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Digest of Education Statistics
1998 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Issue of the Digest

Table 360. -  Federal on-budget funds for education and related programs, in current dollars, by agency: Fiscal years 1965 to 1998 [In thousands of current dollars]
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                     Agency                      |   1965    |    1970    |    1975    |    1980    |    1983    |    1984    |    1985    |    1986    |    1987    |    1988    |    1989    |    1990    |    1991    |   1992     |    1993    |    1994    |    1995    |    1996    |    1997    |  1998\1\
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                        1                        |     2     |     3      |     4      |     5      |     6      |     7      |     8      |     9      |     10     |     11     |     12     |     13     |     14     |     15     |     16     |     17     |     18     |     19     |     20     |     21
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  Total .........................................|$5,331,016 |$12,526,499 |$23,288,120 |$34,493,502 |$34,883,900 |$36,271,011 |$39,027,876 |$39,962,901 |$41,194,718 |$43,454,423 |$48,269,575 |$51,624,342 |$57,599,476 |$60,483,092 |$67,740,618 |$68,254,206 |$71,639,520 |$71,327,361 |$73,136,767 |$75,077,477
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Department of Education .........................| 1,000,567 |  4,625,224 |  7,350,355 | 13,137,785 | 14,585,825 | 15,534,737 | 16,701,065 | 17,740,051 | 16,879,827 | 18,326,916 | 21,671,232 | 23,198,575 | 25,391,310 | 26,116,013 | 30,478,215 | 29,713,408 | 31,403,000 | 29,977,805 | 30,110,555 | 30,735,581
Department of Agriculture .......................|   768,927 |    960,910 |  2,219,352 |  4,562,467 |  4,340,869 |  4,616,372 |  4,782,274 |  5,041,317 |  5,189,779 |  5,481,976 |  5,793,616 |  6,260,843 |  6,875,216 |  7,586,729 |  8,067,050 |  8,494,772 |  9,092,089 |  9,281,044 |  9,793,122 | 10,179,474
Department of Commerce ..........................|     9,347 |     13,990 |     38,967 |    135,561 |     55,090 |     55,160 |     55,114 |     64,613 |     38,896 |     38,553 |     47,586 |     53,835 |     67,204 |     80,510 |     74,354 |     85,423 |     88,929 |     88,667 |     82,671 |     75,198
Department of Defense ...........................|   587,412 |    821,388 |  1,009,229 |  1,560,301 |  2,487,597 |  2,625,146 |  3,119,213 |  3,354,588 |  3,695,617 |  3,461,345 |  3,746,031 |  3,605,509 |  3,707,276 |  3,948,471 |  3,958,746 |  3,899,582 |  3,879,002 |  3,841,697 |  3,718,148 |  3,604,849
Department of Energy ............................|   442,434 |    551,527 |    764,676 |  1,605,558 |  1,933,068 |  2,042,881 |  2,247,822 |  2,181,391 |  2,256,799 |  2,385,966 |  2,563,978 |  2,561,950 |  2,738,862 |  2,917,137 |  2,787,423 |  2,671,660 |  2,692,314 |  3,035,169 |  3,150,530 |  3,170,735
Department of Health and Human Services .........| 1,027,537 |  1,796,854 |  3,675,225 |  5,613,930 |  4,968,658 |  4,902,016 |  5,322,356 |  5,316,853 |  6,104,812 |  6,505,428 |  6,952,995 |  7,956,011 |  9,470,027 |  9,362,010 | 10,885,245 | 11,921,727 | 12,469,563 | 12,886,323 | 13,266,326 | 13,565,579
Department of Housing and Urban Development .....|   221,256 |    114,709 |    (52,768)|      5,314 |      2,158 |      2,000 |        438 |        342 |        463 |         51 |        186 |        118 |         48 |        203 |        401 |        856 |      1,613 |      1,771 |      1,325 |      1,398
Department of the Interior ......................|   170,088 |    190,975 |    300,191 |    440,547 |    484,314 |    576,779 |    549,479 |    454,273 |    485,922 |    528,409 |    542,466 |    630,537 |    844,830 |    715,382 |    723,448 |    696,649 |    702,796 |    665,251 |    774,715 |    754,914
Department of Justice ...........................|    10,252 |     15,728 |     61,542 |     60,721 |     68,700 |     62,282 |     66,802 |     72,191 |     79,815 |     83,405 |     88,129 |     99,775 |    114,653 |    134,235 |    148,381 |    150,398 |    172,350 |    220,487 |    245,942 |    282,821
Department of Labor .............................|   230,041 |    424,494 |  1,103,935 |  1,862,738 |  1,833,392 |  1,755,839 |  1,948,685 |  1,976,960 |  2,258,631 |  2,272,228 |  2,277,556 |  2,511,380 |  3,214,695 |  3,709,531 |  4,241,590 |  4,015,434 |  3,967,914 |  4,089,862 |  4,432,267 |  4,990,139
Department of State .............................|    64,200 |     59,742 |     89,433 |     25,188 |     23,813 |     23,086 |     23,820 |     23,401 |     24,288 |     38,671 |     45,848 |     51,225 |     49,086 |     53,343 |     69,051 |     54,414 |     54,671 |     55,330 |     49,393 |     55,443
Department of Transportation ....................|       --- |     27,534 |     52,290 |     54,712 |     82,139 |     83,931 |     82,035 |     66,214 |     75,360 |     65,134 |     90,840 |     76,186 |     73,699 |     94,733 |    115,925 |    123,106 |    135,816 |    106,214 |    119,190 |    114,974
Department of the Treasury ......................|     8,240 |         18 |  1,118,840 |  1,247,463 |    287,300 |    287,905 |    290,276 |     41,257 |     19,279 |     32,768 |     39,511 |     41,715 |     60,356 |     51,779 |     56,912 |     63,301 |     49,496 |     59,145 |     51,085 |     75,496
Department of Veterans Affairs ..................|    97,237 |  1,032,918 |  4,402,212 |  2,351,233 |  1,672,348 |  1,445,049 |  1,289,849 |  1,055,948 |  1,002,109 |    966,549 |    896,435 |    757,476 |    783,789 |  1,047,579 |  1,145,108 |  1,381,925 |  1,324,382 |  1,420,731 |  1,396,746 |  1,374,221
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           Other agencies and programs           |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
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ACTION ..........................................|       --- |        --- |      7,081 |      2,833 |      1,830 |      4,975 |      1,761 |      1,368 |      3,368 |      4,110 |      4,800 |      8,472 |     11,321 |      8,600 |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        ---
Agency for International Development ............|    63,329 |     88,034 |     78,896 |    176,770 |    173,629 |    236,983 |    198,807 |    198,929 |    240,827 |    242,650 |    227,864 |    249,786 |    209,018 |    245,199 |    242,907 |    266,582 |    290,580 |    324,900 |    367,120 |    363,430
Appalachian Regional Commission .................|       --- |     37,838 |     45,786 |     19,032 |      2,899 |      4,919 |      4,745 |      6,582 |      5,445 |      6,377 |      6,145 |         93 |      3,907 |      7,608 |      7,974 |     10,242 |     10,623 |      8,322 |      6,347 |      6,750
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence       |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  in Education Foundation .......................|       --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        753 |      1,033 |      1,941 |      2,900 |      3,023 |      2,789 |      3,000 |      3,000 |      3,000 |      3,000
Corporation for National and Community Service ..|       --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |      8,500 |     93,250 |    214,600 |    279,000 |    361,000 |    374,000
Environmental Protection Agency .................|       --- |     19,446 |     33,875 |     41,083 |     43,557 |     43,700 |     60,521 |     69,718 |     67,465 |     58,053 |     64,517 |     87,481 |     62,753 |    152,012 |    124,500 |     98,241 |    125,721 |     75,744 |     82,220 |     90,360
Estimated education share of federal aid to      |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  the District of Columbia ......................|    11,350 |     33,019 |     55,487 |     81,847 |     97,516 |     97,385 |    107,340 |    101,844 |    126,942 |    122,366 |    103,764 |    104,940 |    125,835 |    130,371 |    139,755 |     97,752 |     78,796 |     70,427 |     97,146 |    109,900
Federal Emergency Management Agency .............|       --- |        290 |        290 |      1,946 |      1,195 |        351 |      1,828 |        290 |        290 |        290 |         77 |        215 |         33 |        261 |     76,467 |     85,200 |    170,400 |      7,500 |     95,661 |     50,000
General Services Administration .................|     4,013 |     14,775 |     22,532 |     34,800 |     44,200 |     50,894 |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        ---
Harry S Truman Scholarship fund .................|       --- |        --- |        --- |     (1,895)|      1,795 |      1,929 |      1,332 |      2,441 |      2,717 |      2,815 |      2,851 |      2,883 |      2,968 |      2,401 |      2,894 |      2,323 |      3,000 |      3,000 |      3,000 |      4,000
Institute of American Indian and Alaskan         |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Native Culture and Arts Development ...........|       --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |      3,094 |      4,305 |      5,447 |      6,612 |      7,462 |     12,213 |     13,000 |      6,000 |      6,000 |      4,000
Institute of Museum and Library Services ........|       --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |    135,000 |    192,000
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation ....|       --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |     13,200 |     10,005 |        191 |        531 |        885 |      1,298 |      1,464 |      2,000 |      2,000 |      2,000 |      2,000
Japanese-United States Friendship Commission ....|       --- |        --- |        --- |      2,294 |      2,364 |      1,611 |      2,236 |        235 |      3,225 |      2,274 |      3,004 |      2,299 |      1,377 |      1,610 |      1,503 |      1,585 |      2,000 |      2,000 |      1,000 |      2,000
Library of Congress .............................|    15,111 |     29,478 |     63,766 |    151,871 |    154,198 |    164,080 |    169,310 |    166,130 |    160,835 |    160,505 |    177,954 |    189,827 |    279,745 |    296,044 |    311,453 |    312,724 |    241,000 |    252,000 |    261,000 |    277,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...|   208,788 |    258,366 |    197,901 |    255,511 |    367,763 |    354,528 |    487,624 |    490,948 |    787,391 |    899,897 |    978,778 |  1,093,303 |  1,275,970 |  1,383,422 |  1,374,042 |  1,418,765 |  1,757,900 |  1,760,492 |  1,658,142 |  1,705,086
National Archives and Records Administration ....|       --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |     52,118 |     55,252 |     59,521 |     65,153 |     86,266 |     77,397 |     81,462 |     99,412 |    106,975 |    110,411 |    105,172 |    104,536 |    110,541 |    114,864
National Commission on Libraries and             |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Information Science ...........................|       --- |        --- |        449 |      2,090 |        681 |        733 |        723 |        781 |        512 |        522 |        839 |      3,281 |      3,447 |      1,437 |        867 |        724 |      1,000 |      1,000 |      1,000 |      1,000
National Endowment for the Arts .................|       --- |        340 |      4,754 |      5,220 |      4,701 |      5,197 |      5,536 |      5,188 |      5,394 |      5,550 |      5,655 |      5,577 |      6,498 |      8,286 |      7,784 |      7,221 |      9,421 |      4,548 |      7,222 |      7,703
National Endowment for the Humanities ...........|       --- |      8,459 |     63,955 |    142,586 |    123,315 |    127,571 |    125,671 |    121,125 |    124,407 |    125,230 |    137,076 |    141,048 |    149,832 |    159,103 |    160,275 |    157,468 |    151,727 |     93,359 |     94,770 |     93,175
National Science Foundation .....................|   181,216 |    295,628 |    535,294 |    808,392 |    907,917 |  1,035,746 |  1,147,115 |  1,147,273 |  1,270,415 |  1,329,520 |  1,472,835 |  1,588,891 |  1,738,471 |  1,875,072 |  2,080,154 |  2,031,024 |  2,086,195 |  2,303,485 |  2,395,037 |  2,473,321
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...................|       --- |        --- |      7,093 |     32,590 |     37,987 |     36,400 |     30,261 |     27,472 |     29,176 |     25,676 |     25,690 |     42,328 |     23,860 |     27,418 |     22,934 |     20,227 |     22,188 |     16,828 |     16,141 |     13,432
Office of Economic Opportunity ..................|   189,871 |  1,092,410 |     16,619 |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        ---
Smithsonian Institution .........................|     2,233 |      2,461 |      5,509 |      5,153 |      6,073 |      5,758 |      7,886 |      6,191 |      6,545 |      5,393 |      5,880 |      5,779 |      5,906 |      6,578 |      7,828 |     10,059 |      9,961 |      9,908 |      7,669 |      7,684
United States Arms Control Agency ...............|       --- |        100 |        --- |        661 |        157 |        --- |        395 |        276 |      3,244 |      2,633 |      1,619 |         25 |         69 |        100 |         25 |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        ---
United States Information Agency ................|     7,512 |      8,423 |      9,405 |     66,210 |     86,556 |     83,768 |    143,007 |    170,514 |    179,653 |    189,464 |    185,521 |    201,547 |    208,181 |    237,226 |    288,059 |    230,493 |    294,800 |    257,400 |    219,800 |    187,000
United States Institute of Peace ................|       --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        230 |      4,083 |      3,476 |      7,232 |      7,621 |      8,238 |     11,350 |     10,468 |     10,794 |     12,000 |     11,000 |     11,000 |     12,000
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Other agencies ..................................|    10,055 |      1,421 |      5,949 |        990 |        296 |      1,300 |        432 |        715 |      1,666 |      1,870 |        947 |        885 |      1,616 |      1,532 |      1,622 |        --- |        500 |      1,418 |      2,935 |      2,950
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\1\Estimated.
---Data not available or not applicable.

NOTE.--To the extent possible, amounts reported represent outlays, rather than obligations. Some data have been revised from previously published data. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

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 1982 to 1999; National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, fiscal years 1965 to 1998; and unpublished data obtained from various federal agencies. (This table was prepared May 1998.)


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