[Historical Tables]
[Section 3 - Federal Government Outlays by Function]
[Table 3.1 - Outlays by Superfunction and Function: 1940-2012]
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2012
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Superfunction and Function 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
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National defense........................................................... 1,660 6,435 25,658 66,699 79,143 82,965 42,681 12,808 9,105
Human resources............................................................ 4,139 4,158 3,599 2,659 1,928 1,859 5,493 9,909 9,868
Education, training, employment, and social services..................... 1,972 1,592 1,062 375 160 134 85 102 191
Health................................................................... 55 60 71 92 174 211 201 177 162
Income security.......................................................... 1,514 1,855 1,828 1,739 1,503 1,137 2,384 2,820 2,499
Social security (off-budget)............................................. 28 91 137 177 217 267 358 466 558
Veterans benefits and services........................................... 570 560 501 276 -126 110 2,465 6,344 6,457
Physical resources......................................................... 2,312 1,782 3,892 6,433 5,471 1,747 836 1,227 2,243
Energy................................................................... 88 91 156 116 65 25 41 18 292
Natural resources and environment........................................ 997 817 819 726 642 455 482 700 780
Commerce and housing credit.............................................. 550 398 1,521 2,151 624 -2,630 -1,857 -923 306
Transportation........................................................... 392 353 1,283 3,220 3,901 3,654 1,970 1,130 787
Community and regional development....................................... 285 123 113 219 238 243 200 302 78
Net interest............................................................... 899 943 1,052 1,529 2,219 3,112 4,111 4,204 4,341
(On-budget).......................................................... (941) (999) (1,123) (1,616) (2,322) (3,236) (4,259) (4,367) (4,532)
(Off-budget)......................................................... (-42) (-56) (-71) (-87) (-103) (-124) (-148) (-163) (-191)
Other functions............................................................ 775 882 1,830 2,457 3,864 4,418 3,580 7,900 5,851
International affairs.................................................... 51 145 968 1,286 1,449 1,913 1,935 5,791 4,566
General science, space and technology.................................... ........... ........... 4 1 48 111 34 5 1
Agriculture.............................................................. 369 339 344 343 1,275 1,635 610 814 69
Administration of justice................................................ 81 92 117 154 192 178 176 176 170
General government....................................................... 274 306 397 673 900 581 825 1,114 1,045
Undistributed offsetting receipts.......................................... -317 -547 -894 -1,221 -1,320 -1,389 -1,468 -1,552 -1,643
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Total, Federal outlays..................................................... 9,468 13,653 35,137 78,555 91,304 92,712 55,232 34,496 29,764
(On-budget).......................................................... (9,482) (13,618) (35,071) (78,466) (91,190) (92,569) (55,022) (34,193) (29,396)
(Off-budget)......................................................... (-14) (35) (66) (89) (114) (143) (210) (303) (368)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense........................................................... 17.5 47.1 73.0 84.9 86.7 89.5 77.3 37.1 30.6
Human resources............................................................ 43.7 30.5 10.2 3.4 2.1 2.0 9.9 28.7 33.2
Physical resources......................................................... 24.4 13.1 11.1 8.2 6.0 1.9 1.5 3.6 7.5
Net interest............................................................... 9.5 6.9 3.0 1.9 2.4 3.4 7.4 12.2 14.6
Other functions............................................................ 8.2 6.5 5.2 3.1 4.2 4.8 6.5 22.9 19.7
Undistributed offsetting receipts.......................................... -3.4 -4.0 -2.5 -1.6 -1.4 -1.5 -2.7 -4.5 -5.5
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Total, Federal outlays..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget).......................................................... (100.2) (99.7) (99.8) (99.9) (99.9) (99.8) (99.6) (99.1) (98.8)
(Off-budget)......................................................... (-0.2) (0.3) (0.2) (0.1) (0.1) (0.2) (0.4) (0.9) (1.2)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense........................................................... 1.7 5.6 17.8 37.0 37.8 37.5 19.2 5.5 3.6
Human resources............................................................ 4.3 3.6 2.5 1.5 0.9 0.8 2.5 4.2 3.9
Physical resources......................................................... 2.4 1.6 2.7 3.6 2.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.9
Net interest............................................................... 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.8 1.8 1.7
Other functions............................................................ 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.8 2.0 1.6 3.4 2.3
Undistributed offsetting receipts.......................................... -0.3 -0.5 -0.6 -0.7 -0.6 -0.6 -0.7 -0.7 -0.6
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Total, Federal outlays..................................................... 9.8 12.0 24.3 43.6 43.6 41.9 24.8 14.8 11.6
(On-budget).......................................................... (9.8) (11.9) (24.3) (43.5) (43.6) (41.8) (24.7) (14.7) (11.5)
(Off-budget)......................................................... (-*) (*) (*) (*) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1)
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* 0.05 percent or less.
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2012--Continued
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Superfunction and Function 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
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National defense........................................................... 13,150 13,724 23,566 46,089 52,802 49,266 42,729 42,523 45,430
Human resources............................................................ 10,805 14,221 11,001 11,745 11,836 13,076 14,908 16,052 18,161
Education, training, employment, and social services..................... 178 241 235 339 441 370 445 591 590
Health................................................................... 197 268 323 347 336 307 291 359 479
Income security.......................................................... 3,174 4,097 3,352 3,655 3,823 4,434 5,071 4,734 5,427
Social security (off-budget)............................................. 657 781 1,565 2,063 2,717 3,352 4,427 5,478 6,661
Veterans benefits and services........................................... 6,599 8,834 5,526 5,341 4,519 4,613 4,675 4,891 5,005
Physical resources......................................................... 3,104 3,667 3,924 4,182 4,005 2,584 2,732 3,092 4,559
Energy................................................................... 341 327 383 474 425 432 325 174 240
Natural resources and environment........................................ 1,080 1,308 1,310 1,233 1,289 1,007 940 870 1,098
Commerce and housing credit.............................................. 800 1,035 1,228 1,278 910 -184 92 506 1,424
Transportation........................................................... 916 967 956 1,124 1,264 1,229 1,246 1,450 1,662
Community and regional development....................................... -33 30 47 73 117 100 129 92 135
Net interest............................................................... 4,523 4,812 4,665 4,701 5,156 4,811 4,850 5,079 5,354
(On-budget).......................................................... (4,753) (5,069) (4,952) (5,035) (5,543) (5,250) (5,288) (5,567) (5,910)
(Off-budget)......................................................... (-230) (-257) (-287) (-334) (-387) (-439) (-438) (-487) (-557)
Other functions............................................................ 9,032 7,955 4,690 4,346 5,873 4,515 6,718 7,482 7,220
International affairs.................................................... 6,052 4,673 3,647 2,691 2,119 1,596 2,223 2,414 3,147
General science, space and technology.................................... 48 55 51 49 49 46 74 79 122
Agriculture.............................................................. 1,924 2,049 -323 176 2,253 1,817 3,514 3,486 2,288
Administration of justice................................................ 184 193 218 267 243 257 256 302 303
General government....................................................... 824 986 1,097 1,163 1,209 799 651 1,201 1,360
Undistributed offsetting receipts.......................................... -1,779 -1,817 -2,332 -3,377 -3,571 -3,397 -3,493 -3,589 -4,146
(On-budget).......................................................... (-1,779) (-1,817) (-2,332) (-3,377) (-3,571) (-3,396) (-3,487) (-3,571) (-4,058)
(Off-budget)......................................................... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... (-1) (-6) (-18) (-88)
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Total, Federal outlays..................................................... 38,835 42,562 45,514 67,686 76,101 70,855 68,444 70,640 76,578
(On-budget).......................................................... (38,408) (42,038) (44,237) (65,956) (73,771) (67,943) (64,461) (65,668) (70,562)
(Off-budget)......................................................... (427) (524) (1,277) (1,730) (2,330) (2,912) (3,983) (4,972) (6,016)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense........................................................... 33.9 32.2 51.8 68.1 69.4 69.5 62.4 60.2 59.3
Human resources............................................................ 27.8 33.4 24.2 17.4 15.6 18.5 21.8 22.7 23.7
Physical resources......................................................... 8.0 8.6 8.6 6.2 5.3 3.6 4.0 4.4 6.0
Net interest............................................................... 11.6 11.3 10.2 6.9 6.8 6.8 7.1 7.2 7.0
Other functions............................................................ 23.3 18.7 10.3 6.4 7.7 6.4 9.8 10.6 9.4
Undistributed offsetting receipts.......................................... -4.6 -4.3 -5.1 -5.0 -4.7 -4.8 -5.1 -5.1 -5.4
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Total, Federal outlays..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget).......................................................... (98.9) (98.8) (97.2) (97.4) (96.9) (95.9) (94.2) (93.0) (92.1)
(Off-budget)......................................................... (1.1) (1.2) (2.8) (2.6) (3.1) (4.1) (5.8) (7.0) (7.9)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense........................................................... 4.9 5.0 7.4 13.2 14.2 13.1 10.8 10.0 10.1
Human resources............................................................ 4.0 5.2 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.8 3.8 4.0
Physical resources......................................................... 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.0
Net interest............................................................... 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2
Other functions............................................................ 3.3 2.9 1.5 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.7 1.8 1.6
Undistributed offsetting receipts.......................................... -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -1.0 -1.0 -0.9 -0.9 -0.8 -0.9
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Total, Federal outlays..................................................... 14.3 15.6 14.2 19.4 20.4 18.8 17.3 16.5 17.0
(On-budget).......................................................... (14.2) (15.4) (13.8) (18.9) (19.8) (18.0) (16.3) (15.4) (15.7)
(Off-budget)......................................................... (0.2) (0.2) (0.4) (0.5) (0.6) (0.8) (1.0) (1.2) (1.3)
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2012--Continued
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Superfunction and Function 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
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National defense................................ 46,815 49,015 48,130 49,601 52,345 53,400 54,757 50,620
Human resources................................. 22,288 24,892 26,184 29,838 31,630 33,522 35,294 36,576
Education, training, employment, and social 643 789 968 1,063 1,241 1,458 1,555 2,140
services.....................................
Health........................................ 541 685 795 913 1,198 1,451 1,788 1,791
Income security............................... 7,535 8,239 7,378 9,683 9,207 9,311 9,657 9,469
Social security (off-budget).................. 8,219 9,737 11,602 12,474 14,365 15,788 16,620 17,460
Veterans benefits and services................ 5,350 5,443 5,441 5,705 5,619 5,514 5,675 5,716
Physical resources.............................. 5,188 7,813 7,991 7,754 8,831 8,013 9,528 11,264
Energy........................................ 348 382 464 510 604 530 572 699
Natural resources and environment............. 1,407 1,632 1,559 1,779 2,044 2,251 2,364 2,531
Commerce and housing credit................... 930 1,933 1,618 1,203 1,424 62 418 1,157
Transportation................................ 2,334 3,655 4,126 3,987 4,290 4,596 5,242 5,763
Community and regional development............ 169 211 224 275 469 574 933 1,114
Net interest.................................... 5,604 5,762 6,947 6,716 6,889 7,740 8,199 8,591
(On-budget)............................... (6,175) (6,338) (7,511) (7,307) (7,498) (8,322) (8,805) (9,239)
(Off-budget).............................. (-571) (-576) (-563) (-591) (-609) (-582) (-607) (-648)
Other functions................................. 6,896 9,229 7,760 8,621 12,401 14,437 16,458 17,086
International affairs......................... 3,364 3,144 2,988 3,184 5,639 5,308 4,945 5,273
General science, space and technology......... 141 294 599 1,042 1,723 3,051 4,897 5,823
Agriculture................................... 2,411 4,509 2,623 2,641 3,562 4,384 4,609 3,954
Administration of justice..................... 325 356 366 400 429 465 489 536
General government............................ 655 926 1,184 1,354 1,049 1,230 1,518 1,499
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -4,385 -4,613 -4,820 -4,807 -5,274 -5,797 -5,708 -5,908
(On-budget)............................... (-4,240) (-4,449) (-4,632) (-4,601) (-5,053) (-5,555) (-5,429) (-5,626)
(Off-budget).............................. (-145) (-164) (-188) (-206) (-221) (-242) (-279) (-282)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 82,405 92,098 92,191 97,723 106,821 111,316 118,528 118,228
(On-budget)............................... (74,902) (83,102) (81,341) (86,046) (93,286) (96,352) (102,794) (101,699)
(Off-budget).............................. (7,503) (8,996) (10,850) (11,677) (13,535) (14,964) (15,734) (16,529)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense................................ 56.8 53.2 52.2 50.8 49.0 48.0 46.2 42.8
Human resources................................. 27.0 27.0 28.4 30.5 29.6 30.1 29.8 30.9
Physical resources.............................. 6.3 8.5 8.7 7.9 8.3 7.2 8.0 9.5
Net interest.................................... 6.8 6.3 7.5 6.9 6.4 7.0 6.9 7.3
Other functions................................. 8.4 10.0 8.4 8.8 11.6 13.0 13.9 14.5
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -5.3 -5.0 -5.2 -4.9 -4.9 -5.2 -4.8 -5.0
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (90.9) (90.2) (88.2) (88.1) (87.3) (86.6) (86.7) (86.0)
(Off-budget).............................. (9.1) (9.8) (11.8) (11.9) (12.7) (13.4) (13.3) (14.0)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense................................ 10.2 10.0 9.3 9.3 9.2 8.9 8.6 7.4
Human resources................................. 4.8 5.1 5.1 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.3
Physical resources.............................. 1.1 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.6
Net interest.................................... 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3
Other functions................................. 1.5 1.9 1.5 1.6 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.5
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -1.0 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -1.0 -0.9 -0.9
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 17.9 18.7 17.8 18.4 18.8 18.6 18.5 17.2
(On-budget)............................... (16.3) (16.9) (15.7) (16.2) (16.4) (16.1) (16.1) (14.8)
(Off-budget).............................. (1.6) (1.8) (2.1) (2.2) (2.4) (2.5) (2.5) (2.4)
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2012--Continued
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Superfunction and Function 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
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National defense................................ 58,111 71,417 81,926 82,497 81,692 78,872 79,174 76,681
Human resources................................. 43,257 51,272 59,375 66,410 75,349 91,901 107,211 119,522
Education, training, employment, and social 4,363 6,453 7,634 7,548 8,634 9,849 12,529 12,745
services.....................................
Health........................................ 2,543 3,351 4,390 5,162 5,907 6,843 8,674 9,356
Medicare...................................... 64 2,748 4,649 5,695 6,213 6,622 7,479 8,052
Income security............................... 9,678 10,261 11,816 13,076 15,655 22,946 27,650 28,276
Social security............................... 20,694 21,725 23,854 27,298 30,270 35,872 40,157 49,090
(On-budget)............................... ........... (94) (94) (414) (458) (465) (538) (526)
(Off-budget).............................. (20,694) (21,631) (23,760) (26,885) (29,812) (35,408) (39,620) (48,565)
Veterans benefits and services................ 5,916 6,735 7,032 7,631 8,669 9,768 10,720 12,003
Physical resources.............................. 13,410 14,674 16,002 11,869 15,574 18,286 19,574 20,614
Energy........................................ 612 782 1,037 1,010 997 1,035 1,296 1,237
Natural resources and environment............. 2,719 2,869 2,988 2,900 3,065 3,915 4,241 4,775
Commerce and housing credit................... 3,245 3,979 4,280 -119 2,112 2,366 2,222 931
(On-budget)............................... (3,245) (3,979) (4,280) (-119) (2,112) (2,366) (1,867) (774)
(Off-budget).............................. ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... (355) (157)
Transportation................................ 5,730 5,936 6,316 6,526 7,008 8,052 8,392 9,066
Community and regional development............ 1,105 1,108 1,382 1,552 2,392 2,917 3,423 4,605
Net interest.................................... 9,386 10,268 11,090 12,699 14,380 14,841 15,478 17,349
(On-budget)............................... (10,028) (11,060) (12,069) (13,848) (15,948) (16,783) (17,584) (19,629)
(Off-budget).............................. (-642) (-792) (-979) (-1,149) (-1,568) (-1,942) (-2,106) (-2,280)
Other functions................................. 16,911 17,126 17,786 18,151 17,286 16,379 18,828 24,950
International affairs......................... 5,580 5,566 5,301 4,600 4,330 4,159 4,781 4,149
General science, space and technology......... 6,717 6,233 5,524 5,020 4,511 4,182 4,175 4,032
Agriculture................................... 2,447 2,990 4,544 5,826 5,166 4,290 5,227 4,821
Administration of justice..................... 564 618 659 766 959 1,307 1,684 2,174
General government............................ 1,603 1,719 1,757 1,939 2,320 2,442 2,960 9,774
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -6,542 -7,294 -8,045 -7,986 -8,632 -10,107 -9,583 -13,409
(On-budget)............................... (-6,205) (-6,879) (-7,600) (-7,454) (-7,995) (-9,467) (-8,926) (-12,714)
(Off-budget).............................. (-337) (-415) (-445) (-532) (-637) (-640) (-657) (-695)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 134,532 157,464 178,134 183,640 195,649 210,172 230,681 245,707
(On-budget)............................... (114,817) (137,040) (155,798) (158,436) (168,042) (177,346) (193,470) (199,961)
(Off-budget).............................. (19,715) (20,424) (22,336) (25,204) (27,607) (32,826) (37,212) (45,746)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense................................ 43.2 45.4 46.0 44.9 41.8 37.5 34.3 31.2
Human resources................................. 32.2 32.6 33.3 36.2 38.5 43.7 46.5 48.6
Physical resources.............................. 10.0 9.3 9.0 6.5 8.0 8.7 8.5 8.4
Net interest.................................... 7.0 6.5 6.2 6.9 7.4 7.1 6.7 7.1
Other functions................................. 12.6 10.9 10.0 9.9 8.8 7.8 8.2 10.2
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -4.9 -4.6 -4.5 -4.3 -4.4 -4.8 -4.2 -5.5
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (85.3) (87.0) (87.5) (86.3) (85.9) (84.4) (83.9) (81.4)
(Off-budget).............................. (14.7) (13.0) (12.5) (13.7) (14.1) (15.6) (16.1) (18.6)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense................................ 7.7 8.8 9.5 8.7 8.1 7.3 6.7 5.9
Human resources................................. 5.7 6.3 6.9 7.0 7.4 8.5 9.1 9.1
Physical resources.............................. 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.6
Net interest.................................... 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3
Other functions................................. 2.2 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.9
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.8 -0.9 -0.9 -0.8 -1.0
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 17.9 19.4 20.6 19.4 19.3 19.5 19.6 18.8
(On-budget)............................... (15.2) (16.9) (18.0) (16.7) (16.6) (16.4) (16.4) (15.3)
(Off-budget).............................. (2.6) (2.5) (2.6) (2.7) (2.7) (3.0) (3.2) (3.5)
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2012--Continued
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Superfunction and Function 1974 1975 1976 TQ 1977 1978 1979 1980
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National defense................................ 79,347 86,509 89,619 22,269 97,241 104,495 116,342 133,995
Human resources................................. 135,783 173,245 203,594 52,065 221,895 242,329 267,574 313,374
Education, training, employment, and social 12,457 16,022 18,910 5,169 21,104 26,710 30,223 31,843
services.....................................
Health........................................ 10,733 12,930 15,734 3,924 17,302 18,524 20,494 23,169
Medicare...................................... 9,639 12,875 15,834 4,264 19,345 22,768 26,495 32,090
Income security............................... 33,713 50,176 60,799 14,985 61,060 61,505 66,376 86,557
Social security............................... 55,867 64,658 73,899 19,763 85,061 93,861 104,073 118,547
(On-budget)............................... (494) (499) (515) ........... (717) (741) (757) (675)
(Off-budget).............................. (55,373) (64,159) (73,384) (19,763) (84,344) (93,120) (103,316) (117,872)
Veterans benefits and services................ 13,374 16,584 18,419 3,960 18,022 18,961 19,914 21,169
Physical resources.............................. 25,106 35,449 39,188 9,512 40,746 52,590 54,559 65,985
Energy........................................ 1,303 2,916 4,204 1,129 5,770 7,991 9,179 10,156
Natural resources and environment............. 5,697 7,346 8,184 2,524 10,032 10,983 12,135 13,858
Commerce and housing credit................... 4,705 9,947 7,619 931 3,093 6,254 4,686 9,390
(On-budget)............................... (3,932) (8,835) (6,534) (1,657) (3,266) (6,750) (5,577) (9,821)
(Off-budget).............................. (773) (1,112) (1,085) (-726) (-173) (-496) (-891) (-431)
Transportation................................ 9,172 10,918 13,739 3,358 14,829 15,521 18,079 21,329
Community and regional development............ 4,229 4,322 5,442 1,569 7,021 11,841 10,480 11,252
Net interest.................................... 21,449 23,244 26,727 6,949 29,901 35,458 42,633 52,533
(On-budget)............................... (23,969) (26,047) (29,539) (7,042) (32,551) (37,860) (44,857) (54,872)
(Off-budget).............................. (-2,520) (-2,803) (-2,812) (-93) (-2,650) (-2,403) (-2,224) (-2,339)
Other functions................................. 24,423 27,487 27,050 9,388 34,315 39,594 40,396 44,996
International affairs......................... 5,710 7,097 6,433 2,458 6,353 7,482 7,459 12,714
General science, space and technology......... 3,980 3,991 4,373 1,162 4,736 4,926 5,234 5,831
Agriculture................................... 2,194 2,997 3,109 972 6,734 11,301 11,176 8,774
Administration of justice..................... 2,505 3,028 3,430 918 3,701 3,923 4,286 4,702
General government............................ 10,032 10,374 9,706 3,878 12,791 11,961 12,241 12,975
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -16,749 -13,602 -14,386 -4,206 -14,879 -15,720 -17,476 -19,942
(On-budget)............................... (-15,985) (-12,686) (-13,423) (-3,957) (-13,902) (-14,660) (-16,362) (-18,738)
(Off-budget).............................. (-764) (-916) (-963) (-249) (-977) (-1,060) (-1,114) (-1,204)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 269,359 332,332 371,792 95,975 409,218 458,746 504,028 590,941
(On-budget)............................... (216,496) (270,780) (301,098) (77,281) (328,675) (369,585) (404,941) (477,044)
(Off-budget).............................. (52,862) (61,552) (70,695) (18,695) (80,543) (89,161) (99,087) (113,898)
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National defense................................ 29.5 26.0 24.1 23.2 23.8 22.8 23.1 22.7
Human resources................................. 50.4 52.1 54.8 54.2 54.2 52.8 53.1 53.0
Physical resources.............................. 9.3 10.7 10.5 9.9 10.0 11.5 10.8 11.2
Net interest.................................... 8.0 7.0 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.7 8.5 8.9
Other functions................................. 9.1 8.3 7.3 9.8 8.4 8.6 8.0 7.6
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -6.2 -4.1 -3.9 -4.4 -3.6 -3.4 -3.5 -3.4
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (80.4) (81.5) (81.0) (80.5) (80.3) (80.6) (80.3) (80.7)
(Off-budget).............................. (19.6) (18.5) (19.0) (19.5) (19.7) (19.4) (19.7) (19.3)
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National defense................................ 5.5 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.9
Human resources................................. 9.4 11.1 11.7 11.4 11.2 10.9 10.7 11.5
Physical resources.............................. 1.7 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.4
Net interest.................................... 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9
Other functions................................. 1.7 1.8 1.6 2.1 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.7
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -1.2 -0.9 -0.8 -0.9 -0.8 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 18.7 21.3 21.4 21.0 20.7 20.7 20.2 21.7
(On-budget)............................... (15.0) (17.3) (17.3) (16.9) (16.6) (16.7) (16.2) (17.5)
(Off-budget).............................. (3.7) (3.9) (4.1) (4.1) (4.1) (4.0) (4.0) (4.2)
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Superfunction and Function 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
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National defense................................ 157,513 185,309 209,903 227,413 252,748 273,375 281,999 290,361
Human resources................................. 362,022 388,681 426,004 432,044 471,824 481,595 502,202 533,405
Education, training, employment, and social 33,152 26,612 26,197 26,922 28,596 29,779 28,924 30,936
services.....................................
Health........................................ 26,866 27,445 28,641 30,417 33,542 35,936 39,967 44,487
Medicare...................................... 39,149 46,567 52,588 57,540 65,822 70,164 75,120 78,878
Income security............................... 100,299 108,155 123,031 113,352 128,979 120,633 124,088 130,377
Social security............................... 139,584 155,964 170,724 178,223 188,623 198,757 207,353 219,341
(On-budget)............................... (670) (844) (19,993) (7,056) (5,189) (8,072) (4,930) (4,852)
(Off-budget).............................. (138,914) (155,120) (150,731) (171,167) (183,434) (190,684) (202,422) (214,489)
Veterans benefits and services................ 22,973 23,938 24,824 25,588 26,262 26,327 26,750 29,386
Physical resources.............................. 70,886 61,752 57,603 57,967 56,820 58,737 55,142 68,631
Energy........................................ 15,166 13,527 9,353 7,073 5,608 4,690 4,072 2,296
Natural resources and environment............. 13,568 12,998 12,672 12,593 13,357 13,639 13,363 14,606
Commerce and housing credit................... 8,206 6,256 6,681 6,959 4,337 5,059 6,435 19,164
(On-budget)............................... (8,117) (6,809) (6,359) (6,599) (4,195) (5,017) (5,492) (17,451)
(Off-budget).............................. (89) (-553) (322) (360) (142) (42) (943) (1,712)
Transportation................................ 23,379 20,625 21,334 23,669 25,838 28,117 26,222 27,272
Community and regional development............ 10,568 8,347 7,564 7,673 7,680 7,233 5,051 5,294
Net interest.................................... 68,766 85,032 89,808 111,102 129,478 136,017 138,611 151,803
(On-budget)............................... (71,054) (87,102) (91,653) (114,411) (133,595) (140,346) (143,901) (159,219)
(Off-budget).............................. (-2,288) (-2,071) (-1,845) (-3,310) (-4,118) (-4,329) (-5,290) (-7,416)
Other functions................................. 47,095 51,068 59,022 55,286 68,224 73,724 62,584 57,248
International affairs......................... 13,104 12,300 11,848 15,876 16,176 14,152 11,649 10,471
General science, space and technology......... 6,468 7,199 7,934 8,317 8,626 8,976 9,215 10,840
Agriculture................................... 11,241 15,866 22,814 13,526 25,477 31,368 26,513 17,138
Administration of justice..................... 4,908 4,842 5,246 5,811 6,426 6,735 7,715 9,397
General government............................ 11,373 10,861 11,181 11,756 11,519 12,493 7,492 9,401
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -28,041 -26,099 -33,976 -31,957 -32,698 -33,007 -36,455 -36,967
(On-budget)............................... (-26,611) (-24,453) (-32,198) (-29,913) (-30,189) (-30,150) (-33,155) (-32,585)
(Off-budget).............................. (-1,430) (-1,646) (-1,778) (-2,044) (-2,509) (-2,857) (-3,300) (-4,382)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 678,241 745,743 808,364 851,853 946,396 990,441 1,004,083 1,064,481
(On-budget)............................... (542,956) (594,892) (660,934) (685,680) (769,447) (806,901) (809,308) (860,077)
(Off-budget).............................. (135,285) (150,851) (147,430) (166,174) (176,949) (183,540) (194,775) (204,404)
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National defense................................ 23.2 24.8 26.0 26.7 26.7 27.6 28.1 27.3
Human resources................................. 53.4 52.1 52.7 50.7 49.9 48.6 50.0 50.1
Physical resources.............................. 10.5 8.3 7.1 6.8 6.0 5.9 5.5 6.4
Net interest.................................... 10.1 11.4 11.1 13.0 13.7 13.7 13.8 14.3
Other functions................................. 6.9 6.8 7.3 6.5 7.2 7.4 6.2 5.4
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -4.1 -3.5 -4.2 -3.8 -3.5 -3.3 -3.6 -3.5
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (80.1) (79.8) (81.8) (80.5) (81.3) (81.5) (80.6) (80.8)
(Off-budget).............................. (19.9) (20.2) (18.2) (19.5) (18.7) (18.5) (19.4) (19.2)
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National defense................................ 5.2 5.7 6.1 5.9 6.1 6.2 6.1 5.8
Human resources................................. 11.9 12.0 12.4 11.3 11.4 10.9 10.8 10.6
Physical resources.............................. 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4
Net interest.................................... 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0
Other functions................................. 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.1
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.9 -0.8 -1.0 -0.8 -0.8 -0.7 -0.8 -0.7
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 22.2 23.1 23.5 22.2 22.9 22.4 21.6 21.3
(On-budget)............................... (17.8) (18.4) (19.2) (17.9) (18.6) (18.3) (17.4) (17.2)
(Off-budget).............................. (4.4) (4.7) (4.3) (4.3) (4.3) (4.2) (4.2) (4.1)
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Superfunction and Function 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
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National defense................................ 303,559 299,331 273,292 298,350 291,086 281,642 272,066 265,753
Human resources................................. 568,686 619,345 689,695 772,483 827,589 869,479 923,854 958,331
Education, training, employment, and social 35,333 37,179 41,241 42,751 47,397 43,295 51,046 48,336
services.....................................
Health........................................ 48,390 57,716 71,183 89,497 99,415 107,122 115,418 119,378
Medicare...................................... 84,964 98,102 104,489 119,024 130,552 144,747 159,855 174,225
Income security............................... 137,426 148,668 172,462 199,562 209,969 217,166 223,799 229,736
Social security............................... 232,542 248,623 269,015 287,585 304,585 319,565 335,846 349,671
(On-budget)............................... (5,069) (3,625) (2,619) (6,166) (6,236) (5,683) (5,476) (5,802)
(Off-budget).............................. (227,473) (244,998) (266,395) (281,418) (298,349) (313,881) (330,370) (343,869)
Veterans benefits and services................ 30,031 29,058 31,305 34,064 35,671 37,584 37,890 36,985
Physical resources.............................. 81,567 126,037 135,175 75,611 46,856 70,703 59,139 64,191
Energy........................................ 2,705 3,341 2,436 4,499 4,319 5,218 4,936 2,839
Natural resources and environment............. 16,182 17,080 18,559 20,025 20,239 21,026 21,915 21,524
Commerce and housing credit................... 29,710 67,600 76,271 10,919 -21,853 -4,228 -17,808 -10,478
(On-budget)............................... (30,019) (65,974) (74,953) (10,260) (-23,294) (-5,331) (-15,839) (-10,298)
(Off-budget).............................. (-310) (1,626) (1,317) (659) (1,441) (1,103) (-1,969) (-180)
Transportation................................ 27,608 29,485 31,099 33,332 35,004 38,066 39,350 39,565
Community and regional development............ 5,362 8,531 6,810 6,836 9,146 10,620 10,746 10,741
Net interest.................................... 168,981 184,347 194,448 199,344 198,713 202,932 232,134 241,053
(On-budget)............................... (180,376) (200,338) (214,670) (222,981) (225,501) (232,135) (265,439) (277,560)
(Off-budget).............................. (-11,395) (-15,991) (-20,222) (-23,637) (-26,788) (-29,203) (-33,305) (-36,507)
Other functions................................. 58,247 60,686 71,077 75,141 82,663 74,922 73,146 68,900
International affairs......................... 9,585 13,764 15,851 16,107 17,248 17,083 16,434 13,496
General science, space and technology......... 12,837 14,443 16,110 16,407 17,029 16,226 16,723 16,708
Agriculture................................... 16,861 11,806 15,056 15,088 20,246 14,915 9,672 9,036
Administration of justice..................... 9,644 10,185 12,487 14,650 15,193 15,516 16,509 17,898
General government............................ 9,320 10,488 11,574 12,888 12,947 11,183 13,808 11,762
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -37,212 -36,615 -39,356 -39,280 -37,386 -37,772 -44,455 -37,620
(On-budget)............................... (-32,354) (-31,048) (-33,553) (-33,179) (-30,970) (-31,362) (-38,023) (-31,342)
(Off-budget).............................. (-4,858) (-5,567) (-5,804) (-6,101) (-6,416) (-6,409) (-6,432) (-6,278)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 1,143,829 1,253,130 1,324,331 1,381,649 1,409,522 1,461,907 1,515,884 1,560,608
(On-budget)............................... (932,918) (1,028,065) (1,082,644) (1,129,310) (1,142,935) (1,182,535) (1,227,220) (1,259,704)
(Off-budget).............................. (210,911) (225,065) (241,687) (252,339) (266,587) (279,372) (288,664) (300,904)
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National defense................................ 26.5 23.9 20.6 21.6 20.7 19.3 17.9 17.0
Human resources................................. 49.7 49.4 52.1 55.9 58.7 59.5 60.9 61.4
Physical resources.............................. 7.1 10.1 10.2 5.5 3.3 4.8 3.9 4.1
Net interest.................................... 14.8 14.7 14.7 14.4 14.1 13.9 15.3 15.4
Other functions................................. 5.1 4.8 5.4 5.4 5.9 5.1 4.8 4.4
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -3.3 -2.9 -3.0 -2.8 -2.7 -2.6 -2.9 -2.4
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (81.6) (82.0) (81.8) (81.7) (81.1) (80.9) (81.0) (80.7)
(Off-budget).............................. (18.4) (18.0) (18.2) (18.3) (18.9) (19.1) (19.0) (19.3)
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National defense................................ 5.6 5.2 4.6 4.8 4.4 4.0 3.7 3.5
Human resources................................. 10.5 10.8 11.6 12.4 12.6 12.5 12.6 12.5
Physical resources.............................. 1.5 2.2 2.3 1.2 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.8
Net interest.................................... 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.1
Other functions................................. 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.9
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.7 -0.6 -0.7 -0.6 -0.6 -0.5 -0.6 -0.5
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 21.2 21.8 22.3 22.1 21.4 21.0 20.7 20.3
(On-budget)............................... (17.3) (17.9) (18.2) (18.1) (17.4) (17.0) (16.8) (16.4)
(Off-budget).............................. (3.9) (3.9) (4.1) (4.0) (4.1) (4.0) (3.9) (3.9)
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Superfunction and Function 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
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National defense................................ 270,505 268,207 274,785 294,394 304,759 348,482 404,778 455,847
Human resources................................. 1,002,446 1,033,542 1,057,875 1,115,665 1,194,598 1,317,664 1,417,946 1,485,870
Education, training, employment, and social 48,991 50,532 50,627 53,789 57,173 70,581 82,603 87,990
services.....................................
Health........................................ 123,843 131,442 141,074 154,533 172,270 196,544 219,576 240,134
Medicare...................................... 190,016 192,822 190,447 197,113 217,384 230,855 249,433 269,360
Income security............................... 235,032 237,750 242,478 253,724 269,774 312,720 334,632 333,059
Social security............................... 365,251 379,215 390,037 409,423 432,958 455,980 474,680 495,548
(On-budget)............................... (6,879) (9,146) (10,824) (13,254) (11,701) (13,969) (13,279) (14,348)
(Off-budget).............................. (358,372) (370,069) (379,213) (396,169) (421,257) (442,011) (461,401) (481,200)
Veterans benefits and services................ 39,313 41,781 43,212 47,083 45,039 50,984 57,022 59,779
Physical resources.............................. 59,879 74,692 81,918 84,954 97,584 104,337 115,615 116,274
Energy........................................ 1,475 1,270 911 -761 9 475 -735 -166
Natural resources and environment............. 21,227 22,300 23,968 25,031 25,623 29,454 29,703 30,725
Commerce and housing credit................... -14,639 1,008 2,642 3,208 5,732 -406 728 5,266
(On-budget)............................... (-14,590) (791) (1,621) (1,179) (3,430) (245) (5,973) (9,396)
(Off-budget).............................. (-49) (217) (1,021) (2,029) (2,302) (-651) (-5,245) (-4,130)
Transportation................................ 40,767 40,343 42,532 46,853 54,447 61,833 67,069 64,627
Community and regional development............ 11,049 9,771 11,865 10,623 11,773 12,981 18,850 15,822
Net interest.................................... 243,984 241,118 229,755 222,949 206,167 170,949 153,073 160,245
(On-budget)............................... (285,198) (287,748) (281,826) (282,745) (274,978) (247,769) (236,618) (246,473)
(Off-budget).............................. (-41,214) (-46,630) (-52,071) (-59,796) (-68,811) (-76,820) (-83,545) (-86,228)
Other functions................................. 74,466 82,320 98,147 113,835 107,093 117,113 123,087 133,307
International affairs......................... 15,228 13,109 15,243 17,216 16,493 22,351 21,209 26,891
General science, space and technology......... 17,173 18,217 18,121 18,633 19,784 20,767 20,873 23,053
Agriculture................................... 8,890 12,078 22,880 36,459 26,253 21,966 22,497 15,440
Administration of justice..................... 20,618 23,360 26,536 28,499 30,202 35,061 35,340 45,576
General government............................ 12,557 15,556 15,367 13,028 14,361 16,968 23,168 22,347
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -49,973 -47,194 -40,445 -42,581 -47,011 -47,392 -54,382 -58,537
(On-budget)............................... (-43,490) (-40,142) (-33,060) (-34,944) (-39,101) (-38,514) (-44,780) (-47,206)
(Off-budget).............................. (-6,483) (-7,052) (-7,385) (-7,637) (-7,910) (-8,878) (-9,602) (-11,331)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 1,601,307 1,652,685 1,702,035 1,789,216 1,863,190 2,011,153 2,160,117 2,293,006
(On-budget)............................... (1,290,681) (1,336,081) (1,381,257) (1,458,451) (1,516,352) (1,655,491) (1,797,108) (1,913,495)
(Off-budget).............................. (310,626) (316,604) (320,778) (330,765) (346,838) (355,662) (363,009) (379,511)
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National defense................................ 16.9 16.2 16.1 16.5 16.4 17.3 18.7 19.9
Human resources................................. 62.6 62.5 62.2 62.4 64.1 65.5 65.6 64.8
Physical resources.............................. 3.7 4.5 4.8 4.7 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.1
Net interest.................................... 15.2 14.6 13.5 12.5 11.1 8.5 7.1 7.0
Other functions................................. 4.7 5.0 5.8 6.4 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.8
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -3.1 -2.9 -2.4 -2.4 -2.5 -2.4 -2.5 -2.6
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (80.6) (80.8) (81.2) (81.5) (81.4) (82.3) (83.2) (83.4)
(Off-budget).............................. (19.4) (19.2) (18.8) (18.5) (18.6) (17.7) (16.8) (16.6)
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National defense................................ 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.7 4.0
Human resources................................. 12.3 12.0 11.6 11.5 11.9 12.7 13.1 12.9
Physical resources.............................. 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0
Net interest.................................... 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.6 1.4 1.4
Other functions................................. 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.4 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 19.6 19.2 18.7 18.4 18.5 19.4 20.0 19.9
(On-budget)............................... (15.8) (15.5) (15.1) (15.0) (15.1) (16.0) (16.6) (16.6)
(Off-budget).............................. (3.8) (3.7) (3.5) (3.4) (3.4) (3.4) (3.4) (3.3)
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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Superfunction and Function 2005 2006 estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate
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National defense................................ 495,326 521,840 571,869 606,546 601,772 565,309 549,467 556,404
Human resources................................. 1,586,122 1,672,076 1,759,062 1,831,679 1,916,588 2,009,444 2,229,448 2,132,139
Education, training, employment, and social 97,567 118,560 93,957 82,732 86,569 87,175 88,313 87,618
services.....................................
Health........................................ 250,614 252,780 268,543 280,620 298,205 312,310 353,758 331,452
Medicare...................................... 298,638 329,868 372,252 391,646 414,412 439,334 486,926 480,620
Income security............................... 345,847 352,477 365,371 380,815 386,772 399,313 413,439 414,043
Social security............................... 523,305 548,549 586,538 612,505 644,615 682,505 794,892 721,598
(On-budget)............................... (16,526) (16,058) (19,359) (19,965) (22,037) (24,230) (30,072) (27,113)
(Off-budget).............................. (506,779) (532,491) (567,179) (592,540) (622,578) (658,275) (764,820) (694,485)
Veterans benefits and services................ 70,151 69,842 72,401 83,361 86,015 88,807 92,120 96,808
Physical resources.............................. 130,177 164,800 144,462 136,203 125,302 124,685 119,120 121,715
Energy........................................ 429 782 1,836 1,405 1,684 2,169 2,318 2,303
Natural resources and environment............. 28,023 33,055 35,203 32,904 30,732 30,950 31,488 31,118
Commerce and housing credit................... 7,567 6,188 210 -2,040 644 2,291 -1,529 -1,107
(On-budget)............................... (9,358) (7,263) (-2,432) (247) (-1,240) (778) (-2,567) (-3,203)
(Off-budget).............................. (-1,791) (-1,075) (2,642) (-2,287) (1,884) (1,513) (1,038) (2,096)
Transportation................................ 67,894 70,244 74,607 79,282 72,512 73,803 75,637 74,429
Community and regional development............ 26,264 54,531 32,606 24,652 19,730 15,472 11,206 14,972
Net interest.................................... 183,986 226,603 239,153 261,276 274,156 280,847 284,938 283,681
(On-budget)............................... (275,822) (324,325) (345,402) (375,894) (398,958) (417,339) (447,064) (432,959)
(Off-budget).............................. (-91,836) (-97,722) (-106,249) (-114,618) (-124,802) (-136,492) (-162,126) (-149,278)
Other functions................................. 141,818 138,366 151,545 152,414 156,394 151,631 155,722 152,599
International affairs......................... 34,595 29,549 35,071 36,149 36,078 34,898 35,523 34,894
General science, space and technology......... 23,628 23,616 24,862 26,636 28,350 28,886 31,033 29,319
Agriculture................................... 26,566 25,970 20,116 19,869 19,517 19,791 20,452 20,285
Administration of justice..................... 40,019 41,016 45,307 46,960 47,004 46,518 47,273 46,623
General government............................ 17,010 18,215 18,761 20,739 24,001 20,517 21,738 21,494
Allowances.................................... ........... ........... 7,428 2,061 1,444 1,021 -297 -16
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -65,224 -68,250 -81,824 -86,257 -88,739 -82,831 -92,389 -89,210
(On-budget)............................... (-54,283) (-56,625) (-69,535) (-73,149) (-74,891) (-68,092) (-75,829) (-73,422)
(Off-budget).............................. (-10,941) (-11,625) (-12,289) (-13,108) (-13,848) (-14,739) (-16,560) (-15,788)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 2,472,205 2,655,435 2,784,267 2,901,861 2,985,473 3,049,085 3,246,306 3,157,328
(On-budget)............................... (2,069,994) (2,233,366) (2,332,984) (2,439,334) (2,499,661) (2,540,528) (2,659,134) (2,625,813)
(Off-budget).............................. (402,211) (422,069) (451,283) (462,527) (485,812) (508,557) (587,172) (531,515)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense................................ 20.0 19.7 20.5 20.9 20.2 18.5 16.9 17.6
Human resources................................. 64.2 63.0 63.2 63.1 64.2 65.9 68.7 67.5
Physical resources.............................. 5.3 6.2 5.2 4.7 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.9
Net interest.................................... 7.4 8.5 8.6 9.0 9.2 9.2 8.8 9.0
Other functions................................. 5.7 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.8
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -2.6 -2.6 -2.9 -3.0 -3.0 -2.7 -2.8 -2.8
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (83.7) (84.1) (83.8) (84.1) (83.7) (83.3) (81.9) (83.2)
(Off-budget).............................. (16.3) (15.9) (16.2) (15.9) (16.3) (16.7) (18.1) (16.8)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense................................ 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.1 3.3
Human resources................................. 12.9 12.8 12.8 12.6 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.6
Physical resources.............................. 1.1 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Net interest.................................... 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7
Other functions................................. 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.5 -0.5 -0.6 -0.6 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 20.2 20.3 20.2 20.0 19.5 18.9 18.3 18.6
(On-budget)............................... (16.9) (17.1) (17.0) (16.8) (16.3) (15.8) (15.0) (15.5)
(Off-budget).............................. (3.3) (3.2) (3.3) (3.2) (3.2) (3.2) (3.3) (3.1)
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