[Historical Tables]
[Front Matter]
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Introduction:                                                           
                                                                        
  Structure, Coverage and Concepts..............................       1
                                                                        
  Section Notes.................................................       5
                                                                        
  Historical Trends.............................................      15
                                                                        
Section 1--Overview of Federal Government Finances..............      19
   Table 1.1--Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or            
   Deficits (-): 1789-2002......................................      19
   Table 1.2--Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or            
   Deficits (-) as Percentages of GDP: 1930-2002................      21
   Table 1.3--Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or            
   Deficits (-) in Current Dollars, Constant (FY 1987) Dollars,         
   and as Percentages of GDP: 1940-2002.........................      23
   Table 1.4--Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits (-)          
   by Fund Group: 1934-2002.....................................      25
                                                                        
Section 2--Composition of Federal Government Receipts...........      27
   Table 2.1--Receipts by Source: 1934-2002.....................      27
   Table 2.2--Percentage Composition of Receipts by Source: 1934-       
   2002.........................................................      29
   Table 2.3--Receipts by Source as Percentages of GDP: 1934-           
   2002.........................................................      31
   Table 2.4--Composition of Social Insurance Taxes and                 
   Contributions and of Excise Taxes: 1940-2002.................      33
   Table 2.5--Composition of ``Other Receipts'': 1940-2002......      40
                                                                        
Section 3--Federal Government Outlays by Function...............      42
   Table 3.1--Outlays by Superfunction and Function: 1940-2002..      42
   Table 3.2--Outlays by Function and Subfunction: 1962-2002....      50
                                                                        
Section 4--Federal Government Outlays by Agency.................      65
   Table 4.1--Outlays by Agency: 1962-2002......................      65
   Table 4.2--Percentage Distribution of Outlays by Agency: 1962-       
   2002.........................................................      70
                                                                        
Section 5--Budget Authority (On-and Off-Budget).................      75
   Table 5.1--Budget Authority by Function and Subfunction: 1976-       
   2002.........................................................      75
   Table 5.2--Budget Authority by Agency: 1976-2002.............      87
   Table 5.3--Percentage Distribution of Budget Authority by            
   Agency: 1976-2002............................................      91
                                                                        
Section 6--Composition of Federal Government Outlays............      95
   Table 6.1--Composition of Outlays: 1940-2002.................      95
                                                                        
Section 7--Federal Debt.........................................     102
   Table 7.1--Federal Debt at the End of Year: 1940-2002........     102
   Table 7.2--Debt Subject to Statutory Limit: 1940-2002........     104
   Table 7.3--Statutory Limits on Federal Debt: 1940-Current....     105
                                                                        
Section 8--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category...........     109
   Table 8.1--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category: 1962-         
   2002.........................................................     109
   Table 8.2--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category in             
   Constant (FY 1987) Dollars: 1962-2002........................     110
   Table 8.3--Percentage Distribution of Outlays by Budget              
   Enforcement Act Category: 1962-2002..........................     111
   Table 8.4--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category as             
   Percentages of GDP: 1962-2002................................     112
   Table 8.5--Outlays for Mandatory and Related Programs: 1962-         
   2002.........................................................     113
   Table 8.6--Outlays for Mandatory and Related Programs in             
   Constant (FY 1987) Dollars: 1962-2002........................     118
   Table 8.7--Outlays for Discretionary Programs: 1962-2002.....     123
   Table 8.8--Outlays for Discretionary Programs in Constant (FY        
   1987) Dollars: 1962-2002.....................................     128
   Table 8.9--Budget Authority for Discretionary Programs: 1976-        
   2002.........................................................     133
                                                                        
Section 9--Federal Government Outlays for Major Physical                
 Capital, Research and Development, and Education and Training..     137
   Table 9.1--Total Investment Outlays for Physical Capital,            
   Research and Development, and Education and Training: 1962-          
   1997.........................................................     137
   Table 9.2--Major Physical Capital Investment Outlays in              
   Current and Constant (FY 1987) Dollars: 1940-1997............     138
   Table 9.3--Major Public Physical Capital Investment Outlays          
   in Percentage Terms: 1940-1997...............................     139
   Table 9.4--National Defense Outlays for Major Public Direct          
   Physical Capital Investment: 1940-1997.......................     140
   Table 9.5--Nondefense Outlays for Major Public Direct                
   Physical Capital Investment: 1940-1997.......................     141
   Table 9.6--Composition of Outlays for Grants for Major Public        
   Physical Capital Investment: 1941-1997.......................     143

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Section 9 (Continued)...........................................        
   Table 9.7--Summary of Outlays for the Conduct of Research and        
   Development: 1949-1997 (In Current Dollars, as Percentages of        
   Total Outlays, as Percentages of GDP, and in Constant (FY            
   1987) Dollars)...............................................     149
   Table 9.8--Composition of Outlays for the Conduct of Research        
   and Development: 1949-1997...................................     150
   Table 9.9--Composition of Outlays for the Conduct of                 
   Education and Training: 1962-1997............................     156
                                                                        
Section 10--Gross Domestic Product and Implicit Outlay Deflators     159
   Table 10.1--Gross Domestic Product and Deflators Used in the         
   Historical Tables: 1940-2002.................................     159
                                                                        
Section 11--Federal Government Payments for Individuals.........     161
   Table 11.1--Summary Comparison of Outlays for Payments for           
   Individuals: 1940-2002 (In Current Dollars, as Percentages of        
   Total Outlays, as Percentages of GDP, and in Constant (FY            
   1987) Dollars)...............................................     161
   Table 11.2--Functional Composition of Outlays for Payments           
   for Individuals: 1940-2002...................................     163
   Table 11.3--Outlays for Payments for Individuals by Category         
   and Major Program: 1940-2002.................................     171
                                                                        
Section 12--Federal Grants To State and Local Governments.......     193
   Table 12.1--Summary Comparison of Total Outlays for Grants to        
   State and Local Governments: 1940-2002 (in Current Dollars,          
   as Percentages of Total Outlays, as Percentages of GDP, and          
   in Constant (FY 1987) Dollars)...............................     193
   Table 12.2--Total Outlays for Grants to State and Local              
   Governments, by Function and Fund Group: 1940-2002...........     195
   Table 12.3--Total Outlays for Grants to State and Local              
   Governments, by Function, Agency, and Program: 1940-2002.....     201
                                                                        
Section 13--Social Security and Medicare........................     240
   Table 13.1--Cash Income, Outgo, and Balances of the Social           
   Security and Medicare Trust Funds: 1936-2002.................     240
                                                                        
Section 14--Federal Sector Transactions in the National Income          
 and Product Accounts...........................................     250
   Table 14.1--Federal Transactions in the National Income and          
   Product Accounts for Federal Fiscal Years: 1947-1995.........     250
   Table 14.2--Federal Transactions in the National Income and          
   Product Accounts as Percentages of GDP for Federal Fiscal            
   Years: 1947-1995.............................................     253
                                                                        
Section 15--Total (Federal and State and Local) Government              
 Finances.......................................................     256
   Table 15.1--Total Government Receipts in Absolute Amounts and        
   as Percentages of GDP: 1947-1995.............................     256
   Table 15.2--Total Government Expenditures: 1947-1995.........     257
   Table 15.3--Total Government Expenditures as Percentages of          
   GDP: 1947-1995...............................................     258
   Table 15.4--Total Government Expenditures by Major Category          
   of Expenditure: 1947-1995....................................     259
   Table 15.5--Total Government Expenditures by Major Category          
   of Expenditure as Percentages of GDP: 1947-1995..............     260
   Table 15.6--Total Government Surpluses or Deficits (-) in            
   Absolute Amounts and as Percentages of GDP: 1947-1995........     261
                                                                        
Section 16--Federal Health Spending.............................     262
   Table 16.1--Total Outlays for Health Programs: 1962-2002.....     262
                                                                        
Section 17--Government Employment...............................     263
   Table 17.1--Total Executive Branch Civilian Employees, 1940-         
   1995.........................................................     263
   Table 17.2--Total Executive Branch Civilian Employees, 1940-         
   1995 (as percentage of total)................................     264
   Table 17.3--Total Executive Branch Civilian Full-Time                
   Equivalent (FTE) Employees, 1981-1999........................     265
   Table 17.4--Total Executive Branch Civilian Full-Time                
   Equivalent (FTE) Employees, 1981-1997 (as percentage of              
   total).......................................................     266
   Table 17.5--Government Employment and Population, 1962-1995..     267