[Budget of the United States Government]
[Table of Contents]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                            TABLE OF CONTENTS


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I.                The Budget Message of the President............................................................................................      1

II.               Charting A Course for the New Era of Surplus...................................................................................     11

III.              Building on Our Economic Prosperity

                       1.  Sustaining Growth.....................................................................................................     21
                       2.  Saving Social Security................................................................................................     35

IV.               Improving Performance through Better Management................................................................................     43

V.                Preparing For the 21st Century

                       3.  Investing in Education and Training...................................................................................     63
                       4.  Supporting Working Families...........................................................................................     75
                       5.  Strengthening Health Care.............................................................................................     85
                       6.  Protecting the Environment............................................................................................     95
                       7.  Promoting Research....................................................................................................    107
                       8.  Enforcing the Law.....................................................................................................    119
                       9.  Building One America..................................................................................................    129
                      10.  Advancing United States Leadership in the World.......................................................................    141
                      11.  Supporting the World's Strongest Military Force.......................................................................    151

VI.               Investing in the Common Good: Program Performance in Federal Functions

                      12.  Overview..............................................................................................................    161
                      13.  National Defense......................................................................................................    167
                      14.  International Affairs.................................................................................................    173
                      15.  General Science, Space, and Technology................................................................................    177
                      16.  Energy................................................................................................................    183
                      17.  Natural Resources and Environment.....................................................................................    189
                      18.  Agriculture...........................................................................................................    197
                      19.  Commerce and Housing Credit...........................................................................................    205
                      20.  Transportation........................................................................................................    211
                      21.  Community and Regional Development....................................................................................    219
                      22.  Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services..................................................................    225
                      23.  Health................................................................................................................    237
                      24.  Medicare..............................................................................................................    243
                      25.  Income Security.......................................................................................................    247

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                      26.  Social Security.......................................................................................................    253
                      27.  Veterans Benefits and Services........................................................................................    257
                      28.  Administration of Justice.............................................................................................    263
                      29.  General Government....................................................................................................    269
                      30.  Net Interest..........................................................................................................    273
                      31.  Allowances............................................................................................................    275
                      32.  Undistributed Offsetting Receipts.....................................................................................    277
                      33.  Regulation: Costs and Benefits........................................................................................    279
                      34.  Detailed Functional Tables............................................................................................    283

VII.              Summary Tables

                      2000 Budget Proposals......................................................................................................    365
                      Summaries by Agency........................................................................................................    383
                      Other Summary Tables.......................................................................................................    387

VIII.             List of Charts and Tables......................................................................................................    395

IX.               OMB Contributors to the 2000 Budget............................................................................................    403

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