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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
ADMINISTRATION
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
TRAINING

AND

For necessary expenses 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 Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act; National Skill Standards
Act of 1994; and the School-to-Work Opportunities Act; $5,080,060,000
plus reimbursements, of which $4,790,728,000 is available for obligation for the period July 1, 1997 through June 30, 1998; of which
$88,685,000 is available for the period July 1, 1997 through June
30, 2000 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 through September 30, 1998, for carrying out activities of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act: Provided,
That $50,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 401 of the Job
Training Partnership Act, $65,000,000 shall be for carrying out section
402 of such Act, $7,300,000 shall be for carrying out section 441
of such Act, $2,530,000 shall be for all activities conducted by and
through the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee under such Act, $947,000,000 shall be for carrying out title II,
part A of such Act, and $126,672,000 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 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 described in section 315(a)(2) may be granted 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 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 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 title II, parts B and C
of the Job Training Partnership Act between the programs authorized
by those titles of the Act, if 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, part A and title III of the Job Training Partnership
Act, if such transfer is approved by the Governor.
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99. Of this amount, ten percent is not available for obligation pending resolution of a
full-year appropriation.

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01
Adult training grants ................................................
00.02
Dislocated worker assistance ....................................
00.03
Youth training grants ................................................
00.04
Summer youth employment and training program
00.05
School-to-work opportunities .....................................
00.06
Job Corps ...................................................................
00.07
Native Americans ......................................................
00.08
Migrants and seasonal farmworkers ........................
00.09
Veterans employment ................................................
00.10
National activities .....................................................

997
1,204
77
867
19
1,029
60
80
8
93

4,434
26

3,943
4

4,724
4

10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

4,460

3,947

4,728

1,615
3,911

1,070
3,961

1,084
5,084

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance available, start of year:
Uninvested balance ...................................................
22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................
22.10 Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations .......................................................................
22.20 Unobligated balance transferred ...................................
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring ........................................
23.90
23.95
24.40

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................
Permanent:
68.00
Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .....................................
70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
73.10 New obligations .............................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts ..................................
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts ..............................
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................

14 ................... ...................
–8 ................... ...................
–2 ................... ...................
5,530
–4,460

5,031
–3,947

6,168
–4,728

1,070

1,084

1,440

3,907

3,957

5,080

3,911

3,961

5,084

72.40

4,250
3,989
3,107
4,460
3,947
4,728
–4,694
–4,829
–4,382
–13 ................... ...................
–14 ................... ...................
3,989

3,107

3,453

86.90
86.93
86.97

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new current authority ..............................
Outlays from current balances ......................................
Outlays from new permanent authority .........................

334
4,356
4

652
4,173
4

855
3,523
4

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

4,694

4,829

4,382

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash) from:
88.00
Federal sources .....................................................
88.40
Non-Federal sources .............................................

–2
–2

88.90

Total, offsetting collections (cash) ..................

–4

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

3,907
4,690

3,957
4,825

5,080
4,378

Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
1995 actual

Total direct program .............................................
Reimbursable program ..................................................

21.40

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

Identification code 16–0174–0–1–504

00.91
01.01

1996 est.

830
939
127
635
135
1,096
50
65
9
57

1997 est.

947
1,232
127
871
188
1,142
50
65
7
95

Enacted/requested:
1995 actual
Budget Authority .....................................................................
3,907
Outlays ....................................................................................
4,690
Adjustment to 1996 continuing resolution levels:
Budget Authority ..................................................................... ....................
Outlays .................................................................................... ....................
Total:
Budget Authority .....................................................................
Outlays ....................................................................................

3,907
4,690

1996 est.

1997 est.

3,957
4,825

5,080
4,378

457 ....................
21
319
4,414
4,846

5,080
4,697

Adult training grants.—Grants to provide financial assistance to States and territories to design and operate training
programs for economically disadvantaged adults.
671

672

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997

General and special funds—Continued
TRAINING

AND

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES—Continued

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.
Migrants 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 1997, three new programs 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. Jobs for
Residents will link unemployed youth and adults in
Empowerment Zones and Communities with jobs in areas
outside those areas. An Incumbent Worker Demonstration
will examine the provision of guaranteed loans to the private
sector in order to improve training for its workers.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–0174–0–1–504

25.2
25.5
41.0
92.0
99.0
99.0

11.1
11.3
11.5
11.9
12.1
13.0
21.0
22.0
23.3
25.2

Direct obligations:
Other services ............................................................
Research and development contracts .......................
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................
Undistributed .............................................................

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

16
4
4,271
1

12
5
3,781
1

12
5
4,559
1

Subtotal, direct obligations ..................................
Reimbursable obligations ..............................................
Allocation Account—Direct Obligations:
Personnel compensation:
Full-time permanent .............................................
Other than full-time permanent ...........................
Other personnel compensation .............................

4,292
25

3,799
3

4,577
3

45
4
2

46
4
2

47
4
2

51
13
1
2
1

52
13
1
2
1

53
13
1
2
1

5
39

5
40

5
41

26.0
31.0
32.0
41.0

Supplies and materials .............................................
Equipment .................................................................
Land and structures ..................................................
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................

24
2
1
3

25
2
1
3

99.0

Subtotal, allocation account—direct obligations
Allocation Acct—Reimbursable Obligations:
Supplies and materials .............................................

142

144

147

Subtotal, allocation acct—reimbursable obligations ..................................................................

Total obligations ........................................................

4,460

3,947

4,728

Obligations are distributed as follows:
Department of Labor ...............................................................
Department of Agriculture ......................................................
Department of the Interior ......................................................

4,316
88
55

3,802
89
56

4,580
91
57

26.0
99.0
99.9

COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT

FOR

OLDER AMERICANS

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,
$273,000,000; and in addition, $77,000,000 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 Programs.’’
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–0175–0–1–504

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

00.01
00.02

Obligations by program activity:
National programs .........................................................
State programs ..............................................................

309
87

273 ...................
77 ...................

10.00

Total obligations (object class 41.0) ........................

396

350 ...................

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
New obligations .............................................................

396
–396

350 ...................
–350 ...................

40.00
41.00

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Appropriation ..................................................................
396
350
Transferred to other accounts ....................................... ................... ...................

350
–350

43.00

Appropriation (total) ..................................................

396

350 ...................

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

396

350 ...................

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
73.10 New obligations .............................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts ..................................
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
72.40

365
349
319
396
350 ...................
–411
–380
–290
–1 ................... ...................
349

319

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new current authority ..............................
Outlays from current balances ......................................

75
336

63 ...................
317
290

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

411

380

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

396
411

350 ...................
380
290

290

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.

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

AND

ALLOWANCES

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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, 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.
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–0326–0–1–999

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01
Trade adjustment assistance benefits .....................
00.02
Trade adjustment assistance training ......................
00.03
North American Free Trade Agreement adjustment
assistance benefits ...............................................
00.04
North American Free Trade Agreement adjustment
assistance training ...............................................

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

170
98

196
97

191
85

00.91
01.01

Total direct program .............................................
Reimbursable program ..................................................

297
29

344
40

324
40

10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

326

384

364

22.00
22.30

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
Unobligated balance expiring ........................................

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
New obligations .............................................................

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
73.10 New obligations .............................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts ..................................
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................

673

349
384
364
–23 ................... ...................
326
–326

384
–384

364
–364

274

324

109

349

384

364

72.40

147
176
183
326
384
364
–300
–377
–372
3 ................... ...................
176

183

177

86.90
86.93
86.97

173
53
75

203
65
109

264
68
40

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

300

377

372

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00
Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources

–75

–109

–40

Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority ............................................................
90.00 Outlays ...........................................................................

274
226

275
268

324
332

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.

Identification code 16–0326–0–1–999

41.0

Direct obligations: Grants, subsidies, and contributions ...........................................................................
Reimbursable obligations: Subtotal, reimbursable obligations .......................................................................

99.0
99.9

Total obligations ........................................................

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

297

344

324

326

384

364

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
OPERATIONS
For authorized administrative expenses, $176,012,000, together with
not to exceed $3,317,713,000 (including not to exceed $1,653,000 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, and of which the sums available pursuant to title III of the
Social Security Act, as amended, and the sums available 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,
except that funds used for automation acquisitions shall be available
for obligation by the States through September 30, 1999; and of which
$174,085,000, together with not to exceed $758,217,000 from such
Trust Fund, shall be available for obligation from July 1, 1997
through June 30, 1998, to fund activities under the Act of June 6,
1933, as amended, including the cost of penalty mail made available
to States in lieu of allotments for such purpose, and of which
$260,573,000 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 is projected by the Department of Labor
to exceed 2.828 million, an additional $28,600,000 shall be available
for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata
amount for any increment less than 100,000) from the Trust Fund:
Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used
in 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. (8 U.S.C. 1101 et
seq.; 29 U.S.C. 49–49l–1; 39 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E); 42 U.S.C. 502–
504, 1106, and 1107; sections 225, 231–235, 243–244, and 250(d)(1),
250(d)(3), title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended; section 7d
of the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended; section 221(a) of the Immigration Act of 1990.)
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–0179–0–1–999

1995 actual

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
Unemployment compensation:
00.01
State administration .............................................
2,296
00.02
National activities .................................................
17
00.03
Contingency ........................................................... ...................
00.04
AWIU contingency .................................................. ...................
00.05
Administrative costs associated with optional EB
trigger ............................................................... ...................
Employment service:
00.10
Allotments to States .............................................
834
00.11
National activities .................................................
76
00.12
One-stop career centers .......................................
101
00.91

Total direct program .............................................

3,324

1996 est.

1997 est.

2,081
10
216
68

2,225
10
260
68

801
64
98

767
66
125

3,339

3,523

674

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997

General and special funds—Continued
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
OPERATIONS—Continued
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued
1995 actual

Identification code 16–0179–0–1–999

1996 est.

1997 est.

01.01

Reimbursable program ..................................................

10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

3,331

3,349

3,533

68
3,311

48
3,368

68
3,558

3,379
–3,331

3,416
–3,349

3,626
–3,533

and financial stability of the unemployment compensation
program through a quality control program 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.

21.40

23.90
23.95
24.40

127

125

176

3,184

3,243

3,382

70.00

3,311

3,368

3,558

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
73.10 New obligations .............................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts ..................................
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
72.40

20
110
89
3,331
3,349
3,533
–3,218
–3,370
–3,502
–23 ................... ...................
110

120

86.90
86.93
86.97

15
19
3,184

27
100
3,243

22
98
3,382

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

3,218

3,370

3,502

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash) from:
Federal sources:
88.00
Federal sources ................................................
88.00
Trust Fund sources ...........................................

–7
–3,177

–10
–3,233

–10
–3,372

88.90

Total, offsetting collections (cash) ..................

–3,184

–3,243

–3,382

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

127
34

125
127

176
120

PROGRAM STATISTICS
1994
actual

Staff years ............................................................
Basic workload (in thousands):
Employer tax accounts .....................................
Employee wage items recorded ........................
Initial claims taken ..........................................
Eligibility interviews .........................................
Weeks claimed ..................................................
Nonmonetary determinations ............................
Appeals .............................................................
Covered employment ........................................
1 1996

1995
estimate

1996
estimate 1

1997
estimate 1

43,163

39,956

44,499

48,536

5,944
466,467
21,578
3,873
172,106
7,410
1,273
109,650

6,046
488,167
19,175
3,434
137,577
7,101
1,165
112,610

6,108
491,931
21,056
12,249
146,985
7,556
1,158
113,610

6,183
502,475
21,396
12,254
147,049
7,818
1,143
115,010

and 1997 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]

1994
actual 1

Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)

Enacted/requested:
1995 actual
Budget Authority .....................................................................
127
Outlays ....................................................................................
34
Adjustment to 1996 continuing resolution levels:
Budget Authority ..................................................................... ....................
Outlays .................................................................................... ....................
Total:
Budget Authority .....................................................................
Outlays ....................................................................................

127
34

1996 est.

125
127

1997 est.

176
120

25 ....................
5
20
150
132

Total applicants ....................................................
Total placements:
Transactions .....................................................
Individuals ........................................................
1 For

the
the
the
4 For the
2 For
3 For

program
program
program
program

year,
year,
year,
year,

July
July
July
July

1,
1,
1,
1,

1994–June
1995–June
1996–June
1997–June

30,
30,
30,
30,

1996
estimate 3

1997
estimate 4

18,575

16,900

3,434
2,682

3,391
2,649

3,100
2,400

3.100
2,400

1995.
1996.
1997.
1998.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

176
140

Identification code 16–0179–0–1–999

Unemployment
compensation.—State
administration
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

1995
estimate 2

18,810

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

41.0

Direct obligations:
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous
charges .................................................................
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................

111
3,213

118
3,221

120
3,403

99.0
99.0

Subtotal, direct obligations ..................................
Reimbursable obligations ..............................................

3,324
7

3,339
10

3,523
10

99.9

Total obligations ........................................................

3,331

3,349

3,533

23.3

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

675

40.05

Appropriation (indefinite) ...............................................

308

109 ...................

43.00

Appropriation (total) ..................................................

994

471

373

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

994

471

373

73.10
73.20

Change in unpaid obligations:
New obligations .............................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................

994
–994

471
–471

373
–373

86.90

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new current authority ..............................

994

471

373

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

994

471

373

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

994
994

471
471

373
373

PAYMENTS

TO THE

UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
1995 actual

Identification code 16–0178–0–1–603

10.00

1996 est.

Obligations by program activity:
Total obligations (object class 41.0) ............................ ...................

1997 est.

21.40

23.90
23.95
24.40

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
271
New obligations ............................................................. ...................
Unobligated balance available, end of year:
Uninvested balance ...................................................
271

271
–1

270
–2

270

268

73.10
73.20

Change in unpaid obligations:
New obligations ............................................................. ...................
Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ...................

1
–1

2
–2

86.98

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from permanent balances ................................ ...................

87.00

Total outlays (gross) ................................................. ...................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ...................
Outlays ........................................................................... ...................
1
2

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

PROGRAM OPERATIONS

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 5 U.S.C. 8509, 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.
In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after September 15,
1997, for costs incurred by the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund
in the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–0327–0–1–600

This account 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 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.
This account also provides repayable advances to the Black
Lung Disability Trust Fund for making payments from that
fund whenever its balances prove insufficient.

1995 actual

1996 est.

Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–0172–0–1–504

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

00.01
00.02
00.03
00.04
00.05

Obligations by program activity:
Adult employment and training .....................................
Youth employment and training ....................................
Employment security ......................................................
Apprenticeship services .................................................
Executive direction .........................................................

00.91
01.01

Total direct program .................................................
Reimbursable program ..................................................

10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

136

124

126

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
New obligations .............................................................

136
–136

124
–124

126
–126

31
31
47
18
8

28
30
43
16
7

28
30
44
17
7

1997 est.

Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class 92.0) ............................

994

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available, start of year:
Uninvested balance ...................................................
22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring ........................................

34 ................... ...................
994
471
373
–34 ................... ...................

471

For expenses of administering employment and training programs
and for carrying out section 908 of the Social Security Act,
$84,707,000, together with not to exceed $40,974,000, 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, 1108, 2000–2000d–4, 3001 et seq.; Immigration Act of 1990, section 221(a)).

373

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
New obligations .............................................................

994
–994

471
–471

373
–373

40.00

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Appropriation ..................................................................

686

362

373

135
124
126
1 ................... ...................

676

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997

General and special funds—Continued
PROGRAM OPERATIONS—Continued
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued
Identification code 16–0172–0–1–504

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
73.10 New obligations .............................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts ..................................
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority ..............................
86.93 Outlays from current balances ......................................
86.97 Outlays from new permanent authority .........................
87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

1995 actual

136

1996 est.

124

1997 est.

126

10
12
18
136
124
126
–133
–118
–122
–1 ................... ...................
12

80
8
46

67
9
41

69
12
41

133

118

122

–1 ................... ...................
–45
–41
–41

88.90

–46

Other than full-time permanent ...........................
Other personnel compensation .............................

11.9
12.1
13.0
21.0
23.1
23.3

79
76
76
15
14
14
2 ................... ...................
4
4
4
13
10
10

25.7
26.0
31.0

Total personnel compensation .........................
Civilian personnel benefits .......................................
Benefits for former personnel ...................................
Travel and transportation of persons .......................
Rental payments to GSA ...........................................
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous
charges .................................................................
Printing and reproduction .........................................
Other services ............................................................
Purchases of goods and services from Government
accounts ................................................................
Operation and maintenance of equipment ...............
Supplies and materials .............................................
Equipment .................................................................

99.0
99.0
99.5

Subtotal, direct obligations ..................................
Reimbursable obligations ..............................................
Below reporting threshold ..............................................

134
124
126
1 ................... ...................
1 ................... ...................

99.9

Total obligations ........................................................

24.0
25.2
25.3

90
88

83
77

1
1

1
1
4

1
1
3

1
1
4

10
2
1
2

10
1
2
2

11
1
2
2

–41

Direct:
Total compensable workyears:
1001
Full-time equivalent employment ..............................
1005
Full-time equivalent of overtime and holiday hours
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent
employment ...............................................................

85
81

Intragovernmental funds:

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.

136

124

126

Personnel Summary
Identification code 16–0172–0–1–504

–41

2
1

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash) from:
Federal sources:
88.00
Federal sources ................................................
88.00
Trust fund sources ...........................................
Total, offsetting collections (cash) ..................

11.3
11.5

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

1,469
4

1,377
4

1,325
4

ADVANCES TO THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
ACCOUNT OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
1995 actual

Identification code 16–4510–0–4–603

1996 est.

1997 est.

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance available, start of year:
Uninvested balance ...................................................
56
56
56
22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ................... ................... ...................
21.40

23.90
23.95
24.40

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
56
56
56
New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... ...................
Unobligated balance available, end of year:
Uninvested balance ...................................................
56
56
56

73.10

Change in unpaid obligations:
New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... ...................

87.00

Outlays (gross), detail:
Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... ................... ...................

89.00
90.00

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

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–0172–0–1–504

11.1

Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
Full-time permanent .............................................

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.
Identification code 20–8042–0–7–999

Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year ....................................................

1995 actual

40,311

1996 est.

47,768

1997 est.

54,095

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Receipts:
General taxes, FUTA .......................................................
Deposits by Federal agencies to the Federal Employees Compensation Account .......................................
02.03 Non-repayable advances for unemployment compensation ............................................................................
02.05 Interest and profits on investments in public debt
securities ...................................................................
02.06 State accounts, Deposits by States ..............................
02.08 Deposits by Railroad Retirement Board ........................
02.09 CMIA interest, Unemployment trust fund ......................

2,707
3,356
3,606
23,158
24,047
25,006
24
24
29
2 ................... ...................

02.99

Total receipts .............................................................

32,820

33,841

35,134

Total: Balances and collections ....................................
Appropriation:
05.01 Unemployment trust fund ..............................................
05.03 Railroad unemployment insurance trust fund ..............

73,131

81,609

89,229

–25,282
–81

–27,438
–76

–28,738
–76

05.99
07.99

–25,363
47,768

–27,514
54,095

–28,814
60,415

02.01
02.02

04.00

Subtotal appropriation ...................................................
Total balance, end of year ............................................

ADVANCES FROM THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND TO THE STATES
5,696

5,739

5,806

660

675

687

573 ................... ...................

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 20–8042–0–7–999

Obligations by program activity:
Federal-State unemployment insurance:
Withdrawals:
00.01
Benefit payments by States .................................
00.02
Federal employees’ unemployment compensation
00.03 State administrative expenses ......................................
Federal administrative expenses:
00.10
Direct expenses .........................................................
00.11
Reimbursements to the Department of the Treasury
00.20 Veterans employment and training ...............................
00.21 Interest on refunds ........................................................
10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

21,044
664
3,251

23,218
679
3,219

24,368
689
3,356

49
87
184
3

45
97
176
4

45
98
179
3

25,282

27,438

28,738

[In thousands of dollars]

1995 actual

25,282
–25,282

27,438
–27,438

28,738
–28,738

60.27
60.45

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Appropriation (trust fund, indefinite) ............................
Portion precluded from obligation .................................

32,820
–7,538

33,818
–6,380

35,107
–6,369

63.00

Appropriation (total) ..................................................

25,282

27,438

28,738

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

25,282

27,438

28,738

8
25,282
–25,203

86
27,438
–27,433

91
28,738
–28,652

177

86.90
86.93
86.97

2,823
645
21,733

2,773
667
23,991

2,970
605
25,076

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

25,203

27,433

28,652

25,282
25,203

27,438
27,433

28,738
28,652

0
246,000
246,000

0
288,000
288,000

Outstanding advances, end of year ..............................

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)

0100
0101

Unexpended balance, start of year:
Treasury balance ............................................................
U.S. Securities: Par value ..............................................

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

533
39,788

717
47,141

786
53,404

Total balance, start of year ......................................
Cash income during the year:
Governmental receipts:
0200
General taxes, FUTA, Unemployment trust fund .......
0201
Unemployment trust fund, State accounts, Deposits
by States ...............................................................
0202
Deposits by Railroad Retirement Board ....................
Proprietary receipts:
0221
CMIA interest, Unemployment trust fund .................
Intragovernmental transactions:
0240
Deposits by Federal agencies to the Federal Employees Compensation Account, Unemployment
trust fund ..............................................................
0241
Non-repayable advances for unemployment compensation, Unemployment trust fund ...................
0244
Unemployment trust fund, Interest and profits on
investments in public debt securities ..................

40,321

47,858

54,190

5,696

5,739

5,806

23,158
24

24,047
24

25,006
29

2,707

3,356

3,606

0299

2 ................... ...................

660

675

687

573 ................... ...................

Total cash income .....................................................
Cash outgo during year:
0500 Unemployment trust fund ..............................................
0503 Railroad unemployment insurance trust fund ..............

32,820

33,841

35,134

–25,204
–79

–27,433
–76

–28,652
–76

0599

–25,283

–27,509

–28,728

717
47,141

786
53,404

750
59,846

47,858

54,190

60,596

Total cash outgo (–) ......................................................
Unexpended balance, end of year:
0700 Uninvested balance .......................................................
0701 U.S. Securities: Par value ..............................................
0799

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.

1997 estimate

0
412,216
412,216

0199

72.40

1996 estimate

Outstanding advances, beginning of year ....................
Advances repaid ............................................................
Advances made ..............................................................

Identification code 20–8042–0–7–999

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................
23.95 New obligations .............................................................

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
73.10 New obligations .............................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................

677

Total balance, end of year ........................................

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 20–8042–0–7–999

25.3
25.3
25.3
41.0
42.0

Purchases of goods and services from Government
accounts:
Employment and training administration .................
Departmental management .......................................
Reimbursements to Department of the Treasury ......
Payments to States for administrative expenses ..........
Insurance claims and indemnities:
Federal unemployment benefits ................................

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

45
4
87
3,251

41
4
97
3,219

41
4
98
3,356

664

679

689

678

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997
21.0
23.1
25.2
25.3

Intragovernmental funds—Continued
UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND—Continued
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)—Continued
Identification code 20–8042–0–7–999

1995 actual

1996 est.

31.0

Travel and transportation of persons ............................
Rental payments to GSA ................................................
Other services ................................................................
Purchases of goods and services from Government
accounts ....................................................................
Equipment ......................................................................

99.9

Total obligations ........................................................

1997 est.

42.0
43.0
93.0

State unemployment benefits ...................................
Interest and dividends ...................................................
Veterans employment and training ...............................

21,044
3
184

23,218
4
176

24,368
3
179

99.0

Subtotal, direct obligations ..................................

25,282

27,438

28,738

99.9

Total obligations ........................................................

25,282

27,438

28,738

Identification code 16–0104–0–1–505

1001

23 ...................

1995 actual

Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent
employment ...............................................................

358

1996 est.

1997 est.

266 ...................

PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS
ADMINISTRATION

Federal Funds
General and special funds:

Federal Funds
AND

EXPENSES

General and special funds:

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–0104–0–1–505

1995 actual

1996 est.

7 ................... ...................
24
23 ...................

10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

22.00
22.30

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
Unobligated balance expiring ........................................

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
New obligations .............................................................

30
–31

23 ...................
–23 ...................

40.00

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Appropriation ..................................................................

23 ...................

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
73.10 New obligations .............................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................

23 ...................

31
23 ...................
–1 ................... ...................

72.40

3
31
–30

2
4
23 ...................
–22 ...................

SALARIES

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new current authority ..............................
Outlays from current balances ......................................

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

22 ...................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

31
30

23 ...................
22 ...................

30
22 ...................
1 ...................
1

Identification code 16–1700–0–1–601

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01
Enforcement and compliance ....................................
00.02
Policy, regulations, and public services ...................
00.03
Program oversight .....................................................
00.91
01.01

1995 actual

35,400
5,469

1996 est.

1997 est.

36,000 ....................
5,037 ....................

Note.—In FY 1997, this activity will be financed in the Employment Standards Administration.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .............
Civilian personnel benefits ............................................

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

53
12
4

49
11
4

67
14
4

Total direct obligations .........................................
69
Reimbursable obligations .............................................. ...................

64
1

85
1

10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
New obligations .............................................................

69
–69

65
–65

86
–86

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................
69
Permanent:
68.00
Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... ...................
Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
73.10 New obligations .............................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................

12
69
–65

15
65
–64

16
86
–81

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new current authority ..............................
55
Outlays from current balances ......................................
10
Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... ...................

54
10
1

72
10
1

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40
Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal
sources .................................................................. ...................

–1

72.40

No appropriation is being requested for this account in FY
1997. Labor-Management Standards, 13(c) enforcement, and
related administrative functions will be transferred to the
Employment Standards Administration.

Identification code 16–0104–0–1–505

EXPENSES

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

70.00

Reports processed .......................................................................
Investigations, field audits, and elections .................................

AND

For necessary expenses for Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, $85,449,000 of which $9,000,000, to remain available through
September 30, 1998, shall be for expenses of revising the processing
of employee benefit plan returns.
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

1997 est.

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01
Office of workplace programs ...................................
00.02
Labor-management standards ..................................

11.1
12.1

2
2 ...................
1 ................... ...................

Personnel Summary

OFFICE OF THE AMERICAN WORKPLACE

SALARIES

1
1 ...................
3
2 ...................
1 ................... ...................

1995 actual

19
4

1996 est.

1997 est.

15 ...................
3 ...................

86.90
86.93
86.97
87.00

89.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
Federal Funds

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
90.00

Outlays ...........................................................................

1005

Full-time equivalent of overtime and holiday hours

Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
1996 est.

1997 est.

64
64

85
82

69
65

1995 actual

68
68

85
82

1996 est.

5,373

5,742

67,146

80,000

1995 actual

1 Inquiries

1996 est.

1997 est.

2,053

1,390

79,241

91,800

received at field and national offices represent the total number of inquiries received.

Program oversight.—Provides policy direction, leadership
and management of the pension and employee benefits program. Provides administrative support including budget, personnel administration, labor relations and technical training.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
1995 actual

Identification code 16–1700–0–1–601

1996 est.

1997 est.

25.5
25.7
26.0
31.0

Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ........
Civilian personnel benefits .......................................
Travel and transportation of persons .......................
Rental payments to GSA ...........................................
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous
charges .................................................................
Other services ............................................................
Purchases of goods and services from Government
accounts ................................................................
Research and development contracts .......................
Operation and maintenance of equipment ...............
Supplies and materials .............................................
Equipment .................................................................

99.0
99.0
99.5

70
1
–2

66
1
–2

86
1
–1

99.9

Total obligations ........................................................

11.1
12.1
21.0
23.1
23.3
25.2
25.3

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: Provided, That not to exceed $12,043,000 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.
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–4204–0–3–601

00.01
00.02
00.03
00.04
00.05

Obligations by program activity:
Administrative expenses ................................................
Services related to terminations ...................................
Benefit payments ...........................................................
Financial assistance ......................................................
Loss on sale of govt. securities ....................................

10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

Total compensable workyears:
1001 Full-time equivalentnt employment ...............................

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

11
12
12
122
131
129
734
929
945
4
5
6
2 ................... ...................
873

1,077

1,092

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance available, start of year:
21.47
Authority to borrow ....................................................
21.90
Treasury balance .......................................................
U.S. Securities:
21.91
Par value ...............................................................
21.92
Unrealized discounts .............................................

100
2

100
1

5,272
–471

5,732
–87

6,592
–133

21.99
22.00

Total unobligated balance, start of year .............
Budget authority from offsetting collections ................

4,903
1,717

5,746
1,889

6,560
2,129

23.90
23.95

6,620
–873

7,635
–1,077

8,689
–1,092

100
1

24.91
24.92

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
New obligations .............................................................
Unobligated balance available, end of year:
Authority to borrow ....................................................
Treasury balance .......................................................
U.S. Securities:
Par value ...............................................................
Unrealized discounts .............................................

5,732
–87

6,592
–133

7,635
–139

24.47
24.90

29
6
2
4

31
6
2
4

34
7
2
4

1
4

1
6

24.99

Total unobligated balance, end of year ....................

5,746

6,560

7,597

14
3
4
1
2

13
1
2
1
1

13
2
15
1
1

68.00

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross):
Offsetting collections (cash) .....................................

1,717

1,889

2,129

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance:
72.90
Fund balance ........................................................ ...................
–308
–262
72.91
U.S. Securities: Obligated balance, start of year
106 ................... ...................
72.99
73.10
73.20
74.90

Personnel Summary
Identification code 16–1700–0–1–601

Federal Funds

1997 est.

5,554

Policy, regulations and public services.—Conducts research
and policy and legislative analysis. Promulgates regulations
and interpretations. Issues individual and class exemptions
from regulations. Discloses government-required reports and
provides compliance assistance to the public.
Exemptions, variances, determinations, interpretations, and
regulations issued ..................................................................
Inquiries received:
National office 1 ......................................................................

Public enterprise funds:

4 ....................
4 ....................

Enforcement and compliance.—Conducts criminal and civil
investigations, and performs audits 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 accounting, auditing and actuarial standards. Provides
compliance assistance to the public. The 1997 estimates include: (1) expanded enforcement safeguards to ensure that
employers promptly remit workers’ contributions to their
401(k) and other benefit plans; (2) an increased public-private
educational campaign on the need for individuals’ retirement
savings; and (3) enhanced pension protection through faster
multi-agency processing of employers’ plan returns.
Plan reviews and investigations conducted ...............................
Inquiries received:
Field offices 1 ..........................................................................

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

(in millions of dollars)

1995 actual
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority .....................................................................
69
Outlays ....................................................................................
65
Adjustment to 1996 continuing resolution levels:
Budget Authority ..................................................................... ....................
Outlays .................................................................................... ....................

Total:
Budget Authority .....................................................................
Outlays ....................................................................................

679

1995 actual

571

1996 est.

608

1997 est.

652

86.90
86.97

Total unpaid obligations, start of year ................
New obligations .............................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance:
end of year ................................................................
Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new current authority ..............................
Outlays from new permanent authority .........................

106
873
–1,287

–308
1,077
–1,031

–262
1,092
–1,086

–308

–262

–256

11
1,276

12
1,019

12
1,074

680

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997

Public enterprise funds—Continued
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND—Continued
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued
Identification code 16–4204–0–3–601

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash) from:
88.20
Interest on U.S. securities ....................................
Non-Federal sources:
88.40
Premium income ...............................................
88.40
Benefit payment reimbursements ....................
88.40
Reimbursements from trust funds for services
related to terminations ................................
88.40
Other reimbursements from trust funds ..........
88.90

89.00
90.00

Total, offsetting collections (cash) ..................

1995 actual

1,287

1996 est.

1,031

1997 est.

1,086

–397

–424

–488

–866
–331

–951
–384

–1,067
–445

–121
–130
–129
–2 ................... ...................
–1,717

–1,889

–2,129

Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)

1231
1263

Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding:
Disbursements: Direct loan disbursements ...................
Write-offs for default: Direct loans ...............................

1995 actual

4
–4

1996 est.

5
–5

1997 est.

1995 actual

1,870
124
1,993
7

1996 est.

2,000
230
2,193
10

1995 actual

182,300

1996 est.

197,100

1994 actual

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

370,400
2,935,190

285,100
3,788,310

285,100
4,269,290

285,100
5,065,530

5,641,260
172,180

6,212,830
76,210

6,896,500
115,520

7,597,770
299,510

332,720
107,100
1,200,780
162,920

272,730
211,900
1,347,910
128,700

261,010
356,430
779,130
128,700

0
481,080
0
128,700

Total assets ........................................

10,922,550

12,323,690

13,091,680

13,857,690

8,166,780

9,430,990

11,087,470

13,676,910

2,699,220
56,550

2,799,670
93,030

1,965,430
38,780

142,000
38,780

10,922,550

12,323,690

13,091,680

13,857,690

Liabilities:
Estimate of future benefits—terminated
plans ............................................................
Estimate of future benefits—probable terminations (net) ................................................
Other liabilities .................................................
Total liabilities ........................................

CHANGE IN CORPORATION’S LIABILITY UNDER TERMINATED PLANS
[In thousands of dollars]

1994 actual

2,000
175
2,393
10

1997 est.

211,800

Financial assistance.—If multiemployer-sponsored plans become insolvent, the Corporation gives repayable loans to enable the plans to continue paying benefits. Financial assistance to an insolvent plan is made only after the plan takes
a series of prescribed steps to place the plan on a sound
financial basis.
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,

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

Liability, beginning of year ...................
Liability incurred due to plan terminations ..............................................
(New liabilities assumed) .................
(Plan assets acquired) .....................
(Recoveries from employers, net) .....
Operating loss of trust fund .................
Benefit payments ..................................

5,682,050

4,475,547

5,033,803

5,971,210

169,719
542,030
(411,041)
38,730
(924,320)
(451,902)

156,010
448,140
(310,890)
18,760
812,170
(409,924)

847,860
1,848,400
(919,250)
(81,290)
519,140
(429,593)

1,393,280
2,888,850
(1,163,230)
(332,340)
611,270
(519,990)

Liability, end of year ....................

4,475,547

5,033,803

5,971,210

7,455,770

1997 est.

Administrative expenses subject to limitation.—Provides resource management, executive direction, and other support
functions.
Services related to terminations.—Provides for needed but
unpredictable costs related to benefits administration services,
actuarial services, investment management and a share of
other administrative costs arising from pension plan terminations.
Benefit payments.—Checks are issued when due to pay plan
participants and other beneficiaries in plans which have terminated.
Payees in Government trusteeships receiving monthly benefits
from the Corporation ..............................................................

Assets:
Cash .................................................................
Investments ......................................................
Receivables:
Due from Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ...................................................
Due from employers—terminated plans .....
Due from employers—probable terminations .....................................................
Assets of pretrusteed plans ........................
Assets of plans—probable terminations ....
Other assets .................................................

6
–6

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. Terminated plans are taken over by
the Corporation. The Corporation assumes control of their
assets, administers them in a trust fund held in a private
bank, and takes responsibility for paying benefits. The Corporation also provides repayable assistance to insolvent multiemployer plans when necessary to pay benefits and to forestall termination and subsequent Corporation responsibility
to pay benefits.
Plans terminated during year:
With sufficient assets .............................................................
With insufficient assets ..........................................................
Government trusteeships at end of year ....................................
Regulations issued ......................................................................

STATUS OF TRUST FUNDS
[In thousands of dollars]

Identification code 16–4204–0–3–601

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.

Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–4204–0–3–601

Revenue:
Premium income ......................................
Investment income ..................................
Other income ...........................................
Expense:
0102 Trust fund operating loss .......................
0102 Net liability due to plan terminations
0102 Provision for probable terminations ........
0102 Change in allowance for uncollectible
financial assistance ...........................
0102 Administrative expenses ..........................

0101
0101
0101

1994 actual

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

996
–564
17

866
1,154
2

951
424
..................

1,067
488
..................

924
–170
461

–812
–156
–13

–519
–848
254

–611
–1,393
783

–57
–29

–109
–11

–17
–11

–18
–12

449

2,022

1,375

1,555

0191

Total revenues .........................................

0192

Total expenses .........................................

1,129

–1,101

–1,141

–1,251

0199

Net income or loss ..................................

1,578

921

234

304

Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–4204–0–3–601

ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101
Fund balances with Treasury .............
Investments in US securities:
Treasury securities, par:
1102
Treasury securities, par .............
1102
Treasury
securities,
unamoritized discount (–)/
premium (+) ..........................
1106
Receivables, net .............................

1994 actual

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

5,272

5,732

6,592

7,635

–253
84

83
65

..................
65

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION
Federal Funds

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

1201

Non-Federal assets:
Investments in non-Federal securities,
net ..................................................
Receivables, net ..................................
Net value of assets related to pre–1992
direct loans receivable and acquired defaulted guaranteed loans
receivable:
Direct loans, gross ..............................
Interest receivable ..............................
Allowance for estimated uncollectible
loans and interest (–) ....................

43
37

..................
131

22
11

27
15

31
15

38
17

–33

–42

–47

–55

..................

–1

..................

3
–138

4
609

4
808

4
788

Total assets ........................................
LIABILITIES:
Non-Federal liabilities:
2201
Accounts payable ................................
2206
Pension and other actuarial liabilities

5,050

6,625

7,600

8,624

289
5,804

266
6,481

312
7,176

318
7,889

2999

1206

1601
1602
1603
1699

1803
1901

Value of assets related to direct
loans ..........................................
Other Federal assets:
Property, plant and equipment, net
Other assets ........................................

1999

Total liabilities ....................................
NET POSITION:
3300 Cumulative results of operations ............

6,093

6,747

7,488

8,207

–1,043

–122

112

417

3999

Total net position ................................

–1,043

–122

112

417

4999

Total liabilities and net position ............

5,050

6,625

7,600

8,624

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
1995 actual

Identification code 16–4204–0–3–601

11.1
11.3
11.5
11.9
12.1
21.0
23.2
23.3
25.2
25.3
26.0
31.0
33.0
42.0
99.0
99.5
99.9

Personnel compensation:
Full-time permanent ..................................................
Other than full-time permanent ...............................
Other personnel compensation ..................................

34
1
2

1996 est.

38
1
1

1997 est.

40
1
1

Total personnel compensation ..............................
37
40
42
Civilian personnel benefits ............................................
7
8
9
Travel and transportation of persons ............................
1
1
1
Rental payments to others ............................................
11
10
10
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges ...................
3
3
Other services ................................................................
71
75
71
Purchases of goods and services from Government
accounts .................................................................... ...................
1
1
Supplies and materials .................................................
1
1
1
Equipment ......................................................................
6
3
3
Investments and loans ..................................................
4
5
6
Insurance claims and indemnities ................................
734
930
945
Subtotal, reimbursable obligations ...............................
872
1,077
1,092
Loss on sale of government securities .........................
1 ................... ...................

Total obligations ........................................................

873

1,077

1,092

Personnel Summary
Identification code 16–4204–0–3–601

2001
2005

1995 actual

Total compensable workyears:
Full-time equivalent employment ..................................
Full-time equivalent of overtime and holiday hours

674
13

1996 est.

731
14

1997 est.

731
14

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, $304,856,000,
together with $1,057,000 which may be expended from the Special
Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(h)(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, in accordance with
the terms of the Consent Judgment in Civil Action No. 91–0027 of
the United States District Court of the District of the Northern Mari-

681

ana Islands (May 21, 1992): Provided further, That the Secretary
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, and for processing applications
and issuing registrations under Title I of the Migrant and Seasonal
Agricultural Worker Protection Act. (5 U.S.C. 7101, 8101–50,
8171(a)(2); 8 U.S.C. 1101(a), 1184(c), 1324; 15 U.S.C. 1671–77; 20
U.S.C. 951–63; 29 U.S.C. 31–42, 201–19, 251–62, 401 et seq., 553,
555, 793, 1801 et seq., 2001 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 934, 934a; 33 U.S.C.
901–50; 38 U.S.C. 2012; 40 U.S.C. 267a, 267c; 41 U.S.C. 35–45,
328–33, 351–57; 42 U.S.C. 1651–54, 1701–17, 2000e nt.; 43 U.S.C.
1333(c); title 36 of the District of Columbia Code; 59 Stat. 1263;
64 Stat. 1268; Executive Order 11136 of January 3, 1964.)
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
1995 actual

Identification code 16–0105–0–1–505

1996 est.

1997 est.

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01
Enforcement of wage and hour standards ...............
101
89
00.02
Federal contractor EEO standards enforcement .......
59
55
00.03
Federal programs for workers’ compensation ...........
104
97
00.04
Program direction and support .................................
12
11
00.05
Labor-management standards .................................. ................... ...................

119
65
107
12
29

00.91
01.01

Subtotal direct program .......................................
Reimbursable program ..................................................

276
2

252
2

332
2

10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

278

254

334

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
New obligations .............................................................

278
–278

254
–254

334
–334

247

225

305

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

278

254

334

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
73.10 New obligations .............................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................

21
278
–277

21
254
–254

21
334
–326

72.40

86.90
86.93
86.97

230
16
31

204
21
29

277
20
29

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

277

254

326

–29
–2

–27
–2

88.90

Total, offsetting collections (cash) ..................

–31

–29

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

247
246

225
225

305
297

Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)

Enacted/requested:
1995 actual
Budget Authority .....................................................................
247
Outlays ....................................................................................
246
Adjustment to 1996 continuing resolution levels:
Budget Authority ..................................................................... ....................
Outlays .................................................................................... ....................

1996 est.

225
225

1997 est.

305
297

22 ....................
20
2

682

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997

General and special funds—Continued
SALARIES

AND

EXPENSES—Continued

Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays—Continued
(in millions of dollars)

Total:
Budget Authority .....................................................................
Outlays ....................................................................................

1995 actual

247
246

1996 est.

247
245

1997 est.

305
299

Note.—Includes $29 million in budget authority in FY 1997 for Labor-Management Standards, 13(c) enforcement and related administrative functions transferred from the Office
of the American Workplace.

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, the Employee Polygraph Protection Act, and the whistleblower provisions of several environmental protection statutes. Prevailing wages are
determined and employment standards enforced under various Government contract wage standards. In 1997 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 1,100 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, will become
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 and national origin by Federal contractors and subcontractors. It conducts compliance activities
to assure 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 also enforces the affirmative action and
nondiscrimination provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
and, in coordination with the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990,
relating to the hiring, promotion, and all other terms and
conditions of employment for individuals with physical and
mental disabilities. It ensures contractors comply with the
provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act providing for affirmative action by Federal contractors to employ, and advance in employment disabled veterans
and veterans of the Vietnam era. In 1997 about 4,400 compliance reviews and 900 complaint investigations will be conducted. A total of about 4,100 other compliance actions will

also be conducted with respect to contractor employment practices.
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
1997 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.—Collects and discloses union
constitutions and 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. Administers statutory program to certify employee protection provisions of various Federally-sponsored transportation programs.
1995 actual

1996 est.

Reports processed ....................................................................... .................... ....................
Investigations, field audits, and elections ................................. .................... ....................

1997 est.

36,000
5,012

Note.—In FY 1995 and FY 1996, this activity was financed in the Office of the American
Workplace.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
1995 actual

Identification code 16–0105–0–1–505

11.1
11.3
11.5
11.9
12.1
13.0
21.0
22.0
23.1
23.3
24.0
25.2
25.3
25.7
26.0
31.0
99.0
99.0
99.5
99.9

Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
Full-time permanent .............................................
Other than full-time permanent ...........................
Other personnel compensation .............................

156
3
2

1996 est.

146
2
2

1997 est.

176
5
2

Total personnel compensation .........................
161
150
183
Civilian personnel benefits .......................................
32
31
39
Benefits for former personnel ...................................
1 ................... ...................
Travel and transportation of persons .......................
6
4
10
Transportation of things ........................................... ................... ...................
1
Rental payments to GSA ...........................................
22
22
25
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous
charges .................................................................
4
3
3
Printing and reproduction .........................................
1
1
1
Other services ............................................................
4
1
15
Purchases of goods and services from Government
accounts ................................................................
19
22
23
Operation and maintenance of equipment ...............
21
16
19
Supplies and materials .............................................
2
1
3
Equipment .................................................................
3
1
9
Subtotal, direct obligations ..................................
276
252
Reimbursable obligations ..............................................
2
2
Below reporting threshold .............................................. ................... ...................
Total obligations ........................................................

278

254

331
2
1
334

Personnel Summary
Identification code 16–0105–0–1–505

1001
1005

Total compensable workyears:
Full-time equivalent employment ..................................
Full-time equivalent of overtime and holiday hours

1995 actual

3,544
5

1996 est.

3,264
5

1997 est.

3,998
5

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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 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;
sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948; and 50 percent
of the additional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h)
of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended,
$213,000,000, 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 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 on
September 30, 1996, 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,
of which $11,390,000 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 chapter
81 of title 5, United States Code, or under 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. (5 U.S.C. 8191–93; 33 U.S.C. 901, 944(a); 42 U.S.C. 1701.)
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–1521–0–1–600

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

Obligations by program activity:
Longshore and harbor workers’ compensation benefits
Federal Employees’ Compensation Act benefits ............

4
1,886

4
2,146

4
1,995

10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

1,890

2,150

1,999

512
2,065

687
2,111

648
2,089

2,577
–1,890

2,798
–2,150

2,737
–1,999

687

648

738

21.40

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................
Permanent:
Spending authority from offsetting collections:
68.00
Offsetting collections (cash) ................................
68.10
Change in orders on hand from Federal sources
68.90

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00
Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources
88.95 Change in orders on hand from Federal sources .........

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

217
121
39 ...................
1,894
1,876

1,889

2,150

1,999

–1,807
–1,894
–1,876
–1 ................... ...................

257
81

217
256

213
123

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 1997, 180,000
injured federal workers or their survivors will file claims;
59,000 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
Wage-loss claims received ..........................................................
Compensation and medical payments ........................................
Cases received ............................................................................
Periodic payment cases ..............................................................

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

21,755
2,420,501
180,350
59,605

20,000
2,400,000
180,000
59,600

20,000
2,000,000
180,000
59,000

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.

Identification code 16–1521–0–1–600

258

217

213

1,806
1,894
1,876
1 ................... ...................
1,807

1,894

1,876

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

2,065

2,111

2,089

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year: Orders on hand
from Federal sources .................................................
73.10 New obligations .............................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
74.95 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Orders on hand
from Federal sources .................................................

1
1,890
–1,889

2
2,150
–2,150

2
1,999
–1,999

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

25.7
31.0
42.0

Operation and maintenance of equipment ...................
Equipment ......................................................................
Insurance claims and indemnities ................................

1
4
1,885

1
11
2,138

1
11
1,987

99.9

Total obligations ........................................................

1,890

2,150

1,999

PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION COMPENSATION FUND
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–5155–0–2–602

Spending authority from offsetting collections
(total) ...........................................................

70.00

87.00

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new current authority ..............................
81
Outlays from current balances ...................................... ...................
Outlays from new permanent authority .........................
1,807

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

00.01
00.02

23.90
23.95
24.40

86.90
86.93
86.97

683

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

Balance, start of year:
Balance, start of year .................................................... ................... ................... ...................
Receipts:
02.01 Deposits for Panama Commission Compensation Fund,
Labor ..........................................................................
12
10
8
02.02 Interest on investments, Panama Canal Comm., Labor ...................
5
5
01.99

02.99

Total receipts .............................................................
12
15
13
Appropriation:
05.01 Panama Canal Commission compensation fund ..........
–12
–15
–13
07.99 Total balance, end of year ............................................ ................... ................... ...................

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

72.95

Identification code 16–5155–0–2–602

10.00

Obligations by program activity:
Total obligations (object class 42.0) ............................

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

684

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997

General and special funds—Continued

Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)

PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION COMPENSATION FUND—Continued

Identification code 20–8144–0–7–601

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued
1995 actual

Identification code 16–5155–0–2–602

1996 est.

1997 est.

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance available, start of year:
U.S. Securities:
21.41
Par value ...............................................................
21.42
Unrealized discounts .............................................

58
–1

64
–1

72
–1

21.99
22.00

Total unobligated balance, start of year .............
New budget authority (gross) ........................................

57
12

63
15

71
13

23.90
23.95

69
–6

78
–7

84
–7

24.41
24.42

64
–1

72
–1

79
–1

24.99

Total unobligated balance, end of year ....................

New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.25 Appropriation (special fund, indefinite) ........................

Change in unpaid obligations:
New obligations .............................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................

6
–6

7
–7

73.10
73.20

Outlays (gross), detail:
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances ................................

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

12
6

15
7

13
7

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)

Beginning in fiscal year 1997 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 1997 for expenses
of operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5) of that Act: $26,071,000 for transfer to the Employment Standards Administration, Salaries and Expenses: $19,621,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses: $287,000 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.
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year ....................................................
Receipts:
02.01 Transfer from general fund, Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act taxes ...........................................................
02.02 Miscellaneous interest ...................................................
02.03 Repayable advances from the general fund .................

608
4
375

620
2
362

633
2
373

02.99

Total receipts .............................................................

987

984

1,008

Total: Balances and collections ....................................
Appropriation:
05.01 Black lung disability trust fund ....................................

990

987

1,008

–987

–1,008

05.99
07.99

–987
–987
–1,008
3 ................... ...................

04.00

Subtotal appropriation ...................................................
Balance, end of year .....................................................

3 ...................

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 20–8144–0–7–601

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

00.01
00.02
00.03

Obligations by program activity:
Disabled coal miners benefits .......................................
Administrative expenses ................................................
Interest on advances .....................................................

518
51
419

496
47
444

496
47
465

10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

988

987

1,008

22.00
22.10

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations .......................................................................

987

1,008

23.90
23.95

40.26
40.27

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
New obligations .............................................................

1 ................... ...................
988
–988

987
–987

1,008
–1,008

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Appropriation (trust fund, definite) ............................... ...................
Appropriation (trust fund, indefinite) ............................
987

1
986

46
962

43.00

Appropriation (total) ..................................................

987

1,008

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

987

1,008

73.10
73.20
73.45

Change in unpaid obligations:
New obligations .............................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
Adjustments in unexpired accounts ..............................

86.90

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new current authority ..............................

987

1,008

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

987

1,008

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

987
987

1,008
1,008

988
987
1,008
–987
–987
–1,008
–1 ................... ...................

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;

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Trust Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

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, $5,119 million; and 1997,
$5,499 million.

22.00

New budget authority (gross) ........................................

145

142

151

23.90
23.95

202
–128

216
–135

232
–144

–2

24.41
24.42

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
New obligations .............................................................
Unobligated balance available, end of year:
Uninvested balance ...................................................
U.S. Securities:
Par value ...............................................................
Unrealized discounts .............................................

77
–1

84
–1

91
–1

24.99

Total unobligated balance, end of year ....................

60.27

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Appropriation (trust fund, indefinite) ............................

145

142

151

3
128
–128

3
135
–135

3
144
–144

24.40

BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND WORKLOAD
1995 actual

Claims received ...........................................................................
Claims in payment status ..........................................................
Medical benefits only recipients .................................................

8,394
67,355
19,169

1996 est.

1997 est.

8,000
65,000
16,500

7,500
62,500
14,500

Status of Funds (in millions of dollars)
1995 actual

Identification code 20–8144–0–7–601

1996 est.

685

1997 est.

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
73.10 New obligations .............................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................

Unexpended balance, start of year:
Treasury balance ............................................................
Cash income during the year:
Governmental receipts:
0200
Transfer from general fund, Black Lung Benefits
Revenue Act taxes ................................................
Proprietary receipts:
0220
Miscellaneous interest, Black Lung fund .................
Intragovernmental transactions:
0240
Repayable advances from the general fund, Black
Lung fund .............................................................

608

620

633

375

362

373

0299

987

984

1,008

86.90
86.93
86.97
86.98

–987

–1,008

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

128

135

144

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

145
128

142
135

151
144

Distribution of budget authority by account:
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ...............
District of Columbia Compensation Act .................................

131
14

130
12

139
12

Distribution of outlays by account:
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ...............
District of Columbia Compensation Act .................................

117
11

124
11

133
11

0100

Total cash income .....................................................
Cash outgo during year:
0500 Black lung disability trust fund ....................................
Unexpended balance, end of year:
0700 Uninvested balance .......................................................

3 ...................

3 ................... ...................

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 20–8144–0–7–601

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

25.2
42.0
43.0

Other services ................................................................
Insurance claims and indemnities ................................
Interest and dividends ...................................................

51
518
419

47
496
444

47
496
465

99.9

Total obligations ........................................................

988

987

1,008

SPECIAL WORKERS’ COMPENSATION EXPENSES
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–9971–0–7–601

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

Balance, start of year:
Balance, start of year .................................................... ................... ................... ...................
Receipts:
02.01 Longshoremen’s & Harbor Workers Compensation Act,
Receipts, Special workers’ ........................................
129
128
137
02.02 Longshoremen’s & Harbor Workers Compensation Act,
Earnings on investments, Special workers’, Labor
2
2
2
02.03 Workmen’s Compensation Act within District of Columbia, Receipts, Special workers’ ...........................
14
12
12
01.99

02.99

Total receipts .............................................................
145
142
151
Appropriation:
05.01 Special workers’ compensation expenses ......................
–145
–142
–151
07.99 Total balance, end of year ............................................ ................... ................... ...................

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–9971–0–7–601

72.40

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

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.

Obligations by program activity:
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act,
as amended ...............................................................
00.02 District of Columbia Compensation Act ........................

117
11

124
11

133
11

10.00

128

135

144

–1

–2

25.3

59
–1

77
–1

84
–1

00.01

Total obligations ........................................................

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance available, start of year:
21.40
Uninvested balance ...................................................
U.S. Securities:
21.41
Par value ...............................................................
21.42
Unrealized discounts .............................................
21.99

Total unobligated balance, start of year .............

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new current authority ..............................
1
1
1
Outlays from current balances ...................................... ................... ................... ...................
Outlays from new permanent authority .........................
68
57
59
Outlays from permanent balances ................................
59
77
84

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–9971–0–7–601

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

42.0

Purchases of goods and services from Government
accounts ....................................................................
Insurance claims and indemnities ................................

1
127

2
133

1
143

99.9

Total obligations ........................................................

128

135

144

686

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Federal Funds

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997
Permanent:
Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .....................................

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

314

266

343

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
72.40
Obligated balance: Appropriation .............................
72.95
Orders on hand from Federal sources ......................

35
1

50
1

44
1

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION

68.00

Federal Funds

70.00

General and special funds:
SALARIES

AND

EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, $340,851,000, including not to exceed $73,315,000, 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 Act; 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 until expended for occupational
safety and health training and education grants: Provided, That no
funds under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the
Act with respect to any employer of 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
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. (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 941 et seq.;
40 U.S.C. 333 et seq.; 41 U.S.C. 35 et seq., and 351 et seq.)
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account has not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–0400–0–1–554

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01
Safety and health standards ....................................
00.02
Federal enforcement ..................................................
00.03
State programs ..........................................................
00.04
Technical support ......................................................
00.05
Compliance assistance .............................................
00.06
Safety and health statistics .....................................
00.07
Executive direction and administration ....................

8
144
71
20
44
17
8

8
116
60
16
45
13
6

18
115
73
21
92
15
7

00.91
01.01

Total direct program .............................................
Reimbursable program ..................................................

312
2

264
2

341
2

10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

314

266

343

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
New obligations .............................................................

314
–314

266
–266

343
–343

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................

312

264

341

72.99
73.10
73.20
73.40
74.40
74.95

Total unpaid obligations, start of year ................
New obligations .............................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
Adjustments in expired accounts ..................................
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation .............................
Orders on hand from Federal sources ......................

74.99

36
51
45
314
266
343
–295
–272
–337
–4 ................... ...................
50
1

44
1

50
1

Total unpaid obligations, end of year ..................

86.90
86.93
86.97

264
29
2

238
32
2

307
28
2

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

295

272

337

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00
Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources

–2

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

312
293

264
270

341
335

89.00
90.00

Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)

Enacted/requested:
1995 actual
Budget Authority .....................................................................
312
Outlays ....................................................................................
293
Adjustment to 1996 continuing resolution levels:
Budget Authority ..................................................................... ....................
Outlays .................................................................................... ....................
Total:
Budget Authority .....................................................................
Outlays ....................................................................................

312
293

1996 est.

264
270

1997 est.

341
335

45 ....................
41
4
309
311

341
339

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 sound; and (4) the standard is cost-effective when
compared with alternative regulatory proposals providing
equal levels of protection. OSHA’s reform efforts in the standards-setting area involve identifying clear priorities, focusing
on key building block rules, eliminating and simplifying outdated standards, and emphasizing business-labor partnerships.
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. OSHA’s enforce-

MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Federal Funds

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ment program is undergoing major reforms by 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.—This activity supports a variety of
employer and employee assistance programs, consistent with
OSHA’s partnership initiatives. Under cooperative agreements, State agencies provide free onsite consultation to employers upon request. 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.
Staff resources dedicated to providing compliance assistance
in the field have been transferred from the Federal Enforcement activity to Compliance Assistance, to identify more
clearly the nature of agency activities.
Statistics.—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.
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
1995 actual

Standards promulgated ...............................................................
Inspections:
Federal inspections .................................................................
State program inspections .....................................................
Training and consultations:
Training grants supported ......................................................
Consultation visits ..................................................................

1996 est.

29,113
60,573

24,000
59,000

24,000
57,800

30
30,058

30
24,000

30
25,000

11.1
11.3
11.5
11.9
12.1
13.0
21.0
23.1
23.3

25.7
26.0
31.0
41.0

Total personnel compensation .........................
Civilian personnel benefits .......................................
Benefits for former personnel ...................................
Travel and transportation of persons .......................
Rental payments to GSA ...........................................
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous
charges .................................................................
Printing and reproduction .........................................
Advisory and assistance services .............................
Other services ............................................................
Purchases of goods and services from Government
accounts ................................................................
Operation and maintenance of equipment ...............
Supplies and materials .............................................
Equipment .................................................................
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................

99.0

Subtotal, direct obligations ..................................

24.0
25.1
25.2
25.3

1995 actual

Reimbursable obligations ..............................................
Below reporting threshold ..............................................

99.9

Total obligations ........................................................

f
f

2
2
2
1 ................... ...................
314

266

343

Personnel Summary
Identification code 16–0400–0–1–554

1001
1005

1995 actual

Total compensable workyears:
Full-time equivalent employment ..................................
Full-time equivalent of overtime and holiday hours

1996 est.

2,196
3

2,026
2

1997 est.

2,415
4

MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
SALARIES

AND

EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, $204,182,000 of which $5,718,000 shall be for the State Grants
Program, 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. (30 U.S.C. 1–11, 801, 951 et seq; 91 Stat. 1290–
1322; Stat. 111, 137.)
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91 P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

1997 est.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–0400–0–1–554

99.0
99.5

687

1996 est.

104
102
2
1
1 ...................

1997 est.

120
1
2

107
103
123
23
24
28
2 ................... ...................
8
4
9
16
16
17
3
1
5
38

3
1
1
30

3
2
5
50

13
8
5
9
73

13
5
2
2
60

12
6
3
7
76

311

264

341

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–1200–0–1–554

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
Enforcement:
00.01
Coal .......................................................................
00.02
Metal/non-metal ....................................................
00.03
Standards development ........................................
00.04
Assessments ..............................................................
00.05
Educational policy and development ........................
00.06
Technical support ......................................................
00.07
Program administration ............................................

107
42
1
4
15
22
9

99
39
1
3
14
21
8

109
45
1
4
15
22
8

10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

200

185

204

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
New obligations .............................................................

200
–200

185
–185

204
–204

40.00

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Appropriation ..................................................................

200

185

204

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
73.10 New obligations .............................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts ..................................
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
72.40

86.90

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new current authority ..............................

14
22
21
200
185
204
–191
–186
–203
–2 ................... ...................
22

179

169

187

688

MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997
Field investigations .................................................................
Laboratory samples analyzed .................................................

General and special funds—Continued
SALARIES

AND

EXPENSES—Continued

1,459
60,188

1,515
80,000

Note.—Incidence rates represent the number of injuries that occur for each 200,000 employee-hours worked.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
1995 actual

Identification code 16–1200–0–1–554

1996 est.

1997 est.
1995 actual

Identification code 16–1200–0–1–554

86.93
86.97

Outlays from current balances ......................................
12
17
16
Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... ................... ................... ...................

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

191

186

203

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

200
191

185
186

204
203

Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)

Enacted/requested:
1995 actual
Budget Authority .....................................................................
200
Outlays ....................................................................................
191
Adjustment to 1996 continuing resolution levels:
Budget Authority ..................................................................... ....................
Outlays .................................................................................... ....................
Total:
Budget Authority .....................................................................
Outlays ....................................................................................

200
191

1996 est.

185
186

1997 est.

204
203

14 ....................
13
1
199
199

204
204

Enforcement.—The Enforcement strategy in 1997 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 onsite 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 implementation 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
1995 actual

Enforcement:
Fatality Rates:
Coal mines .........................................................................
Metal/non-metal mines ......................................................
Non-fatal lost time injury rates:
Coal mines .........................................................................
Metal/Non-metal mines ......................................................
Regulations promulgated ...................................................
Assessments:
Violations assessed ................................................................
Educational policy and development:
Course days ............................................................................
Technical support:
Equipment approvals ..............................................................

1996 est.

1997 est.

.04
.02

5.91
2.98
4

5.91
2.98
13

5.91
2.98
12

132,321

140,000

11.1
11.3
11.5
11.9
12.1
13.0
21.0
22.0
23.1
23.3
24.0
25.2
25.3

25.7
26.0
31.0
41.0
99.5

Total personnel compensation ..............................
Civilian personnel benefits ............................................
Benefits for former personnel ........................................
Travel and transportation of things ..............................
Transportation of things ................................................
Rental payments to GSA ................................................
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
Printing and reproduction ..............................................
Other services ................................................................
Purchases of goods and services from Government
accounts ....................................................................
Operation and maintenance of equipment ...................
Supplies and materials .................................................
Equipment ......................................................................
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................
Below reporting threshold ..............................................

99.9

Total obligations ........................................................

110
1
2

1996 est.

108
1
1

1997 est.

112
1
2

113
110
115
31
29
34
1 ................... ...................
7
5
7
3
2
3
9
9
9
2
2
2
1
1
1
3
3
4
8
8
8
3
3
3
3
3
3
9
5
9
6
5
6
1 ................... ...................
200

185

204

Personnel Summary
Identification code 16–1200–0–1–554

1001
1005

1995 actual

Total compensable workyears:
Full-time equivalent employment ..................................
Full-time equivalent of overtime and holiday hours

2,378
10

1996 est.

2,250
10

1997 est.

2,318
10

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, $320,378,000, of which
$16,145,000 shall be for expenses of revising the Consumer Price Index
and shall remain available until September 30, 1998; together with
not to exceed $52,053,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust
Fund.
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–0200–0–1–505

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01
Labor force statistics ................................................
00.02
Prices and cost of living ...........................................
00.03
Compensation and working conditions .....................
00.04
Productivity and technology ......................................
00.05
Employment projections ............................................
00.06
Executive direction and staff services ......................
00.07
Consumer price index revision ..................................

156
95
61
7
4
21
5

151
98
53
7
4
22
12

163
102
56
7
5
23
16

00.91
01.01

Total direct program .............................................
Reimbursable program ..................................................

349
22

347
18

372
18

10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

371

365

390

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
Unobligated balance expiring ........................................
Total budgetary resources available for obligation

550

500

550

22.00
22.30

1,642

1,700

23.90

372
365
390
–1 ................... ...................
371

365

390

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
23.95

New obligations .............................................................

–371

–365

–390

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................
40.35
Appropriation rescinded ............................................

299
297
320
–3 ................... ...................

43.00

Appropriation (total) .............................................
Permanent:
Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .....................................

296

297

320

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

372

365

390

68.00
70.00

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
73.10 New obligations .............................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts ..................................
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
72.40

53
67
70
371
365
390
–354
–362
–381
–3 ................... ...................

Compensation and working conditions.—Data on wages and
benefits are collected and analyzed by occupation for major
labor markets and industries. Annual information is compiled
to estimate the incidence and number of work-related injuries,
illnesses, and fatalities. Included are resources to continue
producing surveys to support the implementation of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990.
Compensation and working conditions (major items):
Employment cost index—number of schedules .....................
Occupational Safety and Health—number of schedules ......
Federal pay reform—number of schedules ...........................

1995 actual

5,750
273,200
20,218

86.90
86.93
86.97

243
35
76

243
51
68

262
49
70

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

354

362

381

Studies, articles, and special reports .........................................
Series maintained .......................................................................

44
4,798

1995 actual

–74
–2

–67
–1

–69
–1

88.90

Total, offsetting collections (cash) ..................

–76

–68

–70

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

296
278

297
294

320
311

Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays

6,037
251,061
22,781

1997 est.

6,325
280,000
26,881

1996 est.

42
4,912

1997 est.

41
4,893

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.
Industry projections (2 year cycle) ..............................................
Occupational Outlook Handbook statements (2 year cycle) .......
Studies and publications ............................................................

1996 est.

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.
1995 actual

689

114
125
2

1996 est.

114
125
2

1997 est.

114
125
1

Executive direction and staff services.—Provides planning
and policy for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, operates the
management information system, coordinates research, and
publishes data and reports for government and public use.
Consumer Price Index Revision.—The Consumer Price Index
Revision began in 1995 and will be completed 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.

(in millions of dollars)

Enacted/requested:
1995 actual
Budget Authority .....................................................................
296
Outlays ....................................................................................
278
Adjustment to 1996 continuing resolution levels:
Budget Authority ..................................................................... ....................
Outlays .................................................................................... ....................
Total:
Budget Authority .....................................................................
Outlays ....................................................................................

296
278

1996 est.

297
294

320
311

12 ....................
10
2
309
304

320
313

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.
Labor force statistics (selected items):
Covered employment and wages (quarterly series) ...............
Employment and unemployment estimates for States and
local areas (monthly and annual series) ..........................
Occupational employment statistics (annual series on 3year cycle) ..........................................................................

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

1,000,201

85,528

86,300

87,100

23,940

19,700

13,400

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.
1995 actual

Consumer price indexes published (monthly) .............................
Producer prices:
(a) Commodity indexes published (monthly) ..........................
(b) Mining and manufacturing indexes published (monthly)
International prices and price indexes:
(a) Sample units initiated (annually) ....................................
(b) Price quotations collected (monthly) ................................

1996 est.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

1997 est.

11.1
11.3
11.5
11.9
12.1
21.0
22.0
23.1
23.3
24.0
25.2
25.3
25.5
25.7
26.0
31.0
41.0

8,274

3,082
9,652

3,600
28,000

3,200
26,000

100
5
2

Total personnel compensation .........................
107
Civilian personnel benefits .......................................
21
Travel and transportation of persons .......................
6
Transportation of things ........................................... ...................
Rental payments to GSA ...........................................
28
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous
charges .................................................................
2
Printing and reproduction .........................................
1
Other services ............................................................
29
Purchases of goods and services from Government
accounts ................................................................
66
Research and development contracts .......................
2
Operation and maintenance of equipment ...............
16
Supplies and materials .............................................
3
Equipment .................................................................
8
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................
60

1996 est.

106
6
1

1997 est.

112
7
2

113
121
24
26
6
7
1 ...................
26
27
3
2
26

3
2
28

77
9
2
2
6
50

86
10
2
2
6
52

99.0
99.0

Subtotal, direct obligations ..................................
Reimbursable obligations ..............................................

349
22

347
18

372
18

99.9

Total obligations ........................................................

371

365

390

1997 est.

8,274

1995 actual

Identification code 16–0200–0–1–505

Personnel Summary
Identification code 16–0200–0–1–505

Direct:
Total compensable workyears:
1001
Full-time equivalent employment ..............................
1005
Full-time equivalent of overtime and holiday hours

1995 actual

2,301
9

1996 est.

2,337
9

1997 est.

2,431
9

690

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997

General and special funds—Continued

88.40

Non-Federal sources .............................................

–3

–4

SALARIES

88.90

Total, offsetting collections (cash) ..................

–36

–33

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

154
152

134
134

146
144

AND

EXPENSES—Continued

Personnel Summary—Continued
Identification code 16–0200–0–1–505

2001

1995 actual

Reimbursable:
Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent
employment ...............................................................

103

1996 est.

121

1997 est.

121

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 $4,389,000 for the President’s Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities,
$146,234,000; together with not to exceed $303,000, which may be
expended from the Employment Security Administration account in
the Unemployment Trust Fund. (37 Stat. 736, 738, 63 Stat. 409.)
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–0165–0–1–505

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01
Program direction and support .................................
00.02
Legal services ............................................................
00.03
International labor affairs .........................................
00.04
Administration and management .............................
00.05
Adjudication ...............................................................
00.06
Promoting employment of people with disabilities
00.07
Women’s bureau ........................................................
00.09
Civil rights .................................................................
00.10
Chief financial officer ...............................................
00.11
Enforcement automation ...........................................

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

21
18
19
68
63
68
12
6
9
15
14
14
37
32
35
4
4
4
8
8
8
5
5
5
5
4
4
2 ................... ...................

00.91
01.01

Total direct program .............................................
Reimbursable program ..................................................

177
13

154
13

166
13

10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

190

167

179

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
New obligations .............................................................

190
–190

167
–167

179
–179

154

134

146

190

167

179

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
73.10 New obligations .............................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts ..................................
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
72.40

14
14
14
190
167
179
–188
–167
–177
–3 ................... ...................
14

86.90
86.93
86.97

141
10
36

120
13
33

131
13
33

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

188

167

177

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash) from:
88.00
Federal sources .....................................................

–33

–29

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;

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

and managing a comprehensive training program for budget,
accounting, and financial support staff.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
1995 actual

Identification code 16–0165–0–1–505

11.1
11.3
11.5
11.9
12.1
13.0
21.0
23.1
23.3

1996 est.

1997 est.

94
90
100
4
1
1
1 ................... ...................
99
91
101
18
17
19
1 ................... ...................
3
3
3
18
16
16

25.7
26.0
31.0
41.0
99.0
99.0
99.5

176
11
3

154
11
2

166
11
2

99.9

Total obligations ........................................................

190

167

179

2
1
3
5
12
4
2
4
4

2
1
2
6

10
11
1
2
2
1
1 ...................
2
2

Personnel Summary
Identification code 16–0165–0–1–505

OFFICE

1995 actual

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................
73.10 New obligations .............................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance:
Appropriation .............................................................

6
54
–53

7
50
–50

6
50
–50

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new current authority ..............................
48
Outlays from current balances ......................................
5
Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... ...................

39
5
6

72.40

Total personnel compensation .........................
Civilian personnel benefits .......................................
Benefits for former personnel ...................................
Travel and transportation of persons .......................
Rental payments to GSA ...........................................
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous
charges .................................................................
Printing and reproduction .........................................
Advisory and assistance services .............................
Other services ............................................................
Purchases of goods and services from Government
accounts ................................................................
Operation and maintenance of equipment ...............
Supplies and materials .............................................
Equipment .................................................................
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................

24.0
25.1
25.2
25.3

70.00

1996 est.

1997 est.

1,714
6

1,516
10

1,625
10

86.90
86.93
86.97
87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00
Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources

–7

–6

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

48
46

44
44

89.00
90.00

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.
1995 actual

Audits Studies and Reviews .......................................................
Program Fraud Investigations .....................................................
Labor Racketeering Investigations ..............................................

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, $44,472,000, together with not to exceed $3,615,000 which
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

Identification code 16–0106–0–1–505

1996 est.

1997 est.

45
7

42
6

00.91
01.01

Total direct program .............................................
Reimbursable program ..................................................

52
2

48
2

10.00

Total obligations ........................................................

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
New obligations .............................................................

55
–54

50
–50

1996 est.

501
1,128
432

1997 est.

492
1,081
421

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–0106–0–1–505

11.1
11.5

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01
Program activities .....................................................
00.02
Executive direction and management .......................

548
975
417

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

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
1995 actual

691

11.9
12.1
21.0
23.1
23.3

Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
Full-time permanent .............................................
Other personnel compensation .............................

25.7
31.0

Total personnel compensation .........................
Civilian personnel benefits .......................................
Travel and transportation of persons .......................
Rental payments to GSA ...........................................
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous
charges .................................................................
Advisory and assistance services .............................
Other services ............................................................
Purchases of goods and services from Government
accounts ................................................................
Operation and maintenance of equipment ...............
Equipment .................................................................

99.0
99.0
99.5

99.9

Total obligations ........................................................

25.1
25.2
25.3

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

25
3

26
3

27
3

28
6
3
3

29
5
3
4

30
5
3
4

1 ................... ...................
1
1
1
5
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1 ................... ...................
51
48
48
1
2
2
2 ................... ...................
54

692

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997

General and special funds—Continued
OFFICE

INSPECTOR GENERAL—Continued
Personnel Summary

Identification code 16–0106–0–1–505

Total compensable workyears:
1001 Full-time equivalent employment ..................................
1005 Full-time equivalent of overtime and holiday hours

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

FOR

1995 actual

462
1

VETERANS EMPLOYMENT

1996 est.

1997 est.

480
1

AND

470
1

TRAINING

Not to exceed $178,870,000, to 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, shall be made available for obligation by
the States through December 31, 1997.
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 20–8042–0–7–999

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

tion 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
job training programs under the Job Training Partnership
Act to provide these training 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.
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)

11.1
12.1
21.0
23.1
23.3
25.2
25.3
41.0
93.0

Program by activities:
State administration:
Disabled veterans outreach program .................................
Local veterans employment representatives ......................
Administration .........................................................................
National Veterans’ Training Institute .....................................

83
77
21
3

80
74
19
3

82
75
22
0

Total direct program ......................................................
Reimbursable program ...........................................................

184
0

176
0

179
0

Total obligations ............................................................
Financing:
Unobligated balance expiring .................................................

184

176

179

Budget authority (gross) ................................................

185

176

179

1995 actual

Identification code 20–8042–0–7–999

99.0

Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .............
Civilian personnel benefits ............................................
Travel and transportation of persons ............................
Rental payments to GSA ................................................
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
Other services ................................................................
Purchases of goods and services from Government
accounts ....................................................................
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................
Limitation on expenses ..................................................

Outlays (gross) ...............................................................

186

177

178

Offsetting collections from:
Federal funds .......................................................................... ................... ................... ...................
Trust Funds .............................................................................
185
176
179
Total, offsetting collections ...........................................
185
176
179
Budget authority (net) ................................................................. ................... ................... ...................
Outlays (net) ................................................................................
1
1
0

State administration.—The Disabled Veterans Outreach
Program provides intensive employability and job development 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
delivery systems providing these services. Coordinates with
the Department of Defense to ensure the provision of labor
market information and other services to military servicemembers separating from active duty to expedite their transi-

1997 est.

12
3
2
1
2
3

13
3
2
1
2
2

2
157
–184

2
151
–176

2
154
–179

Subtotal, limitation acct—direct obligations ...... ................... ................... ...................

Personnel Summary
Identification code 20–8042–0–7–999

6001

1995 actual

Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent
employment ...............................................................

Intragovernmental funds:
Appropriation from trust fund .....................................................
185
176
179
Spending authority from offsetting collections .......................... ................... ................... ...................
Relation of obligations to outlays:
Obligations incurred, net ........................................................
184
176
179
Obligated balance, start of year ............................................
20
14
13
Obligated balance, end of year ..............................................
–14
–13
–14
Adjustments in expired accounts ...........................................
–4 ................... ...................

1996 est.

13
3
1
1
2
5

259

1996 est.

250

1997 est.

250

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 within the Working Capital Fund, there
is established an Investment in Reinvention Fund (IRF), which shall
be available to invest in projects of the Department designed to
produce measurable improvements in agency efficiency and significant
taxpayer savings. To provide initial capital, there is appropriated to
the IRF $3,900,000 in fiscal year 1997, to remain available until
expended, to make loans to agencies of the Department for projects
designed to enhance productivity and generate cost savings. Such
loans will be repaid to the IRF no later than September 30 of the
fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the project is completed.
Such repayments shall be deposited in the IRF, to be available without
further appropriation action.’’.
Note.—A regular 1996 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
this budget was prepared. The 1996 amounts included in this budget are based on the
levels provided in three continuing resolutions: P.L. 104–91, P.L. 104–92, and P.L. 104–
99.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 16–4601–0–4–505

00.01
00.02
00.03
00.04
00.05
00.06
00.07
10.00

1995 actual

1996 est.

1997 est.

Obligations by program activity:
Financial and administrative services ..........................
32
28
25
Field services .................................................................
24
22
22
Facilities management ..................................................
7
8
8
Human resources services .............................................
8
7
7
Penalty mail and telecommunications ..........................
21
22
23
Non-DOL reimbursements ..............................................
1 ................... ...................
Investment in Reinvention Fund .................................... ................... ...................
4
Total obligations ........................................................

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance available, start of year: Fund
balance ......................................................................
22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................

5
92

5
87

5
93

21.90

GENERAL PROVISIONS
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
22.10
23.90
23.95
24.90

Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations .......................................................................
Total budgetary resources available for obligation
New obligations .............................................................
Unobligated balance available, end of year: Fund
balance ......................................................................

1 ................... ...................
98
–93

92
–87

98
–89

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00
Appropriation ............................................................. ................... ...................
4
Permanent:
Spending authority from offsetting collections:
68.00
Offsetting collections (cash) ................................
91
87
89
68.10
Change in orders on hand from Federal sources
1 ................... ...................
68.90

Spending authority from offsetting collections
(total) ...........................................................

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
72.90
Obligated balance: Fund balance .............................
72.95
Orders on hand from Federal sources ......................
72.99
73.10
73.20
73.45
74.90
74.95

Total unpaid obligations, start of year ................
New obligations .............................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
Adjustments in unexpired accounts ..............................
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Fund balance .............................
Orders on hand from Federal sources ......................

74.99

Total unpaid obligations, end of year ..................

86.90
86.97
86.98
87.00

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00
Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources
88.95 Change in orders on hand from Federal sources .........

89.00
90.00

10
2

9
12
12
93
87
89
–90
–87
–88
–1 ................... ...................
10
2

10
2

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new current authority .............................. ................... ...................
3
Outlays from new permanent authority .........................
87
84
86
Outlays from permanent balances ................................
3
3 ...................
Total outlays (gross) .................................................

Non-DOL reimbursements.—Funds received for services rendered to any entity or person for use of Departmental facilities 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 would 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)
1995 actual

Identification code 16–4601–0–4–505

8
1

11.1
11.3
11.5
11.9
12.1
13.0
21.0
23.1
23.3
25.1
25.2
25.3
25.4
25.7
26.0
31.0
99.0
99.5
99.9

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, 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.
Facilities management.—Provides for the maintenance and
operation of the Frances Perkins Building, which is the Department’s headquarters, under terms of an agreement with
the General Services Administration.
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.

f
f

Total obligations ........................................................

1997 est.

28
30
30
1 ................... ...................
1 ................... ...................

Personnel Summary
Identification code 16–4601–0–4–505

4
–1

1996 est.

Total personnel compensation ..............................
30
30
30
Civilian personnel benefits ............................................
6
6
6
Benefits for former personnel ........................................
1 ................... ...................
Travel and transportation of persons ............................
1
1
1
Rental payments to GSA ................................................
8
7
7
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
25
25
26
Advisory and assistance services ..................................
1 ................... ...................
Other services ................................................................
4
4
3
Purchases of goods and services from Government
accounts ....................................................................
2
3
3
Operation and maintenance of facilities ......................
4
4
4
Operation and maintenance of equipment ...................
6
3
3
Supplies and materials .................................................
2
1
1
Equipment ......................................................................
3
3
4
Subtotal, reimbursable obligations ...............................
93
87
88
Below reporting threshold .............................................. ................... ...................
1

–91
–87
–89
–1 ................... ...................

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ...................
Outlays ...........................................................................
–2 ...................

693

Total compensable workyears:
2001 Full-time equivalent employment ..................................
2005 Full-time equivalent of overtime and holiday hours

1995 actual

709
6

1996 est.

701
6

1997 est.

675
6

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 under this Act shall
be expended by the Secretary of Labor to implement or administer
either the final or proposed regulations referred to in section 303
of Public Law 102–27.
SEC. 102. 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.
SEC. 103. Section 44(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act of 1927, 33 U.S.C. 901, et seq., 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 and/or audits as provided in subsection (d).
‘‘(5) To defray the expense incurred by the Department in the
direct administration of the fund’’.
SEC. 104. Section 427(c) of the Job Training Partnership Act, as
amended, is repealed.

694

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 1
Federal Funds—Continued

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 1
SEC. 501. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall
be used to provide a loan, guarantee of a loan, a grant, the salary
of or any remuneration whatever to any individual applying for admission, attending, employed by, teaching at, or doing research at
an institution of higher education who has engaged in conduct on
or after August 1, 1969, which involves the use of (or the assistance
to others in the use of) force or the threat of force or the seizure
of property under the control of an institution of higher education,
to require or prevent the availability of certain curricula, or to prevent
the faculty, administrative officials, or students in such institution
from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies at such institution.
SEC. 502. 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. 503. 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. 504. (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 film presentation designed to support or defeat
legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the
Congress 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.
SEC. 505. 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. 506. 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 ille-

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gal drug unless the Surgeon General of the United States determines
that such programs are effective in preventing the spread of HIV
and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs, except that such funds
may be used for such purposes in furtherance of demonstrations or
studies authorized in the ADAMHA Reorganization Act (Public Law
102–321).
SEC. 507. (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.
SEC. 508. 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, 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. 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.
1 Although a full-year 1996 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations
bill has not been enacted, certain provisions affecting HHS were
enacted in law as a part of various continuing resolutions. Section
128 of P.L. 104–99 pertains to the use of Federal funds for embryo
research. The Administration proposes to delete this provision and
does not support addressing this issue in legislation.
The continuing resolution funding the Department of Health and
Human Services through March 15, 1996, applies the terms and
conditions of the FY 1995 appropriations bill to the Medicaid program, including a provision restricting funding for abortions. As with
its FY 1996 Budget, the Administration proposes to delete this provision and will work with the Congress to address this issue.

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