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Table 363. Federal on-budget funds for education and related programs, by agency: Selected fiscal years, 1970 through 2006 

[In thousands of current dollars]
Agency 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2004 2005 20061 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Total $12,526,499 $23,288,120 $34,493,502 $39,027,876 $51,624,342 $71,639,520 $85,944,203 $132,420,703 $145,989,203 $166,134,544
Department of Education 4,625,224 7,350,355 13,137,785 16,701,065 23,198,575 31,403,000 34,106,697 62,903,421 72,893,301 93,928,361
Department of Agriculture 960,910 2,219,352 4,562,467 4,782,274 6,260,843 9,092,089 11,080,031 12,934,115 13,927,753 14,528,386
Department of Commerce 13,990 38,967 135,561 55,114 53,835 88,929 114,575 228,940 219,248 185,248
Department of Defense 821,388 1,009,229 1,560,301 3,119,213 3,605,509 3,879,002 4,525,080 5,935,924 6,525,355 6,170,826
Department of Energy 551,527 764,676 1,605,558 2,247,822 2,561,950 2,692,314 3,577,004 4,331,482 4,216,467 4,024,439
Department of Health and Human Services 1,796,854 3,675,225 5,613,930 5,322,356 7,956,011 12,469,563 17,670,867 25,410,694 25,871,526 25,818,014
Department of Homeland Security 334,804 450,329 493,570
Department of Housing and Urban Development 114,709 -52,768 5,314 438 118 1,613 1,400 2,200 2,200 1,800
Department of the Interior 190,975 300,191 440,547 549,479 630,537 702,796 959,802 1,288,744 1,244,933 1,183,527
Department of Justice 15,728 61,542 60,721 66,802 99,775 172,350 278,927 529,270 599,948 646,721
Department of Labor 424,494 1,103,935 1,862,738 1,948,685 2,511,380 3,967,914 4,696,100 5,686,800 5,667,300 4,216,200
Department of State 59,742 89,433 25,188 23,820 51,225 54,671 388,349 490,017 533,309 525,254
Department of Transportation 27,534 52,290 54,712 82,035 76,186 135,816 117,054 120,490 140,900 140,921
Department of the Treasury 18 1,118,840 1,247,463 290,276 41,715 49,496 83,000 0 0 0
Department of Veterans Affairs 1,032,918 4,402,212 2,351,233 1,289,849 757,476 1,324,382 1,577,374 2,844,965 4,293,624 4,526,508
                     
Other agencies and programs                    
ACTION 7,081 2,833 1,761 8,472
Agency for International Development 88,034 78,896 176,770 198,807 249,786 290,580 332,500 567,600 603,500 583,500
Appalachian Regional Commission 37,838 45,786 19,032 4,745 93 10,623 7,243 8,237 8,542 8,500
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence
 in Education Foundation
1,033 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 4,000
Corporation for National and Community Service 214,600 386,000 493,000 472,000 467,000
Environmental Protection Agency 19,446 33,875 41,083 60,521 87,481 125,721 98,900 94,200 81,400 80,900
Estimated education share of federal aid to the District of Columbia 33,019 55,487 81,847 107,340 104,940 78,796 127,127 184,749 154,962 216,801
Federal Emergency Management Agency 290 290 1,946 1,828 215 170,400 14,894
General Services Administration 14,775 22,532 34,800
Harry S Truman Scholarship fund -1,895 1,332 2,883 3,000 3,000 4,000 3,000 3,000
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native
Culture and Arts Development
4,305 13,000 2,000 6,000 6,000 6,000
Institute of Museum and Library Services 166,000 207,000 250,000 324,000
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation 191 2,000 7,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
Japanese-United States Friendship Commission 2,294 2,236 2,299 2,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000
Library of Congress 29,478 63,766 151,871 169,310 189,827 241,000 299,000 402,000 430,000 424,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 258,366 197,901 255,511 487,624 1,093,303 1,757,900 2,077,830 2,758,564 2,867,179 3,010,619
National Archives and Records Administration 52,118 77,397 105,172 121,879 244,000 276,000 272,000
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science 449 2,090 723 3,281 1,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
National Endowment for the Arts 340 4,754 5,220 5,536 5,577 9,421 10,048 10,531 10,976 10,664
National Endowment for the Humanities 8,459 63,955 142,586 125,671 141,048 151,727 100,014 125,071 117,825 117,500
National Science Foundation 295,628 535,294 808,392 1,147,115 1,588,891 2,086,195 2,955,244 4,183,035 4,011,737 4,106,928
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7,093 32,590 30,261 42,328 22,188 12,200 15,400 12,000 8,000
Office of Economic Opportunity 1,092,410 16,619
Smithsonian Institution 2,461 5,509 5,153 7,886 5,779 9,961 25,764 41,850 45,890 48,910
United States Arms Control Agency 100 0 661 395 25
United States Information Agency 8,423 9,405 66,210 143,007 201,547 294,800
United States Institute of Peace 7,621 12,000 13,000 16,000 28,000 31,000
Other agencies 1,421 5,949 990 432 885 500 300 8,600 15,000 15,447
†Not applicable.
1 Estimated except U.S. Department of Education, which are actual budget reports.
NOTE: To the extent possible, amounts reported represent outlays, rather than obligations. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Negative amounts occur when program receipts exceed outlays.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, unpublished tabulations. U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, Appendix, fiscal years 1972 through 2007. National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, fiscal years 1970 to 2006. (This table was prepared November 2006.)

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