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Table 3-34: Cash Balances of the Transportation-Related Federal Trust Funds, Fiscal Year

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  1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 (R) 1994 1995 (R) 1996 (R) 1997 (R) 1998 (R) 1999 2000 (R) 2001 (R) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
TOTAL, all funds                                              
Current $ 16,441 20,483 31,795 35,697 37,475 36,499 33,588 (R) 32,385 31,802 31,383 38,375 44,515 (R) 48,176 45,534 38,176 (R) 33,562 (R) 29,758 (R) 27,609 (R) 29,529 30,222 32,125 29,331 45,640
Chained 2005 $ 39,456 37,259 50,146 54,411 55,704 52,937 47,428 (R) 44,514 42,695 41,373 49,916 56,109 (R) 58,386 53,719 43,879 (R) 37,024 (R) 31,480 (R) 27,609 28,166 (R) 27,509 (R) 27,932 25,584 39,070
Airport / Airway Trust Fund                                              
Current $ 5,442 7,426 14,355 15,263 15,204 12,850 12,386 11,365 7,875 6,442 9,140 12,446 13,934 14,485 12,642 12,397 11,669 11,290 10,336 10,103 9,705 8,780 9,428
Chained 2005 $ 13,060 13,508 22,640 23,265 22,599 18,637 17,490 15,621 10,572 8,493 11,889 15,688 16,887 17,089 14,531 13,676 12,344 11,290 9,859 (R) 9,196 (R) 8,438 7,658 8,071
Highway Trust Fund, highway account                                              
Current $ 10,999 10,361 9,629 10,246 11,300 11,523 9,517 9,421 12,118 12,577 16,535 19,206 (R) 22,554 20,372 16,136 (R) 12,991 (R) 10,807 (R) 10,592 (R) 9,014 8,110 10,032 8,881 20,743
Chained 2005 $ 26,396 18,847 15,186 15,617 16,797 16,713 13,439 12,950 16,268 16,580 21,508 24,208 27,333 24,033 18,547 14,331 (R) 11,433 (R) 10,592 8,598 (R) 7,382 (R) 8,723 7,747 17,758
Highway Trust Fund, transit account                                              
Current $ N 2,524 7,155 9,250 9,798 10,617 9,945 9,579 9,525 9,858 10,051 9,753 8,547 7,369 6,097 4,823 (R) 3,777 1,950 (R) 6,223 7,306 6,787 5,212 8,489
Chained 2005 $ N 4,591 11,285 14,100 14,564 15,399 14,043 13,166 12,787 12,996 13,073 12,293 (R) 10,359 8,693 7,007 5,321 (R) 3,995 1,950 5,936 (R) 6,650 (R) 5,901 4,546 7,267
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund                                              
Current $ N N 30 74 121 305 451 621 865 1,106 1,246 1,736 1,621 1,777 1,854 2,001 2,299 2,695 3,234 3,751 4,559 5,004 5,474
Chained 2005 $ N N 47 113 180 442 637 854 1,161 1,458 1,621 2,188 1,965 2,096 2,131 2,207 2,432 2,695 3,085 (R) 3,414 (R) 3,964 4,365 4,686
Inland Waterway Trust Fund                                              
Current $ N 172 281 217 186 180 214 (R) 278 301 300 327 357 364 389 412 383 350 323 237 138 29 16 38
Chained 2005 $ N 313 443 331 276 261 303 (R) 382 404 395 425 450 441 459 474 423 370 323 226 126 25 14 33
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund                                              
Current $ N N 345 647 866 1,024 1,074 1,121 1,119 1,101 1,076 1,017 1,156 1,143 1,035 966 856 759 485 814 1,013 1,437 1,467
Chained 2005 $ N N 544 986 1,287 1,485 1,516 1,541 1,502 1,451 1,400 1,282 1,401 1,348 1,190 1,066 906 759 463 (R) 741 (R) 881 1,253 1,256

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

NOTES

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

The chained dollar numbers are not comparable to the data published in 2009 and before editions of NTS due to changes in the reference (base) year of the deflators used.

SOURCES

Highway:

1980: 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.

1985-2010: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), tables FE10 and FE210, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of July 12, 2011.

All others:

1980-1994: 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.

1995-2010: U.S. Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the United States Government, Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), available at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/browse.html as of July 12, 2011.

Chained dollar deflator:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Interactive Access to National Income and Product Accounts Tables, table 3.9.4, available at http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb as of July 12, 2011.




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