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Table 374. Federal on-budget funds for education, by agency: Selected fiscal years, 1970 through 2007

[In thousands of current dollars]
Agency 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007
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 $146,206,999 $167,965,585 $147,527,695
Department of Education 4,625,224 7,350,355 13,137,785 16,701,065 23,198,575 31,403,000 34,106,697 72,893,301 93,571,541 71,808,014
Department of Agriculture 960,910 2,219,352 4,562,467 4,782,274 6,260,843 9,092,089 11,080,031 13,817,553 14,763,772 15,409,677
Department of Commerce 13,990 38,967 135,561 55,114 53,835 88,929 114,575 243,948 214,548 198,461
Department of Defense 821,388 1,009,229 1,560,301 3,119,213 3,605,509 3,879,002 4,525,080 6,320,454 6,461,870 6,066,743
Department of Energy 551,527 764,676 1,605,558 2,247,822 2,561,950 2,692,314 3,577,004 4,339,879 4,197,315 4,649,477
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 26,107,860 25,969,876 25,704,962
Department of Homeland Security †  †  †  †  †  †  †  624,860 687,394 622,922
Department of Housing and Urban Development 114,709 -52,768 5,314 438 118 1,613 1,400 1,100 900 1,000
Department of the Interior 190,975 300,191 440,547 549,479 630,537 702,796 959,802 1,254,533 1,157,650 962,273
Department of Justice 15,728 61,542 60,721 66,802 99,775 172,350 278,927 608,148 566,934 771,656
Department of Labor 424,494 1,103,935 1,862,738 1,948,685 2,511,380 3,967,914 4,696,100 5,764,500 5,586,500 5,413,500
Department of State 59,742 89,433 25,188 23,820 51,225 54,671 388,349 533,309 555,014 587,120
Department of Transportation 27,534 52,290 54,712 82,035 76,186 135,816 117,054 126,900 142,300 128,700
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 4,293,624 4,547,560 5,256,399
                     
Other agencies and programs                    
ACTION †  7,081 2,833 1,761 8,472 †  †  †  † 
Agency for International Development 88,034 78,896 176,770 198,807 249,786 290,580 332,500 602,100 594,300 656,700
Appalachian Regional Commission 37,838 45,786 19,032 4,745 93 10,623 7,243 8,542 11,027 7,463
Barry Goldwater Scholarship
and Excellence in Education Foundation
†  †  †  †  1,033 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000
Corporation for National and Community Service †  †  †  †  †  214,600 386,000 472,000 503,000 395,000
Environmental Protection Agency 19,446 33,875 41,083 60,521 87,481 125,721 98,900 83,400 78,100 72,500
Estimated education share of federal aid to the District of Columbia 33,019 55,487 81,847 107,340 104,940 78,796 127,127 154,962 140,997 168,155
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 3,000 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 †  †  †  †  †  †  166,000 250,000 241,000 258,000
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 2,000 2,000
Library of Congress 29,478 63,766 151,871 169,310 189,827 241,000 299,000 430,000 435,000 463,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 258,366 197,901 255,511 487,624 1,093,303 1,757,900 2,077,830 2,763,120 2,889,157 3,033,534
National Archives and Records Administration †  †  †  52,118 77,397 105,172 121,879 276,000 276,000 273,000
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 10,976 10,561 11,767
National Endowment for the Humanities 8,459 63,955 142,586 125,671 141,048 151,727 100,014 117,825 120,305 121,086
National Science Foundation 295,628 535,294 808,392 1,147,115 1,588,891 2,086,195 2,955,244 3,993,216 4,060,572 4,368,539
Nuclear Regulatory Commission †  7,093 32,590 30,261 42,328 22,188 12,200 15,100 12,400 13,200
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 45,890 42,092 46,101
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 28,000 101,000 32,000
Other agencies 1,421 5,949 990 432 885 500 300 7,900 9,900 9,745
† Not applicable.
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 out-lays. Much of the fluctuation in Department of Education funds between 2005 and 2007 was due to changes in postsecondary expenditures that resulted primarily from changes in accounting procedures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, unpub-lished tabulations. U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, Appendix, fiscal years 1972 through 2009. National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, fiscal years 1970 to 2007. (This table was prepared October 2008.)

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