[Historical Tables]
[Section 5 - Budget Authority (On-and Off-Budget)]
[Table 5.4 - Discretionary Budget Authority by Agency: 1976-2008]
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                                                                 Table 5.4--DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AUTHORITY BY AGENCY: 1976-2008
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                          Department or other unit                               1976          TQ          1977         1978         1979         1980         1981         1982         1983
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Legislative Branch.........................................................         934          226        1,055        1,077        1,114        1,297        1,226        1,379        1,634
The Judiciary..............................................................         346           87          429          453          514          600          647          723          811
Agriculture................................................................       4,592        1,037        5,303        5,841        6,196        6,763        7,591        7,037        8,099
Commerce...................................................................       1,737          358        7,820        1,897        2,092        2,619        2,080        1,840        1,984
Defense--Military..........................................................      95,740       22,965      108,146      114,688      124,052      141,346      176,607      212,230      238,920
Education..................................................................       8,249        3,015        9,674       10,097       11,650       11,717       11,409       10,689       11,265
Energy.....................................................................       5,260        1,400        7,653       11,275       10,868        6,779       13,438       12,986       12,639
Health and Human Services..................................................       8,005        1,664        9,048       10,274       11,023       13,640       14,206       13,896       14,697
Housing and Urban Development..............................................      21,551          167       33,057       37,320       30,218       33,326       31,543       18,839       15,802
Interior...................................................................       2,858        1,006        4,026        4,837        5,019        4,950        4,781        4,499        5,240
Justice....................................................................       2,264          587        2,427        2,475        2,601        2,575        2,429        2,725        3,145
Labor......................................................................       7,821        1,103       15,046        5,934       13,054       11,220       10,830        6,479        8,065
State......................................................................       1,191          456        1,471        1,725        1,982        2,282        2,449        2,631        2,789
Transportation.............................................................       5,596        1,030        5,374        6,139        8,555        9,842       13,028       13,449       11,114
Treasury...................................................................       4,776        2,026        4,285        5,040        3,764       16,943        2,731        3,945        4,451
Veterans Affairs...........................................................       4,920        1,213        5,600        6,237        6,743        7,026        7,568        8,464        9,508
Corps of Engineers.........................................................       2,177          659        2,481        2,778        2,782        3,249        3,093        2,990        3,412
Other Defense--Civil Programs..............................................          64           13           36           35           38           57           61           60           68
Environmental Protection Agency............................................         772          189        2,764        5,499        5,403        4,669        3,026        3,676        3,689
Executive Office of the President..........................................          70           18           79           78           83          101          104           93          102
Federal Emergency Management Agency........................................         348           82          501          794          753        1,392          687          633          715
General Services Administration............................................         320           66          380          211          406          370          442          350          489
International Assistance Programs..........................................       6,023          938        6,820        8,314       10,461        9,623       13,799       10,489       12,065
National Aeronautics and Space Administration..............................       3,552          932        3,876        4,244        4,743        5,350        5,634        6,200        7,065
National Science Foundation................................................         715          168          776          863          911          987        1,022          996        1,094
Office of Personnel Management.............................................         134           34          147          152          159          164          170          139          140
Small Business Administration..............................................         621           31        1,068        3,555        2,081        2,145        1,355          748        1,278
Social Security Administration (On-budget).................................         485          126          526          573          603          658          719          780          846
Social Security Administration (Off-budget)................................       1,086          279        1,181        1,292        1,365        1,451        1,635        1,905        2,120
Other Independent Agencies (On-budget).....................................       5,563        2,707        5,769        6,243        6,780        8,096        6,649        4,697        5,035
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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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                                                            Table 5.4--DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AUTHORITY BY AGENCY: 1976-2008--Continued
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                          Department or other unit                               1984         1985         1986         1987         1988         1989         1990         1991         1992
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Legislative Branch.........................................................       1,629        1,550        1,580        1,748        1,776        1,840        1,987        2,218        2,337
The Judiciary..............................................................         891        1,040        1,031        1,260        1,330        1,349        1,584        1,911        2,207
Agriculture................................................................       8,324        9,188        8,632        8,883        9,196       10,206       10,991       11,815       15,493
Commerce...................................................................       2,048        2,323        2,111        2,194        2,465        2,769        3,638        2,690        3,082
Defense--Military..........................................................     258,686      287,124      282,016      280,128      284,378      291,482      293,836      319,722      286,411
Education..................................................................      12,046       14,057       13,388       15,538       16,235       17,138       18,738       21,184       22,869
Energy.....................................................................      12,668       14,105       11,798       11,545       12,984       13,427       16,012       18,078       19,033
Health and Human Services..................................................      15,555       16,601       16,495       18,132       19,349       20,710       22,941       26,657       28,747
Housing and Urban Development..............................................      16,702       17,026       14,889       12,870       12,700       12,399       14,454       23,301       22,838
Interior...................................................................       5,116        5,459        4,682        5,196        5,321        5,605        6,453        6,957        7,139
Justice....................................................................       3,569        3,901        3,913        5,125        5,416        6,271        8,340        8,238        9,216
Labor......................................................................      11,222        7,709        7,173        7,716        7,906        7,970        8,415        9,025       10,034
State......................................................................       3,025        3,636        4,110        3,841        3,909        4,176        4,417        4,947        5,832
Transportation.............................................................      10,550       10,852        9,394        9,717        9,769       10,720       12,719       13,234       14,276
Treasury...................................................................       4,867        5,505        5,501        5,900        7,315        7,457        7,883        8,495        9,366
Veterans Affairs...........................................................       9,927       10,764       10,716       11,282       11,611       12,331       13,005       14,087       15,260
Corps of Engineers.........................................................       2,681        2,891        2,726        3,126        3,247        3,236        3,182        3,302        3,656
Other Defense--Civil Programs..............................................          79           89           98          117           97          107          112          108          115
Environmental Protection Agency............................................       4,067        4,354        3,462        5,364        5,027        5,155        5,491        6,094        6,645
Executive Office of the President..........................................         110          116          108          119          126          131          179          184          202
Federal Emergency Management Agency........................................         614          634          867          684          685        1,793        1,849          619        4,836
General Services Administration............................................         394          427          446          254           87          121        2,237        2,012          376
International Assistance Programs..........................................      20,597       18,232       14,690       13,617       12,873       12,246       13,539       14,262       12,616
National Aeronautics and Space Administration..............................       7,458        7,573        7,807       10,923        9,061       10,872       12,222       14,015       14,316
National Science Foundation................................................       1,323        1,502        1,458        1,623        1,717        1,922        2,084        2,316        2,573
Office of Personnel Management.............................................         149          149          140          152          160          175          202          201          211
Small Business Administration..............................................         971        1,254          714          604          418          419          928          464        1,577
Social Security Administration (On-budget).................................         905          939          985          972        1,119        1,090        1,090        1,415        1,321
Social Security Administration (Off-budget)................................       2,080        2,110        2,193        2,147        2,257        2,121        2,223        2,399        2,540
Other Independent Agencies (On-budget).....................................       5,393        5,481        4,778        4,988        4,719        5,839        5,955        6,148        6,269
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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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                                        Table 5.4--DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AUTHORITY BY AGENCY: 1976-2008--Continued
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            Department or other unit                  1993         1994         1995         1996         1997         1998         1999         2000
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Legislative Branch..............................       2,313        2,302        2,395        2,158        2,246        2,320        2,626        2,531
The Judiciary...................................       2,367        2,510        2,659        2,803        3,004        3,195        3,397        3,669
Agriculture.....................................      15,626       16,838       15,548       15,331       15,692       15,794       16,450       17,091
Commerce........................................       3,221        3,898        4,090        3,664        3,821        4,167        5,387        8,670
Defense--Military...............................     262,617      250,471      252,472      253,787      254,046      259,894      274,763      287,336
Education.......................................      23,853       24,709       24,664       21,698       26,637       29,752       28,766       29,362
Energy..........................................      19,262       18,727       17,172       16,415       16,530       16,802       17,925       17,767
Health and Human Services.......................      30,134       32,958       33,313       33,168       34,412       37,122       41,516       45,452
Housing and Urban Development...................      24,170       24,049       19,566       20,252       15,042       19,744       22,163       21,111
Interior........................................       7,047        7,506        7,226        7,057        7,327        8,064        7,964        8,462
Justice.........................................       9,660        9,798       12,731       15,075       16,906       18,057       18,911       19,313
Labor...........................................       9,954       10,630        9,378        9,366       10,250       10,705       10,979        8,761
State...........................................       6,194        6,662        5,742        5,431        5,530        5,584        8,323        7,776
Transportation..................................      13,499       14,449       11,196       12,649       13,583       12,986       14,343       14,482
Treasury........................................       9,740        9,993       10,228       10,002       10,155       11,001       12,330       12,012
Veterans Affairs................................      16,194       17,151       17,577       17,757       18,865       18,895       19,213       20,850
Corps of Engineers..............................       3,842        3,915        3,330        3,362        4,110        4,171        4,093        4,119
Other Defense--Civil Programs...................         120          117          114          114          113          131          135          134
Environmental Protection Agency.................       6,923        6,645        5,971        6,525        6,800        7,366        7,590        7,572
Executive Office of the President...............         237          236          184          204          217          246          428          272
Federal Emergency Management Agency.............       2,632        6,000        4,178        4,040        5,202        2,551        2,981        3,944
General Services Administration.................         289          585          179          224          570           94          541          -29
International Assistance Programs...............      24,512       11,459       11,840       10,695       10,598       11,385       30,956       13,628
National Aeronautics and Space Administration...      14,309       14,568       13,853       13,885       13,709       13,648       13,654       13,601
National Science Foundation.....................       2,734        3,018        3,227        3,219        3,271        3,431        3,675        3,912
Office of Personnel Management..................         242          233          218          193          194          191          188          198
Small Business Administration...................         925        1,894          792          815          854          716          830          892
Social Security Administration (On-budget)......       1,476        1,781        2,390        1,892        2,147        2,272        2,333        2,458
Social Security Administration (Off-budget).....       2,640        2,828        2,325        3,135        3,451        3,195        3,144        3,195
Other Independent Agencies (On-budget)..........       6,234        6,659        6,862        6,042        5,933        6,154        6,236        5,809
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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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                                        Table 5.4--DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AUTHORITY BY AGENCY: 1976-2008--Continued
                                                                (in millions of dollars)
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                                                                                2003         2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
            Department or other unit                  2001         2002       estimate     estimate     estimate     estimate     estimate     estimate
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Legislative Branch..............................       2,849        3,311        3,472        3,823        3,894        3,976        4,061        4,165
The Judiciary...................................       3,991        4,422        4,930        5,111        5,218        5,337        5,465        5,616
Agriculture.....................................      19,384       20,024       19,545       19,503       19,954       20,364       20,799       21,401
Commerce........................................       5,102        5,442        5,138        5,406        5,810        5,877        6,017        6,494
Defense--Military...............................     306,863      344,407      364,634      379,898      399,832      419,820      440,496      461,788
Education.......................................      40,103       49,505       50,310       53,137       61,108       62,376       63,774       65,404
Energy..........................................      20,122       21,318       22,064       23,376       24,352       24,442       24,028       24,152
Health and Human Services.......................      54,249       61,098       64,562       66,195       60,605       61,938       63,307       64,922
Homeland Security...............................  ...........      29,923       25,355       26,697       27,265       27,844       28,454       29,185
Housing and Urban Development...................      28,357       31,428       30,901       31,301       32,246       33,407       34,266       34,999
Interior........................................      10,268       10,539       10,236       10,587       10,758       10,978       11,212       11,506
Justice.........................................      21,942       19,677       18,309       17,697       19,497       19,941       20,433       20,993
Labor...........................................      11,958       12,335       11,595       11,535       11,750       11,991       11,401       10,723
State...........................................       7,774        9,385        9,141        9,761        9,941       10,145       10,371       10,634
Transportation..................................      18,613       15,764       12,919       13,673       13,925       14,164       14,473       14,843
Treasury........................................      13,816       10,545       11,011       11,397       11,608       11,844       12,110       12,414
Veterans Affairs................................      22,375       23,940       25,358       28,057       28,520       28,959       29,430       30,007
Corps of Engineers..............................       4,687        4,649        4,016        4,049        4,072        4,156        4,241        4,342
Other Defense--Civil Programs...................         141          154          148          152          155          157          162          166
Environmental Protection Agency.................       7,835        8,080        7,617        7,627        7,765        7,923        8,099        8,304
Executive Office of the President...............      13,306          330          330          340          347          352          360          369
Federal Emergency Management Agency.............       4,435   ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........
General Services Administration.................         469          260          354          101          101          108          106          109
International Assistance Programs...............      12,590       13,649       14,232       17,039       18,146       19,041       20,025       20,680
National Aeronautics and Space Administration...      14,253       14,892       15,000       15,469       16,041       16,657       17,297       17,804
National Science Foundation.....................       4,431        4,823        5,028        5,481        5,607        5,709        5,818        5,970
Office of Personnel Management..................         206          229          264          771          785          802          819          840
Small Business Administration...................       1,000          912          779          798          813          830          848          870
Social Security Administration (On-budget)......       2,600        2,878        2,872        3,084        3,136        3,195        3,260        3,338
Social Security Administration (Off-budget).....       3,430        3,504        3,837        4,257        4,338        4,424        4,522        4,638
Other Independent Agencies (On-budget)..........       6,683        7,273        6,728        6,415        6,427        6,069        7,298        7,502
Allowances......................................  ...........  ...........      -1,661         -518         -523         -529         -536         -544
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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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