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

Bill: 114-s-2132
Sponsor: Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]
Introduced: 2015-10-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Abortion
Accounting and auditing
Administrative Conference of the U.S.
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Africa
Aging
Agricultural trade
Air quality
Alaska
Allergies
American Samoa
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
California
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Chesapeake Bay
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Commission of Fine Arts
Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer credit
Corporation for National and Community Service
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Credit and credit markets
Cuba
Dental care
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of the Interior
Department of the Treasury
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and paralysis
Disaster relief and insurance
District of Columbia
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Earth sciences
Economic performance and conditions
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Election Assistance Commission
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 Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Everglades
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Family planning and birth control
Family services
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)
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Federal officials
Federal-Indian relations
Firearms and explosives
Fires
Fishes
Florida
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign labor
Forests, forestry, trees
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
General Services Administration
Genetics
Georgia
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
Great Lakes
Guam
Gulf of Mexico
HIV/AIDS
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
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
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
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial procedure and administration
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Latin America
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
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Mental health
Merit Systems Protection Board
Metals
Mexico
Military history
Mining
Minority education
Minority health
Monetary policy
Monuments and memorials
Motor vehicles
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
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
National and community service
Neurological disorders
New Jersey
New York City
Northern Mariana Islands
Nursing
Nutrition and diet
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
Oil and gas
Oregon
Outdoor recreation
Palau
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Performing arts
Personnel records
Pest management
Pollution liability
Pornography
Postal Regulatory Commission
Poverty and welfare assistance
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Product safety and quality
Property tax
Public contracts and procurement
Puerto Rico
Racial and ethnic relations
Railroad Retirement Board
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
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Selective Service System
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Sex and reproductive health
Sexually transmitted diseases
Small Business Administration
Small business
Smithsonian Institution
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: 

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. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-10-06
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 251.
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Introduced in Senate