Departmental Management

Departmental Management salaries and expenses (including transfer of funds) For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $346,683,000, together with not to exceed $326,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That $66,500,000 for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs shall be available for obligation through December 31, 2012: Provided further, That funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used to administer or operate international labor activities, bilateral and multilateral technical assistance, and microfinance programs, by or through contracts, grants, subgrants and other arrangements: Provided further, That $40,000,000 shall be for programs to combat exploitative child labor internationally: Provided further, That not less than $6,500,000 shall be used to implement model programs that address worker rights issues through technical assistance in countries with which the United States has free trade agreements or trade preference programs: Provided further, That $8,500,000 shall be used for program evaluation and shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2013: Provided further, That funds available for program evaluation may be transferred to any other appropriate account in the Department for such purpose: Provided further, That the funds available to the Women’s Bureau may be used for grants to serve and promote the interests of women in the workforce. veterans employment and training Not to exceed $212,060,000 may be derived from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 4100–4113, 4211–4215, and 4321–4327, and Public Law 103–353, and which shall be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 2012, of which $2,444,000 is for the National Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute. In addition, to carry out Department of Labor programs under section 5(a)(1) of the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001 and the Veterans Workforce Investment Programs under section 168 of the WIA, $52,879,000, of which $14,622,000 shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. it modernization For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized infrastructure technology investment activities related to support systems and modernization, $19,852,000. office of inspector general For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $77,937,000, together with not to exceed $5,909,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.