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         ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS                                                                                                   
            
         
      
      
   
   
      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
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                     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. 111â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. 113â6 and P.L. 113â76) and Proposed Cancellations and Reappropriations3
                      â1,950
                      -1,800
                      -1,750
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                     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. 96â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.
         113â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. 113â6) cancelled $1,950 million from the one-year funds
         advance appropriated for 2013 in P.L. 112â74 and reappropriated an equal amount for 2013 with an extended period of availability.
         The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (P.L. 113â76) cancelled $1,800 million from the one-year funds advance appropriated
         for 2014 in P.L. 113â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. 113â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.