[Historical Tables]
[Section 3 - Federal Government Outlays by Function]
[Table 3.1 - Outlays by Superfunction and Function: 1940-2003]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2003
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Superfunction and Function 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
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National defense................... 1,660 6,435 25,658 66,699 79,143 82,965 42,681 12,808 9,105
Human resources.................... 4,139 4,158 3,599 2,659 1,928 1,859 5,493 9,909 9,868
Education, training, employment,
and social services............. 1,972 1,592 1,062 375 160 134 85 102 191
Health........................... 55 60 71 92 174 211 201 177 162
Income security.................. 1,514 1,855 1,828 1,739 1,503 1,137 2,384 2,820 2,499
Social security.................. 28 91 137 177 217 267 358 466 558
Veterans benefits and services... 570 560 501 276 -126 110 2,465 6,344 6,457
Physical resources................. 2,312 1,782 3,892 6,433 5,471 1,747 836 1,227 2,243
Energy........................... 88 91 156 116 65 25 41 18 292
Natural resources and environment 997 817 819 726 642 455 482 700 780
Commerce and housing credit...... 550 398 1,521 2,151 624 -2,630 -1,857 -923 306
Transportation................... 392 353 1,283 3,220 3,901 3,654 1,970 1,130 787
Community and regional
development..................... 285 123 113 219 238 243 200 302 78
Net interest....................... 899 943 1,052 1,529 2,219 3,112 4,111 4,204 4,341
(On-budget).................. (941) (999) (1,123) (1,616) (2,322) (3,236) (4,259) (4,367) (4,532)
(Off-budget)................. (-42) (-56) (-71) (-87) (-103) (-124) (-148) (-163) (-191)
Other functions.................... 775 882 1,830 2,457 3,864 4,418 3,580 7,900 5,851
International affairs............ 51 145 968 1,286 1,449 1,913 1,935 5,791 4,566
General science, space and
technology...................... ........... ........... 4 1 48 111 34 5 1
Agriculture...................... 369 339 344 343 1,275 1,635 610 814 69
Administration of justice........ 81 92 117 154 192 178 176 176 170
General government............... 274 306 397 673 900 581 825 1,114 1,045
Undistributed offsetting receipts.. -317 -547 -894 -1,221 -1,320 -1,389 -1,468 -1,552 -1,643
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Total, Federal outlays............. 9,468 13,653 35,137 78,555 91,304 92,712 55,232 34,496 29,764
(On-budget).................. (9,482) (13,618) (35,071) (78,466) (91,190) (92,569) (55,022) (34,193) (29,396)
(Off-budget)................. (-14) (35) (66) (89) (114) (143) (210) (303) (368)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense................... 17.5 47.1 73.0 84.9 86.7 89.5 77.3 37.1 30.6
Human resources.................... 43.7 30.5 10.2 3.4 2.1 2.0 9.9 28.7 33.2
Physical resources................. 24.4 13.1 11.1 8.2 6.0 1.9 1.5 3.6 7.5
Net interest....................... 9.5 6.9 3.0 1.9 2.4 3.4 7.4 12.2 14.6
Other functions.................... 8.2 6.5 5.2 3.1 4.2 4.8 6.5 22.9 19.7
Undistributed offsetting receipts.. -3.4 -4.0 -2.5 -1.6 -1.4 -1.5 -2.7 -4.5 -5.5
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Total, Federal outlays............. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget).................. (100.2) (99.7) (99.8) (99.9) (99.9) (99.8) (99.6) (99.1) (98.8)
(Off-budget)................. (-0.2) (0.3) (0.2) (0.1) (0.1) (0.2) (0.4) (0.9) (1.2)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense................... 1.7 5.6 17.8 37.1 37.9 37.5 19.1 5.5 3.5
Human resources.................... 4.3 3.7 2.5 1.5 0.9 0.8 2.5 4.2 3.8
Physical resources................. 2.4 1.6 2.7 3.6 2.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.9
Net interest....................... 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.8 1.8 1.7
Other functions.................... 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.8 2.0 1.6 3.4 2.3
Undistributed offsetting receipts.. -0.3 -0.5 -0.6 -0.7 -0.6 -0.6 -0.7 -0.7 -0.6
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Total, Federal outlays............. 9.8 12.0 24.4 43.6 43.7 41.9 24.8 14.7 11.6
(On-budget).................. (9.8) (12.0) (24.3) (43.6) (43.6) (41.8) (24.7) (14.6) (11.5)
(Off-budget)................. (-*) (*) (*) (*) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1)
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* 0.05 percent or less.
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2003--Continued
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Superfunction and Function 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
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National defense................................ 13,150 13,724 23,566 46,089 52,802 49,266 42,729 42,523
Human resources................................. 10,805 14,221 11,001 11,745 11,836 13,076 14,908 16,052
Education, training, employment, and social
services..................................... 178 241 235 339 441 370 445 591
Health........................................ 197 268 323 347 336 307 291 359
Income security............................... 3,174 4,097 3,352 3,655 3,823 4,434 5,071 4,734
Social security............................... 657 781 1,565 2,063 2,717 3,352 4,427 5,478
Veterans benefits and services................ 6,599 8,834 5,526 5,341 4,519 4,613 4,675 4,891
Physical resources.............................. 3,104 3,667 3,924 4,182 4,005 2,584 2,732 3,092
Energy........................................ 341 327 383 474 425 432 325 174
Natural resources and environment............. 1,080 1,308 1,310 1,233 1,289 1,007 940 870
Commerce and housing credit................... 800 1,035 1,228 1,278 910 -184 92 506
Transportation................................ 916 967 956 1,124 1,264 1,229 1,246 1,450
Community and regional development............ -33 30 47 73 117 100 129 92
Net interest.................................... 4,523 4,812 4,665 4,701 5,156 4,811 4,850 5,079
(On-budget)............................... (4,753) (5,069) (4,952) (5,035) (5,543) (5,250) (5,288) (5,567)
(Off-budget).............................. (-230) (-257) (-287) (-334) (-387) (-439) (-438) (-487)
Other functions................................. 9,032 7,955 4,690 4,346 5,873 4,515 6,718 7,482
International affairs......................... 6,052 4,673 3,647 2,691 2,119 1,596 2,223 2,414
General science, space and technology......... 48 55 51 49 49 46 74 79
Agriculture................................... 1,924 2,049 -323 176 2,253 1,817 3,514 3,486
Administration of justice..................... 184 193 218 267 243 257 256 302
General government............................ 824 986 1,097 1,163 1,209 799 651 1,201
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -1,779 -1,817 -2,332 -3,377 -3,571 -3,397 -3,493 -3,589
(On-budget)............................... (-1,779) (-1,817) (-2,332) (-3,377) (-3,571) (-3,396) (-3,487) (-3,571)
(Off-budget).............................. ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... (-1) (-6) (-18)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 38,835 42,562 45,514 67,686 76,101 70,855 68,444 70,640
(On-budget)............................... (38,408) (42,038) (44,237) (65,956) (73,771) (67,943) (64,461) (65,668)
(Off-budget).............................. (427) (524) (1,277) (1,730) (2,330) (2,912) (3,983) (4,972)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense................................ 33.9 32.2 51.8 68.1 69.4 69.5 62.4 60.2
Human resources................................. 27.8 33.4 24.2 17.4 15.6 18.5 21.8 22.7
Physical resources.............................. 8.0 8.6 8.6 6.2 5.3 3.6 4.0 4.4
Net interest.................................... 11.6 11.3 10.2 6.9 6.8 6.8 7.1 7.2
Other functions................................. 23.3 18.7 10.3 6.4 7.7 6.4 9.8 10.6
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -4.6 -4.3 -5.1 -5.0 -4.7 -4.8 -5.1 -5.1
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (98.9) (98.8) (97.2) (97.4) (96.9) (95.9) (94.2) (93.0)
(Off-budget).............................. (1.1) (1.2) (2.8) (2.6) (3.1) (4.1) (5.8) (7.0)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense................................ 4.8 5.0 7.3 13.2 14.2 13.0 10.8 9.9
Human resources................................. 4.0 5.2 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.8 3.8
Physical resources.............................. 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.7
Net interest.................................... 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2
Other functions................................. 3.3 2.9 1.5 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.7 1.7
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -1.0 -1.0 -0.9 -0.9 -0.8
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 14.3 15.6 14.2 19.4 20.4 18.7 17.3 16.5
(On-budget)............................... (14.1) (15.4) (13.8) (18.9) (19.8) (18.0) (16.3) (15.4)
(Off-budget).............................. (0.2) (0.2) (0.4) (0.5) (0.6) (0.8) (1.0) (1.2)
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2003--Continued
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Superfunction and Function 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
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National defense................................ 45,430 46,815 49,015 48,130 49,601 52,345 53,400 54,757
Human resources................................. 18,161 22,288 24,892 26,184 29,838 31,630 33,522 35,294
Education, training, employment, and social
services..................................... 590 643 789 968 1,063 1,241 1,458 1,555
Health........................................ 479 541 685 795 913 1,198 1,451 1,788
Income security............................... 5,427 7,535 8,239 7,378 9,683 9,207 9,311 9,657
Social security............................... 6,661 8,219 9,737 11,602 12,474 14,365 15,788 16,620
Veterans benefits and services................ 5,005 5,350 5,443 5,441 5,705 5,619 5,514 5,675
Physical resources.............................. 4,559 5,188 7,813 7,991 7,754 8,831 8,013 9,528
Energy........................................ 240 348 382 464 510 604 530 572
Natural resources and environment............. 1,098 1,407 1,632 1,559 1,779 2,044 2,251 2,364
Commerce and housing credit................... 1,424 930 1,933 1,618 1,203 1,424 62 418
Transportation................................ 1,662 2,334 3,655 4,126 3,987 4,290 4,596 5,242
Community and regional development............ 135 169 211 224 275 469 574 933
Net interest.................................... 5,354 5,604 5,762 6,947 6,716 6,889 7,740 8,199
(On-budget)............................... (5,910) (6,175) (6,338) (7,511) (7,307) (7,498) (8,322) (8,805)
(Off-budget).............................. (-557) (-571) (-576) (-563) (-591) (-609) (-582) (-607)
Other functions................................. 7,220 6,896 9,229 7,760 8,621 12,401 14,437 16,458
International affairs......................... 3,147 3,364 3,144 2,988 3,184 5,639 5,308 4,945
General science, space and technology......... 122 141 294 599 1,042 1,723 3,051 4,897
Agriculture................................... 2,288 2,411 4,509 2,623 2,641 3,562 4,384 4,609
Administration of justice..................... 303 325 356 366 400 429 465 489
General government............................ 1,360 655 926 1,184 1,354 1,049 1,230 1,518
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -4,146 -4,385 -4,613 -4,820 -4,807 -5,274 -5,797 -5,708
(On-budget)............................... (-4,058) (-4,240) (-4,449) (-4,632) (-4,601) (-5,053) (-5,555) (-5,429)
(Off-budget).............................. (-88) (-145) (-164) (-188) (-206) (-221) (-242) (-279)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 76,578 82,405 92,098 92,191 97,723 106,821 111,316 118,528
(On-budget)............................... (70,562) (74,902) (83,102) (81,341) (86,046) (93,286) (96,352) (102,794)
(Off-budget).............................. (6,016) (7,503) (8,996) (10,850) (11,677) (13,535) (14,964) (15,734)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense................................ 59.3 56.8 53.2 52.2 50.8 49.0 48.0 46.2
Human resources................................. 23.7 27.0 27.0 28.4 30.5 29.6 30.1 29.8
Physical resources.............................. 6.0 6.3 8.5 8.7 7.9 8.3 7.2 8.0
Net interest.................................... 7.0 6.8 6.3 7.5 6.9 6.4 7.0 6.9
Other functions................................. 9.4 8.4 10.0 8.4 8.8 11.6 13.0 13.9
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -5.4 -5.3 -5.0 -5.2 -4.9 -4.9 -5.2 -4.8
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (92.1) (90.9) (90.2) (88.2) (88.1) (87.3) (86.6) (86.7)
(Off-budget).............................. (7.9) (9.1) (9.8) (11.8) (11.9) (12.7) (13.4) (13.3)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense................................ 10.1 10.2 10.0 9.3 9.3 9.2 8.9 8.6
Human resources................................. 4.0 4.8 5.1 5.1 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5
Physical resources.............................. 1.0 1.1 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.5
Net interest.................................... 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3
Other functions................................. 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.5 1.6 2.2 2.4 2.6
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.9 -1.0 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -1.0 -0.9
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 17.0 17.9 18.7 17.8 18.4 18.8 18.6 18.5
(On-budget)............................... (15.7) (16.3) (16.9) (15.7) (16.2) (16.4) (16.1) (16.1)
(Off-budget).............................. (1.3) (1.6) (1.8) (2.1) (2.2) (2.4) (2.5) (2.5)
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2003--Continued
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Superfunction and Function 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
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National defense................................ 50,620 58,111 71,417 81,926 82,497 81,692 78,872 79,174
Human resources................................. 36,576 43,257 51,272 59,375 66,410 75,349 91,901 107,211
Education, training, employment, and social
services..................................... 2,140 4,363 6,453 7,634 7,548 8,634 9,849 12,529
Health........................................ 1,791 2,543 3,351 4,390 5,162 5,907 6,843 8,674
Medicare...................................... ........... 64 2,748 4,649 5,695 6,213 6,622 7,479
Income security............................... 9,469 9,678 10,261 11,816 13,076 15,655 22,946 27,650
Social security............................... 17,460 20,694 21,725 23,854 27,298 30,270 35,872 40,157
(On-budget)............................... ........... ........... (94) (94) (414) (458) (465) (538)
(Off-budget).............................. (17,460) (20,694) (21,631) (23,760) (26,885) (29,812) (35,408) (39,620)
Veterans benefits and services................ 5,716 5,916 6,735 7,032 7,631 8,669 9,768 10,720
Physical resources.............................. 11,264 13,410 14,674 16,002 11,869 15,574 18,286 19,574
Energy........................................ 699 612 782 1,037 1,010 997 1,035 1,296
Natural resources and environment............. 2,531 2,719 2,869 2,988 2,900 3,065 3,915 4,241
Commerce and housing credit................... 1,157 3,245 3,979 4,280 -119 2,112 2,366 2,222
Transportation................................ 5,763 5,730 5,936 6,316 6,526 7,008 8,052 8,392
Community and regional development............ 1,114 1,105 1,108 1,382 1,552 2,392 2,917 3,423
Net interest.................................... 8,591 9,386 10,268 11,090 12,699 14,380 14,841 15,478
(On-budget)............................... (9,239) (10,028) (11,060) (12,069) (13,848) (15,948) (16,783) (17,584)
(Off-budget).............................. (-648) (-642) (-792) (-979) (-1,149) (-1,568) (-1,942) (-2,106)
Other functions................................. 17,086 16,911 17,126 17,786 18,151 17,286 16,379 18,828
International affairs......................... 5,273 5,580 5,566 5,301 4,600 4,330 4,159 4,781
General science, space and technology......... 5,823 6,717 6,233 5,524 5,020 4,511 4,182 4,175
Agriculture................................... 3,955 2,447 2,990 4,545 5,826 5,166 4,290 5,259
Administration of justice..................... 535 563 618 659 766 959 1,306 1,653
General government............................ 1,499 1,603 1,719 1,757 1,939 2,320 2,442 2,960
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -5,908 -6,542 -7,294 -8,045 -7,986 -8,632 -10,107 -9,583
(On-budget)............................... (-5,626) (-6,205) (-6,879) (-7,600) (-7,454) (-7,995) (-9,467) (-8,926)
(Off-budget).............................. (-282) (-337) (-415) (-445) (-532) (-637) (-640) (-657)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 118,228 134,532 157,464 178,134 183,640 195,649 210,172 230,681
(On-budget)............................... (101,699) (114,817) (137,040) (155,798) (158,436) (168,042) (177,346) (193,824)
(Off-budget).............................. (16,529) (19,715) (20,424) (22,336) (25,204) (27,607) (32,826) (36,857)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense................................ 42.8 43.2 45.4 46.0 44.9 41.8 37.5 34.3
Human resources................................. 30.9 32.2 32.6 33.3 36.2 38.5 43.7 46.5
Physical resources.............................. 9.5 10.0 9.3 9.0 6.5 8.0 8.7 8.5
Net interest.................................... 7.3 7.0 6.5 6.2 6.9 7.4 7.1 6.7
Other functions................................. 14.5 12.6 10.9 10.0 9.9 8.8 7.8 8.2
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -5.0 -4.9 -4.6 -4.5 -4.3 -4.4 -4.8 -4.2
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (86.0) (85.3) (87.0) (87.5) (86.3) (85.9) (84.4) (84.0)
(Off-budget).............................. (14.0) (14.7) (13.0) (12.5) (13.7) (14.1) (15.6) (16.0)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense................................ 7.4 7.7 8.8 9.4 8.7 8.1 7.3 6.7
Human resources................................. 5.3 5.7 6.3 6.8 7.0 7.5 8.5 9.1
Physical resources.............................. 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.7
Net interest.................................... 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3
Other functions................................. 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.6
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.8 -0.9 -0.9 -0.8
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 17.2 17.9 19.4 20.5 19.4 19.4 19.5 19.6
(On-budget)............................... (14.8) (15.3) (16.9) (17.9) (16.7) (16.7) (16.5) (16.5)
(Off-budget).............................. (2.4) (2.6) (2.5) (2.6) (2.7) (2.7) (3.0) (3.1)
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2003--Continued
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Superfunction and Function 1973 1974 1975 1976 TQ 1977 1978 1979
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National defense................................ 76,681 79,347 86,509 89,619 22,269 97,241 104,495 116,342
Human resources................................. 119,522 135,783 173,245 203,594 52,065 221,895 242,329 267,574
Education, training, employment, and social
services..................................... 12,745 12,457 16,022 18,910 5,169 21,104 26,710 30,223
Health........................................ 9,356 10,733 12,930 15,734 3,924 17,302 18,524 20,494
Medicare...................................... 8,052 9,639 12,875 15,834 4,264 19,345 22,768 26,495
Income security............................... 28,276 33,713 50,176 60,799 14,985 61,060 61,505 66,376
Social security............................... 49,090 55,867 64,658 73,899 19,763 85,061 93,861 104,073
(On-budget)............................... (526) (494) (499) (515) ........... (717) (741) (757)
(Off-budget).............................. (48,565) (55,373) (64,159) (73,384) (19,763) (84,344) (93,120) (103,316)
Veterans benefits and services................ 12,003 13,374 16,584 18,419 3,960 18,022 18,961 19,914
Physical resources.............................. 20,614 25,106 35,449 39,188 9,512 40,746 52,591 54,559
Energy........................................ 1,237 1,303 2,916 4,204 1,129 5,770 7,992 9,180
Natural resources and environment............. 4,775 5,697 7,346 8,184 2,524 10,032 10,983 12,135
Commerce and housing credit................... 931 4,705 9,947 7,619 931 3,093 6,254 4,686
Transportation................................ 9,066 9,172 10,918 13,739 3,358 14,829 15,521 18,079
Community and regional development............ 4,605 4,229 4,322 5,442 1,569 7,021 11,841 10,480
Net interest.................................... 17,349 21,449 23,244 26,727 6,949 29,901 35,458 42,636
(On-budget)............................... (19,629) (23,969) (26,047) (29,539) (7,042) (32,551) (37,861) (44,860)
(Off-budget).............................. (-2,280) (-2,520) (-2,803) (-2,812) (-93) (-2,650) (-2,403) (-2,224)
Other functions................................. 24,950 24,423 27,487 27,050 9,388 34,315 39,594 40,396
International affairs......................... 4,149 5,710 7,097 6,433 2,458 6,353 7,482 7,459
General science, space and technology......... 4,032 3,980 3,991 4,373 1,162 4,736 4,926 5,235
Agriculture................................... 4,854 2,230 3,036 3,170 983 6,787 11,357 11,236
Administration of justice..................... 2,141 2,470 2,955 3,328 891 3,605 3,813 4,173
General government............................ 9,774 10,032 10,408 9,747 3,895 12,833 12,015 12,293
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -13,409 -16,749 -13,602 -14,386 -4,206 -14,879 -15,720 -17,476
(On-budget)............................... (-12,714) (-15,985) (-12,686) (-13,423) (-3,957) (-13,902) (-14,660) (-16,362)
(Off-budget).............................. (-695) (-764) (-916) (-963) (-249) (-977) (-1,060) (-1,114)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 245,707 269,359 332,332 371,792 95,975 409,218 458,746 504,032
(On-budget)............................... (200,118) (217,270) (271,892) (302,183) (76,555) (328,502) (369,089) (404,054)
(Off-budget).............................. (45,589) (52,089) (60,440) (69,609) (19,421) (80,716) (89,657) (99,978)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense................................ 31.2 29.5 26.0 24.1 23.2 23.8 22.8 23.1
Human resources................................. 48.6 50.4 52.1 54.8 54.2 54.2 52.8 53.1
Physical resources.............................. 8.4 9.3 10.7 10.5 9.9 10.0 11.5 10.8
Net interest.................................... 7.1 8.0 7.0 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.7 8.5
Other functions................................. 10.2 9.1 8.3 7.3 9.8 8.4 8.6 8.0
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -5.5 -6.2 -4.1 -3.9 -4.4 -3.6 -3.4 -3.5
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (81.4) (80.7) (81.8) (81.3) (79.8) (80.3) (80.5) (80.2)
(Off-budget).............................. (18.6) (19.3) (18.2) (18.7) (20.2) (19.7) (19.5) (19.8)
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National defense................................ 5.9 5.5 5.6 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.7
Human resources................................. 9.1 9.4 11.1 11.8 11.4 11.3 11.0 10.7
Physical resources.............................. 1.6 1.7 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.2
Net interest.................................... 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7
Other functions................................. 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.6 2.1 1.7 1.8 1.6
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -1.0 -1.2 -0.9 -0.8 -0.9 -0.8 -0.7 -0.7
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 18.8 18.7 21.4 21.5 21.1 20.8 20.7 20.2
(On-budget)............................... (15.3) (15.1) (17.5) (17.5) (16.8) (16.7) (16.7) (16.2)
(Off-budget).............................. (3.5) (3.6) (3.9) (4.0) (4.3) (4.1) (4.1) (4.0)
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National defense................................ 133,995 157,513 185,309 209,903 227,413 252,748 273,375 281,999
Human resources................................. 313,374 362,022 388,681 426,003 432,042 471,822 481,594 502,196
Education, training, employment, and social
services..................................... 31,843 33,709 27,029 26,606 27,579 29,342 30,585 29,724
Health........................................ 23,169 26,866 27,445 28,641 30,417 33,542 35,936 39,967
Medicare...................................... 32,090 39,149 46,567 52,588 57,540 65,822 70,164 75,120
Income security............................... 86,557 99,742 107,737 122,621 112,694 128,230 119,824 123,282
Social security............................... 118,547 139,584 155,964 170,724 178,223 188,623 198,757 207,353
(On-budget)............................... (675) (670) (844) (19,993) (7,056) (5,189) (8,072) (4,930)
(Off-budget).............................. (117,872) (138,914) (155,120) (150,731) (171,167) (183,434) (190,684) (202,422)
Veterans benefits and services................ 21,169 22,973 23,938 24,824 25,588 26,262 26,327 26,750
Physical resources.............................. 65,985 70,886 61,752 57,600 57,967 56,821 58,738 55,142
Energy........................................ 10,156 15,166 13,527 9,353 7,073 5,609 4,690 4,072
Natural resources and environment............. 13,858 13,568 12,998 12,672 12,593 13,357 13,639 13,363
Commerce and housing credit................... 9,390 8,206 6,256 6,681 6,959 4,337 5,059 6,435
Transportation................................ 21,329 23,379 20,625 21,334 23,669 25,838 28,117 26,222
Community and regional development............ 11,252 10,568 8,347 7,560 7,673 7,680 7,233 5,051
Net interest.................................... 52,538 68,774 85,044 89,828 111,123 129,504 136,047 138,652
(On-budget)............................... (54,877) (71,062) (87,114) (91,673) (114,432) (133,622) (140,377) (143,942)
(Off-budget).............................. (-2,339) (-2,288) (-2,071) (-1,845) (-3,310) (-4,118) (-4,329) (-5,290)
Other functions................................. 44,996 47,095 51,069 59,023 55,287 68,227 73,713 62,588
International affairs......................... 12,714 13,104 12,300 11,848 15,876 16,176 14,152 11,649
General science, space and technology......... 5,832 6,469 7,200 7,935 8,317 8,627 8,976 9,216
Agriculture................................... 8,839 11,323 15,944 22,901 13,613 25,565 31,449 26,606
Administration of justice..................... 4,584 4,769 4,712 5,105 5,663 6,270 6,572 7,553
General government............................ 13,028 11,429 10,914 11,235 11,817 11,588 12,564 7,565
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -19,942 -28,041 -26,099 -33,976 -31,957 -32,698 -33,007 -36,455
(On-budget)............................... (-18,738) (-26,611) (-24,453) (-32,198) (-29,913) (-30,189) (-30,150) (-33,155)
(Off-budget).............................. (-1,204) (-1,430) (-1,646) (-1,778) (-2,044) (-2,509) (-2,857) (-3,300)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 590,947 678,249 745,755 808,380 851,874 946,423 990,460 1,004,122
(On-budget)............................... (476,618) (543,053) (594,351) (661,272) (686,061) (769,615) (806,962) (810,290)
(Off-budget).............................. (114,329) (135,196) (151,404) (147,108) (165,813) (176,807) (183,498) (193,832)
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National defense................................ 22.7 23.2 24.8 26.0 26.7 26.7 27.6 28.1
Human resources................................. 53.0 53.4 52.1 52.7 50.7 49.9 48.6 50.0
Physical resources.............................. 11.2 10.5 8.3 7.1 6.8 6.0 5.9 5.5
Net interest.................................... 8.9 10.1 11.4 11.1 13.0 13.7 13.7 13.8
Other functions................................. 7.6 6.9 6.8 7.3 6.5 7.2 7.4 6.2
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -3.4 -4.1 -3.5 -4.2 -3.8 -3.5 -3.3 -3.6
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (80.7) (80.1) (79.7) (81.8) (80.5) (81.3) (81.5) (80.7)
(Off-budget).............................. (19.3) (19.9) (20.3) (18.2) (19.5) (18.7) (18.5) (19.3)
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National defense................................ 4.9 5.2 5.8 6.1 6.0 6.2 6.2 6.1
Human resources................................. 11.5 11.9 12.1 12.4 11.3 11.5 11.0 10.9
Physical resources.............................. 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2
Net interest.................................... 1.9 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.0
Other functions................................. 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.4
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.7 -0.9 -0.8 -1.0 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 21.7 22.2 23.2 23.6 22.3 23.1 22.6 21.8
(On-budget)............................... (17.5) (17.8) (18.5) (19.3) (18.0) (18.8) (18.4) (17.6)
(Off-budget).............................. (4.2) (4.4) (4.7) (4.3) (4.3) (4.3) (4.2) (4.2)
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National defense................................ 290,361 303,559 299,331 273,292 298,350 291,086 281,642 272,066
Human resources................................. 533,404 568,668 619,329 689,666 772,440 827,535 869,414 923,765
Education, training, employment, and social
services..................................... 31,938 36,674 38,755 43,354 45,248 50,012 46,307 54,263
Health........................................ 44,487 48,390 57,716 71,183 89,497 99,415 107,122 115,418
Medicare...................................... 78,878 84,964 98,102 104,489 119,024 130,552 144,747 159,855
Income security............................... 129,374 136,066 147,076 170,320 197,022 207,299 214,089 220,493
Social security............................... 219,341 232,542 248,623 269,015 287,585 304,585 319,565 335,846
(On-budget)............................... (4,852) (5,069) (3,625) (2,619) (6,166) (6,236) (5,683) (5,476)
(Off-budget).............................. (214,489) (227,473) (244,998) (266,395) (281,418) (298,349) (313,881) (330,370)
Veterans benefits and services................ 29,386 30,031 29,058 31,305 34,064 35,671 37,584 37,890
Physical resources.............................. 68,632 81,568 126,004 135,176 75,613 46,762 70,575 59,197
Energy........................................ 2,297 2,706 3,341 2,436 4,500 4,319 5,219 4,936
Natural resources and environment............. 14,606 16,182 17,080 18,559 20,025 20,239 21,064 22,078
Commerce and housing credit................... 19,164 29,710 67,600 76,271 10,919 -21,853 -4,228 -17,808
(On-budget)............................... (19,164) (30,019) (65,974) (74,953) (10,260) (-23,294) (-5,331) (-15,839)
(Off-budget).............................. ........... (-310) (1,626) (1,317) (659) (1,441) (1,103) (-1,969)
Transportation................................ 27,272 27,608 29,485 31,099 33,332 35,004 38,066 39,350
Community and regional development............ 5,294 5,362 8,498 6,811 6,838 9,052 10,454 10,641
Net interest.................................... 151,838 169,266 184,221 194,541 199,421 198,811 202,957 232,169
(On-budget)............................... (159,253) (180,661) (200,212) (214,763) (223,059) (225,599) (232,160) (265,474)
(Off-budget).............................. (-7,416) (-11,395) (-15,991) (-20,222) (-23,637) (-26,788) (-29,203) (-33,305)
Other functions................................. 57,222 57,822 60,893 71,081 75,136 82,606 74,914 72,987
International affairs......................... 10,471 9,573 13,764 15,851 16,107 17,248 17,083 16,434
General science, space and technology......... 10,841 12,838 14,444 16,111 16,409 17,030 16,227 16,724
Agriculture................................... 17,210 16,919 11,958 15,183 15,205 20,363 15,046 9,778
Administration of justice..................... 9,236 9,474 9,993 12,276 14,426 14,955 15,256 16,216
General government............................ 9,464 9,017 10,734 11,661 12,990 13,009 11,303 13,835
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -36,967 -37,212 -36,615 -39,356 -39,280 -37,386 -37,772 -44,455
(On-budget)............................... (-32,585) (-32,354) (-31,048) (-33,553) (-33,179) (-30,970) (-31,362) (-38,023)
(Off-budget).............................. (-4,382) (-4,858) (-5,567) (-5,804) (-6,101) (-6,416) (-6,409) (-6,432)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 1,064,489 1,143,671 1,253,163 1,324,400 1,381,681 1,409,414 1,461,731 1,515,729
(On-budget)............................... (861,798) (932,760) (1,028,098) (1,082,713) (1,129,343) (1,142,827) (1,182,359) (1,227,065)
(Off-budget).............................. (202,691) (210,911) (225,065) (241,687) (252,339) (266,587) (279,372) (288,664)
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National defense................................ 27.3 26.5 23.9 20.6 21.6 20.7 19.3 17.9
Human resources................................. 50.1 49.7 49.4 52.1 55.9 58.7 59.5 60.9
Physical resources.............................. 6.4 7.1 10.1 10.2 5.5 3.3 4.8 3.9
Net interest.................................... 14.3 14.8 14.7 14.7 14.4 14.1 13.9 15.3
Other functions................................. 5.4 5.1 4.9 5.4 5.4 5.9 5.1 4.8
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -3.5 -3.3 -2.9 -3.0 -2.8 -2.7 -2.6 -2.9
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (81.0) (81.6) (82.0) (81.8) (81.7) (81.1) (80.9) (81.0)
(Off-budget).............................. (19.0) (18.4) (18.0) (18.2) (18.3) (18.9) (19.1) (19.0)
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National defense................................ 5.9 5.7 5.3 4.7 4.9 4.5 4.1 3.8
Human resources................................. 10.8 10.6 10.9 11.8 12.6 12.8 12.7 12.8
Physical resources.............................. 1.4 1.5 2.2 2.3 1.2 0.7 1.0 0.8
Net interest.................................... 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.2
Other functions................................. 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.0
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.7 -0.7 -0.6 -0.7 -0.6 -0.6 -0.6 -0.6
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 21.5 21.4 22.0 22.6 22.5 21.8 21.4 21.1
(On-budget)............................... (17.4) (17.4) (18.1) (18.5) (18.4) (17.6) (17.3) (17.1)
(Off-budget).............................. (4.1) (3.9) (4.0) (4.1) (4.1) (4.1) (4.1) (4.0)
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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Superfunction and Function 1996 1997 estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate
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National defense................................ 265,748 270,473 264,112 265,489 268,670 269,750 272,125 288,515
Human resources................................. 958,254 1,002,323 1,048,983 1,100,513 1,149,201 1,202,807 1,242,444 1,310,237
Education, training, employment, and social
services..................................... 52,001 53,008 55,114 59,488 62,524 63,319 63,377 65,526
Health........................................ 119,378 123,843 131,772 141,457 149,886 160,148 170,695 183,452
Medicare...................................... 174,225 190,016 198,135 207,271 216,868 232,565 234,872 255,785
Income security............................... 225,989 230,886 239,349 252,808 263,297 271,590 277,858 287,282
Social security............................... 349,676 365,257 381,499 396,217 412,640 430,373 450,204 470,696
(On-budget)............................... (5,807) (6,885) (9,660) (8,911) (9,375) (8,743) (10,575) (11,280)
(Off-budget).............................. (343,869) (358,372) (371,839) (387,306) (403,265) (421,630) (439,629) (459,416)
Veterans benefits and services................ 36,985 39,313 43,114 43,272 43,986 44,812 45,438 47,496
Physical resources.............................. 64,236 60,000 81,087 78,910 89,162 87,889 86,037 86,233
Energy........................................ 2,844 1,483 403 -1,045 200 -1 -208 -141
Natural resources and environment............. 21,614 21,369 23,822 23,237 23,853 23,815 23,243 23,516
Commerce and housing credit................... -10,472 -14,624 3,525 3,541 11,834 10,927 10,866 10,246
(On-budget)............................... (-10,292) (-14,575) (1,804) (2,695) (9,390) (10,443) (11,654) (11,925)
(Off-budget).............................. (-180) (-49) (1,721) (846) (2,444) (484) (-788) (-1,679)
Transportation................................ 39,565 40,767 41,535 42,259 43,131 43,429 43,590 45,021
Community and regional development............ 10,685 11,005 11,802 10,918 10,144 9,719 8,546 7,591
Net interest.................................... 241,090 244,013 242,694 241,754 236,496 233,556 227,136 220,601
(On-budget)............................... (277,597) (285,227) (289,424) (293,377) (293,462) (296,445) (296,454) (296,938)
(Off-budget).............................. (-36,507) (-41,214) (-46,730) (-51,623) (-56,966) (-62,889) (-69,318) (-76,337)
Other functions................................. 68,804 74,399 77,305 89,043 87,319 87,557 87,359 88,104
International affairs......................... 13,496 15,228 14,480 14,463 15,296 15,407 15,672 15,725
General science, space and technology......... 16,709 17,174 17,093 17,616 18,153 18,450 18,778 18,918
Agriculture................................... 9,159 9,032 10,580 11,017 10,511 9,194 9,133 9,281
Administration of justice..................... 17,548 20,197 22,274 25,524 25,906 26,647 25,839 25,670
General government............................ 11,892 12,768 12,878 17,173 17,453 17,859 17,937 18,510
Allowances.................................... ........... ........... ........... 3,250 ........... ........... ........... ...........
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -37,620 -49,973 -46,366 -42,492 -45,802 -47,167 -55,547 -48,316
(On-budget)............................... (-31,342) (-43,490) (-39,211) (-34,825) (-37,485) (-38,336) (-45,976) (-38,012)
(Off-budget).............................. (-6,278) (-6,483) (-7,155) (-7,667) (-8,317) (-8,831) (-9,571) (-10,304)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 1,560,512 1,601,235 1,667,815 1,733,217 1,785,046 1,834,392 1,859,554 1,945,374
(On-budget)............................... (1,259,608) (1,290,609) (1,348,140) (1,404,355) (1,444,620) (1,483,998) (1,499,602) (1,574,278)
(Off-budget).............................. (300,904) (310,626) (319,675) (328,862) (340,426) (350,394) (359,952) (371,096)
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National defense................................ 17.0 16.9 15.8 15.3 15.1 14.7 14.6 14.8
Human resources................................. 61.4 62.6 62.9 63.5 64.4 65.6 66.8 67.4
Physical resources.............................. 4.1 3.7 4.9 4.6 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.4
Net interest.................................... 15.4 15.2 14.6 13.9 13.2 12.7 12.2 11.3
Other functions................................. 4.4 4.6 4.6 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.5
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -2.4 -3.1 -2.8 -2.5 -2.6 -2.6 -3.0 -2.5
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (80.7) (80.6) (80.8) (81.0) (80.9) (80.9) (80.6) (80.9)
(Off-budget).............................. (19.3) (19.4) (19.2) (19.0) (19.1) (19.1) (19.4) (19.1)
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National defense................................ 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8
Human resources................................. 12.7 12.6 12.6 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.6 12.7
Physical resources.............................. 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8
Net interest.................................... 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.1
Other functions................................. 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.5 -0.6 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.6 -0.5
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 20.7 20.1 20.0 20.0 19.7 19.4 18.8 18.8
(On-budget)............................... (16.7) (16.2) (16.1) (16.2) (16.0) (15.7) (15.2) (15.2)
(Off-budget).............................. (4.0) (3.9) (3.8) (3.8) (3.8) (3.7) (3.6) (3.6)
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