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             <h1>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 2015 appropriations acts will become available for programs in 2016 or beyond. Since
                these appropriations are not available until after 2015, the amounts will not be included in the 2015 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 2013 or will request, in 2015,
                advance appropriations for 2016 and beyond and cites the applicable authorizing statute.

             For additional information on advance appropriations, please refer to the Budget Process chapter in the Analytical Perspectives volume.

             Advance Appropriations by Agency in the 2015 Budget (Budget authority in millions of dollars)

                         Pre-cancellation Enacted Levels

                         Agency/Program
                         20131
                         2014
                         2015
                         2016 Request

                         Discretionary One-year Advances:

                         Department of Education (20 U.S.C. 1223):2

                         Education for the Disadvantaged
                         10,841
                         10,841
                         10,841
                         11,682

                         Special Education
                         9,283
                         9,283
                         9,283
                         10,124

                         Career, Technical, and Adult Education
                         791
                         791
                         791
                         791

                         School Improvement Programs
                         1,681
                         1,681
                         1,681
                         ........

                         Department of Housing and Urban Development (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.):

                         Tenant-Based Rental Assistance
                         4,000
                         4,000
                         4,000
                         4,000

                         Project-Based Rental Assistance
                         400
                         400
                         400
                         400

                         Department of Labor:

                         Training and Employment Services (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.)
                         1,772
                         1,772
                         1,772
                         1,772

                         Department of Veterans Affairs (P.L. 111–81):

                         Medical Services
                         41,354
                         43,557
                         45,016
                         47,603

                         Medical Support and Compliance
                         5,746
                         6,033
                         5,880
                         6,144

                         Medical Facilities
                         5,441
                         4,872
                         4,739
                         4,915

                         Enacted (P.L. 113–6 and P.L. 113–76) and Proposed Cancellations and Reappropriations3
                          –1,950
                          -1,800
                          -1,750
                          ........

                         Postal Service:

                         Payment to Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2401)
                         78
                         78
                         71
                         70

                         Discretionary Two-year Advances:

                         Corporation for Public Broadcasting (47 U.S.C. 396)4
                         445
                         445
                         445
                         445

                         Subtotal, Discretionary Advance Appropriations
                         79,882
                         81,953
                         83,169
                         87,946

                         Mandatory:

                         Department of Agriculture:

                         Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (7 U.S.C. 2027)
                         ........
                         ........
                         ........
                         21,064

                         Department of Health and Human Services:

                         Grants to States for Medicaid (42 U.S.C. 1396)
                         90,614
                         106,336
                         103,472
                         113,272

                         Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support (24 U.S.C. Ch. 9)
                          1,100
                          1,100
                          1,250
                          1,160

                         Payments for Foster Care and Permanency  (P.L. 96–272)
                          2,100
                          2,200
                          2,200
                          2,300

                         Department of Labor:

                         Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners (30 U.S.C. 921)
                         40
                         35
                         24
                         21

                         Social Security Administration:

                         Supplemental Security Income Program (42 U.S.C. 1381)
                         18,200
                         19,300
                         19,700
                         19,200

                         Total, Advance Appropriations
                         191,936
                         210,924
                         209,815
                         244,963

             1Any across-the-board reduction provisions included in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L.
             113–6) and any sequester reductions pursuant to section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as
             amended, are excluded.2To account for the Administration's Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization proposal, the 2015 Budget eliminates
             the $1.681 billion advance appropriation that was previously in the School Improvement account (renamed the Education Improvement
             Account) and replaces it with corresponding increases to advance appropriations in the accounts for Education for the Disadvantaged
             ($841 million, renamed Accelerating Achievement and Ensuring Equity) and Special Education ($841 million). Total advance appropriations
             in the Department of Education remain unchanged at $22.596 billion.3The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113–6) cancelled $1,950 million from the one-year funds
             advance appropriated for 2013 in P.L. 112–74 and reappropriated an equal amount for 2013 with an extended period of availability.
             The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (P.L. 113–76) cancelled $1,800 million from the one-year funds advance appropriated
             for 2014 in P.L. 113–6 and reappropriated $1,750 million with an extended period of availability. The 2015 Budget proposes
             to cancel $1,750 million from the one-year funds advance appropriated for 2015 in P.L. 113–76 and reappropriate an equal amount
             for 2015 with an extended period of availability.4The 2015 request includes a 2017 advance appropriation for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting of $445 million, consistent
             with the historical practice of providing the Corporation a two-year advance appropriation.