[Historical Tables]
[Section 8 - Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category]
[Table 8.7 - Outlays for Discretionary Programs: 1962-2007]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Table 8.7--OUTLAYS FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1962-2007
(in millions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
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National defense................................................ 52,550 53,718 55,038 51,023 58,998 71,990 82,152 82,715
Nondefense:
International affairs......................................... 5,507 5,246 4,603 4,705 5,063 5,348 4,871 4,081
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.......................... 497 534 766 789 858 897 930 938
Space and other technology.................................. 1,226 2,516 4,131 5,035 5,858 5,337 4,596 4,083
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Total General science, space and technology............... 1,723 3,051 4,897 5,824 6,716 6,234 5,525 5,021
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Energy........................................................ 654 643 686 830 744 835 1,040 1,019
Natural resources and environment............................. 2,286 2,522 2,643 2,825 3,105 3,251 3,361 3,376
Agriculture................................................... 369 454 492 521 596 663 761 764
Commerce and housing credit................................... 1,342 1,364 1,177 1,634 1,850 2,243 2,103 1,038
Transportation:
Ground transportation....................................... 70 65 64 67 86 121 154 287
Air transportation.......................................... 737 772 801 864 890 983 1,033 1,176
Water and other transportation.............................. 617 633 620 698 671 743 826 847
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Total Transportation...................................... 1,425 1,469 1,485 1,628 1,647 1,847 2,013 2,310
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Community and regional development............................ 432 527 894 1,045 1,009 1,001 1,280 1,476
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education................................................... 640 749 803 1,002 2,143 3,253 3,778 3,654
Training, employment and social services.................... 291 327 418 781 1,716 2,318 2,840 2,951
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Total Education, training, employment and social services. 931 1,075 1,221 1,784 3,858 5,571 6,618 6,605
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Health........................................................ 1,087 1,283 1,563 1,495 1,735 2,152 2,560 2,843
Medicare...................................................... ......... ......... ......... ......... 64 223 221 299
Income security:
Housing assistance.......................................... 167 182 193 219 239 257 299 362
Other....................................................... 336 295 335 307 327 365 383 427
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Total Income security..................................... 503 476 528 526 566 623 682 789
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Social security............................................... 318 332 373 382 437 433 561 599
Veterans benefits and services................................ 1,256 1,316 1,404 1,445 1,493 1,584 1,677 1,790
Administration of justice..................................... 426 461 486 532 560 614 654 653
General government............................................ 1,266 1,356 1,647 1,596 1,702 1,863 1,898 1,940
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Total nondefense........................................ 19,525 21,575 24,098 26,771 31,145 34,483 35,826 34,603
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Total outlays for discretionary programs........................ 72,075 75,294 79,136 77,793 90,143 106,473 117,978 117,318
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.7--OUTLAYS FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1962-2007--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 TQ
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National defense................................................ 81,912 79,009 79,338 77,095 80,720 87,615 89,876 22,312
Nondefense:
International affairs......................................... 3,964 3,770 4,581 4,830 6,197 8,155 7,459 3,315
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.......................... 947 1,009 979 961 1,017 1,036 1,032 291
Space and other technology.................................. 3,565 3,172 3,196 3,074 2,964 2,951 3,336 869
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Total General science, space and technology............... 4,512 4,182 4,175 4,034 3,982 3,987 4,368 1,160
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Energy........................................................ 985 887 1,092 1,075 689 1,738 2,589 725
Natural resources and environment............................. 3,488 4,248 4,758 5,463 6,494 8,112 8,931 2,859
Agriculture................................................... 827 884 943 968 981 1,086 1,120 282
Commerce and housing credit................................... 2,100 2,687 1,907 1,969 2,417 2,851 2,764 1,153
Transportation:
Ground transportation....................................... 288 495 615 836 948 2,128 9,106 2,202
Air transportation.......................................... 1,386 2,390 2,764 2,179 2,162 2,345 2,485 569
Water and other transportation.............................. 887 1,033 1,086 1,220 1,339 1,443 1,523 417
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Total Transportation...................................... 2,561 3,918 4,465 4,235 4,450 5,916 13,114 3,189
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Community and regional development............................ 2,291 2,651 3,047 3,565 3,458 3,678 4,649 1,342
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education................................................... 4,317 4,877 5,357 5,470 5,469 7,098 7,554 1,878
Training, employment and social services.................... 3,037 3,552 4,636 5,079 4,748 5,969 8,196 2,456
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Total Education, training, employment and social services. 7,354 8,429 9,993 10,549 10,217 13,067 15,751 4,334
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Health........................................................ 3,143 3,417 3,997 4,567 4,749 5,821 6,715 1,581
Medicare...................................................... 366 397 455 439 667 661 836 220
Income security:
Housing assistance.......................................... 504 766 1,156 1,651 1,824 2,127 2,504 656
Other....................................................... 455 627 672 762 1,022 1,368 2,270 474
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Total Income security..................................... 959 1,393 1,829 2,413 2,845 3,496 4,774 1,130
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Social security............................................... 623 742 794 914 878 1,101 1,200 304
Veterans benefits and services................................ 2,057 2,314 2,734 3,050 3,358 4,121 4,535 1,157
Administration of justice..................................... 823 1,156 1,475 1,945 2,335 2,803 3,310 885
General government............................................ 2,292 2,447 2,961 3,284 3,773 3,755 3,587 2,106
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Total nondefense........................................ 38,342 43,522 49,206 53,300 57,489 70,346 85,703 25,744
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Total outlays for discretionary programs........................ 120,254 122,531 128,544 130,395 138,210 157,962 175,579 48,056
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.7--OUTLAYS FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1962-2007--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
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National defense................................................ 97,517 104,649 116,777 134,629 157,964 185,933 209,882 228,045
Nondefense:
International affairs......................................... 8,013 8,542 9,143 12,775 13,648 12,881 13,603 16,267
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.......................... 1,072 1,154 1,296 1,380 1,469 1,592 1,638 1,840
Space and other technology.................................. 3,658 3,766 3,937 4,450 4,992 5,593 6,290 6,469
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Total General science, space and technology............... 4,730 4,919 5,232 5,830 6,461 7,185 7,928 8,308
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Energy........................................................ 3,786 5,295 6,110 6,148 10,336 8,613 6,484 7,015
Natural resources and environment............................. 11,279 12,026 13,666 15,484 15,358 14,837 14,168 14,367
Agriculture................................................... 1,247 1,360 1,578 1,598 1,764 1,770 1,712 1,960
Commerce and housing credit................................... 3,455 3,369 3,801 5,080 4,272 3,582 3,512 3,675
Transportation:
Ground transportation....................................... 9,467 9,943 11,650 14,761 14,765 13,163 13,883 14,603
Air transportation.......................................... 2,736 3,200 3,320 3,673 3,731 3,480 3,911 4,436
Water and other transportation.............................. 1,716 1,692 1,923 2,281 2,334 2,592 2,754 2,792
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Total Transportation...................................... 13,919 14,835 16,894 20,715 20,831 19,235 20,548 21,830
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Community and regional development............................ 6,058 10,845 9,247 9,437 9,058 6,677 6,087 6,316
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education................................................... 8,549 9,170 10,876 12,366 12,783 11,256 12,061 12,146
Training, employment and social services.................... 9,112 13,242 14,073 13,429 12,548 8,289 8,268 7,729
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Total Education, training, employment and social services. 17,661 22,412 24,948 25,795 25,331 19,545 20,329 19,875
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Health........................................................ 6,935 7,294 7,513 8,471 9,102 8,983 8,537 8,930
Medicare...................................................... 770 936 988 1,080 1,222 1,256 1,342 1,531
Income security:
Housing assistance.......................................... 3,007 3,679 4,304 5,480 6,861 8,064 9,449 10,048
Other....................................................... 2,529 2,808 3,159 5,325 6,328 6,786 7,507 7,389
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Total Income security..................................... 5,535 6,487 7,462 10,805 13,190 14,849 16,956 17,437
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Social security............................................... 1,370 1,413 1,479 1,494 1,703 2,048 2,211 2,171
Veterans benefits and services................................ 5,243 5,857 6,234 7,165 7,605 8,179 8,957 9,594
Administration of justice..................................... 3,616 3,790 4,146 4,550 4,725 4,673 5,055 5,620
General government............................................ 5,938 4,691 4,777 5,266 5,342 5,712 6,005 6,498
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Total nondefense........................................ 99,555 114,073 123,217 141,692 149,949 140,025 143,435 151,394
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Total outlays for discretionary programs........................ 197,072 218,722 239,993 276,321 307,913 325,958 353,316 379,440
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.7--OUTLAYS FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1962-2007--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
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National defense................................................ 253,109 273,832 282,517 290,918 304,034 300,141 319,704 302,602
Nondefense:
International affairs......................................... 17,390 17,708 15,224 15,743 16,596 19,056 19,698 19,160
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.......................... 2,022 2,213 2,244 2,409 2,629 2,816 3,135 3,546
Space and other technology.................................. 6,607 6,756 6,957 8,413 10,196 11,609 12,957 12,838
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Total General science, space and technology............... 8,630 8,969 9,200 10,822 12,825 14,424 16,092 16,384
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Energy........................................................ 6,502 5,021 5,021 4,968 4,881 4,762 4,409 5,396
Natural resources and environment............................. 15,071 15,444 15,253 16,011 17,074 17,790 18,593 20,027
Agriculture................................................... 2,119 2,046 2,115 2,182 2,386 2,624 2,796 4,173
Commerce and housing credit................................... 3,682 2,872 2,409 2,368 3,334 3,834 3,350 2,622
Transportation:
Ground transportation....................................... 17,076 17,899 16,199 17,391 16,950 17,611 18,028 18,869
Air transportation.......................................... 4,934 5,341 5,556 5,888 6,621 7,233 8,187 9,316
Water and other transportation.............................. 2,829 2,609 2,747 2,801 2,806 3,011 3,045 3,281
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Total Transportation...................................... 24,839 25,849 24,502 26,079 26,377 27,855 29,260 31,465
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Community and regional development............................ 6,668 6,132 5,509 5,282 5,190 7,335 6,164 6,407
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education................................................... 13,648 14,260 14,810 15,655 17,444 18,349 20,357 22,520
Training, employment and social services.................... 8,156 8,533 8,433 8,933 9,670 9,522 10,237 11,501
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Total Education, training, employment and social services. 21,804 22,793 23,242 24,588 27,114 27,872 30,594 34,020
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Health........................................................ 9,602 10,231 10,653 12,151 13,055 14,863 16,164 17,966
Medicare...................................................... 1,735 1,718 1,727 1,972 2,254 2,299 2,444 2,846
Income security:
Housing assistance.......................................... 11,402 11,441 11,278 12,727 13,979 15,481 16,958 18,776
Other....................................................... 7,753 7,844 7,589 7,467 7,681 8,036 8,797 9,451
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Total Income security..................................... 19,156 19,285 18,867 20,194 21,660 23,517 25,756 28,227
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Social security............................................... 2,191 2,209 2,280 2,533 2,147 2,127 2,250 2,417
Veterans benefits and services................................ 10,352 10,653 11,037 11,677 12,145 12,996 13,759 15,112
Administration of justice..................................... 6,231 6,514 7,313 8,895 9,471 10,088 11,935 13,988
General government............................................ 6,712 7,249 7,331 8,054 8,272 8,990 10,361 11,018
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Total nondefense........................................ 162,684 164,695 161,684 173,519 184,782 200,431 213,624 231,227
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Total outlays for discretionary programs........................ 415,793 438,526 444,201 464,438 488,816 500,572 533,328 533,829
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.7--OUTLAYS FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1962-2007--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
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National defense................................................ 292,430 282,266 273,562 265,961 271,674 270,248 275,463 294,965
Nondefense:
International affairs......................................... 21,570 20,806 20,116 18,336 18,982 18,101 19,519 21,285
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.......................... 3,929 3,821 4,109 3,988 4,093 5,309 5,637 6,174
Space and other technology.................................. 13,092 12,363 12,593 12,693 13,056 12,866 12,446 12,427
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Total General science, space and technology............... 17,021 16,184 16,702 16,681 17,149 18,175 18,083 18,601
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Energy........................................................ 5,560 6,402 6,765 5,961 4,906 3,710 3,129 2,959
Natural resources and environment............................. 20,062 20,804 21,933 20,923 21,286 21,918 23,643 24,981
Agriculture................................................... 4,254 4,385 4,013 4,136 4,072 4,327 4,564 4,651
Commerce and housing credit................................... 2,099 853 2,850 1,674 1,608 492 451 4,474
Transportation:
Ground transportation....................................... 19,862 22,283 23,451 23,591 24,955 24,525 26,626 30,602
Air transportation.......................................... 10,049 10,146 10,020 10,135 10,138 10,594 10,720 10,571
Water and other transportation.............................. 3,332 3,563 3,566 3,307 3,302 3,132 3,212 3,574
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Total Transportation...................................... 33,244 35,992 37,037 37,033 38,395 38,251 40,558 44,747
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Community and regional development............................ 8,449 10,882 10,205 10,435 10,778 10,212 11,976 11,425
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education................................................... 24,701 24,625 25,138 25,136 25,678 27,948 30,270 33,628
Training, employment and social services.................... 11,755 12,941 13,782 13,319 13,967 14,592 14,857 15,313
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Total Education, training, employment and social services. 36,456 37,565 38,920 38,455 39,645 42,540 45,127 48,941
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Health........................................................ 19,640 20,540 22,016 22,575 22,964 24,853 26,945 30,012
Medicare...................................................... 2,650 2,914 2,971 2,953 2,575 2,589 2,753 2,998
Income security:
Housing assistance.......................................... 21,397 23,804 27,438 26,660 27,693 28,686 27,645 28,788
Other....................................................... 9,960 11,941 11,772 11,335 11,748 12,213 12,309 12,626
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Total Income security..................................... 31,357 35,745 39,210 37,995 39,441 40,899 39,954 41,414
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Social security............................................... 2,600 2,651 2,573 2,625 2,961 3,106 3,050 3,388
Veterans benefits and services................................ 15,823 16,720 17,432 17,607 18,608 18,501 19,374 20,753
Administration of justice..................................... 14,653 15,039 16,181 17,630 20,163 22,256 25,145 26,999
General government............................................ 11,546 11,661 12,376 11,727 12,026 11,926 12,254 12,238
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Total nondefense........................................ 246,982 259,144 271,300 266,746 275,559 281,856 296,525 319,866
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Total outlays for discretionary programs........................ 539,412 541,410 544,862 532,707 547,233 552,104 571,988 614,831
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.7--OUTLAYS FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1962-2007--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Category and Program 2001 estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate
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National defense................... 309,100 347,998 379,003 393,697 413,448 428,545 442,517
Nondefense:
International affairs............ 22,604 26,917 25,533 25,888 26,415 27,010 27,580
General science, space and
technology:
General science and basic 6,527 7,620 7,947 8,170 8,484 8,622 8,828
research......................
Space and other technology..... 13,330 13,991 14,075 14,508 14,987 15,360 15,744
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Total General science, space 19,857 21,611 22,022 22,678 23,471 23,982 24,572
and technology..............
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Energy........................... 2,948 3,332 3,424 3,481 3,567 3,634 3,698
Natural resources and environment 26,652 29,582 29,461 29,354 29,768 30,208 30,599
Agriculture...................... 5,241 6,088 5,678 5,688 5,691 5,789 5,976
Commerce and housing credit...... 1,589 461 -204 -123 -462 -873 89
Transportation:
Ground transportation.......... 34,634 36,418 35,603 32,746 31,931 32,230 33,406
Air transportation............. 12,009 14,740 16,484 17,341 17,706 18,263 18,663
Water and other transportation. 4,243 4,420 5,006 5,173 5,384 5,519 5,652
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Total Transportation......... 50,886 55,578 57,093 55,260 55,021 56,012 57,721
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Community and regional 12,495 15,330 18,035 18,679 18,233 16,493 16,337
development.....................
Education, training, employment
and social services:
Education...................... 37,726 44,671 50,156 52,517 53,787 54,932 56,195
Training, employment and social 16,697 19,404 20,345 20,367 20,529 20,417 20,661
services......................
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Total Education, training, 54,423 64,075 70,501 72,884 74,316 75,349 76,856
employment and social
services....................
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Health........................... 33,522 40,309 44,884 48,133 50,179 51,603 52,932
Medicare......................... 3,403 3,672 3,730 3,747 3,831 3,923 4,015
Income security:
Housing assistance............. 30,086 32,044 32,835 33,718 34,204 35,047 34,575
Other.......................... 14,034 15,633 15,737 15,903 15,923 15,157 14,765
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Total Income security........ 44,120 47,677 48,572 49,621 50,127 50,204 49,340
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Social security.................. 3,761 3,904 4,158 4,249 4,338 4,435 4,535
Veterans benefits and services... 23,188 24,595 26,349 26,788 27,267 27,830 28,403
Administration of justice........ 30,094 32,804 36,281 38,830 36,702 37,017 37,758
General government............... 13,540 16,583 16,116 16,564 16,836 17,120 17,480
Allowances....................... ......... ......... -1,644 -405 -416 -426 -436
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Total nondefense........... 348,323 392,518 409,989 421,316 424,884 429,310 437,455
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Total outlays for discretionary 657,423 740,516 788,992 815,013 838,332 857,855 879,972
programs..........................
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Note: Due to the effects of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 on the measurement and classification of Federal
credit activities, the discretionary outlays for years prior to 1992 are not strictly comparable to those for
1992 and beyond. However, the discretionary outlays shown for 1992 are no more than $1 billion higher than
they would have been if measured on the same (pre-credit reform) basis as the 1991 outlays.