    [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..............      21
       Table 1.1--Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or          21
       Deficits (-): 1789-2007......................................
       Table 1.2--Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or          23
       Deficits (-) as Percentages of GDP: 1930-2007................
       Table 1.3--Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or          25
       Deficits (-) in Current Dollars, Constant (FY 1996) Dollars,
       and as Percentages of GDP: 1940-2007.........................
       Table 1.4--Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits (-)        27
       by Fund Group: 1934-2007.....................................

    Section 2--Composition of Federal Government Receipts...........      29
       Table 2.1--Receipts by Source: 1934-2007.....................      29
       Table 2.2--Percentage Composition of Receipts by Source: 1934-     31
       2007.........................................................
       Table 2.3--Receipts by Source as Percentages of GDP: 1934-         33
       2007.........................................................
       Table 2.4--Composition of Social Insurance Taxes and               35
       Contributions and of Excise Taxes: 1940-2007.................
       Table 2.5--Composition of ``Other Receipts'': 1940-2007......      42

    Section 3--Federal Government Outlays by Function...............      44
       Table 3.1--Outlays by Superfunction and Function: 1940-2007..      44
       Table 3.2--Outlays by Function and Subfunction: 1962-2007....      52

    Section 4--Federal Government Outlays by Agency.................      70
       Table 4.1--Outlays by Agency: 1962-2007......................      70
       Table 4.2--Percentage Distribution of Outlays by Agency: 1962-     76
       2007.........................................................

    Section 5--Budget Authority (On-and Off-Budget).................      81
       Table 5.1--Budget Authority by Function and Subfunction: 1976-     81
       2007.........................................................
       Table 5.2--Budget Authority by Agency: 1976-2007.............      93
       Table 5.3--Percentage Distribution of Budget Authority by          97
       Agency: 1976-2007............................................
       Table 5.4--Discretionary Budget Authority by Agency: 1976-        101
       2007.........................................................
       Table 5.5--Percentage Distribution of Discretionary Budget        105
       Authority by Agency: 1976-2007...............................

    Section 6--Composition of Federal Government Outlays............     109
       Table 6.1--Composition of Outlays: 1940-2007.................     109

    Section 7--Federal Debt.........................................     116
       Table 7.1--Federal Debt at the End of Year: 1940-2007........     116
       Table 7.2--Debt Subject to Statutory Limit: 1940-2007........     118
       Table 7.3--Statutory Limits on Federal Debt: 1940-Current....     119

    Section 8--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category...........     123
       Table 8.1--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category: 1962-      123
       2007.........................................................
       Table 8.2--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category in          124
       Constant (FY 1996) Dollars: 1962-2007........................
       Table 8.3--Percentage Distribution of Outlays by Budget           125
       Enforcement Act Category: 1962-2007..........................
       Table 8.4--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category as          126
       Percentages of GDP: 1962-2007................................
       Table 8.5--Outlays for Mandatory and Related Programs: 1962-      127
       2007.........................................................
       Table 8.6--Outlays for Mandatory and Related Programs in          133
       Constant (FY 1996) Dollars: 1962-2007........................
       Table 8.7--Outlays for Discretionary Programs: 1962-2007.....     139
       Table 8.8--Outlays for Discretionary Programs in Constant (FY     145
       1996) Dollars: 1962-2007.....................................
       Table 8.9--Budget Authority for Discretionary Programs: 1976-     151
       2007.........................................................

    Section 9--Federal Government Outlays for Major Public Physical      155
     Capital, Research and Development, and Education and Training..
       Table 9.1--Total Investment Outlays for Major Public Physical     155
       Capital, Research and Development, and Education and
       Training: 1962-2003..........................................
       Table 9.2--Major Public Physical Capital Investment Outlays       156
       in Current and Constant (FY 1996) Dollars: 1940-2003.........
       Table 9.3--Major Public Physical Capital Investment Outlays       158
       in Percentage Terms: 1940-2003...............................
       Table 9.4--National Defense Outlays for Major Public Direct       160
       Physical Capital Investment: 1940-2003.......................

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    Section 9 (Continued)...........................................
       Table 9.5--Nondefense Outlays for Major Public Direct             162
       Physical Capital Investment: 1940-2003.......................
       Table 9.6--Composition of Outlays for Grants for Major Public     164
       Physical Capital Investment: 1941-2003.......................
       Table 9.7--Summary of Outlays for the Conduct of Research and     171
       Development: 1949-2003 (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     172
       and Development: 1949-2003...................................
       Table 9.9--Composition of Outlays for the Conduct of              179
       Education and Training: 1962-2003............................

    Section 10--Gross Domestic Product and Implicit Outlay Deflators     182
       Table 10.1--Gross Domestic Product and Deflators Used in the      182
       Historical Tables: 1940-2007.................................

    Section 11--Federal Government Payments for Individuals.........     184
       Table 11.1--Summary Comparison of Outlays for Payments for        184
       Individuals: 1940-2007 (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        186
       for Individuals: 1940-2007...................................
       Table 11.3--Outlays for Payments for Individuals by Category      194
       and Major Program: 1940-2007.................................

    Section 12--Federal Grants To State and Local Governments.......     217
       Table 12.1--Summary Comparison of Total Outlays for Grants to     217
       State and Local Governments: 1940-2007 (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           219
       Governments, by Function and Fund Group: 1940-2007...........
       Table 12.3--Total Outlays for Grants to State and Local           225
       Governments, by Function, Agency, and Program: 1940-2007.....

    Section 13--Social Security and Medicare........................     270
       Table 13.1--Cash Income, Outgo, and Balances of the Social        270
       Security and Medicare Trust Funds: 1936-2007.................

    Section 14--Federal Sector Transactions in the National Income       283
     and Product Accounts...........................................
       Table 14.1--Federal Transactions in the National Income and       283
       Product Accounts for Federal Fiscal Years: 1947-2003.........
       Table 14.2--Federal Transactions in the National Income and       287
       Product Accounts as Percentages of GDP for Federal Fiscal
       Years: 1947-2003.............................................

    Section 15--Total (Federal and State and Local) Government           291
     Finances.......................................................
       Table 15.1--Total Government Receipts in Absolute Amounts and     291
       as Percentages of GDP: 1947-2001.............................
       Table 15.2--Total Government Expenditures: 1947-2001.........     292
       Table 15.3--Total Government Expenditures as Percentages of       293
       GDP: 1947-2001...............................................
       Table 15.4--Total Government Expenditures by Major Category       294
       of Expenditure: 1947-2001....................................
       Table 15.5--Total Government Expenditures by Major Category       295
       of Expenditure as Percentages of GDP: 1947-2001..............
       Table 15.6--Total Government Surpluses or Deficits (-) in         296
       Absolute Amounts and as Percentages of GDP: 1947-2001........

    Section 16--Federal Health Spending.............................     297
       Table 16.1--Total Outlays for Health Programs: 1962-2007.....     297

    Section 17--Government Employment...............................     298
       Table 17.1--Total Executive Branch Civilian Employees, 1940-      298
       2001.........................................................
       Table 17.2--Total Executive Branch Civilian Employees, 1940-      300
       2001 (as percentage of total)................................
       Table 17.3--Total Executive Branch Civilian Full-Time             302
       Equivalent (FTE) Employees, 1981-2003........................
       Table 17.4--Total Executive Branch Civilian Full-Time             303
       Equivalent (FTE) Employees, 1981-2003 (as percentage of
       total).......................................................
       Table 17.5--Government Employment and Population, 1962-2001..     304