Sec. 501. Limitation on advance appropriations
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In the House, except as provided for in subsection (b), any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, making a general appropriation or continuing appropriation may not provide for advance appropriations. An advance appropriation may be provided for programs, projects, activities, or accounts referred to in subsection (c)(1) or identified in the report to accompany this concurrent resolution or the joint explanatory statement of managers to accompany this concurrent resolution under the heading Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations .
For fiscal year 2016, the aggregate level of advance appropriations shall not exceed— $58,662,202,000 for the following programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs— Medical Services; Medical Support and Compliance; and Medical Facilities accounts of the Veterans Health Administration; and $28,781,000,000 in new budget authority for all programs identified pursuant to subsection (b). In this section, the term advance appropriation means any new discretionary budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, making general appropriations or any new discretionary budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2016.