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Table 363. Federal on-budget funds for education and related programs, in current dollars, by agency: Fiscal years 1965 to 2001 [In thousands of current dollars]

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                     Agency                      |    1965    |    1970    |    1975    |    1980    |    1985    |    1990    |    1995    |    1999    |    2000    |    2001
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                        1                        |     2      |     3      |     4      |     5      |     6      |     7      |     8      |     9      |     10     |     11
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  Total .........................................| $5,331,016 |$12,526,499 |$23,288,120 |$34,493,502 |$39,027,876 |$51,624,342 |$71,639,520 |$82,863,596 |$85,502,629 |$92,774,545
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Department of Education .........................|  1,000,567 |  4,625,224 |  7,350,355 | 13,137,785 | 16,701,065 | 23,198,575 | 31,403,000 | 34,344,076 | 34,106,697 | 36,754,063
Department of Agriculture .......................|    768,927 |    960,910 |  2,219,352 |  4,562,467 |  4,782,274 |  6,260,843 |  9,092,089 | 10,318,294 | 11,107,826 | 11,029,503
Department of Commerce ..........................|      9,347 |     13,990 |     38,967 |    135,561 |     55,114 |     53,835 |     88,929 |    105,802 |    108,400 |    130,500
Department of Defense ...........................|    587,412 |    821,388 |  1,009,229 |  1,560,301 |  3,119,213 |  3,605,509 |  3,879,002 |  4,112,225 |  4,432,981 |  4,476,157
Department of Energy ............................|    442,434 |    551,527 |    764,676 |  1,605,558 |  2,247,822 |  2,561,950 |  2,692,314 |  3,354,514 |  3,373,918 |  3,535,161
Department of Health and Human Services .........|  1,027,537 |  1,796,854 |  3,675,225 |  5,613,930 |  5,322,356 |  7,956,011 | 12,469,563 | 15,535,462 | 17,601,780 | 19,467,381
Department of Housing and Urban Development .....|    221,256 |    114,709 |    -52,768 |      5,314 |        438 |        118 |      1,613 |      1,000 |      1,000 |      1,100
Department of the Interior ......................|    170,088 |    190,975 |    300,191 |    440,547 |    549,479 |    630,537 |    702,796 |    773,313 |    959,402 |  1,095,128
Department of Justice ...........................|     10,252 |     15,728 |     61,542 |     60,721 |     66,802 |     99,775 |    172,350 |    261,459 |    277,627 |    286,842
Department of Labor .............................|    230,041 |    424,494 |  1,103,935 |  1,862,738 |  1,948,685 |  2,511,380 |  3,967,914 |  5,407,300 |  4,688,600 |  5,633,600
Department of State .............................|     64,200 |     59,742 |     89,433 |     25,188 |     23,820 |     51,225 |     54,671 |    346,921 |    388,349 |    394,268
Department of Transportation ....................|        --- |     27,534 |     52,290 |     54,712 |     82,035 |     76,186 |    135,816 |    115,030 |    120,254 |    138,990
Department of the Treasury ......................|      8,240 |         18 |  1,118,840 |  1,247,463 |    290,276 |     41,715 |     49,496 |     65,000 |     83,000 |     92,000
Department of Veterans Affairs ..................|     97,237 |  1,032,918 |  4,402,212 |  2,351,233 |  1,289,849 |    757,476 |  1,324,382 |  1,552,813 |  1,577,374 |  2,105,952
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           Other agencies and programs           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
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ACTION ..........................................|        --- |        --- |      7,081 |      2,833 |      1,761 |      8,472 |        --- |        --- |        --- |        ---
Agency for International Development ............|     63,329 |     88,034 |     78,896 |    176,770 |    198,807 |    249,786 |    290,580 |    326,047 |    313,000 |    409,700
Appalachian Regional Commission .................|        --- |     37,838 |     45,786 |     19,032 |      4,745 |         93 |     10,623 |     10,031 |      7,243 |      7,300
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence       |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  in Education Foundation .......................|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |      1,033 |      3,000 |      3,000 |      3,000 |      3,000
Corporation for National and Community Service ..|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |    214,600 |    372,000 |    386,000 |    498,000
Environmental Protection Agency .................|        --- |     19,446 |     33,875 |     41,083 |     60,521 |     87,481 |    125,721 |    127,800 |    153,500 |    151,600
Estimated education share of federal aid to      |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  the District of Columbia ......................|     11,350 |     33,019 |     55,487 |     81,847 |    107,340 |    104,940 |     78,796 |    117,710 |    147,643 |    158,127
Federal Emergency Management Agency .............|        --- |        290 |        290 |      1,946 |      1,828 |        215 |    170,400 |     14,356 |     14,894 |     12,500
General Services Administration .................|      4,013 |     14,775 |     22,532 |     34,800 |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        ---
Harry S Truman Scholarship fund .................|        --- |        --- |        --- |     -1,895 |      1,332 |      2,883 |      3,000 |      3,000 |      3,000 |      3,000
Institute of American Indian and Alaskan         |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Native Culture and Arts Development ...........|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |      4,305 |     13,000 |      4,000 |      2,000 |      4,000
Institute of Museum and Library Services ........|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |    142,000 |    166,000 |    165,000
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation ....|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        191 |      2,000 |      2,000 |      7,000 |      2,000
Japanese-United States Friendship Commission ....|        --- |        --- |        --- |      2,294 |      2,236 |      2,299 |      2,000 |      2,000 |      3,000 |      3,000
Library of Congress .............................|     15,111 |     29,478 |     63,766 |    151,871 |    169,310 |    189,827 |    241,000 |    350,000 |    299,000 |    305,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...|    208,788 |    258,366 |    197,901 |    255,511 |    487,624 |  1,093,303 |  1,757,900 |  2,094,349 |  2,096,538 |  2,097,920
National Archives and Records Administration ....|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |     52,118 |     77,397 |    105,172 |    131,707 |    121,879 |    142,713
National Commission on Libraries and             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Information Science ...........................|        --- |        --- |        449 |      2,090 |        723 |      3,281 |      1,000 |      1,000 |      2,000 |      1,000
National Endowment for the Arts .................|        --- |        340 |      4,754 |      5,220 |      5,536 |      5,577 |      9,421 |     11,136 |     10,048 |     10,081
National Endowment for the Humanities ...........|        --- |      8,459 |     63,955 |    142,586 |    125,671 |    141,048 |    151,727 |     92,100 |    100,014 |    100,315
National Science Foundation .....................|    181,216 |    295,628 |    535,294 |    808,392 |  1,147,115 |  1,588,891 |  2,086,195 |  2,729,717 |  2,785,298 |  3,495,505
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...................|        --- |        --- |      7,093 |     32,590 |     30,261 |     42,328 |     22,188 |      8,900 |      9,100 |     10,800
Office of Economic Opportunity ..................|    189,871 |  1,092,410 |     16,619 |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        ---
Smithsonian Institution .........................|      2,233 |      2,461 |      5,509 |      5,153 |      7,886 |      5,779 |      9,961 |        --- |        --- |        ---
United States Arms Control Agency ...............|        --- |        100 |        --- |        661 |        395 |         25 |        --- |     10,135 |     25,764 |     31,794
United States Information Agency ................|      7,512 |      8,423 |      9,405 |     66,210 |    143,007 |    201,547 |    294,800 |        --- |        --- |        ---
United States Institute of Peace ................|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |      7,621 |     12,000 |     12,000 |     13,000 |     15,000
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Other agencies ..................................|     10,055 |      1,421 |      5,949 |        990 |        432 |        885 |        500 |      5,400 |      6,500 |      6,545
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---Not available or applicable.

NOTE: Data for fiscal year 2001 are estimated. To the extent possible, amounts reported represent outlays, rather than obligations. Some data have been revised from previously published data. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, compiled from data appearing in U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, Appendix, fiscal years 1967 to 2002; National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, fiscal years 1965 to 2001; and unpublished data obtained from various federal agencies. (This table was prepared April 2001.)


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