S-2132 : Still Just a Bill


An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016

Provides FY2016 appropriations for financial services and general government; the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency; the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and several related agencies.

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016

Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2016

Provides appropriations to the Department of the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service.

Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2016

Provides appropriations to the Executive Office of the President.

Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2016

Provides appropriations to the judiciary, including the Supreme Court of the United States and other federal courts.

District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2016

Provides appropriations to the District of Columbia, including Federal Funds and District of Columbia Funds.

Provides appropriations to independent agencies responsible for overseeing areas such as the financial, telecommunications, and consumer products industries; federal elections; the federal workforce; and federal buildings.

D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program School Certification Requirements Act

Amends the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act to establish additional requirements for schools participating in the program.

Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015

Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994, the Truth in Lending Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and other laws that regulate financial institutions and securities markets.

Changes the process and criteria for determining the size of financial entities that are systemically important and are subject to additional regulations and oversight.

Amends provisions that provide protections to consumers of various financial products.

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016

Provides appropriations to the Department of the Interior for:

  • the Bureau of Land Management,
  • the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
  • the National Park Service,
  • the U.S. Geological Survey,
  • the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
  • the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement,
  • the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and
  • the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education.

Provides appropriations to Interior for Departmental Offices and Department-Wide Programs.

Provides appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Provides appropriations to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the Forest Service.

Provides appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Indian Health Service, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Provides appropriations for the Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Environmental Quality, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art, and other related agencies and programs.

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require specified adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2016-FY2021 to accommodate appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at USDA and Interior.

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016

Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2016

Provides appropriations to the Department of Labor for:

  • the Employment and Training Administration,
  • the Employee Benefits Security Administration,
  • the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
  • the Wage and Hour Division,
  • the Office of Labor-Management Standards,
  • the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs,
  • the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs,
  • the Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
  • the Mine Safety and Health Administration,
  • the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and
  • Departmental Management.

Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2016

Provides appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for:

  • the Health Resources and Services Administration,
  • the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
  • the National Institutes of Health,
  • the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
  • the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
  • the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
  • the Administration for Children and Families,
  • the Administration for Community Living, and
  • the Office of the Secretary.

Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2016

Provides appropriations to the Department of Education and related programs.

Provides appropriations to related agencies, including:

  • the Corporation for National and Community Service,
  • the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
  • the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission,
  • the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission,
  • the National Labor Relations Board, and
  • the Social Security Administration.

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. 251.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
Related Subjects
  • Abortion
  • Accounting and auditing
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Adoption and foster care
  • Adult education and literacy
  • Advisory bodies
  • Aging
  • Agricultural trade
  • Air quality
  • Allergies
  • Animal protection and human-animal relationships
  • Appropriations
  • Bank accounts, deposits, capital
  • Banking and financial institutions regulation
  • Birds
  • Birth defects
  • Budget process
  • Building construction
  • Business investment and capital
  • Buy American requirements
  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Child care and development
  • Child health
  • Child safety and welfare
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases
  • Coal
  • Commodities markets
  • Computers and information technology
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Congressional oversight
  • Consumer credit
  • Credit and credit markets
  • Dental care
  • Digestive and metabolic diseases
  • Disability and paralysis
  • Disaster relief and insurance
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Earth sciences
  • Economic performance and conditions
  • Education of the disadvantaged
  • Education programs funding
  • Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employment and training programs
  • Endangered and threatened species
  • Energy assistance for the poor and aged
  • Energy revenues and royalties
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental health
  • Environmental regulatory procedures
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Family planning and birth control
  • Family services
  • Federal appellate courts
  • Federal district courts
  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Federal officials
  • Firearms and explosives
  • Fires
  • Fishes
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Foreign labor
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Genetics
  • Government buildings, facilities, and property
  • Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Government liability
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Government trust funds
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health information and medical records
  • Health personnel
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Hearing, speech, and vision care
  • Hereditary and development disorders
  • Higher education
  • Historical and cultural resources
  • Historic sites and heritage areas
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Housing finance and home ownership
  • Humanities programs funding
  • Hydrology and hydrography
  • Immigrant health and welfare
  • Immunology and vaccination
  • Indian claims
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Insurance industry and regulation
  • Interest, dividends, interest rates
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • International organizations and cooperation
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Judicial procedure and administration
  • Labor-management relations
  • Labor standards
  • Land transfers
  • Land use and conservation
  • Law enforcement administration and funding
  • Lawyers and legal services
  • Legislative rules and procedure
  • Libraries and archives
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Livestock
  • Mammals
  • Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
  • Marine pollution
  • Medicaid
  • Medical research
  • Medicare
  • Mental health
  • Metals
  • Military history
  • Mining
  • Minority education
  • Minority health
  • Monetary policy
  • Monuments and memorials
  • Motor vehicles
  • Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
  • Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
  • National and community service
  • Neurological disorders
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition and diet
  • Oil and gas
  • Outdoor recreation
  • Parks, recreation areas, trails
  • Performing arts
  • Personnel records
  • Pest management
  • Pollution liability
  • Pornography
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
  • Product safety and quality
  • Property tax
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Real estate business
  • Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
  • Religion
  • Reptiles
  • Research administration and funding
  • Research and development
  • Right of privacy
  • Roads and highways
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Seafood
  • Securities
  • Separation, divorce, custody, support
  • Sex and reproductive health
  • Sexually transmitted diseases
  • Small business
  • Social security and elderly assistance
  • Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
  • Solid waste and recycling
Related Geographic Entities
  • Africa
  • Alaska
  • American Samoa
  • California
  • Caribbean area
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Cuba
  • District of Columbia
  • Everglades
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Great Lakes
  • Guam
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • New Jersey
  • New York City
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Oregon
  • Palau
  • Puerto Rico
Related Organizations
  • Administrative Conference of the U.S.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Commission of Fine Arts
  • Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission
  • Corporation for National and Community Service
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of Labor
  • Department of the Interior
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Election Assistance Commission
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Executive Office of the President
  • Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
  • Federal Election Commission (FEC)
  • Federal Home Loan Bank Board
  • Federal Labor Relations Authority
  • Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
  • Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  • General Services Administration
  • Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
  • Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
  • Merit Systems Protection Board
  • National Archives and Records Administration
  • National Capital Planning Commission
  • National Council on Disability
  • National Credit Union Administration
  • National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
  • National Mediation Board
  • Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
  • Office of Government Ethics
  • Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
  • Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
  • Office of Special Counsel
  • Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
  • Postal Regulatory Commission
  • Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
  • Railroad Retirement Board
  • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  • Selective Service System
  • Small Business Administration
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Social Security Administration