Wage and Labor Standards

Wage and Labor Standards wage and hour division, salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the Wage and Hour Division, including performing the duties imposed by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, the Service Contract Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1034), and the Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of contracts by the United States, approved June 30, 1936, as amended (41 U.S.C. 35–45), including reimbursements to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, $24,166,000. bureau of labor standards, salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the Bureau of Labor Standards, including the promotion of industrial safety, employment stabilization, and amicable industrial relations for labor and industry; performance of safety functions of the Secretary under 5 U.S.C. 7902, and the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 941); and not less than $500,000 for the work of the President’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, as authorized by the Act of July 11, 1949 (63 Stat. 409); $4,429,000: Provided, That no part of the appropriation for the President’s Committee shall be subject to reduction or transfer to any other department or agency under the provisions of any existing law. Women’s bureau, salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the work of the Women’s Bureau, as authorized by the Act of June 5, 1920 (29 U.S.C. 11–16), including purchase of reports and material for informational exhibits, $912,000.