H.R. 2029 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016
Official title: An Act 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.
What the tracked text contains
Of the money itself: $1.44T across 37 tracked line-items — health ($683.9B, 47%), defense ($265.4B, 18%) and veterans ($245.3B, 17%) lead; 8 smaller categories carry the rest. The largest single line: $283,171,800,000 for Payments to the Medicare Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance trust funds. Beyond the cash, the text also sets $516.3M of authorizations (a ceiling on future spending), $42.4B of trust-fund obligation limits, $43.1B of trust-fund contract authority, $5.6B of set-asides (already counted above) and $900.0B of loan-guarantee ceilings — disclosed beside the total, never summed into it. The dated money sits in fiscal 2017 — 8% of tracked dollars carry a year in the text.
114th Congress · Enrolled (enacted, Public Law) · Rep. Charles W. Dent [R-PA-15] · signed into law Dec. 18, 2015 · read the full bill text →
Where the money goes
$1.44T across 37 tracked items · compare against another law →The largest verified line-items. This pie breaks down the biggest spending items in the bill — appropriations and mandatory (direct) spending — by category. Every dollar is quoted from the text; click any slice to read them. It is not necessarily every dollar in the bill, and the gaps are not always small ones — where an account was left out, How this was built at the foot of this page says so and why, and a large omission can change which category ranks first. Figures that aren’t spending — authorizations, guarantee ceilings, pay-fors, and carve-outs already counted — are deliberately left out and disclosed below.
The money map
blocks sized by dollars — open one for the law’s own wordsArea is dollars. Each block is one category of tracked spending in H.R. 2029, sized by its share of the $1.44T this page tracks. Open a block and it lists the line-items inside it, each with the passage of the enacted text that carries the dollar figure, quoted word for word, and the section it sits in. Category names are the extraction’s own labels, printed as they come — nothing here calls a category worthwhile or wasteful. The quote is the argument.
This map divides the same tracked total the pie above divides — money the text writes as exact dollar lines. It is not the bill’s total fiscal effect: what the extraction leaves out is stated above the pie and in How this was built at the foot of this page, and the dollars deliberately kept out of the count are listed under the map.
5 of the 11 blocks are too small to carry a label without overprinting themselves, so they are drawn blank — every category is named, with its figures, in the rows and the table below.
health$683.9B
$683,865,589,000 · 47% of the $1,441,450,805,000 this page tracks · 6 tracked line-items, largest first
- Payments to the Medicare Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance trust funds$283,171,800,000
“…pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $283,171,800,000…”
Division H (Labor, HHS, Education), Title II — Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; account: PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS - Grants to States for Medicaid$243,545,410,000
“…titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $243,545,410,000, to remain…”
Division H, Title II — HHS; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; account: GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID - Medicaid payments to States for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017 — a separate advance-appropriation paragraph under the same account as the $243,545,410,000 FY2016 Medicaid grant, not a carve-out of it$115,582,502,000
“…for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, $115,582,502,000, to remain…”
Division H (Labor, HHS, Education), Title II — HHS; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; account: GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID (first-quarter FY2017 paragraph) - Defense Health Program (military medical and health care)$32,329,490,000
“…of the Department of Defense as authorized by law, $32,329,490,000;…”
Division C, Title VI — Other Department of Defense Programs; account: DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM - Global health programs — HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and research (PEPFAR)$5,670,000,000
“…treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, $5,670,000,000, to remain…”
Division K (State, Foreign Operations), Title III — Bilateral Economic Assistance; Funds Appropriated to the President; account: GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS - Indian Health Services (direct health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives)$3,566,387,000→ Indian Health Service — federally recognized tribes
“…Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, $3,566,387,000, together…”
Division G (Interior, Environment), Title II — Department of Health and Human Services; Indian Health Service; account: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
defense$265.4B
$265,383,746,000 · 18% of the $1,441,450,805,000 this page tracks · 11 tracked line-items, largest first
- Military personnel, Army (pay and allowances)$41,045,562,000
“…to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $41,045,562,000…”
Division C (Department of Defense), Title I — Military Personnel; account: MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY - Operation and maintenance, Navy (the account text covers the Navy and the Marine Corps; a separate Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps account is funded at $5,718,074,000)$39,600,172,000
“…Navy and the Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $39,600,172,000:…”
Division C, Title II — Operation and Maintenance; account: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY - Operation and maintenance, Air Force$35,727,457,000
“…maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law, $35,727,457,000…”
Division C (Department of Defense), Title II — Operation and Maintenance; account: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE - Operation and maintenance, Army$32,399,440,000
“…and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law, $32,399,440,000:…”
Division C, Title II — Operation and Maintenance; account: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY - Operation and maintenance, Defense-Wide (defense agencies other than the military departments)$32,105,040,000
“…(other than the military departments), as authorized by law, $32,105,040,000…”
Division C, Title II — Operation and Maintenance; account: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE - Military personnel, Navy (pay and allowances)$27,835,183,000
“…note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $27,835,183,000…”
Division C, Title I — Military Personnel; account: MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY - Research, development, test and evaluation, Air Force$25,217,148,000
“…rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $25,217,148,000, to remain…”
Division C, Title IV — Research, Development, Test and Evaluation; account: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE - Shipbuilding and conversion, Navy$18,704,539,000
“…$18,704,539,000, to remain available for obligation until September…”
Division C, Title III — Procurement; account: SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY - National Nuclear Security Administration — Weapons Activities (nuclear weapons stockpile)$8,846,948,000
“…plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $8,846,948,000, to remain…”
Division D (Energy and Water Development), Title III — Department of Energy; Atomic Energy Defense Activities; account: WEAPONS ACTIVITIES - Afghanistan Security Forces Fund (Overseas Contingency Operations)$3,652,257,000→ Afghanistan — Afghan National Army and Police
“…Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, $3,652,257,000, to remain…”
Division C, Title IX — Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism; account: AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND - Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative$250,000,000→ Ukraine
“…Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, $250,000,000 is hereby appropriated, to…”
Division C, Title IX — Overseas Contingency Operations, Sec. 9014
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
veterans$245.3B
$245,275,858,000 · 17% of the $1,441,450,805,000 this page tracks · 3 tracked line-items, largest first
- Veterans compensation, pension and burial benefits — a single appropriation covering FY2016 plus a $86,083,128,000 advance that becomes available October 1, 2016$162,948,673,000
“…and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $162,948,673,000, to…”
Division J (Military Construction and Veterans Affairs), Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits Administration; account: COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS - VA Medical Services — the FY2017 ADVANCE appropriation, available October 1, 2016 (this act also adds $2,369,158,000 to the FY2016 side of the same account)$51,673,000,000
“…in addition, $51,673,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall…”
Division J, Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL SERVICES - Veterans readjustment and rehabilitation benefits including the Post-9/11 GI Bill — FY2016 plus a $16,340,828,000 advance that becomes available October 1, 2016$30,654,185,000
“…and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $30,654,185,000, to…”
Division J, Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits Administration; account: READJUSTMENT BENEFITS
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
income security$164.9B
$164,933,387,000 · 11% of the $1,441,450,805,000 this page tracks · 4 tracked line-items, largest first
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP / food stamps)$80,849,383,000
“…Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $80,849,383,000, of…”
Division A (Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA), Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; Food and Nutrition Service; account: SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Supplemental Security Income program$46,305,733,000
“…section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, $46,305,733,000, to remain…”
Division H, Title IV — Related Agencies; Social Security Administration; account: SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM - Child nutrition programs (National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs)$22,149,746,000
“…et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $22,149,746,000 to remain available…”
Division A, Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; Food and Nutrition Service; account: CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS - HUD Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (Section 8 housing choice vouchers), available October 1, 2015$15,628,525,000
“…(the Act herein), not otherwise provided for, $15,628,525,000, to remain…”
Division L, Title II — Department of Housing and Urban Development; Public and Indian Housing; account: TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
education$40.2B
$40,215,000,000 · 3% of the $1,441,450,805,000 this page tracks · 2 tracked line-items, largest first
- Student financial assistance (Pell Grants and campus-based aid)$24,198,210,000
“…and part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,198,210,000, which shall…”
Division H, Title III — Department of Education; account: STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - Education for the disadvantaged (ESEA Title I grants to local school districts)$16,016,790,000
“…of 1965 (referred to in this Act as HEA), $16,016,790,000, of…”
Division H, Title III — Department of Education; account: EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
other$14.1B
$14,114,786,000 · 1% of the $1,441,450,805,000 this page tracks · 3 tracked line-items, largest first
- FBI salaries and expenses$8,489,786,000
“…and prosecution of crimes against the United States, $8,489,786,000, of…”
Division B (Commerce, Justice, Science), Title II — Department of Justice; Federal Bureau of Investigation; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES - September 11th Victim Compensation Fund — Group B claims (permanent appropriation, no further action needed to spend)$4,600,000,000→ September 11th Victim Compensation Fund claimants
“…in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $4,600,000,000 for fiscal year 2017,…”
Division O (Other Matters), Title IV — James Zadroga 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Reauthorization, Sec. 410(c) - United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund (permanent appropriation)$1,025,000,000→ U.S. victims of state-sponsored terrorism
“…of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,025,000,000 for fiscal year…”
Division O, Title IV, Sec. 404 — Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act, subsec. (e)(5)
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
transportation$11.2B
$11,161,224,000 · 1% of the $1,441,450,805,000 this page tracks · 3 tracked line-items, largest first
- FAA Operations (air traffic control, aviation safety and certification)$9,909,724,000
“…to amounts made available by Public Law 112–95, $9,909,724,000 of which…”
Division L, Title I — Federal Aviation Administration; account: OPERATIONS - Capital and debt service grants to Amtrak$1,101,500,000→ National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
“…XI of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act), $1,101,500,000, to…”
Division L, Title I — Federal Railroad Administration; account: CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION - Grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for capital and preventive maintenance$150,000,000→ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC / Maryland / Virginia)
“…of division B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain…”
Division L, Title I — Federal Transit Administration; account: GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
community & regional development$7.4B
$7,374,693,000 · 1% of the $1,441,450,805,000 this page tracks · 1 tracked line-item, largest first
- FEMA Disaster Relief Fund (Stafford Act disaster response and recovery)$7,374,693,000
“…Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $7,374,693,000 to remain available…”
Division F (Department of Homeland Security), Title III — Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery; Federal Emergency Management Agency; account: DISASTER RELIEF FUND
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
international affairs$4.7B
$4,737,522,000 · 0.3% of the $1,441,450,805,000 this page tracks · 1 tracked line-item, largest first
- Foreign Military Financing Program — grants to allied governments to buy U.S. defense articles$4,737,522,000
“…of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, $4,737,522,000: Provided,…”
Division K, Title IV — International Security Assistance; Funds Appropriated to the President; account: FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
science$4.0B
$4,030,000,000 · 0.3% of the $1,441,450,805,000 this page tracks · 1 tracked line-item, largest first
- NASA Exploration (deep-space human exploration systems)$4,030,000,000→ National Aeronautics and Space Administration
“…and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $4,030,000,000, to remain…”
Division B, Title III — Science; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; account: EXPLORATION
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
water$359.0M
$359,000,000 · 0.0% of the $1,441,450,805,000 this page tracks · 2 tracked line-items, largest first
- Mississippi River and Tributaries flood damage reduction projects$345,000,000→ Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri
“…below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $345,000,000, to…”
Division D, Title I — Corps of Engineers—Civil; account: MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES - Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (Clean Rivers combined-sewer overflow project)$14,000,000→ District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
“…to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, $14,000,000, to…”
Division E (Financial Services and General Government), Title IV — District of Columbia; Federal Funds; account: FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
- Authorizations (a ceiling on future spending) · 1 tracked item$516.3M
- Trust-fund obligation limits · 1 tracked item$42.4B
- Trust-fund contract authority · 1 tracked item$43.1B
- Set-asides (already counted above) · 3 tracked items$5.6B
- Loan-guarantee ceilings · 2 tracked items$900.0B
None of these are added to the map. They are ceilings, borrowing limits, carve-outs of dollars already counted inside a block above, or pay-fors — summing them into the map would count the same money twice and draw permission to spend as spending. Each is itemized further down this page.
| Category | Tracked dollars | Share of $1,441,450,805,000 | Line-items |
|---|---|---|---|
| health | $683,865,589,000 | 47% | 6 |
| defense | $265,383,746,000 | 18% | 11 |
| veterans | $245,275,858,000 | 17% | 3 |
| income security | $164,933,387,000 | 11% | 4 |
| education | $40,215,000,000 | 3% | 2 |
| other | $14,114,786,000 | 1% | 3 |
| transportation | $11,161,224,000 | 1% | 3 |
| community & regional development | $7,374,693,000 | 1% | 1 |
| international affairs | $4,737,522,000 | 0.3% | 1 |
| science | $4,030,000,000 | 0.3% | 1 |
| water | $359,000,000 | 0.0% | 2 |
| Tracked total | $1,441,450,805,000 | 100% | 37 |
What’s in this bill
every mechanism we could extract, at one scaleA law can move money four different ways, and only one of them is cash. This compares what H.R. 2029 actually spends against what it authorizes, caps, guarantees or pays for. Every bar is a sample. Each one sums the tracked line-items in that mechanism — the largest figures that appear in the text as an exact dollar string — so a bar is a floor, not a mechanism total, and on some laws it is a small fraction of one. Each bar carries its item count and, where the items carry years, the span it covers and where those years came from.
These bars are not added together. Only the top bar is money leaving the Treasury. The rest are ceilings, borrowing limits, carve-outs of money already counted above, or pay-fors — summing them would count the same dollars twice and treat permission to spend as spending. How this was built says what each extraction left out.
What CBO says it does to the deficit
verified estimate, quoted with its basisNo verified CBO estimate is on file for this bill yet — the gap is stated here rather than filled from memory or news coverage.
The terms on this page, in plain English
What these things actually are — and what this bill does to each of them. Written for readers, not staffers; every figure in the “in this bill” lines appears elsewhere on this page.
The Highway Trust Fund
The federal government's dedicated road-and-transit account. Money flows in from federal taxes on gasoline and diesel, and flows out to state highway and transit projects. Congress promises states money from it years in advance — so the fund's health depends on fuel-tax receipts keeping up with the promises, and for years they haven't. When the gap gets big enough, Congress moves ordinary Treasury money in to cover it.
Contract authority
A promise now, cash later. Congress lets highway agencies sign binding commitments against future trust-fund money before any cash is in hand — useful because a bridge takes years to build. The commitments are real spending eventually, but the figure here is permission to commit, so it is disclosed beside the total rather than counted as money out the door.
Obligation limitation
The annual brake on those promises. States hold years of trust-fund commitments, and each year's spending bill caps how much of them may turn into actual signed spending that year. It is real money moving, but the number is a limit on older promises — not new money — so adding it to the total would double-count.
Authorization (“authorized to be appropriated”)
Permission, not money. “There is authorized to be appropriated $X” sets a ceiling on what a future spending bill may provide — and if that later bill never passes, not a dollar moves. Much of a landmark law's famous headline number is this kind of permission, which is why this site never adds it to the spending total.
Mandatory vs. discretionary spending
Discretionary money must be re-approved every year in appropriations bills — if Congress does nothing, it stops. Mandatory (also called direct) spending is written into permanent law and flows automatically until Congress changes the law itself. Benefit programs mostly work the mandatory way, which is why they don't show up in the yearly funding fights.
Loan-guarantee ceiling
The government co-signing loans, not spending money. The figure caps how much new lending the government may promise to stand behind; cash leaves the Treasury only if borrowers default. These ceilings can dwarf a bill's actual spending — which is exactly why they are shown separately and never summed into it.
Advance appropriation
Money approved now for a future year. Used above all for veterans' benefits and care, so that a government shutdown or a late budget can never interrupt disability checks or hospital operations — the money for next year is already law.
Set-aside (carve-out)
A floor inside money already counted: “of the amounts above, at least $X shall go to Y.” It steers the money rather than adding to it — counting a carve-out again would double-count — so it is disclosed beside the total, never summed into it.
SNAP (food stamps)
Monthly grocery money on a debit card for low-income households. It is an entitlement: everyone who qualifies and applies receives it, and the appropriation has to cover whoever shows up — so the figure moves with the economy, not with a policy choice in this bill.
Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8)
Rent help for low-income tenants: the household pays roughly a third of its income, the voucher covers the rest up to a local cap. Unlike SNAP it is not an entitlement — when the year's money runs out, waiting lists grow. That is why this annual number decides how many families are actually helped.
When the money is for
fiscal years the tracked line-items carry2 of 37 tracked line-items carry a fiscal year in their own quoted text — 8% of the tracked dollars. The no year column is money the text appropriates without naming a year in the quoted passage; it is shown so the dated columns aren’t mistaken for the whole schedule.
How they voted
| For | Against | Abstained | Did not vote | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | 115 77% | 34 23% | — | 1 1% | 150 |
| Democrats | 72 89% | 8 10% | — | 1 1% | 81 |
| Republicans | 43 62% | 26 38% | — | — | 69 |
| Senate | 40 62% | 25 38% | — | — | 65 |
| Democrats | 26 84% | 5 16% | — | — | 31 |
| Republicans | 13 41% | 19 59% | — | — | 32 |
| Independents | 1 50% | 1 50% | — | — | 2 |
“Did not vote” is not the same as “absent.” The record distinguishes Present — there, and formally declining to take a side — from Not Voting, where no vote was cast. That is usually absence, but the roll call does not say so, so this table does not either.
Did not vote (1): Henry Cuellar (D-TX).
A member is recorded as not voting for many ordinary reasons — illness, a death in the family, official travel, or a paired vote arranged with a colleague on the other side. The roll call gives no reason, so neither does this page, and nothing here is counted against anyone’s grade. This site tracks a small number of major bills, so a single absence is a large share of what is shown here and a very small share of the hundreds of votes a member actually casts.
These tallies count the 215 members sitting today who have a recorded position, not the historical result. Several of these bills passed in earlier Congresses, and members who have since left are not in the roster — so the totals here are smaller than the 435 + 100 that voted at the time. Where both chambers held a recorded vote, a member is grouped by the chamber they sit in now; anyone who has switched chambers since then appears in their current row.
Authorizations (a ceiling on future spending) — $516.3M
“There are authorized to be appropriated $X” sets a CAP on what a future appropriations bill may provide — it is permission, not money. Much of a landmark law’s headline figure is this. It is disclosed here, never summed into the pie, because the cash only exists if a later bill actually appropriates it.
- Intelligence Community Management Account — CEILING on future appropriations (authorization, not money provided)$516.3MFY2016
Trust-fund obligation limits — $42.4B
Ceilings on Highway Trust Fund contract authority. Real spending, but the figure is a limit and the underlying authority is set in the surface-transportation law, not this bill — so it is disclosed here, not summed into the spending pie.
- FY2016 ceiling on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction (Highway Trust Fund contract authority provided by the FAST Act, not by this bill)$42.4BFY2016
Trust-fund contract authority — $43.1B
Highway/transit contract authority drawn from a trust fund, phrased as an obligation ceiling. Real spending, but drawn down over years and set here as a limit — disclosed, not folded into the pie, to avoid double-counting with any general-fund transfer that backs it.
- Liquidating cash appropriation from the Highway Trust Fund to pay obligations already incurred under Federal-aid highway contract authority (not new budget authority; the FY2016 ceiling is the separate $42,361,000,000 obligation limitation)$43.1B
Set-asides (already counted above) — $5.6B
A carve-out or reservation WITHIN a larger line-item already in the pie (e.g. a share of a fund reserved for a specific use). Shown for detail but NOT summed in — its dollars are part of the parent, and counting both would double-count.
- Foreign Military Financing grants reserved for Israel — carve-out within the $4,737,522,000 FMF account$3.1B
- Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket — carve-out within NASA Exploration (part of the $4,030,000,000 above)$2.0B
- Israeli Cooperative Programs (Iron Dome, David's Sling, Arrow missile defense) — carve-out from Procurement, Defense-Wide and RDT&E, Defense-Wide$487.6M
Loan-guarantee ceilings — $900.0B
Caps on NEW loan or mortgage-backed-security guarantee commitments. No cash is spent — the government only backstops private lending — so these are excluded from the pie entirely.
- Ginnie Mae — ceiling on NEW mortgage-backed-securities guarantee commitments (a backstop for private lending; no cash is spent)$500.0B
- FHA Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund — ceiling on NEW single-family loan guarantee commitments (no cash outlay)$400.0B
Every tracked dollar, cited
37 spending line-items · 2 carry a fiscal yearhealth$683.9B · 47%
- Payments to the Medicare Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance trust funds$283,171,800,000
“…pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $283,171,800,000…”
Division H (Labor, HHS, Education), Title II — Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; account: PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS - Grants to States for Medicaid$243,545,410,000
“…titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $243,545,410,000, to remain…”
Division H, Title II — HHS; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; account: GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID - Medicaid payments to States for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017 — a separate advance-appropriation paragraph under the same account as the $243,545,410,000 FY2016 Medicaid grant, not a carve-out of it$115,582,502,000FY2017
“…for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, $115,582,502,000, to remain…”
Division H (Labor, HHS, Education), Title II — HHS; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; account: GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID (first-quarter FY2017 paragraph) - Defense Health Program (military medical and health care)$32,329,490,000
“…of the Department of Defense as authorized by law, $32,329,490,000;…”
Division C, Title VI — Other Department of Defense Programs; account: DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM - Global health programs — HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and research (PEPFAR)$5,670,000,000
“…treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, $5,670,000,000, to remain…”
Division K (State, Foreign Operations), Title III — Bilateral Economic Assistance; Funds Appropriated to the President; account: GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS - Indian Health Services (direct health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives)$3,566,387,000→ Indian Health Service — federally recognized tribes
“…Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, $3,566,387,000, together…”
Division G (Interior, Environment), Title II — Department of Health and Human Services; Indian Health Service; account: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
defense$265.4B · 18%
- Military personnel, Army (pay and allowances)$41,045,562,000
“…to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $41,045,562,000…”
Division C (Department of Defense), Title I — Military Personnel; account: MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY - Operation and maintenance, Navy (the account text covers the Navy and the Marine Corps; a separate Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps account is funded at $5,718,074,000)$39,600,172,000
“…Navy and the Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $39,600,172,000:…”
Division C, Title II — Operation and Maintenance; account: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY - Operation and maintenance, Air Force$35,727,457,000
“…maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law, $35,727,457,000…”
Division C (Department of Defense), Title II — Operation and Maintenance; account: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE - Operation and maintenance, Army$32,399,440,000
“…and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law, $32,399,440,000:…”
Division C, Title II — Operation and Maintenance; account: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY - Operation and maintenance, Defense-Wide (defense agencies other than the military departments)$32,105,040,000
“…(other than the military departments), as authorized by law, $32,105,040,000…”
Division C, Title II — Operation and Maintenance; account: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE - Military personnel, Navy (pay and allowances)$27,835,183,000
“…note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $27,835,183,000…”
Division C, Title I — Military Personnel; account: MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY - Research, development, test and evaluation, Air Force$25,217,148,000
“…rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $25,217,148,000, to remain…”
Division C, Title IV — Research, Development, Test and Evaluation; account: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE - Shipbuilding and conversion, Navy$18,704,539,000
“…$18,704,539,000, to remain available for obligation until September…”
Division C, Title III — Procurement; account: SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY - National Nuclear Security Administration — Weapons Activities (nuclear weapons stockpile)$8,846,948,000
“…plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $8,846,948,000, to remain…”
Division D (Energy and Water Development), Title III — Department of Energy; Atomic Energy Defense Activities; account: WEAPONS ACTIVITIES - Afghanistan Security Forces Fund (Overseas Contingency Operations)$3,652,257,000→ Afghanistan — Afghan National Army and Police
“…Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, $3,652,257,000, to remain…”
Division C, Title IX — Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism; account: AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND - Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative$250,000,000→ Ukraine
“…Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, $250,000,000 is hereby appropriated, to…”
Division C, Title IX — Overseas Contingency Operations, Sec. 9014
veterans$245.3B · 17%
- Veterans compensation, pension and burial benefits — a single appropriation covering FY2016 plus a $86,083,128,000 advance that becomes available October 1, 2016$162,948,673,000
“…and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $162,948,673,000, to…”
Division J (Military Construction and Veterans Affairs), Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits Administration; account: COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS - VA Medical Services — the FY2017 ADVANCE appropriation, available October 1, 2016 (this act also adds $2,369,158,000 to the FY2016 side of the same account)$51,673,000,000
“…in addition, $51,673,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall…”
Division J, Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL SERVICES - Veterans readjustment and rehabilitation benefits including the Post-9/11 GI Bill — FY2016 plus a $16,340,828,000 advance that becomes available October 1, 2016$30,654,185,000
“…and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $30,654,185,000, to…”
Division J, Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits Administration; account: READJUSTMENT BENEFITS
income security$164.9B · 11%
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP / food stamps)$80,849,383,000
“…Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $80,849,383,000, of…”
Division A (Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA), Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; Food and Nutrition Service; account: SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Supplemental Security Income program$46,305,733,000
“…section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, $46,305,733,000, to remain…”
Division H, Title IV — Related Agencies; Social Security Administration; account: SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM - Child nutrition programs (National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs)$22,149,746,000
“…et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $22,149,746,000 to remain available…”
Division A, Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; Food and Nutrition Service; account: CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS - HUD Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (Section 8 housing choice vouchers), available October 1, 2015$15,628,525,000
“…(the Act herein), not otherwise provided for, $15,628,525,000, to remain…”
Division L, Title II — Department of Housing and Urban Development; Public and Indian Housing; account: TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE
education$40.2B · 3%
- Student financial assistance (Pell Grants and campus-based aid)$24,198,210,000
“…and part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,198,210,000, which shall…”
Division H, Title III — Department of Education; account: STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - Education for the disadvantaged (ESEA Title I grants to local school districts)$16,016,790,000
“…of 1965 (referred to in this Act as HEA), $16,016,790,000, of…”
Division H, Title III — Department of Education; account: EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
other$14.1B · 1%
- FBI salaries and expenses$8,489,786,000
“…and prosecution of crimes against the United States, $8,489,786,000, of…”
Division B (Commerce, Justice, Science), Title II — Department of Justice; Federal Bureau of Investigation; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES - September 11th Victim Compensation Fund — Group B claims (permanent appropriation, no further action needed to spend)$4,600,000,000FY2017→ September 11th Victim Compensation Fund claimants
“…in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $4,600,000,000 for fiscal year 2017,…”
Division O (Other Matters), Title IV — James Zadroga 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Reauthorization, Sec. 410(c) - United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund (permanent appropriation)$1,025,000,000→ U.S. victims of state-sponsored terrorism
“…of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,025,000,000 for fiscal year…”
Division O, Title IV, Sec. 404 — Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act, subsec. (e)(5)
transportation$11.2B · 1%
- FAA Operations (air traffic control, aviation safety and certification)$9,909,724,000
“…to amounts made available by Public Law 112–95, $9,909,724,000 of which…”
Division L, Title I — Federal Aviation Administration; account: OPERATIONS - Capital and debt service grants to Amtrak$1,101,500,000→ National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
“…XI of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act), $1,101,500,000, to…”
Division L, Title I — Federal Railroad Administration; account: CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION - Grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for capital and preventive maintenance$150,000,000→ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC / Maryland / Virginia)
“…of division B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain…”
Division L, Title I — Federal Transit Administration; account: GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
community & regional development$7.4B · 1%
- FEMA Disaster Relief Fund (Stafford Act disaster response and recovery)$7,374,693,000
“…Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $7,374,693,000 to remain available…”
Division F (Department of Homeland Security), Title III — Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery; Federal Emergency Management Agency; account: DISASTER RELIEF FUND
international affairs$4.7B · 0.3%
- Foreign Military Financing Program — grants to allied governments to buy U.S. defense articles$4,737,522,000
“…of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, $4,737,522,000: Provided,…”
Division K, Title IV — International Security Assistance; Funds Appropriated to the President; account: FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
science$4.0B · 0.3%
- NASA Exploration (deep-space human exploration systems)$4,030,000,000→ National Aeronautics and Space Administration
“…and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $4,030,000,000, to remain…”
Division B, Title III — Science; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; account: EXPLORATION
water$359.0M · 0.0%
- Mississippi River and Tributaries flood damage reduction projects$345,000,000→ Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri
“…below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $345,000,000, to…”
Division D, Title I — Corps of Engineers—Civil; account: MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES - Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (Clean Rivers combined-sewer overflow project)$14,000,000→ District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
“…to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, $14,000,000, to…”
Division E (Financial Services and General Government), Title IV — District of Columbia; Federal Funds; account: FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
How this was built
Parsed the enrolled XML with ElementTree, walking division -> title -> appropriations-major/intermediate/small nodes to isolate each budget account's lead text (989 amount-bearing account nodes), ranked accounts by their largest dollar figure, read each candidate's operative verb by hand to assign a funding mechanism, and generated every citation quote by slicing a <=15-word window directly out of the source text (XML itertext joined, whitespace collapsed) so each quote is an exact substring by construction. ADVERSARIAL SECOND PASS: the enrolled XML was independently re-fetched from the same source_url (4,250,263 bytes, bill-stage="Enrolled-Bill"), every amount and every quote was re-located as a literal substring of the freshly normalized text (45/45 pass), and the operative verb around EACH dollar was re-read in a +/-900-character window to re-derive the mechanism from the statutory language rather than from the first pass's label. 45 of 45 sampled figures were re-located as exact strings in the source text. Source: GovInfo enrolled bill text. Full bill text.
Extraction notes (technical)
SOURCE: the ENROLLED (enacted) text of H.R. 2029, fetched from GovInfo bulk BILLS; the XML root carries bill-stage="Enrolled-Bill" and dc:title "HR 2029 ENR: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016". Signed 2015-12-18 as Public Law 114-113. Sponsor and enactment date cross-checked against the keyless GovInfo BILLSTATUS package (BILLSTATUS-114hr2029.xml). The bill was introduced as the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill and became the vehicle for the full-year omnibus, which is why the official enrolled title still reads "military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies" while section 1 short-titles it the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. WHY BILL TEXT, NOT THE CBO SCORE: 12 of the law's 17 divisions (A-L) are ordinary appropriations acts whose money appears as explicit "For necessary expenses ... $X" account lines, so the enacted text is the honest source. spending_source = bill_text. THESE ARE THE LARGEST AND MOST ILLUSTRATIVE ITEMS, NOT THE WHOLE ACT. The structural parse found 989 appropriation-bearing account nodes across the 17 divisions; 45 are extracted here. The tracked total is a FLOOR on what the law provides, never a claim of its complete total. Large accounts still not extracted include Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy ($18,117,677,000), the first-quarter-FY2017 Supplemental Security Income advance ($14,500,000,000), Special Education/IDEA ($12,976,858,000), HUD Project-Based Rental Assistance ($10,220,000,000) and the FTA transit obligation limitation ($9,347,604,639). SEVEN FUNDING MECHANISMS APPEAR AND MUST NOT BE SUMMED TOGETHER: (1) appropriation (35 items, $1,435,825,805,000) - budget authority actually provided by this law. Note that this includes appropriated ENTITLEMENTS (Medicaid, SNAP, SSI, veterans compensation, the Medicare trust-fund payment): the operative verb in each is an appropriating one ("For carrying out ... $X"), so they are tagged appropriation, even though the underlying programs are mandatory. Two of these items are ADVANCE appropriations that this act provides but that become available later: VA Medical Services ($51,673,000,000, available October 1, 2016) and the first-quarter-FY2017 Medicaid payment ($115,582,502,000). The VA Compensation and Pensions ($162,948,673,000) and Readjustment Benefits ($30,654,185,000) lines are each a single appropriation spanning FY2016 plus an FY2017 advance carved out inside the same sentence ($86,083,128,000 and $16,340,828,000 respectively). (2) direct_spending (2 items, $5,625,000,000) - permanent appropriations in Division O that spend without any further appropriations act: the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund ($4,600,000,000) and the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund ($1,025,000,000). Both texts read "There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated" and both make the money available "without further appropriation". (3) obligation_limitation - the $42,361,000,000 FY2016 ceiling on Federal-aid highway obligations. The underlying contract authority is provided by the FAST Act, not by this bill. (4) contract_authority - the $43,100,000,000 Federal-aid Highways line appears under the heading "(Liquidation of contract authorization)(Highway Trust Fund)" and is a LIQUIDATING CASH APPROPRIATION that pays obligations already incurred against Highway Trust Fund contract authority. It is not new budget authority, and counting it alongside the $42,361,000,000 obligation limitation would double-count the same highway program. Both are disclosed; neither is in the pie. (5) set_aside (3 items) - carve-outs INSIDE a parent line-item, shown for detail and never summed again: $2,000,000,000 for the Space Launch System is part of NASA Exploration's $4,030,000,000; $3,100,000,000 in Foreign Military Financing grants for Israel is part of the $4,737,522,000 FMF account; $487,595,000 for Israeli Cooperative Programs is carved out of Procurement, Defense-Wide and RDT&E, Defense-Wide (whose account totals are not extracted here). (6) loan_guarantee_ceiling ($900,000,000,000) - Ginnie Mae's $500,000,000,000 MBS guarantee ceiling and FHA's $400,000,000,000 single-family guarantee ceiling. Both read "New commitments ... shall not exceed $X". These cap NEW guarantee commitments; the government backstops private lending and spends no cash. A naive "add every dollar in the bill" would be dominated by them. The act contains further ceilings not extracted here (FHA General and Special Risk $30,000,000,000, SBA 7(a) business loans $26,500,000,000, rural housing unsubsidized guaranteed loans $24,000,000,000). (7) authorization - Division M is the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, whose operative verb is "There is authorized to be appropriated ... the sum of $516,306,000". That is a CEILING ON FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS, i.e. permission, not money, and it is not in the pie. TAX DIVISIONS: Division P (Tax-Related Provisions) and Division Q (the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015) carry the law's largest ten-year budget effect, but they operate by amending the Internal Revenue Code - they contain NO "$X for Y" spending lines. Their revenue cost exists only in the JCT/CBO estimate, which is a separate document. No dollar figure is invented for them here, and no revenue_or_offset line-item is claimed. EARMARK / PROJECT DETAIL: section 4 of the act gives the accompanying explanatory statement (printed in the Congressional Record) the effect of a joint explanatory statement. Project-by-project detail behind account totals lives there, not in the bill text, and is a separately-cited later layer. VERIFICATION: all 45 dollar strings and all 45 quotes were re-located as exact substrings of the independently re-fetched source (45/45 pass), and each item's dollar string was confirmed to sit inside its own quote. source_occurrences reports how many times that dollar string appears anywhere in the act; every quote is unique (quote_occurrences = 1), so where a dollar string repeats the quote still pins the citation to one place.
How this lands in a state
two layers, in order: reported, shownPick a state and this section gives you two different things, and keeps them apart. First, what the government itself reports — obligations Treasury tags to this law, where such a tag exists. Second, the state’s own numbers — the same rows an assessment would be given, with their sources and vintages, so you can check this page against the record behind it. Every state is treated identically.
1. What the government reports
no official per-state breakdown exists for this lawNo official source breaks H.R. 2029 down by state, so this page publishes no per-state dollar figure for it. No Disaster Emergency Fund Code maps to this law, so no reported obligation can be traced back to it. Without that tag there is no audit trail from an award to this bill, and any per-state figure would be modelled rather than derived.
Two of the 31 laws tracked on this site can be broken down honestly — the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the American Rescue Plan Act — because Treasury tags their money with a Disaster Emergency Fund Code that maps to one public law and no other. Where no such code exists, a per-state figure would be modelled rather than derived, and this site does not publish modelled numbers.
The route we refuse to take, and why (technical)
USAspending's award SEARCH endpoints accept the same def_codes filter but select AWARDS, not DOLLARS: they return an award's entire obligation if any part of it touched the law's money. That route reported a single Sandia National Laboratories contract as $42.8B of IIJA money in New Mexico against a true DEFC-apportioned $64.5M, and overstated ARPA nationally by about 80%. It is not used here and must not be.
2. The assessment
nothing staged into this buildNo assessments were staged into this build. This layer reads precomputed readings out of the page, and this build carries none, so there is nothing here for any state — a gap in the build rather than a fact about H.R. 2029. The two sourced layers either side of it are unaffected: they are the government’s figures and the state’s own, and neither depends on a model.
3. The state’s own numbers
the rows the assessment was givenChoose a state above to see the measured profile the assessment reads from — its industry mix, its concentrations, and its energy consumption, each with its source and vintage.
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