Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 4.djvu/372

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112 STAT. 2681-343 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 (including Social Security account number) as such regulations may prescribe. BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, $1,021,000,000, of which $969,725,000 shall be available until ' September 30, 2000, for payment of all benefits as 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(cK2) of that Act, and of which $30,191,000 shall be available for transfer to Employment Standards Administration, Salaries and Expenses, $20,422,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses, $306,000 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, for expenses of operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program as authorized by section 9501(d)(5)(A) of that Act: Provided, That, in addition, such amounts as may be necessary may be charged to the subsequent year appro- - priation for the payment of compensation, interest, or other benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current year. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, $353,000,000, including not to exceed $80,084,000 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 50 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 Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; and, in addition, 29 USC 670 note, 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 for occupational safety and health training and education grants: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary of Labor is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and international laboratory recognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and products used by workers in the workplace: Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 which is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs ten or fewer employees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the