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                         THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998

          ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS, ADVANCE FUNDING, AND FORWARD FUNDING

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       ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS, ADVANCE FUNDING, AND FORWARD FUNDING

        I. An advance appropriation is one made to become available one
    fiscal year or more beyond the fiscal year for which the appropriation
    act is passed. Advance appropriations in fiscal year 1998 appropriations
    acts will become available for programs in 1999 or beyond. Since these
    appropriations are not available until after fiscal year 1998, the
    amounts will not be included in fiscal year 1998 budget totals, but will
    be reflected in the budget totals for the fiscal year for which they are
    requested.
        The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (31 U.S.C. 1105(a)(17))
    requires inclusion in the budget of ``information on estimates of
    appropriations for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which
    the budget is submitted for grants, contracts, and other payments under
    each program for which there is an authorization of appropriations for
    that following fiscal year when the appropriations are authorized to be
    included in an appropriation law for the fiscal year before the fiscal
    year in which the appropriation is to be available for obligation.'' In
    fulfillment of this requirement, the table below lists those accounts
    authorized to receive, in fiscal year 1998, advance appropriations for
    fiscal year 1999 and beyond and cites the authorizing statute. The
    listing is in two parts: Part A shows the amounts of advance
    appropriations included in the 1998 budget. Part B is a listing of
    accounts for which advance appropriations are authorized but not
    requested in the 1998 budget.

      A. Accounts for which advance appropriations are included in the 1998
                                                                     budget:
                            Department of Agriculture:
                                Food stamp program (7 U.S.C. 2011-2027,
                                    2029): $6,600 million for 1999.
                                Foreign agricultural service and general
                                    sales manager (7 U.S.C. 1761-1768): $3
                                    million for 1999.
                            Department of Commerce:
                                National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                    Administration, capital assets
                                    acquisition: $724 million for 1999; $551
                                    million for 2000; $480 million for 2001;
                                    $375 million for 2002; $202 million for
                                    2003; $185 million for 2004; $180
                                    million for 2005; $180 million for 2006;
                                    $180 million for 2007; $143 million for
                                    2008; $143 million for 2009; $143
                                    million for 2010.
                            Department of Defense--Military:
                                All accounts (P.L. 99-145 sec. 1405):
                                    $257,161 million for 1999.
                            Department of Defense--Civil:
                                Army Corps of Engineers, Construction,
                                    general: $277 million for 1999; $177
                                    million for 2000; $89 million for 2001;
                                    $32 million for 2002.
                            Department of Education:
                                Education for the disadvantaged (20 U.S.C.
                                    1223): $1,298 million for 1999.
                            Department of Energy:
                                Clean coal technology (42 U.S.C. 5901 et
                                    seq., 13362): $183 million for 1999.
                                Defense asset acquisition (42 U.S.C. 7101,
                                    et seq.): $1,067 million for 1999.
                                Defense environmental management
                                    privatization (42 U.S.C. 7101, et seq.):
                                    $800 million for 1999.
                                Defense environmental restoration and waste
                                    management (42 U.S.C. 7101, et seq.):
                                    $4,647 million for 1999.
                                Defense nuclear waste disposal (P.L. 97-
                                    425): $190 million for 1999.
                                General science and research activities (42
                                    U.S.C. 5901 et seq.): $65 million for
                                    1999; $70 million for 2000; $70 million
                                    for 2001; $70 million for 2002; $65
                                    million for 2003; $54 million for 2004.
                                Other defense activities (42 U.S.C. 7101, et
                                    seq.): $1,604 million for 1999.
                                Weapons activities (42 U.S.C. 7101, et
                                    seq.): $3,497 million for 1999.
                            Department of Health and Human Services:
                                Payments to States for the child care and
                                    development block grant (42 U.S.C.
                                    9858): $1,000 million for 1999.
                                Grants to States for Medicaid (42 U.S.C.,
                                    sec. 1396): $27,801 million for 1999.
                                Indian Health Facilities (Indian Self-
                                    Determination Act, Indian Health Care
                                    Improvement Act, Title II and III of
                                    Public Health Service Act): $39 million
                                    for 1999; $31 million for 2000.
                                Low income home energy assistance (P.L. 97-
                                    35): $1,000 million for 1999.
                                National Institutes of Health (Sec. 301,
                                    311, Title IV, and part D of Title XXIII
                                    of the Public Health Service Act): $90
                                    million for 1999; $40 million for 2000.
                                Payments to States for foster care and
                                    adoption assistance (P.L. 96-272):
                                    $1,158 million for 1999.
                            Department of the Interior:
                                Everglades restoration fund (16 U.S.C. 410):
                                    $100 million for 1999; $100 million for
                                    2000; $100 million for 2001.
                                National Park Service construction (16
                                    U.S.C. 1, 461-467, 410): $48 million for
                                    1999; $35 million for 2000; $20 million
                                    for 2001; $31 million for 2002; $26
                                    million for 2003.
                                Water and related resources: $11 million for
                                    1999; $9 million for 2000; $1 million
                                    for 2002.
                            Department of Justice:
                                Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries
                                    and expenses (18 U.S.C. 3052, 28 U.S.C.
                                    531-35): $195 million for 1999.
                                Payment to radiation exposure compensation
                                    trust fund (42 U.S.C. 2210): $29 million
                                    for 1999.
                                Radiation exposure compensation,
                                    administrative expenses (42 U.S.C.
                                    2210): $2 million for 1999.
                                Telecommunications carrier compliance fund
                                    (47 U.S.C. 1009): $50 million for 1999.
                            Department of State:
                                Arrearage payment: $921 million for 1999.
                            Department of Transportation:
                                Federal Aviation Administration, Facilities
                                    and equipment: $675 million for 1999;
                                    $724 million for 2000; $424 million for
                                    2001; $206 million for 2002; $118
                                    million for 2003; $86 million for 2004;
                                    $36 million for 2005.
                                Maritime security program (P.L. 104-239):
                                    $98 million for 1999.
                            Department of the Treasury:
                                Information technology investments (5
                                    U.S.C., sec. 3109): $500 million for
                                    1999.
                            National Aeronautics and Space Administration:
                                Human space flight: $2,109 million for 1999;
                                    $1,915 million for 2000; $1,597 million
                                    for 2001; $1,147 million for 2002.
                                Mission support: $120 million for 1999; $58
                                    million for 2000; $70 million for 2001;
                                    $98 million for 2002; $53 million for
                                    2003.
                                Science, aeronautics and technology: $505
                                    million for 1999; $254 million for 2000;
                                    $150 million for 2001; $26 million for
                                    2002.
                            Social Security Administration:
                                Special benefits for disabled coal miners
                                    (30 U.S.C., sec. 921): $160 million for
                                    1999.
                                Supplemental security income program (42
                                    U.S.C., sec. 1381): $8,680 million for
                                    1999.
                            Central Intelligence Agency:
                                Payment to the retirement and disability
                                    system fund: $210 million for 1999.
                            Corporation for Public Broadcasting:
                                Public broadcasting fund: $250 million for
                                    1999; $325 million for 2000.
                            Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board:

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                                Salaries and expenses (42 U.S.C. 2286, et
                                    seq.): $18 million for 1999.
                            Federal Emergency Management Agency:
                                Emergency management planning and assistance
                                    (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq., 15 U.S.C. 2201
                                    et seq., 50 U.S.C. 404-405,
                                    Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978): $16
                                    million for 1999.
                                Salaries and expenses (42 U.S.C. 5121 et
                                    seq., 15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq., 50 U.S.C.
                                    404-405, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of
                                    1978): $26 million for 1999.
     B. Accounts authorized to receive advance appropriations but for which
                                      none are requested in the 1998 budget:
                            Department of Agriculture:
                                Food program administration (42 U.S.C., sec.
                                    1752).
                                Food donations program (P.L. 93-29, sec.
                                    209).
                                Child nutrition programs (42 U.S.C., sec.
                                    1752).
                            Department of Education. The following
                                    activities are authorized to receive
                                    advance appropriations (20 U.S.C. 1223
                                    and 29 U.S.C. 703): \1\
                                Education reform.
                                Impact aid.
                                School improvement programs.
                                Violent crime reduction programs.
                                Indian education.
                                Bilingual and immigrant education.
                                Special education.
                                American Printing House for the Blind.
                                National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
                                Gallaudet University.
                                Rehabilitation services and disability
                                    research.
                                Vocational and adult education.
                                Student financial assistance.
                                Federal family education loans.
                                Federal direct student loan program.
                                Higher education.
                                Higher education facilities loans.
                                College housing and academic facilities
                                    loans.
                                Howard University.
                                Historically black college and university
                                    capital financing program.
                                Education research, statistics, and
                                    improvement.
                                Libraries.
                            Department of Health and Human Services:
                                ACF service programs (P.L. 101-501, sec.
                                    657, P.L. 89-73 as amended, sec. 209,
                                    P.L. 96-272).
                            Department of Justice:
                                Working capital fund (28 U.S.C. 527 note).

        \1\ These statutes erroneously refer to ``advance funding''. Since
    these statutes describe and clearly intend to provide advance
    appropriations, the affected accounts are listed here.

        II. Advance funding is budget authority that is to be charged to the
    appropriation in the succeeding year but which authorizes obligations to
    be incurred in the last quarter of the fiscal year if necessary to meet
    higher than anticipated benefit payments in excess of the specific
    amount appropriated for the year. When such budget authority is used, an
    adjustment is made to increase the budget authority for the fiscal year
    in which it is used and to reduce the budget authority of the succeeding
    fiscal year. Essentially, this is a device for avoiding supplemental
    requests late in the fiscal year for certain programs, should the
    appropriations for the current year prove to be low. The table below
    lists those accounts for which advance funding authority is requested in
    the 1998 budget.

                            Department of Labor:
                                Special benefits.
                                Federal unemployment benefits and
                                    allowances.
                            Department of Veterans Affairs:
                                Veterans insurance and indemnities.
                                Burial benefits and miscellaneous
                                    assistance.
                                Readjustment benefits.

        III. Forward funding is budget authority that is made available for
    obligation beginning in the last quarter of the fiscal year for the
    financing of ongoing grant programs during the next succeeding fiscal
    year. The budget authority for such programs is included in the budget
    totals for the year in which it is appropriated. This device is often
    used for education programs, so that grants can be made on a school year
    basis. The language providing forward funding for education programs
    will specify that amounts appropriated, in most but not all cases, will
    not be available until some time into the year of the appropriation
    (e.g., July 1, 1998) and in most cases will specify that such amounts
    will remain available until the end of the succeeding fiscal year. In
    other cases (e.g., Federal Pell grants), the funds become available on
    October 1st but are not normally obligated until July 1st or later and
    are available for obligation for an additional year. The table below
    lists those accounts for which forward funding exists or is requested in
    whole or in part in the 1998 budget.

                            Department of Education:
                                Education for the disadvantaged.
                                School improvement programs.
                                Education reform.
                                Special education.
                                Vocational and adult education.
                                Indian education.
                                Student financial assistance.
                                Education, research, statistics, and
                                    improvement.
                            Department of the Interior:
                                Operation of Indian programs.

        In the training and employment area, forward funding provides
    appropriations for a program year that starts on July 1st of the fiscal
    year of the appropriation. Financing extends through June 30th of the
    following fiscal year. Program years are authorized for training
    programs under the Job Training Partnership Act, grants and activities
    under the School-to-Work Opportunities Act, operation of the State
    Employment Service under section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and senior
    citizen employment programs under Title V of the Older Americans Act.
    The table below lists accounts for which forward funding is requested in
    the 1998 budget.

                            Department of Labor:
                                Training and employment services.
                                Community service employment for older
                                    Americans.
                                State unemployment insurance and employment
                                    service operations.