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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.