110 STAT. 3009 -241 PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for services rendered, $309,647,000, 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. DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the hire of three sedans, and including up to $4,358,000 for the President's Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities, $144,211,000; together with not to exceed $297,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 33 USC 921 note, account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That no funds made available by this Act may be used by the Solicitor of Labor to participate in a review in any United States court of appeals of any decision made by the Benefits Review Board under section 21 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 921) where such participation is precluded by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding, 115 S. Ct. 1278 (1995): Provided further. That no funds made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of Labor to review a decision under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) that has been appealed and that has been pending before the Benefits Review Board for more than 12 months: Provided further. That any such decision pending a review by the Benefits Review Board for more than one year shall be considered affirmed by the Benefits Review Board on that date, and shall be considered the final order of the Board for purposes of obtaining a review in the United States courts of appeals: Provided further, That these provisions shall not be applicable to the review of any decision issued under the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 90 let seq.). ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING Not to exceed $181,949,000 may be derived from the Employ- ment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 410()-4110A and 4321-4327, and Public Law 103-353, and which shall be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 1997. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $42,938,000, together with not to exceed $3,543,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
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