Employment Standards Administration

Employment Standards Administration 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, $120,444,000 together with $320,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c) and 44(j) of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 92 STAT. 1569 special benefits For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses (except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by title V, chapter 81 of the United States Code; continuation of benefits as provided for under the head “Civilian War Benefits” in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; and sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and fifty per centum of the additional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended, $231,200,000, together with such amount, 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 September 15 of the current year: Provided, That in addition there shall be transferred from the Postal Service fund to this appropriation such sums as the Secretary of Labor determines to be the cost of administration for Postal Service employees through September 30, 1979. black lung disability trust fund For payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, $122,265,000, of which $389,400,000 shall be available for payments of all benefits and interest on advances under subsection (b)(2) of section 3 of the, Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1977, as authorized by section 424(a)(1), (2), and (4) of the Black Lung Benefits Act, as amended, and of which $24,555,000 shall be available for transfer to Employment Standards Administration, Salaries and Expenses and $8,310,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses for expenses of operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program as authorized by section 424(a)(5) of the Black Lung Benefits Act, as amended: Provided, That in addition, such amounts as may be necessary may be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of compensation and other benefits for any period subsequent to June 15 of the current year.