[Historical Tables]
[Section 8 - Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category]
[Table 8.9 - Budget Authority for Discretionary Programs: 1976-2009]
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2009
(in millions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1976 TQ 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
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National defense............................ 97,567 23,455 110,362 117,349 126,880 144,502 180,443 217,179 244,972
International affairs....................... 8,410 1,557 9,514 11,033 13,303 12,874 17,555 14,222 16,017
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research...... 1,037 244 1,129 1,270 1,344 1,456 1,526 1,524 1,627
Space and other technology.............. 3,227 850 3,498 3,807 4,223 4,790 5,108 5,683 6,517
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Total General science, space and 4,264 1,094 4,627 5,076 5,567 6,246 6,634 7,208 8,145
technology...........................
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Energy...................................... 3,597 943 5,586 9,015 8,446 17,445 8,970 8,280 6,928
Natural resources and environment........... 6,856 2,081 10,620 14,650 14,662 14,613 12,857 13,121 14,585
Agriculture................................. 1,131 296 1,197 1,401 1,574 1,535 1,737 1,684 1,957
Commerce and housing credit................. 3,581 1,109 4,543 4,178 4,325 6,162 4,324 3,259 3,556
Transportation:
Ground transportation................... 2,970 1,277 2,110 2,886 5,164 6,250 8,716 8,450 5,466
Air transportation...................... 2,270 524 2,454 2,692 3,048 3,181 3,397 3,223 3,939
Water and other transportation.......... 1,304 301 1,306 1,564 1,689 1,766 2,099 2,432 2,380
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Total Transportation.................. 6,545 2,102 5,869 7,141 9,900 11,197 14,212 14,105 11,785
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Community and regional development.......... 4,166 460 12,245 9,838 8,967 9,804 7,715 6,267 7,602
Education, training, employment and social
services:
Education............................... 8,835 3,317 10,508 11,030 12,607 12,660 12,421 11,698 12,338
Training, employment and social services 9,260 1,339 16,331 7,433 15,048 12,641 12,162 7,308 8,584
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Total Education, training, employment 18,096 4,656 26,839 18,463 27,655 25,301 24,583 19,006 20,922
and social services..................
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Health...................................... 6,220 1,230 6,856 7,703 8,317 8,812 8,729 8,205 8,795
Medicare.................................... 775 222 836 914 985 1,078 1,207 1,221 1,369
Income security:
Housing assistance...................... 18,621 111 28,629 32,300 24,780 27,654 26,071 13,876 10,025
Other................................... 2,169 529 2,518 2,755 3,363 5,680 6,537 6,822 7,865
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Total Income security................. 20,790 641 31,147 35,055 28,143 33,335 32,608 20,698 17,889
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Social security............................. 1,086 279 1,181 1,292 1,365 1,451 1,635 1,905 2,120
Veterans benefits and services.............. 4,931 1,216 5,612 6,249 6,756 7,043 7,583 8,479 9,526
Administration of justice................... 3,389 879 3,712 3,971 4,337 4,493 4,518 4,844 5,468
General government.......................... 6,363 2,363 6,071 6,614 4,834 5,347 5,648 5,884 6,644
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Total discretionary budget authority........ 197,766 44,583 246,817 259,940 276,016 311,237 340,959 355,567 388,278
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2009--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
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National defense............................ 265,584 294,853 289,625 287,960 292,497 300,067 303,946 332,228 299,115
International affairs....................... 25,170 24,057 20,279 18,800 18,079 18,537 20,027 21,321 20,927
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research...... 1,957 2,223 2,107 2,324 2,521 2,835 3,167 3,454 4,105
Space and other technology.............. 6,858 6,925 7,165 10,198 8,322 10,001 11,359 13,046 13,199
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Total General science, space and 8,815 9,148 9,272 12,522 10,843 12,836 14,526 16,500 17,304
technology...........................
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Energy...................................... 6,029 6,527 4,299 3,211 4,726 4,726 5,585 5,436 5,833
Natural resources and environment........... 13,967 15,082 13,355 16,185 16,238 17,284 18,593 19,615 21,288
Agriculture................................. 2,053 2,123 1,998 2,166 2,218 2,253 2,612 2,979 4,408
Commerce and housing credit................. 3,775 4,023 2,937 2,937 2,912 3,125 3,914 2,825 3,429
Transportation:
Ground transportation................... 4,267 4,056 3,385 3,417 3,020 3,001 4,051 3,443 3,703
Air transportation...................... 4,316 5,063 4,565 4,685 5,209 5,792 6,609 7,332 8,104
Water and other transportation.......... 2,679 2,471 2,165 2,432 2,362 2,769 2,874 2,890 3,154
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Total Transportation.................. 11,262 11,591 10,115 10,534 10,590 11,563 13,533 13,665 14,962
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Community and regional development.......... 6,611 6,232 5,766 5,657 5,451 6,063 7,311 5,892 11,384
Education, training, employment and social
services:
Education............................... 13,092 15,167 14,438 16,717 17,397 18,355 19,939 22,861 24,446
Training, employment and social services 11,867 8,808 8,151 8,827 9,324 9,508 10,091 10,953 11,912
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Total Education, training, employment 24,960 23,975 22,589 25,543 26,721 27,864 30,031 33,814 36,358
and social services..................
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Health...................................... 9,343 10,310 10,344 12,141 12,958 14,262 16,078 18,169 19,560
Medicare.................................... 1,553 1,656 1,719 1,724 2,206 2,276 2,361 2,566 2,860
Income security:
Housing assistance...................... 11,398 12,613 10,748 8,564 8,648 9,009 10,785 19,596 19,696
Other................................... 8,033 7,655 7,790 7,722 7,629 7,652 8,158 9,985 10,735
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Total Income security................. 19,431 20,268 18,538 16,286 16,276 16,662 18,943 29,581 30,432
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Social security............................. 2,080 2,110 2,193 2,147 2,257 2,121 2,223 2,399 2,540
Veterans benefits and services.............. 9,946 10,783 10,742 11,313 11,631 12,363 13,037 14,124 15,298
Administration of justice................... 6,152 6,781 6,828 8,657 9,180 10,055 12,555 12,906 14,499
General government.......................... 6,915 7,072 7,305 7,981 8,468 9,024 11,430 12,078 11,196
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Total discretionary budget authority........ 423,645 456,592 437,903 445,764 453,251 471,081 496,704 546,099 531,392
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2009--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
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National defense............................ 276,109 262,246 262,937 265,186 266,248 272,416 288,310 300,767 331,720
International affairs....................... 33,257 20,854 20,166 18,122 18,150 18,991 41,509 23,459 24,179
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research...... 4,149 4,558 4,132 4,121 4,184 5,627 6,329 6,658 7,574
Space and other technology.............. 13,063 13,022 12,543 12,570 12,456 12,321 12,460 12,541 13,327
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Total General science, space and 17,212 17,580 16,675 16,691 16,640 17,948 18,789 19,199 20,901
technology...........................
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Energy...................................... 5,832 6,381 6,230 4,893 4,212 3,077 2,861 2,705 3,183
Natural resources and environment........... 21,395 22,430 20,421 20,639 22,379 23,405 23,800 24,633 29,054
Agriculture................................. 4,178 4,303 3,844 4,075 4,092 4,214 4,368 4,587 5,014
Commerce and housing credit................. 2,482 1,442 3,061 2,248 1,395 446 774 5,112 1,413
Transportation:
Ground transportation................... 2,575 3,883 3,067 2,453 2,899 2,051 2,340 2,011 4,928
Air transportation...................... 8,307 8,430 5,985 7,987 8,328 8,687 9,046 9,207 10,922
Water and other transportation.......... 3,077 3,384 3,433 3,157 3,276 3,238 3,760 3,953 3,813
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Total Transportation.................. 13,959 15,697 12,485 13,597 14,503 13,976 15,146 15,171 19,663
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Community and regional development.......... 9,655 15,394 12,090 11,707 13,114 10,366 11,122 12,202 14,342
Education, training, employment and social
services:
Education............................... 25,485 26,355 26,413 23,234 28,193 31,350 30,511 31,104 42,168
Training, employment and social services 12,658 14,266 13,477 13,284 14,660 15,382 16,172 13,307 19,169
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Total Education, training, employment 38,143 40,620 39,890 36,518 42,853 46,732 46,683 44,411 61,337
and social services..................
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Health...................................... 20,697 22,193 22,814 23,303 25,086 26,386 30,209 33,823 38,891
Medicare.................................... 2,829 2,962 3,028 2,939 2,623 2,723 2,803 2,998 3,323
Income security:
Housing assistance...................... 21,117 21,088 15,302 16,410 11,661 17,449 20,377 18,077 25,100
Other................................... 10,871 11,978 12,200 11,347 11,032 12,309 12,376 13,491 14,638
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Total Income security................. 31,988 33,066 27,502 27,757 22,693 29,758 32,753 31,568 39,738
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Social security............................. 2,640 2,828 2,325 3,135 3,451 3,195 3,144 3,195 3,430
Veterans benefits and services.............. 16,235 17,193 17,618 17,801 18,908 18,943 19,261 20,904 22,459
Administration of justice................... 14,852 15,454 18,650 21,056 23,395 25,385 27,137 27,710 31,078
General government.......................... 11,507 11,946 11,684 11,291 11,473 11,672 13,171 11,906 14,107
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Total discretionary budget authority........ 522,970 512,589 501,420 500,958 511,215 529,633 581,840 584,350 663,832
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 8.9--BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS: 1976-2009--Continued
(in millions of dollars)
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2008 2009
Category and Program 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 estimate estimate
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National defense........................................ 360,823 455,008 485,677 499,848 556,505 622,366 689,767 606,796
International affairs................................... 25,167 33,483 49,333 34,727 35,882 39,108 41,832 39,514
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.................. 8,016 8,561 9,045 9,002 9,156 10,545 10,768 12,378
Space and other technology.......................... 13,901 14,386 14,321 15,243 15,765 15,580 16,514 17,052
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Total General science, space and technology....... 21,917 22,947 23,366 24,245 24,921 26,125 27,282 29,430
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Energy.................................................. 3,247 3,217 3,564 3,806 3,780 4,127 4,946 4,492
Natural resources and environment....................... 29,614 30,139 31,134 31,897 38,046 32,867 31,737 34,647
Agriculture............................................. 5,634 6,180 5,838 5,916 6,147 8,715 6,477 5,714
Commerce and housing credit............................. 603 -299 -13 2,620 1,863 1,832 3,047 3,974
Transportation:
Ground transportation............................... 4,810 2,958 2,894 4,450 6,673 4,188 3,739 -864
Air transportation.................................. 14,106 17,790 14,890 15,194 15,645 15,833 16,094 16,263
Water and other transportation...................... 4,483 5,836 5,771 5,824 6,487 7,329 7,458 7,998
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Total Transportation.............................. 23,399 26,584 23,555 25,468 28,805 27,350 27,291 23,397
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Community and regional development...................... 22,721 16,402 17,435 82,402 14,048 17,866 20,310 11,462
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education........................................... 51,550 55,309 57,965 59,594 60,898 60,253 59,813 61,853
Training, employment and social services............ 19,761 19,806 20,211 20,619 20,054 20,218 19,958 17,692
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Total Education, training, employment and social 71,311 75,115 78,176 80,213 80,952 80,471 79,771 79,545
services.........................................
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Health.................................................. 45,787 49,395 50,828 52,008 56,489 52,434 53,359 52,679
Medicare................................................ 3,805 3,795 5,350 4,000 4,912 4,869 4,915 5,425
Income security:
Housing assistance.................................. 26,945 28,771 29,576 29,108 31,170 34,329 34,429 36,764
Other............................................... 15,760 15,496 15,652 16,679 16,538 16,561 17,888 17,294
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Total Income security............................. 42,705 44,267 45,228 45,787 47,708 50,890 52,317 54,058
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Social security......................................... 3,504 3,797 4,133 4,436 4,633 4,683 4,979 5,233
Veterans benefits and services.......................... 24,043 26,614 29,231 32,298 34,205 38,270 43,268 44,917
Administration of justice............................... 35,434 35,741 37,884 39,417 41,118 43,698 45,401 44,140
General government...................................... 15,075 17,071 16,867 15,908 16,710 16,629 17,099 18,390
Allowances.............................................. .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... -475
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Total discretionary budget authority.................... 734,789 849,456 907,586 984,996 996,724 1,072,300 1,153,798 1,063,338
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Note: Due to the effects of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 on the measurement and classification of Federal credit activities, the discretionary budget
authority for these programs for years prior to 1992 is not strictly comparable to that for 1992 and beyond. Due to the effects of the Budget
Enforcement Act of 1990 and subsequent comparable redefinitions on the measurement and classification as budget authority of the obligation
limitations of certain special and trust funds, the discretionary budget authority for these programs for years prior to 1990 is not strictly
comparable to that for 1990 and beyond.