PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-380 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141-167), and other laws, $184,451,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), and as sunended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes: Provided further. That none of the funds made available by this Act shall be used in any way to promulgate a final rule (altering 29 CFR part 103) regarding single location bargaining units in representation cases. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188), including emergency boards appointed by the President, $8,400,000: Provided, That unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 1999 not needed for emergency boards shall remain available for other statutory purposes through September 30, 2000. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661), $8,100,000. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Accoiuit, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, $189,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 1999 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98-76; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by which the product of recipients and the average benefit received exceeds $189,000,000: Provided, That the totaJ amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal yegu*.
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