[Historical Tables]
[Section 8 - Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category]
[Table 8.9 - Budget Authority for Discretionary Programs: 1976-2005]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2005
(in millions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1976 TQ 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
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National defense........................................ 97,567 23,455 110,362 117,349 126,880 144,502 180,443 217,179
Nondefense:
International affairs................................. 16,821 3,114 19,028 22,065 26,605 25,748 35,110 28,444
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.................. 1,037 244 1,129 1,270 1,344 1,456 1,527 1,525
Space and other technology.......................... 3,227 850 3,498 3,807 4,223 4,790 5,108 5,683
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Total General science, space and technology....... 4,264 1,094 4,627 5,077 5,568 6,247 6,634 7,208
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Energy................................................ 3,597 943 5,586 9,015 8,446 17,446 8,970 8,281
Natural resources and environment..................... 6,856 2,081 10,620 14,650 14,662 14,619 12,866 13,128
Agriculture........................................... 1,196 307 1,253 1,460 1,638 1,605 1,824 1,765
Commerce and housing credit........................... 3,581 1,109 4,543 4,178 4,325 6,162 4,324 3,259
Transportation:
Ground transportation............................... 2,970 1,277 2,110 2,886 5,164 6,250 8,716 8,450
Air transportation.................................. 2,270 524 2,454 2,692 3,048 3,181 3,397 3,223
Water and other transportation...................... 1,304 301 1,306 1,564 1,689 1,766 2,099 2,432
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Total Transportation.............................. 6,545 2,102 5,869 7,141 9,900 11,197 14,212 14,105
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Community and regional development.................... 4,079 441 12,164 9,745 8,869 9,726 7,655 6,221
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education........................................... 8,835 3,317 10,508 11,030 12,607 12,660 12,420 11,697
Training, employment and social services............ 8,748 1,215 15,784 6,793 14,325 11,882 11,387 6,570
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Total Education, training, employment and social 17,583 4,532 26,292 17,823 26,932 24,542 23,808 18,267
services.........................................
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Health................................................ 6,220 1,230 6,856 7,703 8,317 8,812 8,729 8,205
Income security:
Housing assistance.................................. 18,621 111 28,629 32,300 24,780 27,654 26,071 13,876
Other............................................... 732 153 978 1,187 1,676 3,743 4,469 4,392
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Total Income security............................. 19,353 265 29,607 33,487 26,456 31,397 30,539 18,268
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Social security....................................... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... -* -* ..........
Veterans benefits and services........................ 4,931 1,216 5,612 6,249 6,756 7,043 7,583 8,479
Administration of justice............................. 3,283 855 3,611 3,860 4,219 4,370 4,374 4,709
General government.................................... 6,405 2,374 6,115 6,664 4,887 5,400 5,705 5,937
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Total nondefense................................ 96,302 20,107 132,269 138,084 144,277 161,440 154,779 132,054
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Total discretionary budget authority.................... 193,869 43,562 242,631 255,433 271,157 305,941 335,222 349,233
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2005--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
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National defense........................................ 244,972 265,584 294,853 289,625 287,960 292,497 300,067 303,946
Nondefense:
International affairs................................. 32,035 50,339 48,115 40,557 37,600 36,158 37,074 40,054
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.................. 1,628 1,958 2,223 2,108 2,324 2,522 2,836 3,168
Space and other technology.......................... 6,517 6,858 6,925 7,165 10,198 8,322 10,001 11,359
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Total General science, space and technology....... 8,145 8,816 9,148 9,273 12,523 10,844 12,837 14,527
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Energy................................................ 6,928 6,030 6,528 4,299 3,211 4,726 4,727 5,585
Natural resources and environment..................... 14,590 13,971 15,087 13,360 16,190 16,246 17,292 18,601
Agriculture........................................... 2,047 2,143 2,216 2,093 2,263 2,318 2,357 2,722
Commerce and housing credit........................... 3,556 3,775 4,023 2,937 2,937 2,912 3,125 3,914
Transportation:
Ground transportation............................... 5,466 4,267 4,056 3,385 3,417 3,020 3,001 4,051
Air transportation.................................. 3,939 4,316 5,063 4,565 4,685 5,209 5,792 6,609
Water and other transportation...................... 2,380 2,679 2,471 2,173 2,441 2,370 2,779 2,884
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Total Transportation.............................. 11,785 11,262 11,591 10,123 10,543 10,599 11,573 13,544
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Community and regional development.................... 7,539 6,546 6,177 5,714 5,604 5,398 6,012 7,260
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education........................................... 12,338 13,091 15,165 14,436 16,715 17,395 18,353 19,937
Training, employment and social services............ 7,784 10,468 7,845 7,216 7,860 8,321 8,463 10,091
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Total Education, training, employment and social 20,121 23,559 23,010 21,652 24,575 25,716 26,816 30,028
services.........................................
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Health................................................ 8,795 9,343 10,310 10,344 12,141 12,958 14,262 16,078
Medicare.............................................. .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 2,361
Income security:
Housing assistance.................................. 10,025 11,398 12,613 10,748 8,564 8,648 9,009 10,785
Other............................................... 4,945 5,098 4,966 5,065 4,956 4,717 5,843 8,158
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Total Income security............................. 14,970 16,496 17,579 15,813 13,521 13,364 14,852 18,943
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Social security....................................... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 2,223
Veterans benefits and services........................ 9,526 9,946 10,783 10,742 11,313 11,631 12,363 13,037
Administration of justice............................. 5,322 6,001 6,618 6,662 8,491 9,018 9,882 12,356
General government.................................... 6,698 6,977 7,143 7,377 8,051 8,532 9,093 11,516
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Total nondefense................................ 136,041 150,034 154,271 140,666 150,162 152,341 163,727 192,723
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Total discretionary budget authority.................... 381,013 415,618 449,124 430,291 438,122 444,838 463,794 496,669
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2005--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
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National defense........................................ 332,228 299,115 276,109 262,246 262,862 265,014 266,217 272,370
Nondefense:
International affairs................................. 42,641 41,853 66,514 41,707 40,332 36,244 36,300 37,982
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.................. 3,455 4,107 4,150 4,560 4,133 4,122 4,185 5,629
Space and other technology.......................... 13,046 13,199 13,063 13,022 12,543 12,570 12,456 12,321
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Total General science, space and technology....... 16,501 17,305 17,214 17,582 16,676 16,692 16,641 17,950
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Energy................................................ 5,437 5,834 5,832 6,381 6,230 4,893 4,212 3,077
Natural resources and environment..................... 19,624 21,297 21,405 22,440 20,430 20,648 22,388 23,417
Agriculture........................................... 3,096 4,525 4,297 4,423 3,969 4,206 4,225 4,346
Commerce and housing credit........................... 2,825 4,190 4,092 3,959 3,930 4,063 3,138 3,128
Transportation:
Ground transportation............................... 3,443 3,703 2,575 3,883 3,067 2,453 2,899 4,051
Air transportation.................................. 7,332 8,104 8,307 8,430 5,985 7,987 8,328 8,687
Water and other transportation...................... 2,901 3,169 3,092 3,403 3,468 3,188 3,306 3,267
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Total Transportation.............................. 13,676 14,976 13,973 15,716 12,520 13,628 14,533 16,005
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Community and regional development.................... 5,839 11,337 9,600 15,343 12,033 11,645 13,034 10,263
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education........................................... 22,853 24,435 25,463 26,333 26,386 23,205 28,161 31,318
Training, employment and social services............ 10,953 11,912 12,728 14,266 13,477 13,284 14,660 15,382
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Total Education, training, employment and social 33,806 36,347 38,192 40,599 39,863 36,489 42,821 46,700
services.........................................
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Health................................................ 18,169 19,560 20,697 22,193 22,814 23,303 25,086 26,386
Medicare.............................................. 2,566 2,860 2,829 2,962 3,028 2,939 2,623 2,723
Income security:
Housing assistance.................................. 19,596 19,696 21,117 21,088 15,302 16,410 11,661 17,449
Other............................................... 9,985 10,735 10,801 11,978 12,198 11,342 11,026 12,299
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Total Income security............................. 29,581 30,432 31,918 33,066 27,500 27,752 22,687 29,748
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Social security....................................... 2,399 2,540 2,640 2,828 2,327 3,140 3,457 3,205
Veterans benefits and services........................ 14,124 15,298 16,235 17,193 17,618 17,801 18,908 18,943
Administration of justice............................. 12,690 14,270 14,613 15,156 18,325 20,682 22,913 24,840
General government.................................... 12,181 11,311 11,642 12,139 11,906 11,557 11,848 12,110
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Total nondefense................................ 213,835 233,009 248,435 252,834 239,335 237,560 246,664 261,832
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Total discretionary budget authority.................... 546,063 532,124 524,544 515,080 502,197 502,574 512,881 534,202
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2005--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Category and Program 1999 estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate
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National defense............ 288,117 294,068 306,287 310,069 316,438 324,051 332,364
Nondefense:
International affairs..... 83,018 47,820 45,510 46,386 47,000 48,152 49,138
General science, space and
technology:
General science and 6,333 6,622 7,661 7,685 7,702 7,803 7,936
basic research.........
Space and other 12,460 12,570 13,100 13,494 13,769 14,291 14,559
technology.............
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Total General science, 18,793 19,192 20,761 21,179 21,471 22,094 22,495
space and technology.
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Energy.................... 2,863 2,569 2,943 3,342 3,142 3,219 3,311
Natural resources and 23,812 24,041 24,940 25,086 25,354 25,957 26,463
environment..............
Agriculture............... 4,503 4,462 4,586 4,583 4,544 4,652 4,749
Commerce and housing 3,838 7,226 3,456 3,311 3,279 3,193 3,262
credit...................
Transportation:
Ground transportation... 836 847 751 773 782 780 797
Air transportation...... 9,046 9,125 10,206 10,547 10,987 11,539 12,216
Water and other 3,791 3,314 3,568 3,144 3,183 3,262 3,331
transportation.........
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Total Transportation.. 13,673 13,286 14,525 14,464 14,952 15,581 16,344
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Community and regional 11,027 11,493 12,327 12,327 12,472 12,781 13,062
development..............
Education, training,
employment and social
services:
Education............... 30,476 31,080 42,178 42,217 42,690 43,364 44,047
Training, employment and 16,172 13,310 19,365 19,365 19,598 20,083 20,523
social services........
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Total Education, 46,648 44,390 61,543 61,582 62,288 63,447 64,570
training, employment
and social services..
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Health.................... 30,209 33,803 34,951 34,765 35,247 36,058 36,833
Medicare.................. 2,803 3,067 2,977 2,977 3,012 3,087 3,156
Income security:
Housing assistance...... 20,377 17,094 27,229 27,229 27,553 28,238 28,856
Other................... 12,364 12,750 14,103 14,103 14,272 14,626 14,948
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Total Income security. 32,741 29,844 41,332 41,332 41,825 42,864 43,804
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Social security........... 3,156 3,175 3,451 3,452 3,492 3,580 3,658
Veterans benefits and 19,261 20,913 22,061 22,061 22,328 22,878 23,382
services.................
Administration of justice. 26,488 26,648 29,000 29,956 30,121 30,291 30,938
General government........ 13,702 12,586 14,669 14,505 14,596 14,840 15,019
Allowances................ .......... .......... -161 -250 -321 -324 -329
Undistributed offsetting .......... .......... -200 -200 -200 -200 -200
receipts.................
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Total nondefense.... 295,026 280,605 315,916 317,665 321,102 328,074 335,086
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Total discretionary budget 583,143 574,673 622,203 627,734 637,540 652,125 667,450
authority..................
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* $500 thousand 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.