BTS | Table 3-28: Cash Balances of the Transportation-Related Federal Trust Funds, Fiscal Year

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Table 3-28: Cash Balances of the Transportation-Related Federal Trust Funds, Fiscal Year

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	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
TOTAL, all funds
Current $	16,441	20,483	31,795	35,697	37,475	36,499	31,916	32,345	31,139	31,306	30,637	44,323	48,175	45,550	(R) 44,250	(R) 38,385	(R) 28,885	(R) 26,852	28,876
Chained^a 2000 $	30,847	29,272	41,216	44,492	45,368	43,047	36,659	36,138	33,853	33,471	32,416	45,749	48,175	44,698	(R) 41,891	(R) 34,866	(R) 25,063	(R) 22,242	22,986
Airport / Airway Trust Fund
Current $	5,442	7,426	14,355	15,263	15,204	12,850	12,386	11,365	7,692	6,358	9,411	12,446	13,934	14,485	12,642	12,397	11,669	11,290	10,336
Chained^a 2000 $	10,210	10,613	18,609	19,024	18,406	15,155	14,227	12,698	8,363	6,798	9,958	12,846	13,934	14,214	11,968	11,260	10,125	9,352	8,228
Highway Trust Fund, highway account
Current $	10,999	10,361	9,629	10,246	11,300	11,523	7,927	9,421	11,658	12,575	8,519	19,206	22,553	20,372	(R) 16,136	(R) 12,991	(R) 10,791	(R) 10,594	8,865
Chained^a 2000 $	20,636	14,807	12,482	12,770	13,680	13,590	9,105	10,526	12,674	13,444	9,014	19,824	22,553	19,991	(R) 15,276	(R) 11,800	(R) 9,363	(R) 8,775	7,057
Highway Trust Fund, transit account
Current $	N	2,524	7,155	9,250	9,798	10,617	9,945	9,579	9,525	9,857	10,051	9,753	8,547	7,368	6,096	4,823	3,776	1,950	6,204
Chained^a 2000 $	N	3,607	9,275	11,529	11,862	12,522	11,423	10,702	10,355	10,539	10,635	10,067	8,547	7,230	5,771	4,381	3,276	1,615	4,939
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
Current $	N	N	30	74	121	305	451	621	865	1,106	1,246	1,556	1,621	1,777	1,850	2,001	2,299	2,695	3,234
Chained^a 2000 $	N	N	39	92	146	360	518	694	940	1,182	1,318	1,606	1,621	1,744	1,751	1,818	1,995	2,232	2,574
Inland Waterway Trust Fund
Current $	N	172	281	217	186	180	214	238	275	300	327	345	364	404	392	383	350	323	237
Chained^a 2000 $	N	246	364	270	225	212	246	266	299	321	346	356	364	396	371	348	304	268	189
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
Current $	N	N	345	647	866	1,024	993	1,121	1,124	1,110	1,083	1,017	1,156	1,144	1,037	966	856	759	620
Chained^a 2000 $	N	N	447	806	1,048	1,208	1,141	1,252	1,222	1,187	1,146	1,050	1,156	1,123	982	877	743	629	494

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.

Note

^a Chained dollars calculated using a federal government price index see source for more information

Previous editions of NTS reported balance of total highway trust fund instead of the highway acount of the highway trust fund from 2002-2005

Reported figures are cash balance at the end of the year for all trust funds.

SOURCES

1980-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transportation Receipts and Outlays in the Federal Budget, Fiscal Years 1977-94 (Washington, DC: April 1997), table 1-3.

1995-2004: U.S. Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the United States Government, Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual issues).

2007: U.S. Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the United States Government, Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual issues).

Chained dollar deflator

2007: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Interactive Access to National Income and Product Accounts Tables, table 3.9.4, "Price Indexes for Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment," Internet site http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb as of Dec. 5, 2007.