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 2021 appropriations acts will become available for programs in 2022 or beyond. Since these appropriations are not available until after 2021, the amounts will not be included in the 2021 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 2019 or will request, in 2021, advance appropriations for 2022 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 2021 Budget (Budget authority in millions of dollars)


Pre-cancellation, Pre-Transfer Enacted Levels


Agency/Program 2019 2020 2021 2022 Request

Discretionary One-year Advances:
Department of Education (20 U.S.C. 1223):
Improving Elementary and Secondary Education ....... ....... ....... 12,523
Education for the Disadvantaged 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 .......
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 1,712
Enacted Cancellation (Public Law 115–245) –53 ....... ....... .......
Proposed Cancellation of 2021 Enacted Advance ....... ....... –60 .......
Department of Veterans Affairs (Public Law 111–81):
Medical Services 49,161 51,411 56,158 58,897
Medical Support and Compliance 7,239 7,239 7,914 8,403
Enacted Cancellations (Public Law 115–244) –211 ....... ....... .......
Medical Facilities 5,914 6,142 6,433 6,735
Medical Community Care 8,385 10,758 17,131 20,148
Discretionary Two-year Advances:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (47 U.S.C. 396)1 445 445 445 465
Proposed Cancellation of 2021 and 2022 Enacted Advances ....... ....... –415 –437




Subtotal, Discretionary Advance Appropriations 99,648 104,763 116,374 122,920
Mandatory:
Department of Health and Human Services:
Grants to States for Medicaid (42 U.S.C. 1396–1) 134,848 137,932 139,903 148,732
Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support (42 U.S.C. Ch. 7) 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400
Payments for Foster Care and Permanency (Public Law 96–272) 2,700 2,800 3,000 3,000
Department of Labor:
Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners (30 U.S.C. 921) 15 14 14 14
Department of Veterans Affairs (Public Law 113–235):2
Compensation and Pensions 95,768 109,017 118,247 129,314
Readjustment Benefits 11,832 14,065 12,579 14,941
Veterans Insurance and Indemnities 109 111 129 137
Social Security Administration:
Supplemental Security Income Program (42 U.S.C. 1381) 19,500 19,700 19,900 19,600




Total, Advance Appropriations 365,820 389,802 411,546 440,058

1 Historically, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is provided a two-year advance appropriation. The 2021 request does not include any advance appropriations for the Corporation in 2023.2 The 2022 amounts are net of the $914 million in savings for Compensation and Pensions and $6 million in savings for Readjustment Benefits that will result from enactment of authorizing legislation that is proposed as part of the 2021 Presidents Budget.