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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 2016 appropriations acts will become available for programs in 2017 or beyond. Since
these appropriations are not available until after 2016, the amounts will not be included in the 2016 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 2014 or will request, in 2016,
advance appropriations for 2017 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 2016 Budget (Budget authority in millions of dollars)
Pre-cancellation Enacted Levels
Agency/Program
2014
2015
2016
2017 Request
Discretionary One-year Advances:
Department of Education (20 U.S.C. 1223)
Education for the Disadvantaged
10,841
10,841
10,841
10,841
Special Education
9,283
9,283
9,283
9,283
Career, Technical, and Adult Education
791
791
791
791
School Improvement Programs
1,681
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
43,557
45,016
47,603
51,673
Medical Support and Compliance
6,033
5,880
6,144
6,524
Medical Facilities
4,872
4,739
4,915
5,074
Enacted (P.L. 113–76) and P.L. 113–235 and Proposed Cancellations and Reappropriations1
-1,800
-1,750
-1,750
.......
2015 Enacted Cancellations (P.L. 113–235)
.......
-37
.......
.......
General Services Administration (40 U.S.C. 592):
Federal Buildings Fund2
.......
.......
.......
9,948
Postal Service:
Payment to Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2401)
78
71
41
67
Discretionary Two-year Advances:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (47 U.S.C. 396)3
445
445
445
445
Subtotal, Discretionary Advance Appropriations
81,953
83,132
86,166
102,499
Mandatory:
Department of Agriculture:
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (7 U.S.C. 2027)
........
........
........
20,907
Department of Health and Human Services:
Grants to States for Medicaid (42 U.S.C. 1396)
106,336
103,472
113,272
115,583
Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support (24 U.S.C. Ch. 9)
1,100
1,250
1,160
1,300
Payments for Foster Care and Permanency (P.L. 96–272)
2,200
2,200
2,300
2,300
Department of Labor:
Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners (30 U.S.C. 921)
40
24
21
19
Department of Veterans Affairs (P.L. 113–235):4
Compensation and Pensions
.......
.......
.......
87,039
Readjustment Benefits
.......
.......
.......
16,722
Veterans Insurance and Indemnities
.......
.......
.......
92
Social Security Administration:
Supplemental Security Income Program (42 U.S.C. 1381)
19,300
19,700
19,200
14,500
Total, Advance Appropriations
210,929
209,778
222,119
360,961
1The 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 Consolidated and Further
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113–235) cancelled $1,750 million from the one-year funds advance appropriated for
2015 in P.L. 113–76 and reappropriated an equal amount with an extended period of availability. The 2016 Budget proposes to
cancel $1,750 million from the one-year funds advance appropriated for 2016 in P.L. 113–235 and reappropriate an equal amount
for 2016 with an extended period of availability.2The requested advance appropriation for the General Services Administration will be fully offset in 2017 by collections in
the Federal Buildings Fund.3The 2016 request includes a 2018 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.4These amounts are net of the $108 million in savings for Compensation and Pension and $21 million in savings for Readjustment
Benefits that will result from enactment of authorizing legislation that is proposed as part of the 2016 Budget.