Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§3020 Advance funding

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - ADMINISTRATION ON AGING › § 3020

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows Congress to put money for programs under this chapter into the appropriation Act for the year before the fiscal year when the money can be spent. That way people get notice about the funding ahead of time. When switching to this advance funding method, the rule above still applies even if it first causes two separate appropriations to be passed in the same year — one for the current fiscal year and one for the next.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §3020

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(a)For the purpose of affording adequate notice of funding available under this chapter, appropriations under this chapter are authorized to be included in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation.

(b)In order to effect a transition to the advance funding method of timing appropriation action, subsection (a) shall apply notwithstanding that its initial application will result in the enactment in the same year (whether in the same appropriation Act or otherwise) of two separate appropriations, one for the then current fiscal year and one for the succeeding fiscal year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 209 of Pub. L. 89–73 was renumbered section 208 and is classified to section 3019 of this title.

Amendments

1981—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–115, § 2(i), substituted “subsection (a) shall apply” for “the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply”.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 3020

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73