[Historical Tables]
[Section 8 - Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category]
[Table 8.9 - Budget Authority for Discretionary Programs: 1976-2006]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2006
(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................................. 8,410 1,557 9,514 11,033 13,303 12,874 17,555 14,222
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.................... 4,166 460 12,245 9,838 8,967 9,804 7,715 6,267
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................................ 96,389 20,126 132,350 138,177 144,375 161,518 154,839 132,100
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Total discretionary budget authority.................... 193,956 43,582 242,712 255,526 271,255 306,019 335,282 349,280
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2006--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................................. 16,017 25,170 24,057 20,279 18,800 18,079 18,537 20,027
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 2,165 2,432 2,362 2,769 2,874
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Total Transportation.............................. 11,785 11,262 11,591 10,115 10,534 10,590 11,563 13,533
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Community and regional development.................... 7,602 6,611 6,232 5,766 5,657 5,451 6,063 7,313
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................................ 136,104 150,099 154,326 140,710 150,206 152,384 163,768 192,766
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Total discretionary budget authority.................... 381,076 415,683 449,179 430,335 438,166 444,881 463,836 496,712
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2006--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........................................ 332,228 299,115 276,109 262,246 262,937 265,186 266,248 272,416
Nondefense:
International affairs................................. 21,321 20,927 33,257 20,854 20,166 18,122 18,150 18,991
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 3,429 2,482 1,442 3,061 2,248 1,395 446
Transportation:
Ground transportation............................... 3,443 3,703 2,575 3,883 3,067 2,453 2,899 2,051
Air transportation.................................. 7,332 8,104 8,307 8,430 5,985 7,987 8,328 8,687
Water and other transportation...................... 2,890 3,154 3,077 3,384 3,433 3,157 3,276 3,238
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Total Transportation.............................. 13,665 14,962 13,959 15,697 12,485 13,597 14,503 13,976
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Community and regional development.................... 5,895 11,389 9,659 15,399 12,094 11,712 13,119 10,371
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................................ 213,880 232,287 246,870 250,352 238,492 235,781 244,976 257,229
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Total discretionary budget authority.................... 546,108 531,402 522,979 512,598 501,429 500,966 511,224 529,645
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2006--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Category and Program 1999 2000 estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate
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National defense........................................ 288,310 300,767 311,271 325,079 333,934 343,194 352,704 362,515
Nondefense:
International affairs................................. 41,509 23,459 22,651 23,867 24,388 24,918 25,468 26,031
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.................. 6,333 6,662 7,533 7,569 7,737 7,910 8,087 8,267
Space and other technology.......................... 12,460 12,541 13,328 13,622 14,155 14,531 14,823 15,221
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Total General science, space and technology....... 18,793 19,203 20,861 21,191 21,892 22,441 22,910 23,488
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Energy................................................ 2,863 2,706 3,095 2,773 2,869 3,100 3,199 3,299
Natural resources and environment..................... 23,812 24,646 28,687 26,401 27,020 27,587 27,630 27,418
Agriculture........................................... 4,503 4,725 5,111 4,833 5,242 5,152 5,264 5,383
Commerce and housing credit........................... 780 5,115 687 -286 -75 -389 -504 -470
Transportation:
Ground transportation............................... 2,340 2,011 4,903 2,140 2,200 2,248 2,297 2,348
Air transportation.................................. 9,046 9,207 10,295 10,551 11,365 11,620 11,845 12,107
Water and other transportation...................... 3,761 3,954 3,714 4,145 4,225 4,322 4,416 4,515
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Total Transportation.............................. 15,147 15,172 18,912 16,836 17,790 18,190 18,558 18,970
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Community and regional development.................... 11,127 12,210 10,965 10,350 10,693 10,864 11,095 11,332
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education........................................... 30,476 31,071 41,959 46,438 47,463 48,948 50,073 51,191
Training, employment and social services............ 16,172 13,307 19,187 18,986 19,597 20,101 20,588 21,082
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Total Education, training, employment and social 46,648 44,378 61,146 65,424 67,060 69,049 70,661 72,273
services.........................................
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Health................................................ 30,209 33,823 38,858 41,008 45,663 46,882 48,130 49,397
Medicare.............................................. 2,803 2,998 3,352 3,466 3,549 3,631 3,714 3,800
Income security:
Housing assistance.................................. 20,377 18,077 25,218 28,007 29,961 31,250 32,536 33,443
Other............................................... 12,364 13,476 14,265 14,798 15,096 15,433 15,777 16,128
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Total Income security............................. 32,741 31,553 39,483 42,805 45,057 46,683 48,313 49,571
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Social security....................................... 3,156 3,210 3,447 3,520 3,597 3,680 3,759 3,845
Veterans benefits and services........................ 19,261 20,904 22,463 23,469 23,996 24,533 25,085 25,651
Administration of justice............................. 26,488 27,056 29,955 29,782 31,918 32,269 32,760 33,517
General government.................................... 13,702 12,438 13,965 14,773 15,047 15,374 15,685 16,044
Allowances............................................ .......... .......... .......... 5,321 5,440 5,561 5,685 5,812
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Total nondefense................................ 293,542 283,596 323,638 335,533 351,146 359,525 367,412 375,361
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Total discretionary budget authority.................... 581,852 584,363 634,909 660,612 685,080 702,719 720,116 737,876
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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.