Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

L. 114–113 (text) (PDF)), also known as the 2016 omnibus spending bill, is the United States appropriations legislation passed during the 114th Congress which provides spending permission to a number of federal agencies for the fiscal year of 2016.

The bill first passed the US House of Representatives on April 30, 2015, by a vote of 255–163, largely along party lines.

[2] President Obama threatened to veto the legislation as written,[2] in line with his earlier statements opposing spending bills not preventing the automatic spending cuts due to budget sequestration.

[8] Republican congressional leaders and President Obama on October 26 reached a tentative deal that would modestly increase spending over two years while cutting some social programs.

[18] Unrelated policy riders included ending a 40-year-old ban on US exports of crude oil.