[Historical Tables]
[Section 8 - Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category]
[Table 8.9 - Budget Authority for Discretionary Programs: 1976-2007]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2007
(in millions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1976 TQ 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
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National defense............................ 97,567 23,455 110,362 117,349 126,880 144,502 180,443 217,179 244,972
Nondefense:
International affairs..................... 8,410 1,557 9,514 11,033 13,303 12,874 17,555 14,222 16,017
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 1,628
Space and other technology.............. 3,227 850 3,498 3,807 4,223 4,790 5,108 5,683 6,517
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Total General science, space and 4,264 1,094 4,627 5,077 5,568 6,247 6,634 7,208 8,145
technology...........................
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Energy.................................... 3,597 943 5,586 9,015 8,446 17,446 8,970 8,281 6,928
Natural resources and environment......... 6,856 2,081 10,620 14,650 14,662 14,613 12,857 13,121 14,585
Agriculture............................... 1,196 307 1,253 1,460 1,638 1,605 1,824 1,765 2,047
Commerce and housing credit............... 3,581 1,109 4,543 4,178 4,325 6,162 4,324 3,259 3,556
Transportation:
Ground transportation................... 2,970 1,277 2,110 2,886 5,164 6,250 8,716 8,450 5,466
Air transportation...................... 2,270 524 2,454 2,692 3,048 3,181 3,397 3,223 3,939
Water and other transportation.......... 1,304 301 1,306 1,564 1,689 1,766 2,099 2,432 2,380
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Total Transportation.................. 6,545 2,102 5,869 7,141 9,900 11,197 14,212 14,105 11,785
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Community and regional development........ 4,166 460 12,245 9,838 8,967 9,804 7,715 6,267 7,602
Education, training, employment and social
services:
Education............................... 8,835 3,317 10,508 11,030 12,607 12,660 12,420 11,697 12,338
Training, employment and social services 8,748 1,215 15,784 6,793 14,325 11,882 11,387 6,570 7,784
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Total Education, training, employment 17,583 4,532 26,292 17,823 26,932 24,542 23,808 18,267 20,121
and social services..................
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Health.................................... 6,220 1,230 6,856 7,703 8,317 8,812 8,729 8,205 8,795
Income security:
Housing assistance...................... 18,621 111 28,629 32,300 24,780 27,654 26,071 13,876 10,025
Other................................... 732 153 978 1,187 1,676 3,743 4,469 4,392 4,945
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Total Income security................. 19,353 265 29,607 33,487 26,456 31,397 30,539 18,268 14,970
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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 9,526
Administration of justice................. 3,283 855 3,611 3,860 4,219 4,370 4,374 4,709 5,322
General government........................ 6,405 2,374 6,115 6,664 4,887 5,400 5,705 5,937 6,698
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Total nondefense.................... 96,389 20,126 132,350 138,177 144,375 161,512 154,831 132,094 136,098
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Total discretionary budget authority........ 193,956 43,582 242,712 255,526 271,255 306,013 335,274 349,273 381,070
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2007--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
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National defense........................................ 265,584 294,853 289,625 287,960 292,497 300,067 303,946 332,228
Nondefense:
International affairs................................. 25,170 24,057 20,279 18,800 18,079 18,537 20,027 21,321
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.................. 1,958 2,223 2,108 2,324 2,522 2,836 3,168 3,455
Space and other technology.......................... 6,858 6,925 7,165 10,198 8,322 10,001 11,359 13,046
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Total General science, space and technology....... 8,816 9,148 9,273 12,523 10,844 12,837 14,527 16,501
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Energy................................................ 6,030 6,528 4,299 3,211 4,726 4,727 5,585 5,437
Natural resources and environment..................... 13,967 15,082 13,355 16,185 16,238 17,284 18,593 19,615
Agriculture........................................... 2,143 2,216 2,093 2,263 2,318 2,357 2,722 3,096
Commerce and housing credit........................... 3,775 4,023 2,937 2,937 2,912 3,125 3,914 2,825
Transportation:
Ground transportation............................... 4,267 4,056 3,385 3,417 3,020 3,001 4,051 3,443
Air transportation.................................. 4,316 5,063 4,565 4,685 5,209 5,792 6,609 7,332
Water and other transportation...................... 2,679 2,471 2,165 2,432 2,362 2,769 2,874 2,890
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Total Transportation.............................. 11,262 11,591 10,115 10,534 10,590 11,563 13,533 13,665
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Community and regional development.................... 6,611 6,232 5,766 5,657 5,451 6,063 7,313 5,895
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education........................................... 13,091 15,165 14,436 16,715 17,395 18,353 19,937 22,853
Training, employment and social services............ 10,468 7,845 7,216 7,860 8,321 8,463 10,091 10,953
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Total Education, training, employment and social 23,559 23,010 21,652 24,575 25,716 26,816 30,028 33,806
services.........................................
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Health................................................ 9,343 10,310 10,344 12,141 12,958 14,262 16,078 18,169
Medicare.............................................. .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 2,361 2,566
Income security:
Housing assistance.................................. 11,398 12,613 10,748 8,564 8,648 9,009 10,785 19,596
Other............................................... 5,098 4,966 5,065 4,956 4,717 5,843 8,158 9,985
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Total Income security............................. 16,496 17,579 15,813 13,521 13,364 14,852 18,943 29,581
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Social security....................................... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 2,223 2,399
Veterans benefits and services........................ 9,946 10,783 10,742 11,313 11,631 12,363 13,037 14,124
Administration of justice............................. 6,001 6,618 6,662 8,491 9,018 9,882 12,356 12,690
General government.................................... 6,977 7,143 7,377 8,051 8,532 9,093 11,516 12,181
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Total nondefense................................ 150,095 154,321 140,705 150,201 152,377 163,761 192,758 213,872
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Total discretionary budget authority.................... 415,679 449,174 430,330 438,161 444,874 463,828 496,704 546,099
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2007--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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National defense........................................ 299,115 276,109 262,246 262,937 265,186 266,248 272,416 288,310
Nondefense:
International affairs................................. 20,927 33,257 20,854 20,166 18,122 18,150 18,991 41,509
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.................. 4,107 4,150 4,560 4,133 4,122 4,185 5,629 6,333
Space and other technology.......................... 13,199 13,063 13,022 12,543 12,570 12,456 12,321 12,460
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Total General science, space and technology....... 17,305 17,214 17,582 16,676 16,692 16,641 17,950 18,793
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Energy................................................ 5,834 5,832 6,381 6,230 4,893 4,212 3,077 2,863
Natural resources and environment..................... 21,288 21,395 22,430 20,421 20,639 22,379 23,405 23,800
Agriculture........................................... 4,525 4,297 4,423 3,969 4,206 4,225 4,346 4,503
Commerce and housing credit........................... 3,429 2,482 1,442 3,061 2,248 1,395 446 780
Transportation:
Ground transportation............................... 3,703 2,575 3,883 3,067 2,453 2,899 2,051 2,340
Air transportation.................................. 8,104 8,307 8,430 5,985 7,987 8,328 8,687 9,046
Water and other transportation...................... 3,154 3,077 3,384 3,433 3,157 3,276 3,238 3,761
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Total Transportation.............................. 14,962 13,959 15,697 12,485 13,597 14,503 13,976 15,147
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Community and regional development.................... 11,389 9,659 15,399 12,094 11,712 13,119 10,371 11,127
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education........................................... 24,435 25,463 26,333 26,386 23,205 28,161 31,318 30,476
Training, employment and social services............ 11,912 12,658 14,266 13,477 13,284 14,660 15,382 16,172
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Total Education, training, employment and social 36,347 38,122 40,599 39,863 36,489 42,821 46,700 46,648
services.........................................
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Health................................................ 19,560 20,697 22,193 22,814 23,303 25,086 26,386 30,209
Medicare.............................................. 2,860 2,829 2,962 3,028 2,939 2,623 2,723 2,803
Income security:
Housing assistance.................................. 19,696 21,117 21,088 15,302 16,410 11,661 17,449 20,377
Other............................................... 10,735 10,871 11,978 12,198 11,342 11,026 12,299 12,364
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Total Income security............................. 30,432 31,988 33,066 27,500 27,752 22,687 29,748 32,741
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Social security....................................... 2,540 2,640 2,828 2,327 3,140 3,457 3,205 3,156
Veterans benefits and services........................ 15,298 16,235 17,193 17,618 17,801 18,908 18,943 19,261
Administration of justice............................. 14,270 14,613 15,201 18,381 20,746 23,008 24,965 26,667
General government.................................... 11,311 11,642 12,094 11,850 11,493 11,753 11,985 13,523
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Total nondefense................................ 232,277 246,861 250,342 238,483 235,772 244,967 257,217 293,530
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Total discretionary budget authority.................... 531,392 522,970 512,589 501,420 500,957 511,215 529,633 581,840
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2007--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Category and Program 2000 2001 estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate
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National defense........................................ 300,767 325,265 350,776 396,101 405,036 426,240 447,473 469,615
Nondefense:
International affairs................................. 23,459 22,672 24,214 25,439 26,085 26,780 27,387 28,052
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.................. 6,662 7,592 7,967 8,252 8,425 8,612 8,814 9,021
Space and other technology.......................... 12,541 13,421 14,077 14,280 14,880 15,210 15,562 15,928
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Total General science, space and technology....... 19,203 21,013 22,044 22,532 23,305 23,822 24,376 24,949
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Energy................................................ 2,706 3,234 3,279 3,317 3,452 3,548 3,626 3,705
Natural resources and environment..................... 24,633 29,746 29,742 28,337 28,914 29,557 28,912 29,593
Agriculture........................................... 4,725 5,301 5,812 5,020 5,767 5,695 5,824 5,965
Commerce and housing credit........................... 5,115 1,367 95 -403 -73 -404 -794 186
Transportation:
Ground transportation............................... 2,011 4,957 2,984 2,344 2,330 2,385 2,437 2,498
Air transportation.................................. 9,207 10,774 12,017 13,913 14,151 14,455 14,786 15,121
Water and other transportation...................... 3,954 4,155 4,621 5,423 5,349 5,464 5,584 5,710
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Total Transportation.............................. 15,172 19,886 19,622 21,680 21,830 22,304 22,807 23,329
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Community and regional development.................... 12,210 13,719 18,437 15,214 15,711 15,975 16,347 16,732
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education........................................... 31,071 42,197 51,860 52,406 53,494 54,669 55,935 57,238
Training, employment and social services............ 13,307 19,259 19,859 19,805 20,221 20,640 20,765 21,008
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Total Education, training, employment and social 44,378 61,456 71,719 72,211 73,715 75,309 76,700 78,246
services.........................................
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Health................................................ 33,823 39,251 46,236 48,824 50,033 51,352 52,724 53,953
Medicare.............................................. 2,998 3,403 3,730 3,702 3,780 3,865 3,957 4,052
Income security:
Housing assistance.................................. 18,077 25,119 27,506 29,383 31,476 32,347 33,237 34,126
Other............................................... 13,476 14,762 15,892 15,727 16,042 16,065 15,311 14,929
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Total Income security............................. 31,553 39,881 43,398 45,110 47,518 48,412 48,548 49,055
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Social security....................................... 3,210 3,603 3,689 4,027 4,272 4,366 4,463 4,565
Veterans benefits and services........................ 20,904 23,248 24,764 26,527 26,881 27,393 27,953 28,530
Administration of justice............................. 27,245 44,191 35,306 33,347 36,783 36,316 37,159 38,024
General government.................................... 12,249 14,683 16,241 16,290 16,534 16,881 17,262 17,654
Allowances............................................ .......... .......... -1,276 -400 -408 -417 -427 -437
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Total nondefense................................ 283,583 346,654 367,052 370,774 384,099 390,754 396,824 406,153
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Total discretionary budget authority.................... 584,350 671,919 717,828 766,875 789,135 816,994 844,297 875,768
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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.