Table 401.20.

Federal on-budget funds for education, by agency: Selected fiscal years, 1970 through 2018

[In thousands of dollars]
Agency	19701	19801	1990	2000	2010	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Current dollars
Total	$12,511,079	$34,465,612	$56,033,753	$94,257,817	$179,560,187	$197,534,242	$188,644,529	$199,611,510	$207,426,048	$200,023,892	$241,137,480	$217,316,354
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	127,025,204	97,614,576
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	26,763,572
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	383,612
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	7,920,474
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	4,417,406
Department of Health and Human Services	1,127,521	3,712,930	11,906,197	24,961,831	39,742,472	37,100,826	35,766,013	39,071,095	38,996,167	41,076,948	42,492,380	44,973,040
Department of Homeland Security	†	†	†	†	540,229	333,630	358,580	371,808	372,144	332,266	312,254	301,672
Department of Housing and Urban Development	114,709	5,314	118	1,400	400	300	4,500	100	1,100	500	1,200	3,000
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	1,044,119
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	197,797
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	5,020,641
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	914,232
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	228,054
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	14,477,963
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	461,030
Appalachian Regional Commission	37,838	19,032	93	7,243	5,070	11,124	13,070	13,073	23,682	39,639	35,712	21,904
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	3,000
Corporation for National and Community Service	†	†	†	696,545	857,021	750,252	711,009	756,849	758,349	787,929	736,029	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	51,400
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	147,483
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	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	15,000
Institute of Museum and Library Services	†	†	†	166,000	282,251	231,954	219,821	226,860	227,860	230,000	230,000	229,000
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation	†	†	191	7,000	2,000	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	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	510,412
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	2,894,900
National Archives and Records Administration	†	†	77,397	121,879	339,000	391,500	371,022	386,630	381,730	389,073	392,956	393,960
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	13,354
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	93,392
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	6,109,979
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	†	32,590	42,328	12,200	14,500	8,600	5,400	9,400	8,000	8,000	5,900	6,000
Office of Economic Opportunity	1,092,410	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Social Security Administration	669,333	1,901,000	489,814	729,036	1,281,700	1,301,800	1,300,700	1,328,700	1,327,200	1,319,900	1,294,600	1,288,700
Smithsonian Institution	2,461	5,153	5,779	25,764	28,814	28,809	29,986	28,796	29,979	27,779	27,538	28,070
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	37,884
Other agencies	1,421	990	885	300	14,300	5,000	3,800	4,800	5,700	7,100	5,500	8,700
	Constant fiscal year 2019 dollars3
Total	$77,302,348	$102,430,944	$105,101,405	$138,148,766	$206,697,558	$217,860,516	$205,143,020	$213,697,859	$220,927,270	$211,633,106	$250,967,752	$221,125,756
Department of Education2	28,577,925	39,045,171	43,513,109	49,988,407	93,110,915	109,130,447	96,609,515	102,134,609	106,958,326	94,029,259	132,203,546	99,325,690
Department of Agriculture	5,937,186	13,559,539	11,743,340	16,239,424	22,699,710	22,696,574	24,309,868	23,273,833	25,407,907	26,146,788	26,423,838	27,232,718
Department of Commerce	86,440	402,884	100,977	167,927	348,793	226,188	256,571	294,964	290,660	288,777	322,950	390,336
Department of Defense	5,075,119	4,637,176	6,762,782	6,632,174	8,847,936	8,162,431	7,651,865	7,811,963	7,462,384	7,611,749	7,525,513	8,059,314
Department of Energy	3,407,726	4,771,679	4,805,399	5,242,628	3,916,843	3,290,011	3,198,387	3,520,759	3,711,185	3,894,326	3,841,143	4,494,840
Department of Health and Human Services	6,966,627	11,034,736	22,332,218	36,585,254	45,748,849	40,918,501	38,894,040	41,828,296	41,534,402	43,461,019	44,224,635	45,761,386
Department of Homeland Security	†	†	†	†	621,875	367,961	389,941	398,046	396,367	351,550	324,983	306,960
Department of Housing and Urban Development	708,754	15,793	221	2,052	460	331	4,894	107	1,172	529	1,249	3,053
Department of the Interior	1,084,704	1,226,406	1,125,311	1,361,497	1,160,705	1,035,705	949,394	1,010,846	1,009,678	1,071,548	1,053,126	1,062,422
Department of Justice	97,179	180,461	187,146	429,228	253,241	247,375	238,147	257,961	248,447	281,206	252,182	201,264
Department of Labor	2,622,826	5,536,011	4,710,546	6,882,829	5,578,083	5,402,956	5,142,793	5,178,352	5,142,103	5,316,202	5,222,978	5,108,649
Department of State	369,129	74,858	96,082	569,183	922,264	818,266	884,057	894,718	927,608	914,564	889,154	930,258
Department of Transportation	170,125	162,603	142,900	171,560	184,461	191,781	194,113	179,856	189,639	193,213	196,619	232,052
Department of the Treasury	111	3,707,429	78,244	121,649	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Department of Veterans Affairs	6,382,102	6,987,806	1,420,783	2,311,875	10,124,221	12,027,626	13,720,041	14,008,578	14,396,979	14,770,582	15,011,373	14,731,751
Other agencies and programs
ACTION	†	8,420	15,891	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Agency for International Development	543,937	525,356	468,519	487,328	642,217	694,717	656,716	635,960	690,178	695,249	716,300	469,112
Appalachian Regional Commission	233,790	56,563	174	10,615	5,836	12,269	14,213	13,996	25,223	41,940	37,168	22,288
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence
in Education Foundation	†	†	1,938	4,397	4,605	4,412	4,350	3,212	2,130	3,174	3,122	3,053
Corporation for National and Community Service	†	†	†	1,020,890	986,545	827,453	773,192	810,259	807,709	833,660	766,034	748,931
Environmental Protection Agency	120,151	122,098	164,086	144,953	62,967	96,173	80,146	92,176	73,065	59,885	53,599	52,301
Estimated education share of federal aid to
the District of Columbia	204,015	243,247	196,834	186,323	183,801	166,958	236,152	225,603	157,020	136,583	167,596	150,068
Federal Emergency Management Agency	1,792	5,783	403	21,830	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
General Services Administration	91,290	103,425	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation	†	-5,632	5,408	4,397	2,302	1,323	1,631	1,071	1,065	1,058	1,041	1,018
Institute of American Indian and Alaska
Native Culture and Arts Development	†	†	8,075	2,931	9,209	9,926	8,700	9,635	9,586	12,696	12,489	15,263
Institute of Museum and Library Services	†	†	†	243,298	324,908	255,822	239,046	242,869	242,691	243,349	239,376	233,014
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation	†	†	358	10,260	2,302	2,206	2,175	2,141	2,130	2,116	2,082	2,035
Japanese-United States Friendship Commission	†	6,818	4,312	4,397	2,302	4,081	4,024	3,212	3,195	3,174	3,122	3,053
Library of Congress	182,136	451,357	356,055	438,229	588,087	513,908	480,712	487,922	494,680	496,799	521,335	519,359
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	1,596,369	759,372	2,050,687	3,045,367	1,825,120	2,525,462	2,392,563	2,449,199	2,508,765	2,668,514	2,792,376	2,945,646
National Archives and Records Administration	†	†	145,172	178,632	390,234	431,785	403,471	413,914	406,577	411,654	408,975	400,866
National Commission on Libraries and
Information Science	†	6,211	6,154	2,931	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
National Endowment for the Arts	2,101	15,514	10,461	14,726	16,591	18,303	15,127	16,515	14,388	15,198	14,796	13,588
National Endowment for the Humanities	52,266	423,762	264,561	146,586	164,213	150,105	124,156	125,827	128,041	129,001	108,794	95,029
National Science Foundation	1,826,600	2,402,521	2,980,252	4,331,347	6,369,826	6,103,919	5,765,715	5,863,354	6,186,584	6,068,520	6,198,926	6,217,082
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	†	96,857	79,394	17,881	16,691	9,485	5,872	10,063	8,521	8,464	6,141	6,105
Office of Economic Opportunity	6,749,686	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Social Security Administration	4,135,615	5,649,725	918,734	1,068,510	1,475,406	1,435,755	1,414,457	1,422,465	1,413,587	1,396,506	1,347,376	1,311,290
Smithsonian Institution	15,206	15,315	10,840	37,761	33,169	31,773	32,609	30,828	31,930	29,391	28,661	28,562
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency	618	1,964	47	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
United States Information Agency	52,043	196,774	378,038	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
United States Institute of Peace	†	†	14,295	19,053	56,405	43,013	40,236	39,611	37,278	37,349	39,428	38,548
Other agencies	8,780	2,942	1,660	440	16,461	5,515	4,132	5,139	6,071	7,512	5,724	8,853

†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.

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 2021.

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 2019. National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, fiscal years 1970 through 2018. (This table was prepared June 2020.)