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Table 352.Federal on-budget funds for education, by agency: Fiscal years 1965 to 1995
[In thousands of dollars]

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                          Agency                          |    1965    |    1970    |    1975    |    1980    |    1985    |    1990    |   1992     |    1994    |  1995\1\
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                            1                             |     2      |     3      |     4      |     5      |     6      |     7      |     8      |     9      |     10
__________________________________________________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________
  Total ..................................................| $5,331,016 |$12,526,499 |$23,288,120 |$34,493,502 |$39,027,876 |$51,624,342 |$60,479,844 |$63,800,309 |$73,828,136
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Department of Education ..................................|  1,000,567 |  4,625,224 |  7,350,355 | 13,137,785 | 16,701,065 | 23,198,575 | 26,116,013 | 24,923,412 | 32,947,447
Department of Agriculture ................................|    768,927 |    960,910 |  2,219,352 |  4,562,467 |  4,782,274 |  6,260,843 |  7,586,729 |  8,509,703 |  9,050,022
Department of Commerce ...................................|      9,347 |     13,990 |     38,967 |    135,561 |     55,114 |     53,835 |     80,510 |     74,632 |    107,997
Department of Defense ....................................|    587,412 |    821,388 |  1,009,229 |  1,560,301 |  3,119,213 |  3,605,509 |  3,948,471 |  3,994,158 |  3,744,500
Department of Energy .....................................|    442,434 |    551,527 |    764,676 |  1,605,558 |  2,247,822 |  2,561,950 |  2,917,137 |  2,734,647 |  2,608,273
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Department of Health and Human Services ..................|  1,027,537 |  1,796,854 |  3,675,225 |  5,613,930 |  5,322,356 |  7,956,011 |  9,362,010 | 11,941,577 | 12,681,615
Department of Housing and Urban Development ..............|    221,256 |    114,709 |    -52,768 |      5,314 |        438 |        118 |        203 |        592 |        600
Department of the Interior ...............................|    170,088 |    190,975 |    300,191 |    440,547 |    549,479 |    630,537 |    715,382 |    688,568 |    691,130
Department of Justice ....................................|     10,252 |     15,728 |     61,542 |     60,721 |     66,802 |     99,775 |    134,235 |    148,828 |    168,890
Department of Labor ......................................|    230,041 |    424,494 |  1,103,935 |  1,862,738 |  1,948,685 |  2,511,380 |  3,709,531 |  4,015,360 |  4,308,998
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Department of State ......................................|     64,200 |     59,742 |     89,433 |     25,188 |     23,820 |     51,225 |     53,343 |     54,414 |     49,254
Department of Transportation .............................|        --- |     27,534 |     52,290 |     54,712 |     82,035 |     76,186 |     91,485 |    125,307 |    126,129
Department of Treasury ...................................|      8,240 |         18 |  1,118,840 |  1,247,463 |    290,276 |     41,715 |     51,779 |     62,159 |     64,107
Department of Veterans Affairs ...........................|     97,237 |  1,032,918 |  4,402,212 |  2,351,233 |  1,289,849 |    757,476 |  1,047,579 |  1,382,493 |  1,531,284
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               Other agencies and programs:               |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
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ACTION ...................................................|        --- |        --- |      7,081 |      2,833 |      1,761 |      8,472 |      8,600 |        --- |        ---
Agency for International Development .....................|     63,329 |     88,034 |     78,896 |    176,770 |    198,807 |    249,786 |    245,199 |    270,275 |    234,579
Appalachian Regional Commission ..........................|        --- |     37,838 |     45,786 |     19,032 |      4,745 |         93 |      7,608 |     10,242 |     10,242
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Education Foundation ...................................|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |      1,033 |      2,900 |      2,789 |      2,871
Corporation for National and Community Service ...........|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |     93,250 |    145,900
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Environmental Protection Agency ..........................|        --- |     19,446 |     33,875 |     41,083 |     60,521 |     87,481 |    152,012 |    113,844 |    101,535
Estimated education share of Federal aid to the           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  District of Columbia ...................................|     11,350 |     33,019 |     55,487 |     81,847 |    107,340 |    104,940 |    130,371 |     97,752 |     83,869
Federal Emergency Management Agency ......................|        --- |        290 |        290 |      1,946 |      1,828 |        215 |        261 |     85,200 |    170,400
General Services Administration ..........................|      4,013 |     14,775 |     22,532 |     34,800 |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        ---
Harry S Truman scholarship fund ..........................|        --- |        --- |        --- |     -1,895 |      1,332 |      2,883 |      2,401 |      2,323 |      3,571
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Institute of American Indian and Alaskan Native           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Culture and Arts Development ...........................|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |      4,305 |      6,612 |     12,213 |     11,563
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation ........     |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        191 |        885 |      1,464 |      2,207
Japanese-United States Friendship Commission .............|        --- |        --- |        --- |      2,294 |      2,236 |      2,299 |      1,610 |      1,585 |      2,107
Library of Congress ......................................|     15,111 |     29,478 |     63,766 |    151,871 |    169,310 |    189,827 |    296,044 |    312,724 |    337,417
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ............|    208,788 |    258,366 |    197,901 |    255,511 |    487,624 |  1,093,303 |  1,383,422 |  1,554,608 |  1,814,311
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National Archives and Records Administration .............|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |     52,118 |     77,397 |     99,412 |    110,411 |    103,390
National Commission on Libraries and                      |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Information Science ....................................|        --- |        --- |        449 |      2,090 |        723 |      3,281 |      1,437 |        724 |      1,033
National Endowment for the Arts ..........................|        --- |        340 |      4,754 |      5,220 |      5,536 |      5,577 |      8,286 |      7,221 |      7,110
National Endowment for the Humanities ....................|        --- |      8,459 |     63,955 |    142,586 |    125,671 |    141,048 |    159,103 |    158,953 |    159,500
National Science Foundation ..............................|    181,216 |    295,628 |    535,294 |    808,392 |  1,147,115 |  1,588,891 |  1,875,072 |  2,025,826 |  2,231,120
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission ............................|        --- |        --- |      7,093 |     32,590 |     30,261 |     42,328 |     27,418 |     25,735 |     25,060
Office of Economic Opportunity ...........................|    189,871 |  1,092,410 |     16,619 |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        ---
Smithsonian Institution ..................................|      2,233 |      2,461 |      5,509 |      5,153 |      7,886 |      5,779 |      6,578 |     10,059 |      9,986
United States Arms Control Agency ........................|        --- |        100 |        --- |        661 |        395 |         25 |        100 |        --- |        ---
United States Information Agency .........................|      7,512 |      8,423 |      9,405 |     66,210 |    143,007 |    201,547 |    237,226 |    230,493 |    271,789
United States Institute of Peace .........................|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |      7,621 |     11,350 |     10,794 |     12,255
Other agencies ...........................................|     10,055 |      1,421 |      5,949 |        990 |        432 |        885 |      1,532 |      5,975 |      6,075
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\1\Estimated.

---Data not available or not applicable.

NOTE.--To the extent possible, amounts reported represent outlays, rather than obligations.

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 1967 to 1996; National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, fiscal years 1965 to 1995; and unpublished data obtained from various Federal agencies. (This table was prepared May 1995.)


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