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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 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 114â223, as amended by Division A of Public Law 114â254
            and amended further by Public Law 115â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 114â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
                     .......
                     .......
                     â899
                     .......
                  
                  
                     Department of Veterans Affairs (Public Law 111â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 114â113 and Public Law 114â223) Cancellations and Reappropriations2
                      -1,750
                      -7,246
                     .......
                     .......
                  
                  
                     2017 Enacted Cancellations (Public Law 114â223)
                     .......
                     â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
                     .......
                     .......
                     â415
                     â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. 1396â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 96â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 113â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 114â113) cancelled $1,750 million from the one-year funds advance appropriated
         for 2016 in Public Law 113â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 114â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 114â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.