[Historical Tables]
[Section 8 - Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category]
[Table 8.8 - Outlays for Discretionary Programs in Constant (FY 1987) Dollars: 1962-2002]
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Table 8.8--OUTLAYS FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS IN CONSTANT (FY 1987) DOLLARS: 1962-2002
(in billions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
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National defense..................................... 228.9 224.2 225.1 205.6 229.4 271.2 296.4 283.3 263.6
International affairs................................ 24.0 21.8 18.3 18.2 18.8 19.4 17.0 13.4 12.2
Domestic:
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research............... 2.2 2.2 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9
Space and other technology....................... 5.3 10.4 16.4 19.5 21.8 19.3 16.0 13.4 11.0
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Total General science, space and technology.... 7.5 12.7 19.5 22.5 25.0 22.6 19.2 16.5 13.9
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Energy............................................. 2.9 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.8 3.0 3.6 3.3 3.0
Natural resources and environment.................. 10.0 10.5 10.6 11.0 11.6 11.8 11.8 11.1 10.8
Agriculture........................................ 1.6 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.6
Commerce and housing credit........................ 5.8 5.7 4.7 6.3 6.9 8.1 7.3 3.4 6.5
Transportation:
Ground transportation............................ 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.9
Air transportation............................... 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.9 4.3
Water and other transportation................... 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.7
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Total Transportation........................... 6.2 6.1 5.9 6.3 6.2 6.7 7.0 7.6 7.9
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Community and regional development................. 1.9 2.2 3.7 4.2 3.9 3.7 4.6 5.0 7.2
Education, training, employment and social
services:
Education........................................ 2.8 3.1 3.3 4.0 8.4 12.2 13.4 12.2 13.5
Training, employment and social services......... 1.3 1.4 1.7 3.1 6.6 8.6 10.1 9.8 9.4
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Total Education, training, employment and
social services............................... 4.1 4.5 5.0 7.1 15.0 20.8 23.5 22.0 22.9
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Health............................................. 4.6 5.2 6.1 5.7 6.3 7.6 8.8 9.2 9.6
Medicare........................................... ......... ......... ......... ......... 0.2 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.1
Income security:
Housing assistance............................... 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.4
Other............................................ 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4
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Total Income security.......................... 2.0 1.8 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.8
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Social security.................................... 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.9
Veterans benefits and services..................... 4.7 4.8 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.9
Administration of justice.......................... 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.5
General government................................. 5.5 5.6 6.6 6.2 6.4 6.8 6.6 6.4 7.1
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Total domestic............................... 59.9 66.9 77.1 85.0 97.3 105.6 107.8 100.1 105.7
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Total outlays for discretionary programs............. 312.8 312.8 320.5 308.8 345.5 396.3 421.1 396.8 381.6
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Table 8.8--OUTLAYS FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS IN CONSTANT (FY 1987) DOLLARS: 1962-2002--Continued
(in billions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 TQ 1977 1978
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National defense..................................... 237.3 220.2 198.2 188.6 186.3 178.3 42.4 177.3 177.5
International affairs................................ 10.8 12.1 11.8 14.1 16.7 14.2 6.1 14.1 14.1
Domestic:
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research............... 2.9 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.0 0.5 1.9 1.9
Space and other technology....................... 9.1 8.4 7.5 6.7 6.0 6.3 1.6 6.4 6.2
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Total General science, space and technology.... 12.0 11.0 9.9 9.0 8.2 8.3 2.1 8.3 8.1
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Energy............................................. 2.5 2.9 2.6 1.6 3.6 4.9 1.3 6.7 8.7
Natural resources and environment.................. 12.2 12.6 13.5 15.0 16.8 17.2 5.3 20.1 19.9
Agriculture........................................ 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 0.5 2.2 2.3
Commerce and housing credit........................ 7.7 5.0 4.8 5.5 5.8 5.3 2.1 6.1 5.5
Transportation:
Ground transportation............................ 1.4 1.7 2.1 2.2 4.4 17.8 4.2 17.1 16.7
Air transportation............................... 6.8 7.3 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.7 1.1 4.8 5.3
Water and other transportation................... 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 0.8 3.0 2.8
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Total Transportation........................... 11.2 11.8 10.5 10.2 12.2 25.4 6.0 25.0 24.7
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Community and regional development................. 7.7 8.4 9.1 8.1 7.7 8.9 2.5 10.8 18.0
Education, training, employment and social
services:
Education........................................ 14.1 14.6 14.0 12.9 14.9 14.8 3.5 15.5 15.4
Training, employment and social services......... 10.2 12.4 12.7 10.9 12.4 15.6 4.5 16.2 21.9
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Total Education, training, employment and
social services............................... 24.3 27.0 26.6 23.8 27.3 30.4 8.0 31.6 37.3
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Health............................................. 9.7 10.6 11.3 10.9 12.1 13.0 3.0 12.4 12.1
Medicare........................................... 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.6 0.4 1.4 1.5
Income security:
Housing assistance............................... 2.1 3.0 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.9 1.2 5.5 6.2
Other............................................ 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.3 2.8 4.4 0.9 4.5 4.7
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Total Income security.......................... 3.9 4.8 6.0 6.5 7.3 9.3 2.1 10.0 10.9
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Social security.................................... 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.3 0.6 2.4 2.3
Veterans benefits and services..................... 6.3 7.1 7.6 7.8 8.6 8.9 2.2 9.5 9.9
Administration of justice.......................... 3.3 3.9 4.8 5.4 5.8 6.3 1.6 6.4 6.3
General government................................. 7.0 7.8 8.1 8.6 7.7 6.8 3.9 10.6 7.8
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Total domestic............................... 113.6 118.8 120.6 118.2 128.9 150.6 41.8 163.5 175.5
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Total outlays for discretionary programs............. 361.6 351.1 330.6 320.8 331.8 343.1 90.4 354.9 367.0
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Table 8.8--OUTLAYS FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS IN CONSTANT (FY 1987) DOLLARS: 1962-2002--Continued
(in billions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
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National defense................................................ 181.1 187.9 198.7 215.0 230.3 242.4 261.5 276.9
International affairs........................................... 14.0 18.0 17.1 15.2 15.3 17.7 18.2 18.2
Domestic:
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.......................... 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.3
Space and other technology.................................. 6.0 6.3 6.2 6.6 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.9
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Total General science, space and technology............... 8.0 8.2 8.1 8.5 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.2
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Energy........................................................ 9.4 8.7 12.9 10.2 7.3 7.7 6.9 5.2
Natural resources and environment............................. 21.0 21.7 19.3 17.6 16.1 15.7 15.9 15.9
Agriculture................................................... 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.1
Commerce and housing credit................................... 5.8 7.2 5.3 4.2 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.0
Transportation:
Ground transportation....................................... 17.9 20.5 18.8 15.8 16.0 16.2 18.1 18.4
Air transportation.......................................... 5.1 5.2 4.7 4.1 4.4 4.8 5.2 5.5
Water and other transportation.............................. 2.9 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.7
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Total Transportation...................................... 25.9 28.9 26.4 22.9 23.5 24.1 26.3 26.6
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Community and regional development............................ 14.0 13.0 11.4 7.9 6.9 6.9 7.0 6.2
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education................................................... 16.8 17.3 16.3 13.5 13.9 13.4 14.5 14.7
Training, employment and social services.................... 21.3 18.4 15.8 9.8 9.4 8.4 8.5 8.6
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Total Education, training, employment and social services. 38.0 35.7 32.1 23.3 23.2 21.8 23.0 23.3
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Health........................................................ 11.6 12.0 11.5 10.7 9.7 9.8 10.1 10.5
Medicare...................................................... 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.8
Income security:
Housing assistance.......................................... 6.7 7.8 8.9 9.8 11.0 11.2 12.2 11.9
Other....................................................... 4.9 7.5 8.1 8.2 8.6 8.2 8.2 8.1
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Total Income security..................................... 11.6 15.2 17.0 18.0 19.6 19.3 20.5 19.9
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Social security............................................... 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3
Veterans benefits and services................................ 9.7 10.2 9.8 9.9 10.4 10.7 11.1 11.1
Administration of justice..................................... 6.4 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.7 6.1 6.5 6.7
General government............................................ 7.3 7.4 6.7 6.8 6.8 7.1 7.1 7.5
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Total domestic.......................................... 175.0 180.4 172.4 151.5 148.1 148.3 153.6 151.2
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Total outlays for discretionary programs........................ 370.1 386.4 388.2 381.7 393.8 408.4 433.4 446.3
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Table 8.8--OUTLAYS FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS IN CONSTANT (FY 1987) DOLLARS: 1962-2002--Continued
(in billions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
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National defense................................................ 282.5 283.8 286.3 273.3 281.4 253.3 238.2 221.1
International affairs........................................... 15.2 15.3 15.4 16.9 16.8 16.0 17.6 16.3
Domestic:
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.......................... 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.0
Space and other technology.................................. 7.0 8.2 9.5 10.3 11.0 10.7 10.7 9.7
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Total General science, space and technology............... 9.2 10.5 11.9 12.8 13.7 13.7 13.9 12.7
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Energy........................................................ 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.2 3.8 4.5 4.5 5.0
Natural resources and environment............................. 15.3 15.5 15.8 15.8 15.9 16.8 16.4 16.4
Agriculture................................................... 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.5 3.5 3.5
Commerce and housing credit................................... 2.4 2.3 3.1 3.4 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.4
Transportation:
Ground transportation....................................... 16.2 16.7 15.7 15.8 15.6 16.0 16.5 18.0
Air transportation.......................................... 5.6 5.7 6.1 6.4 7.0 7.8 8.2 8.0
Water and other transportation.............................. 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.8
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Total Transportation...................................... 24.5 25.2 24.4 24.9 25.2 26.6 27.4 28.8
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Community and regional development............................ 5.5 5.0 4.8 6.5 5.3 5.4 6.9 8.7
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education................................................... 14.8 15.1 16.1 16.3 17.4 18.8 20.1 19.6
Training, employment and social services.................... 8.2 8.4 8.8 8.3 8.6 9.5 9.5 10.2
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Total Education, training, employment and social services. 23.0 23.5 24.8 24.6 26.0 28.3 29.6 29.7
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Health........................................................ 10.7 11.8 12.1 13.2 13.7 14.9 15.9 16.0
Medicare...................................................... 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.3
Income security:
Housing assistance.......................................... 11.3 12.2 12.8 13.5 14.1 15.2 16.9 18.4
Other....................................................... 7.6 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.4 7.7 7.9 9.3
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Total Income security..................................... 18.8 19.3 19.8 20.5 21.5 22.9 24.8 27.7
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Social security............................................... 2.3 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.1
Veterans benefits and services................................ 11.1 11.4 11.3 11.5 11.7 12.7 12.9 13.4
Administration of justice..................................... 7.3 8.6 8.8 9.0 10.2 11.7 12.0 11.8
General government............................................ 7.3 7.8 7.7 8.0 8.8 9.2 9.4 9.2
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Total domestic.......................................... 146.3 152.2 155.3 160.7 164.9 177.1 184.3 189.6
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Total outlays for discretionary programs........................ 444.0 451.3 457.0 450.9 463.0 446.5 440.1 427.0
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Table 8.8--OUTLAYS FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS IN CONSTANT (FY 1987) DOLLARS: 1962-2002--Continued
(in billions of dollars)
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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Category and Program 1995 estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate
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National defense................................................ 207.9 197.5 187.9 181.1 178.1 178.6 176.9 179.2
International affairs........................................... 15.5 15.2 14.5 13.7 13.0 12.3 12.0 12.1
Domestic:
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.......................... 3.2 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8
Space and other technology.................................. 9.7 9.7 9.0 8.9 8.0 7.4 7.5 8.0
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Total General science, space and technology............... 12.9 12.7 12.1 11.9 10.9 10.2 10.3 10.8
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Energy........................................................ 5.2 4.4 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.5
Natural resources and environment............................. 17.0 16.0 15.4 14.8 14.3 13.8 14.0 14.3
Agriculture................................................... 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.5
Commerce and housing credit................................... 2.6 1.4 2.4 2.6 2.6 3.4 2.1 2.3
Transportation:
Ground transportation....................................... 18.4 18.3 17.5 16.9 15.6 14.1 13.3 13.8
Air transportation.......................................... 7.8 7.5 7.1 7.2 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.6
Water and other transportation.............................. 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.2
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Total Transportation...................................... 29.0 28.2 27.1 26.5 24.7 22.8 21.9 22.7
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Community and regional development............................ 7.9 9.8 9.0 7.8 6.9 5.8 5.4 5.4
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education................................................... 19.5 20.4 19.8 19.5 19.7 19.6 19.7 19.8
Training, employment and social services.................... 10.5 10.5 10.4 10.7 10.5 10.5 10.7 11.0
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Total Education, training, employment and social services. 30.0 30.9 30.2 30.1 30.2 30.1 30.4 30.8
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Health........................................................ 16.9 16.6 16.9 17.0 16.3 15.5 15.3 15.6
Medicare...................................................... 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9
Income security:
Housing assistance.......................................... 20.8 19.6 20.3 20.3 19.7 19.0 18.4 18.1
Other....................................................... 9.0 8.9 9.0 8.7 8.6 8.3 8.3 8.3
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Total Income security..................................... 29.7 28.5 29.3 29.0 28.3 27.3 26.7 26.4
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Social security............................................... 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1
Veterans benefits and services................................ 13.7 13.9 13.8 12.7 11.1 9.8 10.4 11.4
Administration of justice..................................... 12.5 13.6 15.7 16.9 17.1 17.3 17.2 16.4
General government............................................ 9.6 9.0 9.4 9.2 8.8 8.5 8.6 8.6
Allowances.................................................... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 3.5 5.9
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Total domestic.......................................... 194.3 192.0 192.5 189.0 181.4 173.9 175.3 180.6
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Total outlays for discretionary programs........................ 417.7 404.7 394.9 383.8 372.5 364.8 364.2 371.9
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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 outlays
for years prior to 1992 are not strictly comparable to those for 1992 and beyond. However, the discretionary outlays shown for 1992 are no more than
$1 billion higher (in nominal dollars) than they would have been if measured on the same (pre-credit reform) basis as the 1991 outlays.
Note: GDP data / percentages and constant-dollar data / deflators are based on pre-benchmark revision GDP.