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THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008
ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS
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ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS
An advance appropriation is one made to become available one year or
more beyond the year for which the appropriations act is passed. Advance
appropriations in 2008 appropriations acts will become available for
programs in 2009 or beyond. Since these appropriations are not available
until after 2008, the amounts will not be included in 2008 budget
totals, but will be reflected in the totals for the 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 accompanying table lists those
accounts that have either received discretionary or mandatory advance
appropriations since 2006 or will request, in 2008, advance
appropriations for 2009 and beyond and cites the applicable authorizing
statute.
The enacted Continuing Resolution for 2007 (P.L. 109-289, Division
B, as amended) does not explicitly address advance appropriations for
2008. If a full year continuing resolution is enacted, this Budget, as
illustrated by the accompanying table, assumes that specific legislative
anomaly language will be included to make 2008 advance appropriations
available. In general, the Budget also assumes that the 2008 level that
would be enacted in the legislative anomaly is consistent with the 2008
advance appropriations that were requested in the 2007 Budget. However,
for the Department of Education's Career, Technical, and Adult Education
and Special Education accounts, the 2008 level that would be enacted in
the legislative anomaly is consistent with the 2007 advance
appropriation enacted in the 2006 Department of Education Appropriations
Act (P.L. 109-149). This is in order to ensure comparability with annual
funding provided under the enacted Continuing Resolution for 2007.
Advance Appropriations by Agency in the 2008 Budget
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Agency/Program Pre-Rescission Levels
2006 2007 2008 Request 2009
Preliminary
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Discretionary One-year Advances:
Department of Eduction (20 U.S.C. 1223 and 29
U.S.C. 703):
Education for the Disadvantaged............. 7,383 7,383 7,383 7,383
Special Education........................... 5,413 5,424 5,424 6,215
Career, Technical, and Adult Education...... 791 791 791
School Improvement Programs................. 1,435 1,435 1,435 1,435
Department of Energy:
Elk Hills School Lands Fund................. 36
Department of Health and Human Services:
Children and Families Services Programs (42
U.S.C. 9834).............................. 1,400 1,389 1,389 1,389
Department of Housing and Urban Development:
Tenant- and Project-Based Rental Assistance. 4,200 4,200 4,200 4,200
Department of Labor:
Training and Employment Services (29 U.S.C.
2801 et seq.)............................. 2,463 2,463 2,463 2,463
Postal Service:
Payment to Postal Service fund (39 U.S.C.
2401)..................................... 62 73 80 89
Discretionary Two-year Advances:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (47
U.S.C. 396)............................... 400 400 400
2007 and 2008 Cancellation Proposals...... -53 -50
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Subtotal, Discretionary Advance
Appropriations.......................... 23,583 23,505 23,515 23,174
BioShield Advance:
Department of Homeland Security:............
Biodefense Countermeasures.................. 2,175
Mandatory:
Department of Health and Human Services:
Grants to States for Medicaid (42 U.S.C.
1396)..................................... 58,517 62,784 65,258 67,293
Payments to States for Child Support
Enforcement and Family Support (24 U.S.C.
Ch. 9).................................... 1,200 1,200 1,000 1,000
Payments to States for Foster Care and
Adoption Assistance (P.L. 96-272)......... 1,767 1,730 1,810 1,786
Department of Labor:
Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners
(30 U.S.C. 921)........................... 81 74 68 62
Social Security Administration:
Supplemental Security Income Program (42
U.S.C. 1381).............................. 16,810 11,110 16,810 14,800
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Total, Advance Appropriations............. 101,958 100,403 108,461 110,290
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