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Table 374. Federal on-budget funds for education, by agency: Selected fiscal years, 1970 through 2008
[In thousands of current dollars]
Agency 1970 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Total $12,526,499 $34,493,502 $39,027,876 $51,624,342 $71,639,520 $85,944,203 $146,206,999 $166,495,660 $147,077,686 $147,275,507
Department of Education 4,625,224 13,137,785 16,701,065 23,198,575 31,403,000 34,106,697 72,893,301 93,571,541 71,808,014 72,177,819
Department of Agriculture 960,910 4,562,467 4,782,274 6,260,843 9,092,089 11,080,031 13,817,553 14,677,672 15,634,477 16,266,919
Department of Commerce 13,990 135,561 55,114 53,835 88,929 114,575 243,948 249,962 168,407 199,635
Department of Defense 821,388 1,560,301 3,119,213 3,605,509 3,879,002 4,525,080 6,320,454 6,136,390 6,599,550 6,263,987
Department of Energy 551,527 1,605,558 2,247,822 2,561,950 2,692,314 3,577,004 4,339,879 4,283,520 4,633,462 4,631,149
Department of Health and Human Services 1,796,854 5,613,930 5,322,356 7,956,011 12,469,563 17,670,867 26,107,860 25,601,712 25,292,293 25,470,474
Department of Homeland Security 624,860 560,380 622,170 515,945
Department of Housing and Urban Development 114,709 5,314 438 118 1,613 1,400 1,100 600 600 700
Department of the Interior 190,975 440,547 549,479 630,537 702,796 959,802 1,254,533 1,146,750 952,273 901,769
Department of Justice 15,728 60,721 66,802 99,775 172,350 278,927 608,148 563,434 768,156 815,950
Department of Labor 424,494 1,862,738 1,948,685 2,511,380 3,967,914 4,696,100 5,764,500 5,414,500 5,370,800 5,186,600
Department of State 59,742 25,188 23,820 51,225 54,671 388,349 533,309 555,014 587,120 638,280
Department of Transportation 27,534 54,712 82,035 76,186 135,816 117,054 126,900 133,700 118,900 135,078
Department of the Treasury 18 1,247,463 290,276 41,715 49,496 83,000 0 0 200 0
Department of Veterans Affairs 1,032,918 2,351,233 1,289,849 757,476 1,324,382 1,577,374 4,293,624 4,547,560 5,256,399 4,624,991
                   
Other agencies and programs                    
                   
ACTION 2,833 1,761 8,472
Agency for International Development 88,034 176,770 198,807 249,786 290,580 332,500 602,100 596,100 658,500 637,720
Appalachian Regional Commission 37,838 19,032 4,745 93 10,623 7,243 8,542 11,027 7,463 3,056
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence
   in Education Foundation
1,033 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000
Corporation for National and Community Service 214,600 386,000 472,000 503,000 395,000 333,000
Environmental Protection Agency 19,446 41,083 60,521 87,481 125,721 98,900 83,400 64,600 57,500 56,100
Estimated education share of federal aid to
   the District of Columbia
33,019 81,847 107,340 104,940 78,796 127,127 154,962 140,997 168,156 149,722
Federal Emergency Management Agency 290 1,946 1,828 215 170,400 14,894
General Services Administration 14,775 34,800
Harry S Truman Scholarship fund -1,895 1,332 2,883 3,000 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 7,000
Institute of Museum and Library Services 166,000 250,000 241,000 258,000 253,000
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation 191 2,000 7,000 2,000 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 2,000
Library of Congress 29,478 151,871 169,310 189,827 241,000 299,000 430,000 435,000 463,000 434,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 258,366 255,511 487,624 1,093,303 1,757,900 2,077,830 2,763,120 2,386,342 2,389,743 2,404,213
National Archives and Records Administration 52,118 77,397 105,172 121,879 276,000 276,000 273,000 279,000
National Commission on Libraries and
   Information Science
2,090 723 3,281 1,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
National Endowment for the Arts 340 5,220 5,536 5,577 9,421 10,048 10,976 10,561 11,767 12,808
National Endowment for the Humanities 8,459 142,586 125,671 141,048 151,727 100,014 117,825 120,305 121,086 124,162
National Science Foundation 295,628 808,392 1,147,115 1,588,891 2,086,195 2,955,244 3,993,216 4,087,701 4,344,849 4,638,561
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 32,590 30,261 42,328 22,188 12,200 15,100 13,600 12,400 12,400
Office of Economic Opportunity 1,092,410
Smithsonian Institution 2,461 5,153 7,886 5,779 9,961 25,764 45,890 42,092 46,101 64,768
United States Arms Control Agency 100 661 395 25
United States Information Agency 8,423 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 17,000
Other agencies 1,421 990 432 885 500 300 7,900 6,600 9,300 8,700
†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 outlays. Much of the fluctuation in Department of Education funds between 2005 and 2008 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, unpublished tabulations. U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, Appendix, fiscal years 1972 through 2010. National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, fiscal years 1970 to 2008. (This table was prepared October 2009.)

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