[Historical Tables]
[Section 5 - Budget Authority (On-and Off-Budget)]
[Table 5.5 - Percentage Distribution of Discretionary Budget Authority by Agency: 1976-2008]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Table 5.5--PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF 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......................................................... 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
The Judiciary.............................................................. 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Agriculture................................................................ 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.1
Commerce................................................................... 0.9 0.8 3.2 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5
Defense--Military.......................................................... 48.4 51.5 43.8 44.1 44.9 45.4 51.8 59.7 61.5
Education.................................................................. 4.2 6.8 3.9 3.9 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.0 2.9
Energy..................................................................... 2.7 3.1 3.1 4.3 3.9 2.2 3.9 3.7 3.3
Health and Human Services.................................................. 4.0 3.7 3.7 4.0 4.0 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.8
Housing and Urban Development.............................................. 10.9 0.4 13.4 14.4 10.9 10.7 9.3 5.3 4.1
Interior................................................................... 1.4 2.3 1.6 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3
Justice.................................................................... 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8
Labor...................................................................... 4.0 2.5 6.1 2.3 4.7 3.6 3.2 1.8 2.1
State...................................................................... 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Transportation............................................................. 2.8 2.3 2.2 2.4 3.1 3.2 3.8 3.8 2.9
Treasury................................................................... 2.4 4.5 1.7 1.9 1.4 5.4 0.8 1.1 1.1
Veterans Affairs........................................................... 2.5 2.7 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.4
Corps of Engineers......................................................... 1.1 1.5 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9
Other Defense--Civil Programs.............................................. * * * * * * * * *
Environmental Protection Agency............................................ 0.4 0.4 1.1 2.1 2.0 1.5 0.9 1.0 1.0
Executive Office of the President.......................................... * * * * * * * * *
Federal Emergency Management Agency........................................ 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2
General Services Administration............................................ 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
International Assistance Programs.......................................... 3.0 2.1 2.8 3.2 3.8 3.1 4.0 3.0 3.1
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.............................. 1.8 2.1 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8
National Science Foundation................................................ 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Office of Personnel Management............................................. 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 * * *
Small Business Administration.............................................. 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.4 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.3
Social Security Administration (On-budget)................................. 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Social Security Administration (Off-budget)................................ 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Other Independent Agencies (On-budget)..................................... 2.8 6.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.0 1.3 1.3
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Total discretionary budget authority................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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See footnote at end of table.
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Table 5.5--PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF 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......................................................... 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
The Judiciary.............................................................. 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
Agriculture................................................................ 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.9
Commerce................................................................... 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6
Defense--Military.......................................................... 61.1 62.9 64.4 62.8 62.7 61.9 59.2 58.5 53.9
Education.................................................................. 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.3
Energy..................................................................... 3.0 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.6
Health and Human Services.................................................. 3.7 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.9 5.4
Housing and Urban Development.............................................. 3.9 3.7 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.9 4.3 4.3
Interior................................................................... 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3
Justice.................................................................... 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.5 1.7
Labor...................................................................... 2.6 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.9
State...................................................................... 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1
Transportation............................................................. 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.7
Treasury................................................................... 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.8
Veterans Affairs........................................................... 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.9
Corps of Engineers......................................................... 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7
Other Defense--Civil Programs.............................................. * * * * * * * * *
Environmental Protection Agency............................................ 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3
Executive Office of the President.......................................... * * * * * * * * *
Federal Emergency Management Agency........................................ 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.9
General Services Administration............................................ 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 * * 0.5 0.4 0.1
International Assistance Programs.......................................... 4.9 4.0 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.4
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.............................. 1.8 1.7 1.8 2.5 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.7
National Science Foundation................................................ 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Office of Personnel Management............................................. * * * * * * * * *
Small Business Administration.............................................. 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3
Social Security Administration (On-budget)................................. 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2
Social Security Administration (Off-budget)................................ 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5
Other Independent Agencies (On-budget)..................................... 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2
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Total discretionary budget authority................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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See footnote at end of table.
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Table 5.5--PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF 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.............................. 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4
The Judiciary................................... 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Agriculture..................................... 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.9
Commerce........................................ 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.5
Defense--Military............................... 50.2 48.9 50.4 50.7 49.7 49.1 47.2 49.2
Education....................................... 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.3 5.2 5.6 4.9 5.0
Energy.......................................... 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0
Health and Human Services....................... 5.8 6.4 6.6 6.6 6.7 7.0 7.1 7.8
Housing and Urban Development................... 4.6 4.7 3.9 4.0 2.9 3.7 3.8 3.6
Interior........................................ 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4
Justice......................................... 1.8 1.9 2.5 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3
Labor........................................... 1.9 2.1 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.5
State........................................... 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.3
Transportation.................................. 2.6 2.8 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5
Treasury........................................ 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1
Veterans Affairs................................ 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.6
Corps of Engineers.............................. 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Other Defense--Civil Programs................... * * * * * * * *
Environmental Protection Agency................. 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3
Executive Office of the President............... * * * * * * 0.1 *
Federal Emergency Management Agency............. 0.5 1.2 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.7
General Services Administration................. 0.1 0.1 * * 0.1 * 0.1 -*
International Assistance Programs............... 4.7 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.1 5.3 2.3
National Aeronautics and Space Administration... 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.3
National Science Foundation..................... 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7
Office of Personnel Management.................. * * * * * * * *
Small Business Administration................... 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Social Security Administration (On-budget)...... 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Social Security Administration (Off-budget)..... 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5
Other Independent Agencies (On-budget).......... 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0
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Total discretionary budget authority...... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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See footnote at end of table.
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Table 5.5--PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AUTHORITY BY AGENCY: 1976-2008--Continued
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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.............................. 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
The Judiciary................................... 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Agriculture..................................... 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4
Commerce........................................ 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Defense--Military............................... 46.2 46.9 48.7 48.6 49.2 49.8 50.5 51.1
Education....................................... 6.0 6.7 6.7 6.8 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.2
Energy.......................................... 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7
Health and Human Services....................... 8.2 8.3 8.6 8.5 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.2
Homeland Security............................... ........... 4.1 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2
Housing and Urban Development................... 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9
Interior........................................ 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
Justice......................................... 3.3 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3
Labor........................................... 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2
State........................................... 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Transportation.................................. 2.8 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6
Treasury........................................ 2.1 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
Veterans Affairs................................ 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.3
Corps of Engineers.............................. 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Other Defense--Civil Programs................... * * * * * * * *
Environmental Protection Agency................. 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9
Executive Office of the President............... 2.0 * * * * * * *
Federal Emergency Management Agency............. 0.7 ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........
General Services Administration................. 0.1 * * * * * * *
International Assistance Programs............... 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3
National Aeronautics and Space Administration... 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
National Science Foundation..................... 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Office of Personnel Management.................. * * * 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Small Business Administration................... 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Social Security Administration (On-budget)...... 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Social Security Administration (Off-budget)..... 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Other Independent Agencies (On-budget).......... 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8
Allowances...................................... ........... ........... -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1
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Total discretionary budget authority...... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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* 0.05 percent or less.