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 2022 appropriations acts will become available for programs in 2023 or beyond. Since these appropriations are not available until after 2022, the amounts will not be included in the 2022 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 2020 or will request, in 2022, advance appropriations for 2023 and beyond and cites the applicable authorizing statute.

For additional information on advance appropriations, please refer to the Budget Concepts chapter in the Analytical Perspectives volume.

Advance Appropriations by Agency in the 2022 Budget (Budget authority in millions of dollars)
Pre-cancellation, Pre-Transfer Enacted Levels
Agency/Program 2020 2021 2022 2023 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 Health and Human Services:
Indian Health Services ....... ....... ....... 6,153
Indian Health Facilities ....... ....... ....... 1,527
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 (Public Law 111–81):
Medical Services 51,411 56,158 58,897 70,323
Medical Community Care 10,758 17,131 20,148 24,157
Medical Support and Compliance 7,239 7,914 8,403 9,673
Medical Facilities 6,142 6,433 6,735 7,134
Discretionary Two-year Advances:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (47 U.S.C. 396)1 445 445 465 475
Subtotal, Discretionary Advance Appropriations 104,763 116,849 123,416 148,210
Mandatory:
Department of Agriculture:
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (7 U.S.C. 2027) ....... ....... ....... 17,805
Department of Health and Human Services:
Grants to States for Medicaid (42 U.S.C. 1396–1) 137,932 139,903 148,732 165,722
Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support (42 U.S.C. Ch. 7) 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,300
Payments for Foster Care and Permanency (Public Law 96–272) 2,800 3,000 3,000 3,200
Contract Support Costs2 ....... ....... ....... 1,142
Payments for Tribal Leases2 ....... ....... ....... 150
Department of Labor:
Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners (30 U.S.C. 921) 14 14 14 11
Department of Veterans Affairs (Public Law 113–235):
Compensation and Pensions 109,017 118,247 130,228 147,569
Readjustment Benefits 14,065 12,579 14,947 8,907
Veterans Insurance and Indemnities 111 129 137 110
Social Security Administration:
Supplemental Security Income Program (42 U.S.C. 1381) 19,700 19,900 19,600 15,600
Total, Advance Appropriations 389,802 412,021 441,474 509,726
1 Historically, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is provided a two-year advance appropriation. The 2022 request proposes a $475 million advance appropriation for the Corporation in 2024.2 The 2022 Budget proposes that, beginning in 2023, the Indian Health Service Contract Support Costs and Payments for Tribal Leases accounts will continue to be funded through the appropriations process but will be reclassified as mandatory funding.