[Historical Tables]
[Front Matter]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998, HISTORICAL TABLES
Contents of the Historical Tables
Introduction: Page
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 1992) 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 1992) 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 1992) Dollars: 1962-2002...................... 118
Table 8.7--Outlays for Discretionary Programs: 1962-2002..... 123
Table 8.8--Outlays for Discretionary Programs in Constant (FY
1992) 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-
1998....................................................... 137
Table 9.2--Major Physical Capital Investment Outlays in
Current and Constant (FY 1992) Dollars: 1940-1998.......... 138
Table 9.3--Major Public Physical Capital Investment Outlays
in Percentage Terms: 1940-1998............................. 140
Table 9.4--National Defense Outlays for Major Public Direct
Physical Capital Investment: 1940-1998..................... 141
Table 9.5--Nondefense Outlays for Major Public Direct
Physical Capital Investment: 1940-1998..................... 142
Table 9.6--Composition of Outlays for Grants for Major Public
Physical Capital Investment: 1941-1998..................... 144
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Section 9 (Continued)...........................................
Table 9.7--Summary of Outlays for the Conduct of Research and
Development: 1949-1998 (In Current Dollars, as Percentages
of Total Outlays, as Percentages of GDP, and in Constant
(FY 1992) Dollars)......................................... 150
Table 9.8--Composition of Outlays for the Conduct of Research
and Development: 1949-1998................................. 151
Table 9.9--Composition of Outlays for the Conduct of
Education and Training: 1962-1998.......................... 157
Section 10--Gross Domestic Product and Implicit Outlay Deflators 160
Table 10.1--Gross Domestic Product and Deflators Used in the
Historical Tables: 1940-2002............................... 160
Section 11--Federal Government Payments for Individuals......... 162
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 1992) Dollars)......................................... 162
Table 11.2--Functional Composition of Outlays for Payments
for Individuals: 1940-2002................................. 164
Table 11.3--Outlays for Payments for Individuals by Category
and Major Program: 1940-2002............................... 172
Section 12--Federal Grants To State and Local Governments....... 194
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 1992) Dollars)............................. 194
Table 12.2--Total Outlays for Grants to State and Local
Governments, by Function and Fund Group: 1940-2002......... 196
Table 12.3--Total Outlays for Grants to State and Local
Governments, by Function, Agency, and Program: 1940-2002... 202
Section 13--Social Security and Medicare........................ 244
Table 13.1--Cash Income, Outgo, and Balances of the Social
Security and Medicare Trust Funds: 1936-2002............... 244
Section 14--Federal Sector Transactions in the National Income
and Product Accounts........................................... 254
Table 14.1--Federal Transactions in the National Income and
Product Accounts for Federal Fiscal Years: 1960-1998....... 254
Table 14.2--Federal Transactions in the National Income and
Product Accounts as Percentages of GDP for Federal Fiscal
Years: 1960-1998........................................... 257
Section 15--Total (Federal and State and Local) Government
Finances....................................................... 260
Table 15.1--Total Government Receipts in Absolute Amounts and
as Percentages of GDP: 1960-1996........................... 260
Table 15.2--Total Government Expenditures: 1960-1996......... 261
Table 15.3--Total Government Expenditures as Percentages of
GDP: 1960-1996............................................. 262
Table 15.4--Total Government Expenditures by Major Category
of Expenditure: 1960-1996.................................. 263
Table 15.5--Total Government Expenditures by Major Category
of Expenditure as Percentages of GDP: 1960-1996............ 264
Table 15.6--Total Government Surpluses or Deficits (-) in
Absolute Amounts and as Percentages of GDP: 1960-1996...... 265
Section 16--Federal Health Spending............................. 266
Table 16.1--Total Outlays for Health Programs: 1962-2002..... 266
Section 17--Government Employment............................... 267
Table 17.1--Total Executive Branch Civilian Employees, 1940-
1996....................................................... 267
Table 17.2--Total Executive Branch Civilian Employees, 1940-
1996 (as percentage of total).............................. 268
Table 17.3--Total Executive Branch Civilian Full-Time
Equivalent (FTE) Employees, 1981-1999...................... 269
Table 17.4--Total Executive Branch Civilian Full-Time
Equivalent (FTE) Employees, 1981-1998 (as percentage of
total)..................................................... 270
Table 17.5--Government Employment and Population, 1962-1996.. 271