S-2129 : Still Just a Bill

An Act Making Appropriations to Improve the Nation's Infrastructure and for Other Purposes, 2016

Provides FY2016 appropriations to the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and several independent and related agencies.

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016

Provides appropriations to USDA for Agricultural Programs, including:

  • the Office of the Secretary;
  • the Economic Research Service;
  • the National Agricultural Statistics Service;
  • the Agricultural Research Service;
  • the National Institute of Food and Agriculture;
  • the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service;
  • the Agricultural Marketing Service;
  • the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration;
  • the Food Safety and Inspection Service;
  • the Farm Service Agency;
  • the Risk Management Agency;
  • the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund; and
  • the Commodity Credit Corporation Fund.

Provides appropriations to USDA for Conservation Programs and Rural Development Programs.

Provides appropriations to USDA for the Food and Nutrition Service, including:

  • Child Nutrition Programs;
  • the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC);
  • the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program);
  • the Commodity Assistance Program; and
  • Nutrition Programs Administration.

Provides appropriations to USDA for the Foreign Agricultural Service, including Food for Peace and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program Grants.

Provides appropriations for the Food and Drug Administration and the Farm Credit Administration.

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016

Provides appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, including for:

  • Investigations,
  • Construction,
  • Mississippi River and Tributaries,
  • Operation and Maintenance,
  • the Regulatory Program,
  • the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program,
  • Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies,
  • Expenses, and
  • the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.

Provides appropriations to the Department of the Interior for the Central Utah Project and to the Bureau of Reclamation.

Provides appropriations to DOE for Energy Programs, including

  • Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
  • Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability,
  • Nuclear Energy,
  • Fossil Energy Research and Development,
  • Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup, and
  • Science.

Provides appropriations to DOE for:

  • the Atomic Energy Defense Activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration,
  • Environmental and Other Defense Activities, and
  • the Power Marketing Administrations.

Provides appropriations to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other independent agencies.

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016

Provides FY2016 appropriations to the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and several related agencies.

Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2016

Provides appropriations to DOT for:

  • the Office of the Secretary,
  • the Federal Aviation Administration,
  • the Federal Highway Administration,
  • the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
  • the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
  • the Federal Railroad Administration,
  • the Federal Transit Administration,
  • the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation,
  • the Maritime Administration,
  • the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration,
  • the Office of Inspector General, and
  • the Surface Transportation Board.

Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2016

Provides appropriations to HUD for:

  • Management and Administration,
  • Program Office Salaries and Expenses,
  • Public and Indian Housing,
  • Community Planning and Development,
  • Housing Programs,
  • the Federal Housing Administration,
  • the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae),
  • Policy Development and Research,
  • Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity,
  • the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes,
  • the Information Technology Fund, and
  • the Office of Inspector General.

Provides appropriations to several related agencies, including the Access Board, the Federal Maritime Commission, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Office of Inspector General, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.

Sets forth permissible, restricted, and prohibited uses for funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2015-10-06CalendarsRead the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 248.Senate
2015-10-05CalendarsIntroduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.Senate
2015-10-05IntroReferralIntroduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Economics and Public Finance
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  • Access Board
  • Accounting and auditing
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Agricultural conservation and pollution
  • Agricultural education
  • Agricultural insurance
  • Agricultural marketing and promotion
  • Agricultural practices and innovations
  • Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
  • Agricultural research
  • Agricultural trade
  • Alaska
  • Alternative and renewable resources
  • Animal and plant health
  • Appalachian Regional Commission
  • Appropriations
  • Arctic and polar regions
  • Arms control and nonproliferation
  • Army Corps of Engineers
  • Aviation and airports
  • Building construction
  • California
  • Child health
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Crimes against property
  • Dams and canals
  • Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
  • Delta Regional Authority
  • Denali Commission
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Department of Transportation
  • Department of the Interior
  • District of Columbia
  • Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
  • Economic development
  • Educational technology and distance education
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Energy research
  • Energy storage, supplies, demand
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Farm Credit Administration
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  • Federal Maritime Commission
  • Floods and storm protection
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Food assistance and relief
  • Food supply, safety, and labeling
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Foreign property
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • General agriculture matters
  • Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
  • Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Government trust funds
  • Grain
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Homelessness and emergency shelter
  • Housing and community development funding
  • Housing discrimination
  • Housing finance and home ownership
  • Housing for the elderly and disabled
  • Housing supply and affordability
  • Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Infrastructure development
  • Interagency Council on Homelessness
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Lighting and heating
  • Lighting, heating, cooling
  • Low- and moderate-income housing
  • Marine and inland water transportation
  • Maryland
  • Minority and disadvantaged businesses
  • Mississippi
  • Mississippi River
  • Motor carriers
  • Motor vehicles
  • National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
  • National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
  • Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
  • New Jersey
  • New York City
  • North Carolina
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
  • Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
  • Nuclear power
  • Nuclear weapons
  • Nutrition and diet
  • Oil and gas
  • Pipelines
  • Pollution liability
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Public housing
  • Public transit
  • Radioactive wastes and releases
  • Railroads
  • Regional and metropolitan planning
  • Research administration and funding
  • Research and development
  • Residential rehabilitation and home repair
  • Roads and highways
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Saint Lawrence Seaway
  • Solid waste and recycling
  • Strategic materials and reserves
  • Surface Transportation Board
  • Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
  • Texas
  • Transportation employees
  • Transportation programs funding
  • Transportation safety and security
  • User charges and fees
  • Utah
  • Virginia
  • Water resources funding
  • Water storage
  • Water use and supply
  • Worker safety and health

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