# 114-hr-2685: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016

114-hr-2685, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by RODNEY FRELINGHUYSEN (R-NJ); status Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S7779) (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2685
- Congress: 114
- Title: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016
- Status: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S7779)
- Introduced: 2015-06-05
- Sponsor: RODNEY FRELINGHUYSEN (R-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for military activities. Excludes military construction, military family housing, civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, and nuclear warheads, which are all considered in other appropriations bills. Provides appropriations for Military Personnel. Provides appropriations for Operation and Maintenance, including: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; Environmental Restoration; Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid; the Cooperative Threat Reduction Account; and the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund. Provides appropriations for Procurement, including for Aircraft, Missiles, Weapons, Tracked Combat Vehicles, Ammunition, Shipbuilding and Conversion, Space, Other Procurement, and Defense Production Act Purchases. Provides appropriations for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, including for Operational Test and Evaluation. Provides appropriations for Revolving and Management Funds, including Defense Working Capital Funds and the National Defense Sealift Fund. Provides appropriations for Other Department of Defense Programs, including the Defense Health Program, Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Drug-Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, and the Office of the Inspector General. Provides appropriations for Related Agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund and the Intelligence Community Management Account. Provides additional appropriations to specified DOD accounts for Overseas Contingency Operations/ Global War on Terrorism. Rescinds specified unobligated balances from prior appropriations to DOD. Sets forth permissible, restricted, and prohibited uses for funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.

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## Sources
- [114-hr-2685 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2685)

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- [114-hr-5180: Food and Fuel Consumer Protection Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5180)
- [114-hr-5137: Moving to Work Reform and Expansion Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5137)
- [114-hr-5094: STAND for Ukraine Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5094)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2685 (as of 2025-11-18).