Table 401.20.

Federal on-budget funds for education, by agency: Selected fiscal years, 1970 through 2017

[In thousands of dollars]
Agency	1970	1980	19901	20001	20101	20121	20131	20141	20151	20161	20171
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Current dollars
Total	$12,511,079	$34,465,612	$51,593,753	$86,237,817	$170,511,487	$187,761,942	$178,670,129	$188,118,010	$195,672,348	$187,781,492	$227,166,751
Department of Education2	4,625,224	13,137,785	23,198,575	34,106,697	80,886,361	98,948,633	88,839,759	95,402,189	100,421,930	88,871,248	125,986,375
Department of Agriculture	960,910	4,562,467	6,260,843	11,080,031	19,719,460	20,578,995	22,354,763	21,739,689	23,855,189	24,712,496	25,388,830
Department of Commerce	13,990	135,561	53,835	114,575	303,000	205,085	235,936	275,521	272,897	272,936	310,300
Department of Defense	821,388	1,560,301	3,605,509	4,525,080	7,686,288	7,400,880	7,036,469	7,297,021	7,006,346	7,194,204	7,230,743
Department of Energy	551,527	1,605,558	2,561,950	3,577,004	3,402,600	2,983,055	2,941,159	3,288,681	3,484,388	3,680,701	3,690,688
Department of Health and Human Services	1,127,521	3,712,930	7,466,197	16,941,831	30,662,472	27,300,826	25,766,013	27,541,095	27,196,167	28,776,948	29,492,380
Department of Homeland Security	†	†	†	†	540,229	333,630	358,580	371,808	372,144	332,266	312,254
Department of Housing and Urban Development	114,709	5,314	118	1,400	400	300	4,500	100	1,100	500	1,200
Department of the Interior	175,555	412,657	599,948	928,939	1,008,316	939,075	873,040	944,214	947,975	1,012,768	1,011,876
Department of Justice	15,728	60,721	99,775	292,859	219,993	224,295	218,994	240,957	233,264	265,780	242,304
Department of Labor	424,494	1,862,738	2,511,380	4,696,100	4,845,735	4,898,863	4,729,187	4,837,010	4,827,861	5,024,580	5,018,397
Department of State	59,742	25,188	51,225	388,349	801,180	741,922	812,957	835,741	870,920	864,395	854,326
Department of Transportation	27,534	54,712	76,186	117,054	160,243	173,888	178,502	168,000	178,050	182,614	188,918
Department of the Treasury	18	1,247,463	41,715	83,000	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Department of Veterans Affairs	1,032,918	2,351,233	757,476	1,577,374	8,795,010	10,905,455	12,616,616	13,085,173	13,517,156	13,960,336	14,423,386
Other agencies and programs
ACTION	†	2,833	8,472	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Agency for International Development	88,034	176,770	249,786	332,500	557,900	629,900	603,900	594,039	648,000	657,111	688,243
Appalachian Regional Commission	37,838	19,032	93	7,243	5,070	11,124	13,070	13,073	23,682	39,639	35,712
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence
in Education Foundation	†	†	1,033	3,000	4,000	4,000	4,000	3,000	2,000	3,000	3,000
Corporation for National and Community Service	†	†	†	696,545	857,021	750,252	711,009	756,849	758,349	787,929	736,029
Environmental Protection Agency	19,446	41,083	87,481	98,900	54,700	87,200	73,700	86,100	68,600	56,600	51,500
Estimated education share of federal aid to
the District of Columbia	33,019	81,847	104,940	127,127	159,670	151,381	217,160	210,732	147,424	129,091	161,031
Federal Emergency Management Agency	290	1,946	215	14,894	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
General Services Administration	14,775	34,800	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation	†	-1,895	2,883	3,000	2,000	1,200	1,500	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
Institute of American Indian and Alaska
Native Culture and Arts Development	†	†	4,305	2,000	8,000	9,000	8,000	9,000	9,000	12,000	12,000
Institute of Museum and Library Services	†	†	†	166,000	282,251	231,954	219,821	226,860	227,860	230,000	230,000
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation	†	†	191	7,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000
Japanese-United States Friendship Commission	†	2,294	2,299	3,000	2,000	3,700	3,700	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000
Library of Congress	29,478	151,871	189,827	299,000	510,877	465,961	442,051	455,760	464,449	469,547	500,915
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	258,366	255,511	1,093,303	2,077,830	1,585,500	2,289,837	2,200,143	2,287,755	2,355,450	2,522,132	2,683,000
National Archives and Records Administration	†	†	77,397	121,879	339,000	391,500	371,022	386,630	381,730	389,073	392,956
National Commission on Libraries and
Information Science	†	2,090	3,281	2,000	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
National Endowment for the Arts	340	5,220	5,577	10,048	14,413	16,595	13,910	15,426	13,509	14,364	14,216
National Endowment for the Humanities	8,459	142,586	141,048	100,014	142,654	136,100	114,171	117,533	120,216	121,925	104,533
National Science Foundation	295,628	808,392	1,588,891	2,955,244	5,533,530	5,534,426	5,302,011	5,476,858	5,808,512	5,735,629	5,956,118
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	†	32,590	42,328	12,200	14,500	8,600	5,400	9,400	8,000	8,000	5,900
Office of Economic Opportunity	1,092,410	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Social Security Administration	669,333	1,901,000	489,814	729,036	1,313,000	1,329,500	1,326,300	1,365,200	1,373,500	1,377,500	1,362,700
Smithsonian Institution	2,461	5,153	5,779	25,764	28,814	28,809	29,986	28,796	29,979	27,779	27,538
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency	100	661	25	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
United States Information Agency	8,423	66,210	201,547	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
United States Institute of Peace	†	†	7,621	13,000	49,000	39,000	37,000	37,000	35,000	35,300	37,884
Other agencies	1,421	990	885	300	14,300	5,000	3,800	4,800	5,700	7,100	5,500
	Constant fiscal year 2018 dollars3
Total	$76,201,933	$100,972,820	$95,395,796	$124,595,023	$193,487,202	$204,134,784	$191,530,432	$198,526,403	$205,382,290	$195,739,250	$232,841,147
Department of Education2	28,171,112	38,489,356	42,893,692	49,276,812	91,785,463	107,576,954	95,234,259	100,680,703	105,405,216	92,637,412	129,133,956
Department of Agriculture	5,852,669	13,366,516	11,576,171	16,008,252	22,376,575	22,373,483	23,963,812	22,942,526	25,038,966	25,759,756	26,023,132
Department of Commerce	85,210	397,149	99,540	165,536	343,828	222,968	252,918	290,765	286,439	284,502	318,052
Department of Defense	5,002,874	4,571,165	6,666,513	6,537,763	8,721,983	8,046,237	7,542,939	7,700,758	7,354,025	7,499,078	7,411,392
Department of Energy	3,359,217	4,703,753	4,736,993	5,167,998	3,861,086	3,243,177	3,152,857	3,470,640	3,657,296	3,836,681	3,782,894
Department of Health and Human Services	6,867,456	10,877,654	13,804,845	24,477,287	34,794,113	29,681,458	27,620,597	29,064,918	28,545,736	29,996,451	30,229,203
Department of Homeland Security	†	†	†	†	613,023	362,723	384,390	392,380	390,611	346,347	320,055
Department of Housing and Urban Development	698,665	15,568	218	2,023	454	326	4,824	106	1,155	521	1,230
Department of the Interior	1,069,263	1,208,948	1,109,292	1,342,116	1,144,182	1,020,962	935,879	996,456	995,017	1,055,687	1,037,156
Department of Justice	95,795	177,892	184,482	423,118	249,636	243,854	234,757	254,289	244,840	277,043	248,358
Department of Labor	2,585,490	5,457,205	4,643,490	6,784,850	5,498,678	5,326,044	5,069,584	5,104,637	5,067,436	5,237,510	5,143,774
Department of State	363,874	73,792	94,714	561,080	909,136	806,618	871,472	881,982	914,138	901,026	875,670
Department of Transportation	167,703	160,288	140,866	169,118	181,835	189,051	191,350	177,295	186,885	190,353	193,638
Department of the Treasury	110	3,654,653	77,130	119,917	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Department of Veterans Affairs	6,291,252	6,888,333	1,400,558	2,278,965	9,980,101	11,856,411	13,524,734	13,809,163	14,187,924	14,551,944	14,783,733
Other agencies and programs
ACTION	†	8,300	15,665	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Agency for International Development	536,194	517,878	461,849	480,391	633,075	684,827	647,367	626,907	680,156	684,958	705,438
Appalachian Regional Commission	230,462	55,757	172	10,464	5,753	12,094	14,011	13,796	24,857	41,319	36,604
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence
in Education Foundation	†	†	1,910	4,334	4,539	4,349	4,288	3,166	2,099	3,127	3,075
Corporation for National and Community Service	†	†	†	1,006,357	972,501	815,674	762,186	798,725	795,981	821,320	754,418
Environmental Protection Agency	118,441	120,360	161,751	142,889	62,071	94,804	79,005	90,864	72,004	58,999	52,787
Estimated education share of federal aid to
the District of Columbia	201,111	239,785	194,032	183,671	181,185	164,581	232,791	222,392	154,740	134,562	165,054
Federal Emergency Management Agency	1,766	5,701	398	21,519	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
General Services Administration	89,991	101,952	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation	†	-5,552	5,331	4,334	2,269	1,305	1,608	1,055	1,050	1,042	†
Institute of American Indian and Alaska
Native Culture and Arts Development	†	†	7,960	2,890	9,078	9,785	8,576	9,498	9,447	12,509	12,300
Institute of Museum and Library Services	†	†	†	239,834	320,283	252,180	235,643	239,412	239,167	239,747	235,746
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation	†	†	353	10,113	2,269	2,174	2,144	2,111	2,099	2,085	2,050
Japanese-United States Friendship Commission	†	6,721	4,251	4,334	2,269	4,023	3,966	3,166	3,149	3,127	3,075
Library of Congress	179,543	444,932	350,986	431,990	579,716	506,593	473,869	480,977	487,497	489,445	513,430
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	1,573,644	748,563	2,021,495	3,002,016	1,799,140	2,489,511	2,358,505	2,414,334	2,472,336	2,629,014	2,750,031
National Archives and Records Administration	†	†	143,105	176,089	384,679	425,639	397,727	408,022	400,673	405,561	402,773
National Commission on Libraries and
Information Science	†	6,123	6,067	2,890	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
National Endowment for the Arts	2,071	15,293	10,312	14,517	16,355	18,042	14,911	16,280	14,179	14,973	14,571
National Endowment for the Humanities	51,522	417,730	260,795	144,499	161,876	147,968	122,389	124,036	126,182	127,092	107,145
National Science Foundation	1,800,598	2,368,321	2,937,827	4,269,689	6,279,150	6,017,028	5,683,639	5,779,888	6,096,751	5,978,692	6,104,922
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	†	95,478	78,264	17,626	16,454	9,350	5,789	9,920	8,397	8,339	6,047
Office of Economic Opportunity	6,653,603	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Social Security Administration	4,076,744	5,569,300	905,656	1,053,300	1,489,921	1,445,432	1,421,764	1,440,735	1,441,658	1,435,875	1,396,745
Smithsonian Institution	14,989	15,097	10,685	37,223	32,697	31,321	32,144	30,389	31,467	28,956	28,226
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency	609	1,937	46	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
United States Information Agency	51,302	193,973	372,656	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
United States Institute of Peace	†	†	14,091	18,782	55,603	42,401	39,663	39,047	36,737	36,796	38,830
Other agencies	8,655	2,900	1,636	433	16,227	5,436	4,074	5,066	5,983	7,401	5,637

†Not applicable.

1 Excludes federal support for medical education benefits under Medicare in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Benefits are excluded because data before fiscal year (FY) 1990 are not available. This program has existed since Medicare began but was not available as a separate budget item until FY 1990. Excluded amounts are estimated as follows: $4,440,000,000 in FY 1990, $8,020,000,000 in FY 2000, $9,080,000,000 in FY 2010, $9,800,000,000 in FY 2012, $10,000,000,000 in FY 2013, $11,530,000,000 in FY 2014, $11,800,000,000 in FY 2015, $12,300,000,000 in FY 2016, $13,000,000,000 in FY 2017, and $13,800,000,000 in FY 2018.

2 The U.S. Department of Education was created in May 1980. It formerly was the Office of Education in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. This table does not include education funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) because these funds are included only in tables that show FY 2009. Most of these funds had a 2-year availability, meaning that they were available for the Department of Education to obligate during FY 2009 and FY 2010.

3 Data adjusted by the federal budget composite deflator, as reported in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget's Budget of the U.S. Government, Historical Tables, Fiscal Year 2020.

NOTE: To the extent possible, federal education funds data do not represent obligations but instead represent appropriations or (especially for earlier years) outlays. Negative amounts occur when program receipts exceed outlays. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

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; and supplemental agency budget documents, fiscal years 1972 through 2018. National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, fiscal years 1970 through 2017. (This table was prepared June 2019.)