[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