[Historical Tables]
[Section 8 - Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category]
[Table 8.9 - Budget Authority for Discretionary Programs: 1976-2002]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2002
(in billions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1976 TQ 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
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National defense............ 97.6 23.5 110.4 117.3 126.9 144.5 180.4
International affairs....... 8.4 1.6 9.5 11.0 13.3 12.9 17.6
Domestic:
General science, space and
technology:
General science and
basic research......... 1.0 0.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5
Space and other
technology............. 3.2 0.8 3.5 3.8 4.2 4.8 5.1
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Total General science,
space and technology. 4.3 1.1 4.6 5.1 5.6 6.2 6.6
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Energy.................... 3.6 0.9 5.6 9.0 8.4 17.4 9.0
Natural resources and
environment.............. 6.9 2.1 10.6 14.6 14.7 14.6 12.9
Agriculture............... 1.2 0.3 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.8
Commerce and housing
credit................... 3.6 1.1 4.5 4.2 4.3 6.2 4.3
Transportation:
Ground transportation... 3.0 1.3 2.1 2.9 5.2 6.2 8.7
Air transportation...... 2.3 0.5 2.5 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.4
Water and other
transportation......... 1.3 0.3 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.1
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Total Transportation.. 6.5 2.1 5.9 7.1 9.9 11.2 14.2
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Community and regional
development.............. 4.1 0.4 12.2 9.7 8.9 9.7 7.7
Education, training,
employment and social
services:
Education............... 8.8 3.3 10.5 11.0 12.6 12.7 12.4
Training, employment and
social services........ 8.6 1.2 15.6 6.6 14.1 11.7 11.3
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Total Education,
training, employment
and social services.. 17.4 4.5 26.2 17.7 26.7 24.4 23.7
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Health.................... 6.2 1.2 6.9 7.7 8.3 8.8 8.7
Income security:
Housing assistance...... 18.6 0.1 28.6 32.3 24.8 27.7 26.1
Other................... 0.7 0.1 1.0 1.2 1.7 3.7 4.4
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Total Income security. 19.3 0.3 29.6 33.5 26.4 31.4 30.5
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Social security........... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... -* -*
Veterans benefits and
services................. 4.9 1.2 5.6 6.3 6.8 7.1 7.6
Administration of justice. 3.3 0.9 3.6 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.4
General government........ 6.4 2.4 6.1 6.7 4.9 5.4 5.7
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Total domestic...... 87.7 18.5 122.6 126.9 130.7 148.4 137.1
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Total discretionary budget
authority.................. 193.7 43.5 242.5 255.3 270.9 305.8 335.1
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2002--Continued
(in billions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
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National defense............ 217.2 245.0 265.6 294.9 289.6 288.0 292.5
International affairs....... 14.2 16.0 25.2 24.1 20.3 18.8 18.1
Domestic:
General science, space and
technology:
General science and
basic research......... 1.5 1.6 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.5
Space and other
technology............. 5.7 6.5 6.9 6.9 7.2 10.2 8.3
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Total General science,
space and technology. 7.2 8.1 8.8 9.1 9.3 12.5 10.8
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Energy.................... 8.3 6.9 6.0 6.6 4.3 3.3 4.9
Natural resources and
environment.............. 13.1 14.6 14.0 15.1 13.4 16.2 16.2
Agriculture............... 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.3
Commerce and housing
credit................... 3.3 3.6 3.8 4.0 2.9 2.9 2.9
Transportation:
Ground transportation... 8.5 5.5 4.3 4.1 3.4 3.4 3.0
Air transportation...... 3.2 3.9 4.3 5.1 4.6 4.7 5.2
Water and other
transportation......... 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.4
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Total Transportation.. 14.1 11.8 11.3 11.6 10.1 10.5 10.6
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Community and regional
development.............. 6.2 7.5 6.5 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.4
Education, training,
employment and social
services:
Education............... 11.7 12.3 13.1 15.2 14.4 16.7 17.4
Training, employment and
social services........ 6.5 7.6 10.4 7.7 7.1 7.7 8.1
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Total Education,
training, employment
and social services.. 18.2 20.0 23.4 22.9 21.5 24.4 25.5
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Health.................... 8.2 8.8 9.3 10.3 10.3 12.1 13.0
Income security:
Housing assistance...... 13.9 10.0 11.4 12.6 10.7 8.6 8.6
Other................... 4.4 4.9 5.1 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.7
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Total Income security. 18.2 14.9 16.5 17.5 15.8 13.5 13.3
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Veterans benefits and
services................. 8.5 9.6 10.0 10.8 10.8 11.4 11.8
Administration of justice. 4.7 5.3 6.0 6.6 6.7 8.5 9.0
General government........ 5.9 6.7 7.0 7.1 7.4 8.1 8.5
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Total domestic...... 117.7 119.9 124.8 130.2 120.3 131.2 134.3
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Total discretionary budget
authority.................. 349.1 380.9 415.5 449.1 430.2 438.0 444.9
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2002--Continued
(in billions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
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National defense............ 300.1 303.9 332.2 299.1 276.1 262.2 267.8
International affairs....... 18.5 20.0 21.3 20.9 33.3 20.9 20.4
Domestic:
General science, space and
technology:
General science and
basic research......... 2.8 3.2 3.5 4.1 4.2 4.6 4.1
Space and other
technology............. 10.0 11.4 13.0 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.5
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Total General science,
space and technology. 12.8 14.5 16.5 17.3 17.2 17.6 16.7
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Energy.................... 4.7 5.6 5.4 5.8 5.8 6.4 6.2
Natural resources and
environment.............. 17.3 18.6 19.6 21.3 21.4 22.4 20.4
Agriculture............... 2.4 2.7 3.1 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.0
Commerce and housing
credit................... 3.1 3.9 2.8 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6
Transportation:
Ground transportation... 3.0 4.1 3.4 3.7 2.6 3.9 3.1
Air transportation...... 5.8 6.6 7.3 8.1 8.3 8.4 6.0
Water and other
transportation......... 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.5
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Total Transportation.. 11.6 13.5 13.7 15.0 14.0 15.7 12.5
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Community and regional
development.............. 6.0 7.3 5.8 11.3 9.6 15.3 12.0
Education, training,
employment and social
services:
Education............... 18.4 19.9 22.9 24.4 25.5 26.3 26.4
Training, employment and
social services........ 8.2 9.8 10.7 11.6 12.4 13.9 13.1
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Total Education,
training, employment
and social services.. 26.6 29.8 33.5 36.1 37.9 40.3 39.5
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Health.................... 14.3 16.1 18.2 19.5 20.7 22.2 22.8
Medicare.................. .......... 2.4 2.6 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.0
Income security:
Housing assistance...... 9.0 10.8 19.6 19.7 21.1 21.1 15.3
Other................... 5.8 8.0 9.8 10.6 10.6 11.8 12.0
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Total Income security. 14.8 18.8 29.4 30.3 31.7 32.9 27.3
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Social security........... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... *
Veterans benefits and
services................. 12.6 13.2 14.4 15.8 16.8 17.8 18.2
Administration of justice. 9.9 12.4 12.7 14.3 14.6 15.2 18.3
General government........ 9.1 11.5 12.2 11.3 11.6 12.1 11.9
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Total domestic...... 145.1 170.2 190.0 209.3 212.3 229.0 216.7
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Total discretionary budget
authority.................. 463.7 494.2 543.5 529.3 521.7 512.1 504.9
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2002--Continued
(in billions of dollars)
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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Category and Program estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate
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National defense............ 263.9 255.0 259.5 264.7 271.1 280.2 288.5
International affairs....... 18.8 19.4 18.6 17.8 17.0 18.2 19.4
Domestic:
General science, space and
technology:
General science and
basic research......... 4.1 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.2 4.4
Space and other
technology............. 12.5 13.4 11.9 11.2 10.5 11.5 12.7
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Total General science,
space and technology. 16.7 17.9 16.0 15.3 14.5 15.8 17.1
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Energy.................... 4.9 4.6 5.1 4.9 4.6 5.1 5.6
Natural resources and
environment.............. 20.2 21.2 21.0 20.6 20.3 21.2 22.4
Agriculture............... 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.5 4.0
Commerce and housing
credit................... 1.6 3.4 3.4 3.6 4.7 3.2 3.5
Transportation:
Ground transportation... 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.9
Air transportation...... 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.3 8.6
Water and other
transportation......... 3.2 3.5 3.2 2.9 2.6 3.0 3.4
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Total Transportation.. 13.4 13.6 13.0 12.6 12.1 12.9 13.9
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Community and regional
development.............. 11.4 8.9 8.5 8.0 7.5 8.3 9.2
Education, training,
employment and social
services:
Education............... 25.9 27.4 28.1 28.8 29.5 30.4 31.4
Training, employment and
social services........ 13.3 14.8 15.1 15.3 15.6 16.5 17.5
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Total Education,
training, employment
and social services.. 39.2 42.3 43.2 44.2 45.1 46.9 48.8
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Health.................... 23.2 24.2 23.5 22.9 22.2 23.5 25.0
Medicare.................. 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9
Income security:
Housing assistance...... 17.2 16.9 22.2 24.6 26.8 29.3 31.7
Other................... 11.6 12.4 12.4 12.4 12.3 12.8 13.4
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Total Income security. 28.9 29.3 34.5 37.0 39.1 42.1 45.1
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Social security........... * * * * * * *
Veterans benefits and
services................. 18.7 19.0 17.5 16.0 14.5 16.5 18.7
Administration of justice. 20.4 23.2 24.0 24.9 25.0 24.3 23.7
General government........ 11.7 13.1 12.6 12.5 12.4 12.8 13.1
Allowances................ .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 8.7 9.0
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Total domestic...... 217.1 227.4 229.0 228.6 228.0 247.6 262.0
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Total discretionary budget
authority.................. 499.8 501.8 507.0 511.1 516.1 546.1 570.0
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* $50 million or less.
Note: Due to the effects of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 on the measurement and classification of Federal
credit activities, the discretionary budget authority for years prior to 1992 is not strictly comparable to
that for 1992 and beyond.