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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 2017 appropriations acts will become available for programs in 2018 or beyond. Since
these appropriations are not available until after 2017, the amounts will not be included in the 2017 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 2015 or will request, in 2017,
advance appropriations for 2018 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 2017 Budget (Budget authority in millions of dollars)
Pre-cancellation Enacted Levels
Agency/Program
2015
2016
2017
2018 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
45,016
47,603
51,673
44,887
Medical Support and Compliance
5,880
6,144
6,524
6,654
Medical Facilities
4,739
4,915
5,074
5,435
Medical Community Care1
.......
.......
(7,246)
9,409
Enacted (P.L. 113–235 and P.L. 114–113) Cancellations and Reappropriations2
-1,750
-1,750
.......
.......
2015 Enacted Cancellations (P.L. 113–235)
-37
.......
.......
.......
General Services Administration (40 U.S.C. 592):
Federal Buildings Fund3
.......
.......
.......
10,164
Postal Service:
Payment to Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2401)
71
41
.......
.......
Discretionary Two-year Advances:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (47 U.S.C. 396)4
445
445
445
445
Subtotal, Discretionary Advance Appropriations
83,132
86,166
92,484
105,762
Mandatory:
Department of Agriculture:
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (7 U.S.C. 2027)
........
........
........
19,647
Department of Health and Human Services:
Grants to States for Medicaid (42 U.S.C. 1396–1)
103,472
113,272
115,582
125,219
Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support (24 U.S.C. Ch. 9)
1,250
1,160
1,300
1,400
Payments for Foster Care and Permanency (P.L. 96–272)
2,200
2,300
2,300
2,500
Department of Labor:
Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners (30 U.S.C. 921)
24
21
19
16
Department of Veterans Affairs (P.L. 113–235):5
Compensation and Pensions
.......
.......
86,083
89,941
Readjustment Benefits
.......
.......
16,341
13,683
Veterans Insurance and Indemnities
.......
.......
92
108
Social Security Administration:
Supplemental Security Income Program (42 U.S.C. 1381)
19,700
19,200
14,500
15,000
Total, Advance Appropriations
209,778
222,119
328,701
373,276
1Consistent with section 4003 of the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114–41),
the Budget requests $7.2 billion be reallocated from the 2017 advance appropriation enacted in the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2016 (P.L. 114–113) to the new Medical Community Care account and includes the new account in its advance appropriations
request for veterans medical care for 2018.2The 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 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L. 114–113) cancelled $1,750 million from the one-year funds advance appropriated
for 2016 in P.L. 113–235 and reappropriated an equal amount with an extended period of availability.3The requested advance appropriation for the General Services Administration will be fully offset in 2018 by collections in
the Federal Buildings Fund.4The 2017 request includes a 2019 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.5The 2018 amounts are net of the $178 million in savings for Compensation and Pension and $26 million in savings for Readjustment
Benefits that will result from enactment of authorizing legislation that is proposed as part of the 2017 President's Budget.