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The Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) proposes to establish in regulations for State Unemployment Compensation (UC) program purposes the occupations that regularly conduct drug testing. Section 2105 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-96) amended section 303 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 303) by adding subsection (I) to permit States to enact legislation that would allow State UC programs to conduct drug testing on applicants for whom suitable work (as defined under the State law) is available only in an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing or if the applicant was discharged for unlawful use of drugs. States may deny UC benefits to an applicant who tests positive for drug use under the circumstances just described. The Department is required under 303(I) of the Social Security Act to determine and establish in regulations those occupations that regularly conduct drug testing.