[Historical Tables]
[Section 8 - Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category]
[Table 8.9 - Budget Authority for Discretionary Programs: 1976-2008]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2008
(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 9,260 1,339 16,331 7,433 15,048 12,641 12,162 7,308 8,584
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Total Education, training, employment 18,096 4,656 26,839 18,463 27,655 25,301 24,582 19,005 20,921
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
Medicare.................................. 775 222 836 914 985 1,078 1,207 1,221 1,369
Income security:
Housing assistance...................... 18,621 111 28,629 32,300 24,780 27,654 26,071 13,876 10,025
Other................................... 2,169 529 2,518 2,755 3,363 5,680 6,537 6,822 7,865
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Total Income security................. 20,790 641 31,147 35,055 28,143 33,335 32,608 20,698 17,889
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Social security........................... 1,086 279 1,181 1,292 1,365 1,451 1,635 1,905 2,120
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.................... 100,199 21,127 136,454 142,591 149,136 166,736 160,515 138,388 143,306
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Total discretionary budget authority........ 197,766 44,583 246,817 259,940 276,016 311,237 340,959 355,567 388,278
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2008--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
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National defense............................ 265,584 294,853 289,625 287,960 292,497 300,067 303,946 332,228 299,115
Nondefense:
International affairs..................... 25,170 24,057 20,279 18,800 18,079 18,537 20,027 21,321 20,927
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 4,107
Space and other technology.............. 6,858 6,925 7,165 10,198 8,322 10,001 11,359 13,046 13,199
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Total General science, space and 8,816 9,148 9,273 12,523 10,844 12,837 14,527 16,501 17,305
technology...........................
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Energy.................................... 6,030 6,528 4,299 3,211 4,726 4,727 5,585 5,437 5,834
Natural resources and environment......... 13,967 15,082 13,355 16,185 16,238 17,284 18,593 19,615 21,288
Agriculture............................... 2,143 2,216 2,093 2,263 2,318 2,357 2,722 3,096 4,525
Commerce and housing credit............... 3,775 4,023 2,937 2,937 2,912 3,125 3,914 2,825 3,429
Transportation:
Ground transportation................... 4,267 4,056 3,385 3,417 3,020 3,001 4,051 3,443 3,703
Air transportation...................... 4,316 5,063 4,565 4,685 5,209 5,792 6,609 7,332 8,104
Water and other transportation.......... 2,679 2,471 2,165 2,432 2,362 2,769 2,874 2,890 3,154
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Total Transportation.................. 11,262 11,591 10,115 10,534 10,590 11,563 13,533 13,665 14,962
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Community and regional development........ 6,611 6,232 5,766 5,657 5,451 6,063 7,313 5,895 11,389
Education, training, employment and social
services:
Education............................... 13,091 15,165 14,436 16,715 17,395 18,353 19,937 22,853 24,435
Training, employment and social services 11,867 8,808 8,151 8,827 9,324 9,508 10,091 10,953 11,912
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Total Education, training, employment 24,958 23,973 22,587 25,541 26,718 27,861 30,028 33,806 36,347
and social services..................
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Health.................................... 9,343 10,310 10,344 12,141 12,958 14,262 16,078 18,169 19,560
Medicare.................................. 1,553 1,656 1,719 1,724 2,206 2,276 2,361 2,566 2,860
Income security:
Housing assistance...................... 11,398 12,613 10,748 8,564 8,648 9,009 10,785 19,596 19,696
Other................................... 8,033 7,655 7,790 7,722 7,629 7,652 8,158 9,985 10,735
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Total Income security................. 19,431 20,268 18,538 16,286 16,276 16,662 18,943 29,581 30,432
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Social security........................... 2,080 2,110 2,193 2,147 2,257 2,121 2,223 2,399 2,540
Veterans benefits and services............ 9,946 10,783 10,742 11,313 11,631 12,363 13,037 14,124 15,298
Administration of justice................. 6,001 6,618 6,662 8,491 9,018 9,882 12,356 12,690 14,270
General government........................ 6,977 7,143 7,377 8,051 8,532 9,093 11,516 12,181 11,311
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Total nondefense.................... 158,061 161,739 148,278 157,804 160,754 171,013 192,758 213,872 232,277
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Total discretionary budget authority........ 423,645 456,592 437,903 445,764 453,251 471,081 496,704 546,099 531,392
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2008--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........................................ 276,109 262,246 262,937 265,186 266,248 272,416 288,310 300,767
Nondefense:
International affairs................................. 33,257 20,854 20,166 18,122 18,150 18,991 41,509 23,459
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.................. 4,150 4,560 4,133 4,122 4,185 5,629 6,333 6,662
Space and other technology.......................... 13,063 13,022 12,543 12,570 12,456 12,321 12,460 12,541
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Total General science, space and technology....... 17,214 17,582 16,676 16,692 16,641 17,950 18,793 19,203
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Energy................................................ 5,832 6,381 6,230 4,893 4,212 3,077 2,863 2,706
Natural resources and environment..................... 21,395 22,430 20,421 20,639 22,379 23,405 23,800 24,633
Agriculture........................................... 4,297 4,423 3,969 4,206 4,225 4,346 4,503 4,725
Commerce and housing credit........................... 2,482 1,442 3,061 2,248 1,395 446 780 5,115
Transportation:
Ground transportation............................... 2,575 3,883 3,067 2,453 2,899 2,051 2,340 2,011
Air transportation.................................. 8,307 8,430 5,985 7,987 8,328 8,687 9,046 9,207
Water and other transportation...................... 3,077 3,384 3,433 3,157 3,276 3,238 3,761 3,954
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Total Transportation.............................. 13,959 15,697 12,485 13,597 14,503 13,976 15,147 15,172
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Community and regional development.................... 9,659 15,399 12,094 11,712 13,119 10,371 11,127 12,210
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education........................................... 25,463 26,333 26,386 23,205 28,161 31,318 30,476 31,071
Training, employment and social services............ 12,658 14,266 13,477 13,284 14,660 15,382 16,172 13,307
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Total Education, training, employment and social 38,122 40,599 39,863 36,489 42,821 46,700 46,648 44,378
services.........................................
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Health................................................ 20,697 22,193 22,814 23,303 25,086 26,386 30,209 33,823
Medicare.............................................. 2,829 2,962 3,028 2,939 2,623 2,723 2,803 2,998
Income security:
Housing assistance.................................. 21,117 21,088 15,302 16,410 11,661 17,449 20,377 18,077
Other............................................... 10,871 11,978 12,200 11,347 11,032 12,309 12,376 13,491
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Total Income security............................. 31,988 33,066 27,502 27,757 22,693 29,758 32,753 31,568
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Social security....................................... 2,640 2,828 2,325 3,135 3,451 3,195 3,144 3,195
Veterans benefits and services........................ 16,235 17,193 17,618 17,801 18,908 18,943 19,261 20,904
Administration of justice............................. 14,613 15,201 18,381 20,746 23,008 24,965 26,667 27,245
General government.................................... 11,642 12,094 11,850 11,493 11,753 11,985 13,523 12,249
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Total nondefense................................ 246,861 250,342 238,483 235,772 244,967 257,217 293,530 283,583
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Total discretionary budget authority.................... 522,970 512,589 501,420 500,957 511,215 529,633 581,840 584,350
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2008--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Category and Program 2001 2002 estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate
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National defense........................................ 331,713 360,816 382,225 399,181 419,623 439,740 459,999 480,433
Nondefense:
International affairs................................. 24,179 25,167 25,675 28,580 29,962 31,511 32,790 33,787
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.................. 7,579 8,021 8,239 8,997 9,189 9,364 9,554 9,800
Space and other technology.......................... 13,327 13,901 14,014 14,476 15,110 15,717 16,363 16,889
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Total General science, space and technology....... 20,906 21,922 22,253 23,473 24,299 25,081 25,917 26,689
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Energy................................................ 3,184 3,248 3,339 3,564 3,984 3,920 3,897 4,855
Natural resources and environment..................... 29,054 29,614 27,571 27,993 28,478 29,065 29,696 30,451
Agriculture........................................... 5,161 5,688 5,151 5,372 5,595 5,708 5,833 5,982
Commerce and housing credit........................... 1,425 625 -890 -979 -620 -476 723 936
Transportation:
Ground transportation............................... 4,928 4,810 2,302 2,528 2,574 2,627 2,684 2,752
Air transportation.................................. 10,922 14,114 13,995 13,941 14,119 14,398 14,687 15,019
Water and other transportation...................... 3,815 4,513 5,210 5,809 5,914 5,993 6,123 6,277
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Total Transportation.............................. 19,665 23,437 21,507 22,278 22,607 23,018 23,494 24,048
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Community and regional development.................... 14,352 22,761 15,073 13,893 14,181 14,482 14,804 15,266
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education........................................... 42,134 51,514 52,338 55,394 56,415 57,588 58,875 60,382
Training, employment and social services............ 19,169 19,761 19,956 19,847 20,221 20,634 21,092 21,626
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Total Education, training, employment and social 61,303 71,275 72,294 75,241 76,636 78,222 79,967 82,008
services.........................................
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Health................................................ 38,891 45,790 48,532 49,620 50,658 51,786 52,930 54,274
Medicare.............................................. 3,323 3,805 3,658 3,733 3,807 3,886 3,977 4,085
Income security:
Housing assistance.................................. 25,100 26,945 29,363 30,119 30,687 31,313 32,008 32,818
Other............................................... 14,638 15,759 15,586 16,075 16,369 16,699 16,202 15,644
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Total Income security............................. 39,738 42,704 44,949 46,194 47,056 48,012 48,210 48,462
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Social security....................................... 3,430 3,523 3,858 4,282 4,363 4,450 4,549 4,665
Veterans benefits and services........................ 22,459 24,043 25,457 28,163 28,627 29,069 29,542 30,122
Administration of justice............................. 30,558 34,676 32,443 34,148 36,342 37,162 38,041 39,065
General government.................................... 14,491 15,602 16,329 17,771 18,188 17,960 18,353 18,820
Allowances............................................ .......... .......... -400 -288 -293 -299 -306 -314
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Total nondefense................................ 332,119 373,880 366,799 383,038 393,870 402,557 412,417 423,201
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Total discretionary budget authority.................... 663,832 734,696 749,024 782,219 813,493 842,297 872,416 903,634
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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 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.