Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§3020 Advance Funding
Title 42 › CHAPTER 35 — PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS › SUBCHAPTER II — ADMINISTRATION ON AGING › § 3020
Summary
Allows placing next fiscal year's appropriations in the prior year's appropriation Act so people get notice. At the start of this change, two separate appropriations may be enacted in the same year—one for each year.
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Title 42, §3020
The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(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
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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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102