[Historical Tables]
[Section 8 - Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category]
[Table 8.9 - Budget Authority for Discretionary Programs: 1976-2003]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2003
(in billions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1976 TQ 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
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National defense........................................ 97.6 23.5 110.4 117.3 126.9 144.5 180.4 217.2
International affairs................................... 8.4 1.6 9.5 11.0 13.3 12.9 17.6 14.2
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 1.5
Space and other technology.......................... 3.2 0.8 3.5 3.8 4.2 4.8 5.1 5.7
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Total General science, space and technology....... 4.3 1.1 4.6 5.1 5.6 6.2 6.6 7.2
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Energy................................................ 3.6 0.9 5.6 9.0 8.4 17.4 9.0 8.3
Natural resources and environment..................... 6.9 2.1 10.6 14.6 14.7 14.6 12.9 13.1
Agriculture........................................... 1.2 0.3 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.8
Commerce and housing credit........................... 3.6 1.1 4.5 4.2 4.3 6.2 4.3 3.3
Transportation:
Ground transportation............................... 3.0 1.3 2.1 2.9 5.2 6.2 8.7 8.5
Air transportation.................................. 2.3 0.5 2.5 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.2
Water and other transportation...................... 1.3 0.3 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.1 2.4
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Total Transportation.............................. 6.5 2.1 5.9 7.1 9.9 11.2 14.2 14.1
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Community and regional development.................... 4.1 0.4 12.2 9.7 8.9 9.7 7.7 6.2
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education........................................... 8.8 3.3 10.5 11.0 12.6 12.7 12.4 11.7
Training, employment and social services............ 8.6 1.2 15.6 6.6 14.1 11.7 11.3 6.5
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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 18.2
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Health................................................ 6.2 1.2 6.9 7.7 8.3 8.8 8.7 8.2
Income security:
Housing assistance.................................. 18.6 0.1 28.6 32.3 24.8 27.7 26.1 13.9
Other............................................... 0.7 0.2 1.0 1.2 1.7 3.7 4.5 4.4
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Total Income security............................. 19.4 0.3 29.6 33.5 26.5 31.4 30.5 18.3
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Social security....................................... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... -* -* ..........
Veterans benefits and services........................ 4.9 1.2 5.6 6.2 6.8 7.0 7.6 8.5
Administration of justice............................. 3.3 0.9 3.6 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.7
General government.................................... 6.4 2.4 6.1 6.7 4.9 5.4 5.7 5.9
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Total domestic.................................. 87.7 18.5 122.6 126.9 130.7 148.4 137.1 117.7
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Total discretionary budget authority.................... 193.7 43.5 242.5 255.3 270.9 305.8 335.1 349.1
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2003--Continued
(in billions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
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National defense............ 245.0 265.6 294.9 289.6 288.0 292.5 300.1
International affairs....... 16.0 25.2 24.1 20.3 18.8 18.1 18.5
Domestic:
General science, space and
technology:
General science and
basic research......... 1.6 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.8
Space and other
technology............. 6.5 6.9 6.9 7.2 10.2 8.3 10.0
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Total General science,
space and technology. 8.1 8.8 9.1 9.3 12.5 10.8 12.8
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Energy.................... 6.9 6.0 6.5 4.3 3.2 4.7 4.7
Natural resources and
environment.............. 14.6 14.0 15.1 13.4 16.2 16.2 17.3
Agriculture............... 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.4
Commerce and housing
credit................... 3.6 3.8 4.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.1
Transportation:
Ground transportation... 5.5 4.3 4.1 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.0
Air transportation...... 3.9 4.3 5.1 4.6 4.7 5.2 5.8
Water and other
transportation......... 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.8
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Total Transportation.. 11.8 11.3 11.6 10.1 10.5 10.6 11.6
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Community and regional
development.............. 7.5 6.5 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.4 6.0
Education, training,
employment and social
services:
Education............... 12.3 13.1 15.2 14.4 16.7 17.4 18.4
Training, employment and
social services........ 7.6 10.4 7.7 7.1 7.7 8.1 8.2
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Total Education,
training, employment
and social services.. 20.0 23.4 22.9 21.5 24.4 25.5 26.6
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Health.................... 8.8 9.3 10.3 10.3 12.1 13.0 14.3
Income security:
Housing assistance...... 10.0 11.4 12.6 10.7 8.6 8.6 9.0
Other................... 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.7 5.8
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Total Income security. 15.0 16.5 17.6 15.8 13.5 13.4 14.9
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Veterans benefits and
services................. 9.5 9.9 10.8 10.7 11.3 11.6 12.4
Administration of justice. 5.3 6.0 6.6 6.7 8.5 9.0 9.9
General government........ 6.7 7.0 7.1 7.4 8.1 8.5 9.1
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Total domestic...... 119.9 124.7 130.1 120.2 131.2 134.1 145.0
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Total discretionary budget
authority.................. 380.9 415.5 449.0 430.1 437.9 444.6 463.6
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2003--Continued
(in billions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
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National defense............ 303.9 332.2 299.1 276.1 262.2 262.9 265.0
International affairs....... 20.0 21.3 20.9 33.3 20.9 20.2 18.1
Domestic:
General science, space and
technology:
General science and
basic research......... 3.2 3.5 4.1 4.2 4.6 4.1 4.1
Space and other
technology............. 11.4 13.0 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.5 12.6
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Total General science,
space and technology. 14.5 16.5 17.3 17.2 17.6 16.7 16.7
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Energy.................... 5.6 5.4 5.8 5.8 6.4 6.2 4.9
Natural resources and
environment.............. 18.6 19.6 21.3 21.4 22.4 20.4 20.7
Agriculture............... 2.7 3.1 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.0 4.2
Commerce and housing
credit................... 3.9 2.8 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.7
Transportation:
Ground transportation... 4.1 3.4 3.7 2.6 3.9 3.1 2.5
Air transportation...... 6.6 7.3 8.1 8.3 8.4 6.0 8.0
Water and other
transportation......... 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.2
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Total Transportation.. 13.5 13.7 15.0 14.0 15.7 12.5 13.6
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Community and regional
development.............. 7.3 5.8 11.3 9.6 15.3 12.0 11.6
Education, training,
employment and social
services:
Education............... 19.9 22.9 24.4 25.5 26.3 26.4 23.2
Training, employment and
social services........ 9.8 10.7 11.6 12.4 13.9 13.1 12.9
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Total Education,
training, employment
and social services.. 29.8 33.5 36.1 37.9 40.3 39.5 36.1
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Health.................... 16.1 18.2 19.6 20.7 22.2 22.8 23.3
Medicare.................. 2.4 2.6 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.9
Income security:
Housing assistance...... 10.8 19.6 19.7 21.1 21.1 15.3 16.4
Other................... 8.2 10.0 10.7 10.8 12.0 12.2 11.3
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Total Income security. 18.9 29.6 30.4 31.9 33.1 27.5 27.8
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Social security........... 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.3 3.1
Veterans benefits and
services................. 13.0 14.1 15.3 16.2 17.2 17.6 17.8
Administration of justice. 12.4 12.7 14.3 14.6 15.2 18.3 20.7
General government........ 11.5 12.2 11.3 11.6 12.1 11.9 11.5
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Total domestic...... 172.4 192.3 211.5 214.6 231.4 218.5 218.8
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Total discretionary budget
authority.................. 496.4 545.8 531.6 524.0 514.5 501.5 501.9
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2003--Continued
(in billions of dollars)
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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Category and Program 1997 estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate
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National defense............ 266.2 268.6 271.6 277.0 284.8 288.1 298.0
International affairs....... 18.2 19.0 20.2 19.2 18.9 18.8 18.8
Domestic:
General science, space and
technology:
General science and
basic research......... 4.2 5.6 6.2 6.3 6.6 6.7 6.8
Space and other
technology............. 12.5 12.3 12.3 12.2 12.2 12.2 12.2
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Total General science,
space and technology. 16.6 17.9 18.5 18.5 18.7 19.0 19.1
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Energy.................... 4.2 2.8 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0
Natural resources and
environment.............. 22.4 23.2 22.6 22.3 22.0 22.0 22.3
Agriculture............... 4.2 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.8
Commerce and housing
credit................... 2.8 3.2 3.3 5.1 2.9 2.9 2.9
Transportation:
Ground transportation... 25.6 27.8 27.7 27.6 27.6 27.6 27.6
Air transportation...... 9.8 10.4 10.9 11.4 12.0 12.5 13.1
Water and other
transportation......... 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0
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Total Transportation.. 38.7 41.4 41.8 42.3 42.6 43.1 43.7
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Community and regional
development.............. 13.0 8.7 9.2 8.0 7.8 7.7 7.8
Education, training,
employment and social
services:
Education............... 28.2 31.3 33.3 33.6 33.7 33.4 33.3
Training, employment and
social services........ 14.3 15.0 15.4 15.6 15.7 15.9 15.5
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Total Education,
training, employment
and social services.. 42.5 46.4 48.6 49.1 49.4 49.3 48.9
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Health.................... 25.1 26.4 27.5 28.3 29.2 30.5 33.0
Medicare.................. 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7
Income security:
Housing assistance...... 11.7 19.8 20.3 24.1 25.1 26.3 27.5
Other................... 11.0 12.1 12.7 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.8
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Total Income security. 22.7 31.9 33.0 36.7 37.8 39.0 40.3
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Social security........... 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2
Veterans benefits and
services................. 18.9 19.0 18.9 18.9 18.9 18.9 19.6
Administration of justice. 22.9 24.2 25.7 24.6 24.4 24.6 25.1
General government........ 11.8 12.5 13.0 12.1 12.2 12.0 12.1
Allowances................ .......... .......... 3.2 .......... .......... .......... ..........
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Total domestic...... 252.0 267.8 278.8 278.8 278.8 281.7 287.4
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Total discretionary budget
authority.................. 536.3 555.4 570.6 575.0 582.5 588.6 604.2
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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 these programs for years prior to 1992 is not
strictly comparable to that for 1992 and beyond. Due to the effects of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 and
subsequent comparable redefinitions on the measurement and classification as budget authority of the
obligation limitations of certain special and trust funds, the discretionary budget authority for these
programs for years prior to 1990 is not strictly comparable to that for 1990 and beyond.
Note: Obligation limitations for transportation trust funds are shown as budget authority starting in 1997.