    [Historical Tables]
    [Front Matter]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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                        Contents of the Historical Tables

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    Introduction:

      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          19
       Deficits (-): 1789-2005......................................
       Table 1.2--Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or          21
       Deficits (-) as Percentages of GDP: 1930-2005................
       Table 1.3--Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or          23
       Deficits (-) in Current Dollars, Constant (FY 1996) Dollars,
       and as Percentages of GDP: 1940-2005.........................
       Table 1.4--Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits (-)        25
       by Fund Group: 1934-2005.....................................

    Section 2--Composition of Federal Government Receipts...........      27
       Table 2.1--Receipts by Source: 1934-2005.....................      27
       Table 2.2--Percentage Composition of Receipts by Source: 1934-     29
       2005.........................................................
       Table 2.3--Receipts by Source as Percentages of GDP: 1934-         31
       2005.........................................................
       Table 2.4--Composition of Social Insurance Taxes and               33
       Contributions and of Excise Taxes: 1940-2005.................
       Table 2.5--Composition of ``Other Receipts'': 1940-2005......      40

    Section 3--Federal Government Outlays by Function...............      42
       Table 3.1--Outlays by Superfunction and Function: 1940-2005..      42
       Table 3.2--Outlays by Function and Subfunction: 1962-2005....      50

    Section 4--Federal Government Outlays by Agency.................      65
       Table 4.1--Outlays by Agency: 1962-2005......................      65
       Table 4.2--Percentage Distribution of Outlays by Agency: 1962-     70
       2005.........................................................

    Section 5--Budget Authority (On-and Off-Budget).................      75
       Table 5.1--Budget Authority by Function and Subfunction: 1976-     75
       2005.........................................................
       Table 5.2--Budget Authority by Agency: 1976-2005.............      87
       Table 5.3--Percentage Distribution of Budget Authority by          91
       Agency: 1976-2005............................................
       Table 5.4--Discretionary Budget Authority by Agency: 1976-         95
       2005.........................................................
       Table 5.5--Percentage Distribution of Discretionary Budget         99
       Authority by Agency: 1976-2005...............................

    Section 6--Composition of Federal Government Outlays............     103
       Table 6.1--Composition of Outlays: 1940-2005.................     103

    Section 7--Federal Debt.........................................     110
       Table 7.1--Federal Debt at the End of Year: 1940-2005........     110
       Table 7.2--Debt Subject to Statutory Limit: 1940-2005........     112
       Table 7.3--Statutory Limits on Federal Debt: 1940-Current....     113

    Section 8--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category...........     117
       Table 8.1--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category: 1962-      117
       2005.........................................................
       Table 8.2--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category in          118
       Constant (FY 1996) Dollars: 1962-2005........................
       Table 8.3--Percentage Distribution of Outlays by Budget           119
       Enforcement Act Category: 1962-2005..........................
       Table 8.4--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category as          120
       Percentages of GDP: 1962-2005................................
       Table 8.5--Outlays for Mandatory and Related Programs: 1962-      121
       2005.........................................................
       Table 8.6--Outlays for Mandatory and Related Programs in          126
       Constant (FY 1996) Dollars: 1962-2005........................
       Table 8.7--Outlays for Discretionary Programs: 1962-2005.....     131
       Table 8.8--Outlays for Discretionary Programs in Constant (FY     136
       1996) Dollars: 1962-2005.....................................
       Table 8.9--Budget Authority for Discretionary Programs: 1976-     141
       2005.........................................................

    Section 9--Federal Government Outlays for Major Public Physical      145
     Capital, Research and Development, and Education and Training..
       Table 9.1--Total Investment Outlays for Major Public Physical     145
       Capital, Research and Development, and Education and
       Training: 1962-2001..........................................
       Table 9.2--Major Public Physical Capital Investment Outlays       146
       in Current and Constant (FY 1996) Dollars: 1940-2001.........
       Table 9.3--Major Public Physical Capital Investment Outlays       148
       in Percentage Terms: 1940-2001...............................
       Table 9.4--National Defense Outlays for Major Public Direct       150
       Physical Capital Investment: 1940-2001.......................

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    Section 9 (Continued)...........................................
       Table 9.5--Nondefense Outlays for Major Public Direct             152
       Physical Capital Investment: 1940-2001.......................
       Table 9.6--Composition of Outlays for Grants for Major Public     154
       Physical Capital Investment: 1941-2001.......................
       Table 9.7--Summary of Outlays for the Conduct of Research and     160
       Development: 1949-2001 (In Current Dollars, as Percentages of
       Total Outlays, as Percentages of GDP, and in Constant (FY
       1996) Dollars)...............................................
       Table 9.8--Composition of Outlays for the Conduct of Research     161
       and Development: 1949-2001...................................
       Table 9.9--Composition of Outlays for the Conduct of              167
       Education and Training: 1962-2001............................

    Section 10--Gross Domestic Product and Implicit Outlay Deflators     170
       Table 10.1--Gross Domestic Product and Deflators Used in the      170
       Historical Tables: 1940-2005.................................

    Section 11--Federal Government Payments for Individuals.........     172
       Table 11.1--Summary Comparison of Outlays for Payments for        172
       Individuals: 1940-2005 (In Current Dollars, as Percentages of
       Total Outlays, as Percentages of GDP, and in Constant (FY
       1996) Dollars)...............................................
       Table 11.2--Functional Composition of Outlays for Payments        174
       for Individuals: 1940-2005...................................
       Table 11.3--Outlays for Payments for Individuals by Category      182
       and Major Program: 1940-2005.................................

    Section 12--Federal Grants To State and Local Governments.......     205
       Table 12.1--Summary Comparison of Total Outlays for Grants to     205
       State and Local Governments: 1940-2005 (in Current Dollars,
       as Percentages of Total Outlays, as Percentages of GDP, and
       in Constant (FY 1996) Dollars)...............................
       Table 12.2--Total Outlays for Grants to State and Local           207
       Governments, by Function and Fund Group: 1940-2005...........
       Table 12.3--Total Outlays for Grants to State and Local           213
       Governments, by Function, Agency, and Program: 1940-2005.....

    Section 13--Social Security and Medicare........................     258
       Table 13.1--Cash Income, Outgo, and Balances of the Social        258
       Security and Medicare Trust Funds: 1936-2005.................

    Section 14--Federal Sector Transactions in the National Income       271
     and Product Accounts...........................................
       Table 14.1--Federal Transactions in the National Income and       271
       Product Accounts for Federal Fiscal Years: 1999-2001.........
       Table 14.2--Federal Transactions in the National Income and       272
       Product Accounts as Percentages of GDP for Federal Fiscal
       Years: 1999-2001.............................................

    Section 15--Total (Federal and State and Local) Government           273
     Finances.......................................................
       Table 15.1--Total Government Receipts in Absolute Amounts and     273
       as Percentages of GDP: 1960-1999.............................
       Table 15.2--Total Government Expenditures: 1960-1999.........     274
       Table 15.3--Total Government Expenditures as Percentages of       275
       GDP: 1960-1999...............................................
       Table 15.4--Total Government Expenditures by Major Category       276
       of Expenditure: 1960-1999....................................
       Table 15.5--Total Government Expenditures by Major Category       277
       of Expenditure as Percentages of GDP: 1960-1999..............
       Table 15.6--Total Government Surpluses or Deficits (-) in         278
       Absolute Amounts and as Percentages of GDP: 1960-1999........

    Section 16--Federal Health Spending.............................     279
       Table 16.1--Total Outlays for Health Programs: 1962-2005.....     279

    Section 17--Government Employment...............................     280
       Table 17.1--Total Executive Branch Civilian Employees, 1940-      280
       1999.........................................................
       Table 17.2--Total Executive Branch Civilian Employees, 1940-      281
       1999 (as percentage of total)................................
       Table 17.3--Total Executive Branch Civilian Full-Time             282
       Equivalent (FTE) Employees, 1981-2001........................
       Table 17.4--Total Executive Branch Civilian Full-Time             283
       Equivalent (FTE) Employees, 1981-2001 (as percentage of
       total).......................................................
       Table 17.5--Government Employment and Population, 1962-1999..     284