 6 6 6
--------- --------- ----------
00.91 Total direct program.......... 48 47 47
01.01 Reimbursable program.............. 3 5 10
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 51 52 57
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 51 52 57
23.95 New obligations................... -51 -52 -57
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:

40.00 Appropriation................... 44 43 43
Permanent:

68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 7 9 14
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 51 52 57
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 7 7 7
73.10 New obligations................... 51 52 57
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -51 -52 -57
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 7 7 7
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 38 38 38
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 6 5 5
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 7 9 14
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 51 52 57
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:

88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -7 -9 -14
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 44 43 43
90.00 Outlays........................... 44 43 43
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Program activities.--Program activities within the Office of
Inspector General include audit, program fraud, labor racketeering and
special evaluations and inspections of program activities. The audit
activity performs audits of the Department's financial statements,
programs, activities, and systems to determine whether information is
reliable, controls are in place, resources are safeguarded, funds are
expended in a manner consistent with laws and regulations and managed
economically and efficiently, and desired program results are achieved.
The program fraud activity administers an investigative program to
detect and deter fraud, waste and abuse in Departmental programs. The
labor racketeering activity identifies and reduces labor racketeering
and corruption in employee benefit plans, labor-management relations,
and internal union affairs. The OIG also provides technical assistance
and conducts special reviews and evaluations.

1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est.
Audits Studies and Reviews.......... 362 308 308
Program Fraud Investigations........ 947 962 962
Labor Racketeering Investigations... 425 435 447

Executive direction and management.--This activity includes the
management, legal counsel, administrative support, planning, evaluation,
legislative liaison, personnel and financial functions for the OIG.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Direct obligations:

Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 25 25 26
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 3 3 3
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 28 28 29
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 6 6 6
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 2 2 2
23.1 Rental payments to GSA.......... 3 3 3
25.1 Advisory and assistance services 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 4 4 3
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 2 2 2
25.7 Operation and maintenance of
equipment..................... 1 1 1
31.0 Equipment....................... 1
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 48 47 47
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 3 5 10
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99.9 Total obligations............... 51 52 57
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Personnel Summary

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Total compensable workyears:
1001 Full-time equivalent employment... 446 450 450
1005 Full-time equivalent of overtime
and holiday hours............... 1 1 1
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Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training

Not to exceed [$181,949,000] $181,955,000 may be derived from the
Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust
Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 4100-4110A and 4321-4327,
and Public Law 103-353, and which shall be available for obligation by
the States through December 31, [1997] 1998. (Department of Labor
Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Obligations by program activity:
State administration:
Disabled veterans outreach program.. 76 82 80
Local veterans employment
representatives................... 71 75 77
Administration...................... 20 23 23
National Veterans' Training
Institute......................... 3 2 2
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Total obligations................. 170 182 182
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Budgetary resources available for
obligation:
New budget authority (gross).......... 170 182 182
New obligations....................... -170 -182 -182
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Appropriations (trust funds)........ 170 182 182
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year..... 14 19 23
New obligations....................... 170 182 182
Total outlays (gross)................. -165 -178 -182
Unpaid obligations, end of year....... 19 23 23
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Outlays (gross) detail:
Total outlays gross............... 165 178 182
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and
outlays:
Offsetting collections from trust
funds............................... -170 -182 -182
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Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority (net)................
Outlays (net)......................... -5 -4 0
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State administration.--The Disabled Veterans Outreach Program
provides intensive employability and job develop-

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ment services to secure permanent employment for veterans particularly
those with service-connected disabilities and other disadvantaged
veterans. Local Veterans Employment Representatives provide job
development, placement, and supportive services directly to veterans and
act as functional supervisors of the services provided veterans by other
local office staff to ensure compliance with the performance standards
for services to veterans.

Administration.--Identifies policies and programs to serve and meet
employment and training needs of veterans. Assures the adequacy of
counseling, testing, job training, and job placement services for
veterans through monitoring, evaluating, and providing technical
assistance and training to the systems delivering these services.
Coordinates with the Department of Defense to ensure the provision of
labor market information and other services to military service-members
separating from active duty to expedite their transition from military
to civilian employment (Transition Assistance Program). Provides on-the-
job training programs and other specialized services for certain
veterans identified as facing serious barriers to employment.
Administers veterans employment and training programs under the Job
Training Partnership Act to provide these services. Promotes compliance
of Federal contractors in listing jobs for veterans. Provides
information and processes complaints to help veterans, reservists, and
members of the National Guard obtain employment rights provided by law.
Investigates alleged failure by Federal agencies to provide veterans'
preference in employment or list competitive vacancies with the job
service.

National Veterans Training Institute.--This program operates through
a contract with the University of Colorado in Denver, Colorado,
providing training to Federal and State employees who assist veterans in
finding jobs.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Personnel Summary

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6001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 241 260 254
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Intragovernmental funds:

Working Capital Fund

The language under this heading in Public Law 85-67, as amended, is
further amended by adding the following before the last period:
``: Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor may transfer annually
an amount not to exceed $3,000,000 from unobligated balances in the
Department's salaries and expenses accounts, to the unobligated balance
of the Working Capital Fund, to be merged with such Fund and used for
the acquisition of capital equipment and the improvement of financial
management, information technology and other support systems, and to
remain available until expended: Provided further, That the unobligated
balance of the Fund shall not exceed $20,000,000''.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Financial and administrative
services........................ 27 29 38
00.02 Field services.................... 23 22 23
00.03 Facilities management............. 8 8
00.04 Human resources services.......... 7 8 7
00.05 Penalty mail and
telecommunications.............. 21 23 23
00.07 Non-DOL reimbursements............ 1 5 5
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10.00 Total obligations............... 87 95 96
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.90 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Fund balance..... 5 9 8
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 91 95 100
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 96 104 108
23.95 New obligations................... -87 -95 -96
24.90 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Fund balance........... 9 8 13
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 91 95 100
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.90 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Fund balance. 10 13 13
73.10 New obligations................... 87 95 96
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -83 -95 -96
74.90 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Fund balance. 13 13 13
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 80 91 93
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 3 4 3
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 83 95 96
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:

88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -91 -95 -100
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... -6 -4
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Financial and administrative services.--Provides support for
financial systems on a Department-wide basis, financial services
primarily for DOL national office staff, cost determination activities,
maintenance of Departmental host computer systems, procurement and
contract services, safety and health services, maintenance and operation
of the Frances Perkins Building and general administrative support in
the following areas: space and telecommunications, property and
supplies, printing and reproduction and energy management.

Field services.--Provides full range of administrative and technical
services to all agencies of the Department located in its regional and
field offices. These services are in the personnel, financial and
administrative areas.

Human Resources Services.--Provides guidance to DOL agencies in
Senior Executive Service resource management and in the management of
Schedule ``C'' and expert and consultant services, development and
administration of Departmental programs for personnel security and
financial disclosure, direct staffing and position management services,
and benefits counseling to DOL employees.

Penalty mail and telecommunications.--Provides for departmental mail
payments to the U.S. Postal Service and telecommunications payments to
the General Services Administration.

Non-DOL reimbursements.--Funds received for services rendered to any
entity or person for use of Departmental facili-

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ties and services, including associated utilities and security services,
shall be credited to and merged with this fund.

Investment in Reinvention Fund.--This fund will finance agency
reinvention proposals and other investment or capital acquisition
projects in order to achieve savings and streamline work processes. The
fund will be self-sustaining as agencies pay back the initial investment
with savings generated through implementation of efficiencies and
reinvention initiatives.

Financing.--The fund is paid by the agencies for which centralized
services are performed at rates that return in full all expenses of
operation, including reserves for accrued annual leave and depreciation
of equipment.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Personnel compensation:

11.1 Full-time permanent............. 28 32 32
11.3 Other than full-time permanent.. 1
11.5 Other personnel compensation.... 1
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11.9 Total personnel compensation.. 30 32 32
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 6 6 6
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons......................... 1 1 1
23.1 Rental payments to GSA............ 7 7 7
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges........... 25 28 29
25.1 Advisory and assistance services.. 1
25.2 Other services.................... 2 6 6
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts........ 3 3 3
25.4 Operation and maintenance of
facilities...................... 4 4 4
25.7 Operation and maintenance of
equipment....................... 4 3 4
26.0 Supplies and materials............ 1 1 2
31.0 Equipment......................... 3 2 2
99.0 Subtotal, reimbursable obligations 87 93 96
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 2
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99.9 Total obligations............... 87 95 96
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Personnel Summary

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Total compensable workyears:
2001 Full-time equivalent employment... 683 689 674
2005 Full-time equivalent of overtime
and holiday hours............... 4 4 4
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Allocations Received From Other Accounts

Note.--Obligations incurred under allocations from other accounts
are included in the schedules of the parent appropriations as follows:
Agency for International Development, Functional Development Assistance
Program. Department of Education: Office of Vocational and Adult
Education: ``Vocational and Adult Education''.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title for the Job
Corps shall be used to pay the compensation of an individual, either as
direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess
of $125,000.

[(transfer of funds)]

[Sec. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as
amended) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the
Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more
than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations
Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least fifteen days
in advance of any transfer.]
Sec. [103] 102. Funds shall be available for carrying out title IV-B
of the Job Training Partnership Act, notwithstanding section 427(c) of
that Act, if a Job Corps center fails to meet national performance
standards established by the Secretary.
[Sec. 104. Effective January 1, 1997, no funds appropriated or
otherwise made available to the Department of Labor in this title shall
be disbursed without the approval of the Department's Chief Financial
Officer or his delegatee.]
[Sec. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
of Labor may waive any of the requirements contained in sections 4, 104,
105, 107, 108, 121, 164, 204, 253, 254, 264, 301, 311, 313, 314, and 315
of the Job Training Partnership Act in order to assist States in
improving State workforce development systems, pursuant to a request
submitted by a State that has prior to the date of enactment of this Act
executed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United States requiring
such State to meet agreed upon outcomes.]
Sec. 103. Section 44(i) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Act of 1927, 33 U.S.C. 944(i), is amended by striking out
paragraph (3), redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3), and by
adding the following new paragraphs (4) and (5):
``(4) To defray the expense incurred by the Department in conducting
inspections or audits as provided in subsection (d).
``(5) To defray the expense incurred by the Department in the direct
administration of the fund.''.

TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior
appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations
provided in this Act: Provided, That such transferred balances are used
for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they
were originally appropriated.
Sec. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless
expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-
legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the
preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet,
publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to
support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in
presentation to the Congress itself or any State legislature, except in
presentation to the Congress or any State legislative body itself.
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be
used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract
recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any
activity designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending
before the Congress or any State legislature.
Sec. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are each authorized
to make available not to exceed $15,000 from funds available for
salaries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official
reception and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make available for
official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from
the funds available for ``Salaries and expenses, Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service''; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board
is authorized to make available for official reception and
representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from funds available for
``Salaries and expenses, National Mediation Board''.
Sec. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds
appropriated under this Act shall be used to carry out any program of
distributing sterile needles for the hypodermic injection of any illegal
drug unless the [Secretary of Health and Human Services] Surgeon General
determines that such programs are effective in preventing the spread of
HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs.
Sec. 506. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--It
is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable,
all equipment and products purchased with funds made available in this
Act should be American-made.
(b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance to, or
entering into any contract with, any entity using funds made available
in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent
practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice describing the
statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
(c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling Products
as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined by a court or
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is
not made in the United States, the person

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shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with
funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension,
and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409
of title 48, code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 507. When issuing statements, press releases, requests for
proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or
programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees
receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but not limited
to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research
grants, shall clearly state (1) the percentage of the total costs of the
program or project which will be financed with Federal money, (2) the
dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program, and (3)
percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or
program that will be financed by nongovernmental sources.
[Sec. 508. None of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be
expended for any abortion except when it is made known to the Federal
entity or official to which funds are appropriated under this Act that
such procedure is necessary to save the life of the mother or that the
pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.]\1\
Sec. [509] 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
(1) no amount may be transferred from an appropriation account
for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education except as authorized in this or any subsequent
appropriation Act, or in the Act establishing the program or
activity for which funds are contained in this Act;
(2) no department, agency, or other entity, other than the one
responsible for administering the program or activity for which an
appropriation is made in this Act, may exercise authority for the
timing of the obligation and expenditure of such appropriation, or
for the purpose for which it is obligated and expended, except to
the extent and in the manner otherwise provided in sections 1512 and
1513 of title 31, United States Code; and
(3) no funds provided under this Act shall be available for the
salary (or any part thereof) of an employee who is reassigned on a
temporary detail basis to another position in the employing agency
or department or in any other agency or department, unless the
detail is independently approved by the head of the employing
department [of] or agency.
[Sec. 510. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
for the expenses of an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) task force.]
Sec. [510] 509. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as
amended) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for titles
I, II, and III of this Act may be transferred between appropriations,
but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by
any such transfer: Provided, That such transfers may be made only
between appropriations within each title: Provided further, That the
Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund appropriation under
title II of this Act shall not be subject to the 3 percent limitation of
this section.
Sec. [511] 510. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used to enforce the requirements of section 428(b)(1)(U)(iii) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to any lender when it is made
known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that the lender has a loan portfolio under part B of title IV
of such Act that is equal to or less than $5,000,000.
[Sec. 512. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used for--
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research
purposes; or
(2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed,
discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater
than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR
46.208(a)(2) and section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 289g(b)).
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ``human embryo or
embryos'' include any organism, not protected as a human subject under
45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived
by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one
or more human gametes.] \2\
Sec. [513] 511. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds for Promotion of
Legalization of Controlled Substances.--None of the funds made available
in this Act may be used for any activity when it is made known to the
Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such funds that
the activity promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance
included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances
established by section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
812).
(b) Exceptions.--The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply
when it is made known to the Federal official having authority to
obligate or expend such funds that there is significant medical evidence
of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or
that Federally-sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to
determine therapeutic advantage.
[Sec. 514. (a) Denial of Funds for Preventing ROTC Access to
Campus.--None of the funds made available in this or any other
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act for any fiscal year may be provided
by contract or by grant (including a grant of funds to be available for
student aid) to a covered educational entity if the Secretary of Defense
determines that the covered educational entity has a policy or practice
(regardless of when implemented) that either prohibits, or in effect
prevents--
(1) the maintaining, establishing, or operation of a unit of
the Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps (in accordance with
section 654 of title 10, United States Code, and other applicable
Federal laws) at the covered educational entity; or
(2) a student at the covered educational entity from enrolling
in a unit of the Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps at another
institution of higher education.
(b) Denial of Funds for Preventing Federal Military Recruiting on
Campus.--None of the funds made available in this or any other
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act for any fiscal year may be provided
by contract or by grant (including a grant of funds to be available for
student aid) to a covered educational entity if the Secretary of Defense
determines that the covered educational entity has a policy or practice
(regardless of when implemented) that either prohibits, or in effect
prevents--
(1) entry to campuses, or access to students (who are 17 years
of age or older) on campuses, for purposes of Federal military
recruiting; or
(2) access by military recruiters for purposes of Federal
military recruiting to the following information pertaining to
students (who are 17 years of age or older) enrolled at the covered
educational entity:
(A) student names, addresses, and telephone listings; and
(B) if known, student ages, levels of education, and majors.
(c) Exceptions.--The limitation established in subsection (a) or
(b) shall not apply to a covered educational entity if the Secretary of
Defense determines that--
(1) the covered educational entity has ceased the policy or
practice described in such subsection;
(2) the institution of higher education involved has a
longstanding policy of pacifism based on historical religious
affiliation; or
(3) the institution of higher education involved is prohibited
by the law of any State, or by the order of any State court, from
allowing Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps activities or Federal
military recruiting on campus, except that this paragraph shall
apply only during the one-year period beginning on the effective
date of this section.
(d) Notice of Determinations.--Whenever the Secretary of Defense
makes a determination under subsection (a), (b), or (c), the Secretary--
(1) shall transmit a notice of the determination to the
Secretary of Education and to the Congress; and
(2) shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of the
determination and the effect of the determination on the eligibility
of the covered educational entity for contracts and grants.
(e) Semiannual Notice in Federal Register.--The Secretary of
Defense shall publish in the Federal Register once every 6 months a list
of each covered educational entity that is currently ineligible for
contracts and grants by reason of a determination of the Secretary under
subsection (a) or (b).
(f) Covered Educational Entity.--For purposes of this section, the
term ``covered educational entity'' means an institution of higher
education, or a subelement of an institution of higher education.
(g) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect upon the
expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act, by which date the Secretary of Defense shall have published
final regulations in consultation with the Secretary of Education to
carry out this section.]

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[Sec. 515. (a) Technical Amendment to Other ROTC and Military
Recruiting Provisions.--Sections 508 and 509 of the Energy and Water
Development Appropriations Act, 1997, are amended by striking ``when it
is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or
expend such funds'' each place it appears and inserting ``if the
Secretary of Defense determines''.
(b) Effective Date.--Sections 508 and 509 of the Energy and Water
Development Appropriations Act, 1997, shall not take effect until the
expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act, by which date the Secretary of Defense shall have published
final regulations to carry out such sections (as amended by subsection
(a)).]
Sec. [516] 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity
when it is made known to the Federal official having authority to
obligate or expend such funds that--
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United
States and is subject to the requirement in section 4212(d) of title
38, United States Code, regarding submission of an annual report to
the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans;
and
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by that
section for the most recent year for which such requirement was
applicable to such entity.
[Sec. 517. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the Carl D. Perkins
Vocational and Applied Technology Act (as such Act was in effect on
September 24, 1990), a State shall be deemed to have met the
requirements of section 503 of such Act with respect to decisions
appealed by applications filed on April 30, 1993 and October 29, 1993
under section 452(b) of the General Education Provisions Act.
(b) Subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1996.]
Sec. [518] 513 [515]. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may
be made available to any entity under title X of the Public Health
Service Act unless it is made known to the Federal official having
authority to obligate or expend such funds that the applicant for the
award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family participation
in the decision of the minor to seek family planning services.
[Sec. 519. Of the budgetary resources available to agencies in this
Act for salaries and expenses during fiscal year 1997, $30,500,000, to
be allocated by the Office of Management and Budget, are permanently
canceled: Provided, That the foregoing provision shall not apply to the
Food and Drug Administration and the Indian Health Service: Provided
further, That amounts available in this Act for congressional and
legislative affairs, public affairs, and intergovernmental affairs
activities are hereby reduced by $2,000,000.]
[Sec. 520. Voluntary Separation Incentives for Employees of Certain
Federal Agencies.--(a) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section--
(1) the term ``agency'' means the Railroad Retirement Board and
the Office of Inspector General of the Railroad Retirement Board;
(2) the term ``employee'' means an employee (as defined by
section 2105 of title 5, United States Code) who is employed by an
agency, is serving under an appointment without time limitation, and
has been currently employed for a continuous period of at least 3
years, but does not include--
(A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter
83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another
retirement system for employees of the agency;
(B) an employee having a disability on the basis of which
such employee is or would be eligible for disability retirement
under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5,
United States Code, or another retirement system for employees
of the agency;
(C) an employee who is in receipt of a specific notice of
involuntary separation for misconduct or unacceptable
performance;
(D) an employee who, upon completing an additional period of
service as referred to in section 3(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Federal
Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994 (5 U.S.C. 5597 note), would
qualify for a voluntary separation incentive payment under
section 3 of such Act;
(E) an employee who has previously received any voluntary
separation incentive payment by the Federal Government under
this section or any other authority and has not repaid such
payment;
(F) an employee covered by statutory reemployment rights who
is on transfer to another organization; or
(G) any employee who, during the twenty- four-month period
preceding the date of separation, has received a recruitment or
relocation bonus under section 5753 of title 5, United States
Code, or who, within the twelve-month period preceding the date
of separation, received a retention allowance under section 5754
of title 5, United States Code.
(b) Agency Strategic Plan.--
(1) In general.--The three-member Railroad Retirement Board,
prior to obligating any resources for voluntary separation incentive
payments, shall submit to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the
Senate and the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the
House of Representatives a strategic plan outlining the intended use
of such incentive payments and a proposed organizational chart for
the agency once such incentive payments have been completed.
(2) Contents.--The agency's plan shall include--
(A) the positions and functions to be reduced or
eliminated, identified by organizational unit, geographic
location, occupational category and grade level;
(B) the number and amounts of voluntary separation incentive
payments to be offered; and
(C) a description of how the agency will operate without the
eliminated positions and functions.
(c) Authority To Provide Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments.--
(1) In general.--A voluntary separation incentive payment under
this section may be paid by an agency to any employee only to the
extent necessary to eliminate the positions and functions identified
by the strategic plan.
(2) Amount and treatment of payments.--A voluntary separation
incentive payment--
(A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the employee's
separation;
(B) shall be paid from appropriations or funds available for
the payment of the basic pay of the employees;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of--
(i) an amount equal to the amountthe employee would be
entitled toreceive under section 5595(c) of title5, United
States Code; or
(ii) an amount determined by theagency head not to
exceed $25,000;
(D) may not be made except in the case of any qualifying
employee who voluntarily separates (whether by retirement or
resignation) before September 30, 1997;
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall not be
included in the computation, of any other type of Government
benefit; and
(F) shall not be taken into account in determining the
amount of any severance pay to which the employee may be
entitled under section 5595 of title 5, United States Code,
based on any other separation.
(d) Additional Agency Contributions to the Retirement Fund.--
(1) In general.--In addition to any other payments which it is
required to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5,
United States Code, an agency shall remit to the Office of Personnel
Management for deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the
credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount
equal to 15 percent of the final basic pay of each employee of the
agency who is covered under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter
84 of title 5, United States Code, to whom a voluntary separation
incentive has been paid under this section.
(2) Definition.--For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term
``final basic pay'', with respect to an employee, means the total
amount of basic pay which would be payable for a year of service by
such employee, computed using the employee's final rate of basic
pay, and if last serving onother than a full-time basis, with
appropriate adjustment therefor.
(e) Effect of Subsequent Employment With the Government.--An
individual who has received a voluntary separation incentive payment
under this section and accepts any employment for compensation with the
Government of the United States, or who works for any agency of the
United States Government through a personal services contract, within 5
years after the date of the separation on which the payment is based
shall be required to pay, prior

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to the individual's first day of employment, the entire amount of the
incentive payment to the agency that paid the incentive payment.
(f) Reduction of Agency Employment Levels.--
(1) In general.--The total number of funded employee positions
in the agency shall be reduced by one position for each vacancy
created by the separation of any employee who has received, or is
due to receive, a voluntary separation incentive payment under this
section. For the purposes of this subsection, positions shall be
counted on a full-time-equivalent basis.
(2) Enforcement.--The President, through the Office of
Management and Budget, shall monitor the agency and take any action
necessary to ensure that the requirements of this subsection are
met.
(g) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect October 1,
1996.]
[Sec. 521. Correction of Effective Date.--Effective on the day after
the date of enactment of the Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996,
section 5 of that Act is amended by striking ``October 1, 1997'' and
inserting ``October 1, 1996''.] (Department of Labor Appropriations Act,
1997.)
\1\ The Administration proposes to delete this provision and will
work with Congress to address this issue.
\2\ The Administration proposes to delete this provision and does
not support addressing this issue in legislation.}