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118 STAT. 3159 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, $3,371,000. 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, $251,875,000: 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, direc tives, 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 amended by the Labor Management Rela tions 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. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Rail way Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151–188), including emer gency boards appointed by the President, $11,722,000. 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), $10,595,000. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, author ized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, $108,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2005 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 $108,000,000: Provided, That the total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal year.