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Table 365. Federal on-budget funds for education and related programs, by agency: Selected fiscal years, 1970 to 2004
[In thousands of current dollars]

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Agency                                                  1970       1975       1980 |      1985       1990       1995       2000         2002        2003    2004\1\
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1                                                          2          3          4 |         5          6          7          8           9          10          11
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   Total .........................................$12,526,499$23,288,120$34,493,502|$39,027,876$51,624,342$71,639,520$85,944,203$109,211,480$125,256,563$131,967,444
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Department of Education ..........................  4,625,224  7,350,355 13,137,785| 16,701,065 23,198,575 31,403,000 34,106,697  46,324,352  57,442,854  62,864,595
Department of Agriculture ........................    960,910  2,219,352  4,562,467|  4,782,274  6,260,843  9,092,089 11,080,031  11,986,444  12,447,631  13,133,523
Department of Commerce ...........................     13,990     38,967    135,561|     55,114     53,835     88,929    114,575     146,760     144,400     150,200
Department of Defense ............................    821,388  1,009,229  1,560,301|  3,119,213  3,605,509  3,879,002  4,525,080   5,523,198   6,088,458   5,552,390
Department of Energy .............................    551,527    764,676  1,605,558|  2,247,822  2,561,950  2,692,314  3,577,004   3,964,365   4,045,537   4,116,865
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  22,693,330  25,292,736  25,966,907
Department of Homeland Security ..................          †          †          †|          †          †          †          †           0     233,251     235,710
Department of Housing and Urban Development ......    114,709    -52,768      5,314|        438        118      1,613      1,400         800         900         900
Department of the Interior .......................    190,975    300,191    440,547|    549,479    630,537    702,796    959,802   1,194,413   1,246,492   1,297,656
Department of Justice ............................     15,728     61,542     60,721|     66,802     99,775    172,350    278,927     455,933     495,089     544,129
Department of Labor ..............................    424,494  1,103,935  1,862,738|  1,948,685  2,511,380  3,967,914  4,696,100   5,864,400   5,976,100   5,610,700
Department of State ..............................     59,742     89,433     25,188|     23,820     51,225     54,671    388,349     487,097     494,747     456,891
Department of Transportation .....................     27,534     52,290     54,712|     82,035     76,186    135,816    117,054     128,914     116,300     101,060
Department of the Treasury .......................         18  1,118,840  1,247,463|    290,276     41,715     49,496     83,000     163,000           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   2,122,289   2,519,896   2,797,834
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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 .............     88,034     78,896    176,770|    198,807    249,786    290,580    332,500     509,400     520,700     636,900
Appalachian Regional Commission ..................     37,838     45,786     19,032|      4,745         93     10,623      7,243      15,767      11,661      11,700
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     404,000     498,000     317,000
Environmental Protection Agency ..................     19,446     33,875     41,083|     60,521     87,481    125,721     98,900     115,500     174,500     168,900
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     166,057     161,470     156,709
Federal Emergency Management Agency ..............        290        290      1,946|      1,828        215    170,400     14,894       8,376          †           †
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 Alaskan                                           |
   Native Culture and Arts Development ...........          †          †          †|          †      4,305     13,000      2,000       4,000       5,000       6,000
Institute of Museum and Library Services .........          †          †          †|          †          †          †    166,000     219,000     249,000     262,000
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     397,000     389,000     406,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ....    258,366    197,901    255,511|    487,624  1,093,303  1,757,900  2,077,830   2,411,782   2,515,200   2,628,400
National Archives and Records Administration .....          †          †          †|     52,118     77,397    105,172    121,879     219,000     243,000     265,000
National Commission on Libraries and                                               |
   Information Science ...........................          †        449      2,090|        723      3,281      1,000      2,000       2,000       2,000       1,000
National Endowment for the Arts ..................        340      4,754      5,220|      5,536      5,577      9,421     10,048      11,109      11,583      10,711
National Endowment for the Humanities ............      8,459     63,955    142,586|    125,671    141,048    151,727    100,014      97,731     100,934     103,200
National Science Foundation ......................    295,628    535,294    808,392|  1,147,115  1,588,891  2,086,195  2,955,244   3,489,801   3,740,425   4,067,917
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ....................          †      7,093     32,590|     30,261     42,328     22,188     12,200      15,400      12,200      11,700
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      36,761      40,799      48,802
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      15,000      17,000      19,000
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Other agencies ...................................      1,421      5,949        990|        432        885        500        300       6,500       8,700       6,145
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†Not applicable.
\1\Estimated except U.S. Department of Education, which are actual numbers.

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, compiled from data appearing in U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, Appendix, fiscal years 1972 to 2005; National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, fiscal years 1970 to 2004; and unpublished data obtained from various federal agencies. (This table was prepared July 2004.)