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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 2018 appropriations acts will become available for programs in 2019 or beyond. Since
                these appropriations are not available until after 2018, the amounts will not be included in the 2018 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 2016 or will request, in 2018,
                advance appropriations for 2019 and beyond and cites the applicable authorizing statute.

             The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 (Division C of Public Law 114–223, as amended by Division A of Public Law 114–254
                and amended further by Public Law 115–30), which was in place at the time the budget was prepared, does not explicitly address
                advance appropriations for 2018. As a result, this Budget, as illustrated by the accompanying table, assumes a full-year continuing
                resolution will be enacted and that specific legislative anomaly language will be included to make 2018 advance appropriations
                available.  This is in order to ensure comparability with annual funding provided under the Continuing Appropriations Act,
                2017, and to depict accurately the 2018 discretionary request levels compared to the discretionary budget authority caps enacted
                in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.  In general, the Budget assumes that the 2018
                level that would be enacted in the legislative anomaly for discretionary appropriations is equal to the 2017 advance appropriations
                that were enacted in the 2016 appropriations acts.  However, the Budget also proposes to cancel portions of the funds assumed
                to be advance appropriated for Training and Employment Services at the Department of Labor, as well as two-year funds advance
                appropriated for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, resulting in an overall 2018 assumed advance appropriation level
                below the 2017 assumed enacted amounts.  In addition, for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Budget reflects the 2018
                level enacted in the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (Division A of
                Public Law 114–223). For the mandatory advance appropriations, the Budget assumes the 2018 baseline level.

             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, Pre-Transfer Enacted Levels

                         Agency/Program
                         2016
                         2017
                         2018
                         2019 Request

                         Discretionary One-year Advances:

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

                         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
                         873

                         Proposed Cancellation of 2018 Enacted Advance1
                         .......
                         .......
                         –899
                         .......

                         Department of Veterans Affairs (Public Law 111–81):

                         Medical Services
                         47,603
                         51,673
                         44,887
                         49,161

                         Medical Support and Compliance
                         6,144
                         6,524
                         6,654
                         7,239

                         Medical Facilities
                         4,915
                         5,074
                         5,435
                         5,914

                         Medical Community Care
                         .......
                         .......
                         9,409
                         8,385

                         Enacted (Public Law 114–113 and Public Law 114–223) Cancellations and Reappropriations2
                          -1,750
                          -7,246
                         .......
                         .......

                         2017 Enacted Cancellations (Public Law 114–223)
                         .......
                         –169
                         .......
                         .......

                         Postal Service:

                         Payment to Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2401)
                         41
                         .......
                         .......
                         .......

                         Discretionary Two-year Advances:

                         Corporation for Public Broadcasting (47 U.S.C. 396)3
                         445
                         445
                         445
                         445

                         Proposed Cancellation of 2018 and 2019 Enacted Advances4
                         .......
                         .......
                         –415
                         –445

                         Subtotal, Discretionary Advance Appropriations
                         86,166
                         85,069
                         94,284
                         98,569

                         Mandatory:

                         Department of Health and Human Services:

                         Grants to States for Medicaid (42 U.S.C. 1396–1)
                         113,272
                         115,583
                         125,219
                         134,848

                         Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support (24 U.S.C. Ch. 9)
                         1,160
                         1,300
                         1,400
                         1,400

                         Payments for Foster Care and Permanency (Public Law 96–272)
                         2,300
                         2,300
                         2,500
                         2,700

                         Department of Labor:

                         Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners (30 U.S.C. 921)
                         21
                         19
                         16
                         15

                         Department of Veterans Affairs (Public Law 113–235):5

                         Compensation and Pensions
                         .......
                         86,083
                         89,894
                         92,308

                         Readjustment Benefits
                         .......
                         16,341
                         13,667
                         11,789

                         Veterans Insurance and Indemnities
                         .......
                         109
                         120
                         109

                         Social Security Administration:

                         Supplemental Security Income Program (42 U.S.C. 1381)
                         19,200
                         14,500
                         15,000
                         19,500

                         Total, Advance Appropriations
                         222,119
                         321,304
                         339,100
                         361,238

             1The 2018 request proposes to cancel $899 million from the one-year funds advance appropriated for Training and Employment
             Services in 2018 assumed to be enacted in the final 2017 appropriations acts.2The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113) cancelled $1,750 million from the one-year funds advance appropriated
             for 2016 in Public Law 113–235 and reappropriated an equal amount with an extended period of availability. The Military Construction,
             Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 114–223) cancelled $7,246 million from the funds
             advance appropriated for 2017 for Medical Services and reappropriated an equal amount to the new Medical Community Care account.
             3The 2019 advance appropriation for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting of $445 million is assumed to be enacted in the
             final 2017 appropriations acts, consistent with the historical practice of providing the Corporation a two-year advance appropriation.
             The 2018 request does not include any advance appropriations for the Corporation in 2020.4The 2018 request proposes to cancel $415 million from funds advance appropriated for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
             in 2018 by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113) and any advance appropriations for 2019 assumed
             to be enacted in the final 2017 appropriations acts.5The 2019 amounts are net of the $3,394 million in savings for Compensation and Pension and $43 million in savings for Readjustment
             Benefits that will result from enactment of authorizing legislation that is proposed as part of the 2018 President's Budget.