[Analytical Perspectives]
[Dimensions of the Budget]
[21. Outlays to the Public, Gross and Net]
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                21.  OUTLAYS TO THE PUBLIC, GROSS AND NET

  Table 21-1 shows outlays gross and net of offsetting collections and 
offsetting receipts from the public for all major agencies.
  The following table shows outlays gross of offsetting collections and 
offsetting receipts from the public. Since outlays are an important 
measure of Government spending, the table demonstrates that offsetting 
receipts and offsetting collections from the public are relatively more 
important for some agencies than for others when discussing net outlays.
  See the section on ``outlays'' in Chapter 26, ``The Budget System and 
Concepts,'' for a more detailed discussion on the outlay totals in the 
budget.
  In this table, negative net outlays occur when offsetting collections 
exceed payments. The amounts for ``Allowances'' cover certain 
transactions that are expected to increase or decrease outlays but are 
not, for various reasons, attributed to any specific agency. The amounts 
labeled ``undistributed offsetting receipts'' are deducted from the 
Government-wide outlay totals but not from any specific agency.
  Offsetting collections and offsetting receipts are discussed in more 
detail in Chapter 18 of this volume, ``User Charges and Other 
Collections.''

                                     

                 Table 21-1.  TOTAL OUTLAYS, GROSS AND NET OF OFFSETTING COLLECTIONS AND RECEIPTS FROM THE PUBLIC, BY AGENCY, 2005-2007
                                                                (In millions of dollars)
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                                                        2005                                  2006                                  2007
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                                          Outlays                               Outlays                               Outlays
                                          Gross of    Offsetting                Gross of    Offsetting                Gross of    Offsetting
       Department or Other Unit         Collections  Collections              Collections  Collections              Collections  Collections
                                            and          and          Net         and          and          Net         and          and          Net
                                          Receipts     Receipts     Outlays     Receipts     Receipts     Outlays     Receipts     Receipts     Outlays
                                          from the     from the                 from the     from the                 from the     from the
                                           Public       Public                   Public       Public                   Public       Public
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Legislative Branch....................        4,067          -67       4,000        4,487          -60       4,427        4,500          -62       4,438
Judicial Branch.......................        5,612          -46       5,566        6,136          -48       6,088        6,437          -51       6,386
Executive Branch
  Department of Agriculture...........      106,839      -21,555      85,284      118,660      -22,948      95,712      112,441      -19,658      92,783
  Department of Commerce..............        8,448       -2,280       6,168        8,403       -1,941       6,462        8,591       -1,988       6,603
  Department of Defense--Military.....      486,917      -12,483     474,434      523,312      -11,233     512,079      516,738      -11,875     504,863
  Department of Education.............       74,237       -1,292      72,945       85,393       -1,409      83,984       66,751       -2,267      64,484
  Department of Energy................       27,100       -5,753      21,347       28,323       -6,620      21,703       27,972       -6,553      21,419
  Department of Health and Human            625,507      -43,980     581,527      697,830      -56,366     641,464      765,056      -65,476     699,580
   Services...........................
  Department of Homeland Security.....       47,835       -8,533      39,302       76,201       -9,448      66,753       55,124      -11,571      43,553
  Department of Housing and Urban            44,999       -2,481      42,518       48,994       -2,187      46,807       47,120       -2,452      44,668
   Development........................
  Department of the Interior..........       15,463       -6,362       9,101       16,745       -7,633       9,112       17,090       -7,658       9,432
  Department of Justice...............       23,492         -769      22,723       23,129         -835      22,294       25,680         -998      24,682
  Department of Labor.................       49,542       -2,577      46,965       55,485       -4,051      51,434       58,783       -5,426      53,357
  Department of State.................       14,437       -1,620      12,817       14,753       -1,133      13,620       15,877       -1,390      14,487
  Department of Transportation........       57,379         -448      56,931       61,775         -522      61,253       65,918         -267      65,651
  Department of the Treasury..........      425,593      -16,851     408,742      471,476      -19,351     452,125      513,928      -19,635     494,293
  Department of Veterans Affairs......       75,097       -5,102      69,995       76,844       -6,434      70,410       79,048       -5,204      73,844
  Corps of Engineers-Civil Works......        6,648       -1,882       4,766        8,425       -1,012       7,413        6,934       -1,055       5,879
  Other Defense Civil Programs........       43,502          -19      43,483       45,685          -17      45,668       47,318          -19      47,299
  Environmental Protection Agency.....        8,285         -365       7,920        8,296         -366       7,930        8,320         -416       7,904
  Executive Office of the President...        7,723  ...........       7,723        7,362  ...........       7,362        2,391  ...........       2,391
  General Services Administration.....          681         -626          55        1,047         -640         407        1,517         -619         898
  International Assistance Programs...       27,878      -12,924      14,954       28,751      -12,449      16,302       28,825      -11,982      16,843
  National Aeronautics and Space             12,458        3,155      15,613       15,772         -218      15,554       16,579         -223      16,356
   Administration.....................
  National Science Foundation.........        5,435  ...........       5,435        5,760  ...........       5,760        5,838  ...........       5,838
  Office of Personnel Management......       69,809      -10,298      59,511       74,512      -11,053      63,459       79,186      -11,921      67,265
  Small Business Administration.......        3,133         -631       2,502        2,261       -1,073       1,188          661          -56         605
  Social Security Administration......      568,998       -7,672     561,326      599,975       -7,525     592,450      630,673       -7,964     622,709
  Export-Import Bank of the United              700       -1,513        -813          345       -2,166      -1,821          251         -205          46
   States.............................
  Federal Deposit Insurance                    -165         -707        -872          472       -1,378        -906           65       -1,430      -1,365
   Corporation........................
  Postal Service......................       67,281      -68,504      -1,223       72,702      -71,176       1,526       74,993      -71,491       3,502
  Railroad Retirement Board...........        5,646       -3,454       2,192        6,149         -895       5,254        6,336       -1,367       4,969

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  Other Independent Agencies..........       28,145      -12,664      15,481       26,259      -13,008      13,251       26,818      -12,344      14,474
Allowances............................  ...........  ...........  ..........        3,726  ...........       3,726        5,464  ...........       5,464
Undistributed Offsetting Receipts.....     -219,907       -6,306    -226,213     -232,345       -9,228    -241,573     -246,242      -29,261    -275,503
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Totals:...............................    2,728,814     -256,609   2,472,205    2,993,100     -284,423   2,708,677    3,082,981     -312,884   2,770,097
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