Sec. 304. Limitation on advance appropriations
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In the House of Representatives, except as provided for in subsection (b), any general appropriation bill or bill or joint resolution continuing appropriations, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, may not provide advance appropriations. An advance appropriation may be provided for programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the report or the joint explanatory statement of managers, as applicable, accompanying this concurrent resolution under the heading— Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations .
Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations . The aggregate level of advance appropriations shall not exceed— $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority for all programs identified pursuant to subsection (b)(1). $70,699,313,000 in new budget authority for programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs identified pursuant to subsection (b)(2). The term advance appropriation means any new discretionary budget authority provided in a general appropriation bill or joint resolution continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that first becomes available for the first fiscal year following fiscal year 2018.