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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.