2016 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, Pub.L. 114-113, H.R. 2029

H. R. 2029

One tiundral fourteenth Congress
of the
linked &Stats of america
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen

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Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for
other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the "Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2016".
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement.
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations.
Sec. 6. Availability of funds.
Sec. 7. Technical allowance for estimating differences.
Sec. 8. Corrections.
Sec. 9. Adjustments to compensation.
DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016
Title I—Agricultural Programs
Title II—Conservation Programs
Title III—Rural Development Programs
Title IV—Domestic Food Programs
Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VI—Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration
Title VII—General Provisions
DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016
Title I—Department of Commerce
Title II—Department of Justice
Title III—Science
Title IV—Related Agencies
Title V—General Provisions
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016
Title I—Military Personnel
Title II—Operation and Maintenance
Title III—Procurement
Title IV—Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
Title V—Revolving and Management Funds
Title VI—Other Department of Defense Programs
Title VII—Related Agencies
Title VIII—General Provisions
Title IX—Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism

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requirement or for disaster relief requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
SEC. 743. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 of the
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of Agriculture
shall have the same authority with respect to loans guaranteed
under such section and eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 1490p-2) with respect to loans guaranteed under
such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans.
SEC. 744. There is hereby appropriated $8,000,000, to remain
available until expended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the Secretary launch the program authorized by this
section during the 2016 fiscal year and that it be carried out
through the Rural Utilities Service: Provided further, That, within
60 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a
report to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress on how the Rural Utilities Service will implement section
6407 during the 2016 fiscal year.
SEC. 745. Of the unobligated balances of appropriations in
Public Law 108-199, Public Law 109-234, and Public Law 11028 made available for the "Emergency Watershed Protection Program", $2,400,000 shall be available for the purposes of such program for any disaster occurring fiscal year 2016 or fiscal year
2017, and shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to propose, promulgate, or implement any rule, or take
any other action with respect to, allowing or requiring information
intended for a prescribing health care professional, in the case
of a drug or biological product subject to section 503(b)(1) of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to
be distributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in paper
form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to allow or require
such distribution.
SEC. 747. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule entitled
"Food Labeling; Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in
Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments" published
by the Food and Drug Administration in the Federal Register
on December 1, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 71156 et seq.) until the later
of—
(1) December 1, 2016; or
(2) the date that is one year after the date on which
the Secretary of Health and Human Services publishes Level
1 guidance with respect to nutrition labeling of standard menu
items in restaurants and similar retail food establishments
in accordance with paragraphs (g)(1)(i), (g)(1)(ii), (g)(1)(iii), and
(g)(1)(iv) of section 10.115 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 748. In addition to funds appropriated in this Act, there
is hereby appropriated $250,000,000, to remain available until
expended, under the heading "Food for Peace Title II Grants":
Provided, That the funds made available under this section shall
be used for the purposes set forth in the Food for Peace Act
for both emergency and non-emergency purposes: Provided further,
That the funds made available by this section used for emergency