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118 STAT. 233 PUBLIC LAW 108–199—JAN. 23, 2004 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, $270,826,000, including purchase and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including $100,000 for an award to the Stolar Research Corporation to further develop and demonstrate electromagnetic wave detection tech nology, and other purposes, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; including $1,000,000 for an award to the National Technology Transfer Center for a coal slurry impoundment pilot project in southern West Virginia; including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities; in addition, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, other wise authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine safety and health education and training activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the Mine Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $1,000,000 from fees collected for the approval and certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities; the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Fed eral, State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to promote health and safety education and training in the mining community through cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety associations; and any funds available to the department may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the event of a major disaster. 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, $447,088,000, together with not to exceed $75,110,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, of which $5,000,000 may be used to fund the mass layoff statistics program under section 15 of the Wagner Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49l–2). OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of people with disabilities, $47,333,000. 30 USC 962.