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Table 366. Estimated federal support for education, by agency and type of ultimate recipient: Fiscal year 2002 [In millions of dollars]

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                                                |            |   Local    |   State    |  College   |  Degree-   |            |  Multiple  |
                     Agency                     |   Total    | education  | education  |  students  |  granting  |  Federal   |   types    |  Other\1\
                                                |            |  agencies  |  agencies  |            |   insti-   |            |     of     |
                                                |            |            |            |            |  tutions   |            | recipients |
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                       1                        |     2      |     3      |     4      |     5      |     6      |     7      |     8      |     9
________________________________________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________
                                                |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
Total\2\ .......................................| $146,484.6 |  $31,279.6 |   $7,705.8 |  $28,560.4 |  $48,304.8 |   $4,181.3 |  $15,591.7 |  $10,861.1
                                                |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
                                                |============|============|============|============|============|============|============|============
   Total program funds - on-budget .............| $108,023.6 |  $31,279.6 |   $6,516.7 |  $12,669.8 |  $35,073.9 |   $4,181.3 |  $15,591.7 |   $2,710.7
                                                |____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________
Department of Education ........................|   46,324.4 |   19,742.1 |    4,967.8 |    8,306.0 |    8,668.2 |      608.9 |    2,200.3 |    1,831.3
Department of Agriculture ......................|   11,896.1 |   10,377.8 |      516.2 |          † |      541.6 |       21.0 |          † |      439.5
Department of Commerce .........................|      113.4 |          † |          † |          † |      113.4 |          † |          † |          †
Department of Defense ..........................|    4,749.2 |      234.8 |          † |      445.6 |    2,224.2 |    1,491.7 |      352.9 |          †
Department of Energy ...........................|    3,625.1 |          † |          † |          † |    3,625.1 |          † |          † |          †
Department of Health and Human Services ........|   22,858.5 |      653.8 |          † |    1,361.5 |   14,420.8 |      282.0 |    6,140.5 |          †
Department of Housing and Urban Development ....|        1.3 |          † |          † |          † |        1.3 |          † |          † |          †
Department of the Interior .....................|    1,185.7 |       79.1 |       66.0 |       27.9 |      149.7 |      503.8 |      359.1 |          †
Department of Justice ..........................|      450.1 |          † |          † |          † |       17.3 |      432.8 |          † |          †
Department of Labor ............................|    6,364.2 |          † |      952.7 |          † |       13.2 |          † |    5,398.4 |          †
Department of State ............................|      387.6 |          † |          † |          † |          † |       96.6 |      291.0 |          †
Department of Transportation ...................|      144.4 |          † |          † |        6.1 |       65.8 |       64.9 |        0.6 |        7.0
Department of the Treasury .....................|      139.0 |          † |          † |          † |          † |      139.0 |          † |          †
Department of Veterans Affairs .................|    2,301.3 |          † |       14.0 |    2,287.3 |          † |          † |          † |          †
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  Other agencies and programs                   |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
                                                |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
Agency for International Development ...........|      462.5 |          † |          † |          † |       31.5 |          † |          † |      431.0
Appalachian Regional Commission ................|        8.9 |          † |          † |          † |        2.1 |          † |        6.8 |          †
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in   |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Education Foundation .........................|        3.0 |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |        3.0 |          †
Corporation for National and Community Service .|      431.0 |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |      431.0 |          †
Environmental Protection Agency ................|      115.9 |          † |          † |          † |      115.9 |          † |          † |          †
Estimated education share of federal aid to the |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  District of Columbia .........................|      185.0 |      172.0 |          † |          † |       12.5 |          † |        0.4 |          †
Federal Emergency Management Agency ............|       20.4 |       20.0 |          † |          † |          † |          † |        0.4 |          †
General Services Administration ................|          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |          †
Harry S Truman scholarship fund ................|        3.0 |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |        3.0 |          †
Institute of American Indian and Alaskan Native |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Culture and Arts Development .................|        4.0 |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |        4.0 |          †
Institute of Library and Museum Services .......|      231.0 |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |      231.0 |          †
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation ...|        2.0 |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |        2.0 |          †
Japanese-United States Friendship Commission ...|        3.0 |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |        3.0 |          †
Library of Congress ............................|      359.0 |          † |          † |          † |          † |      359.0 |          † |          †
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ..|    2,066.9 |          † |          † |          † |    2,060.3 |          † |        6.6 |          †
National Archives and Records Administration ...|      180.9 |          † |          † |          † |          † |      180.9 |          † |          †
National Commission on Libraries and            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Information Science ..........................|        2.0 |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |        2.0
National Endowment for the Arts ................|       10.9 |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |       10.9 |          †
National Endowment for the Humanities ..........|      103.0 |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |      103.0 |          †
National Science Foundation ....................|    3,230.8 |          † |          † |      235.4 |    2,995.4 |          † |          † |          †
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ..................|       10.1 |          † |          † |          † |       10.1 |          † |          † |          †
Smithsonian Institution ........................|       29.8 |          † |          † |          † |          † |        0.8 |       29.0 |          †
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency .......|          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |          †
U.S. Information Agency\3\ .....................|          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |          †
U.S. Institute of Peace ........................|       15.0 |          † |          † |          † |          † |          † |       15.0 |          †
Other agencies .................................|        5.6 |          † |          † |          † |        5.6 |          † |          † |          †
                                                |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
   Off-budget support and nonfederal funds      |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
     generated by federal legislation ..........|   38,461.0 |          † |    1,189.1 |   15,890.6 |   13,230.9 |          † |          † |    8,150.4
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† Not applicable.
\1\Other recipients include American Indian tribes, private nonprofit agencies, and bank
\2\Includes on-budget support, off-budget support, and nonfederal funds generated by federal legislation. Excludes federal tax expenditures.
\3\This agency's education funds were transferred to the U.S. Department of State.

NOTE: Outlays by type of recipient are estimated based on obligation data. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Under Secretary, unpublished tabulations; U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2003; National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, Fiscal Years 2000, 2001, and 2002; and unpublished data obtained from various federal agencies. (This table was prepared June 2003.)


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