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ANALYTICAL
PERSPECTIVES

BUDGET OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Fiscal Year 2009

THE BUDGET DOCUMENTS

Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2009
contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the
President’s priorities, and budget overviews organized by agency.
Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2009 contains analyses that are designed to highlight specified subject areas or provide other significant presentations
of budget data that place the budget in perspective. This volume
includes economic and accounting analyses; information on Federal
receipts and collections; analyses of Federal spending; information
on Federal borrowing and debt; baseline or current services estimates;
and other technical presentations.
The Analytical Perspectives volume also contains supplemental material with several detailed tables, including tables showing the budget by agency and account and by function, subfunction, and program,
that is available on the Internet and as a CD-ROM in the printed
document.
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Fiscal Year 2009 provides data on budget receipts, outlays, surpluses or deficits, Federal debt, and Federal employment over an
extended time period, generally from 1940 or earlier to 2009 or 2013.
To the extent feasible, the data have been adjusted to provide consistency with the 2009 Budget and to provide comparability over time.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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List of Charts and Tables .............................................................................................

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Introduction
1.

Introduction .......................................................................................................

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Performance and Management Assessments
2.

Performance Improvement Initiative ...............................................................

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Crosscutting Programs
3.

Homeland Security Funding Analysis .............................................................

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Strengthening Federal Statistics .....................................................................

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Research and Development ..............................................................................

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Federal Investment ...........................................................................................

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Credit and Insurance ........................................................................................

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Aid to State and Local Governments ...............................................................

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Integrating Services with Information Technology ........................................

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10.

Federal Drug Control Funding .........................................................................

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11.

California-Federal Bay-Delta Program Budget Crosscut (CALFED) ............

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Economic Assumptions and Analyses
12.

Economic Assumptions ......................................................................................

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Stewardship .......................................................................................................

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National Income and Product Accounts ..........................................................

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Budget Reform Proposals
15.

Budget Reform Proposals ..................................................................................

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Federal Borrowing and Debt
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Federal Borrowing and Debt ............................................................................

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Federal Receipts and Collections
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Federal Receipts ................................................................................................

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User Charges and Other Collections ...............................................................

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Tax Expenditures ..............................................................................................

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Dimensions of the Budget
20.

Comparison of Actual to Estimated Totals .....................................................

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Outlays to the Public, Gross and Net ..............................................................

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Trust Funds and Federal Funds ......................................................................

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Off-Budget Federal Entities and Non-Budgetary Activities ..........................

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Federal Employment and Compensation ........................................................

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Current Services Estimates
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Current Services Estimates ..............................................................................

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The Budget System and Concepts
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The Budget System and Concepts ...................................................................

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Detailed Functional Tables
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Budget Authority and Outlays by Function, Category, and Program ..........

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Federal Programs by Agency and Account
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Federal Programs by Agency and Account ......................................................

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LIST OF CHARTS
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Program Ratings are Improving ........................................................................................................
ICSP Statistical Quality and Program Performance Dimensions ...................................................
Most Recent PART Summary Ratings for Statistical Programs .....................................................
American Competitiveness Initiative Research ................................................................................
2008 ACI Research Funding ..............................................................................................................
Scores of R&D PART Assessments ....................................................................................................
Financial Services Regulatory Systems Top 15 Non-U.S. Financial Centers ................................
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Combined Retained Mortgage Portfolios Year-End 2006 .............
Mortgage Purchases and Securitization by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Change in Federal Home Loan Bank Advances as a Share of Single-Family Mortgage Originations, First
Three Quarters of 2007 ...................................................................................................................
Face Value of Federal Credit Outstanding .......................................................................................
The Financial Condition of the Federal Government and the Nation ............................................
Net Federal Liabilities ........................................................................................................................
Health Care Cost Alternatives ...........................................................................................................
Effect of Entitlement Savings ............................................................................................................
Alternative Receipts Projections ........................................................................................................
Alternative Productivity Assumptions ..............................................................................................
Alternative Fertility Assumptions .....................................................................................................
Alternative Immigration Assumptions ..............................................................................................
Alternative Mortality Assumptions ...................................................................................................
Sources of the Gross Tax Gap ............................................................................................................
Major Provisions of the Tax Code Under the 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2006 Enacted Tax Relief ....
Illustrative Range of Budget Outcomes ............................................................................................
2009 Budget Executive Branch Civilian FTE ...................................................................................
Relationship of Budget Authority to Outlays for 2009 ....................................................................

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Crosscutting Programs
Homeland Security Funding Analysis:
3–1. Homeland Security Funding by Agency ..................................................................................
3–2. Policy Estimates—Homeland Security Funding by National Strategy Mission Area .........
3–3. Intelligence and Warning Funding ..........................................................................................
3–4. Border and Transportation Security Funding ........................................................................
3–5. Domestic Counterterrorism Funding .......................................................................................
3–6. Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets Funding .................................................
3–7. Defending Against Catastrophic Threats Funding ................................................................
3–8. Emergency Preparedness and Response Funding ..................................................................
3–9. Discretionary Fee-Funded Homeland Security Activities by Agency ...................................
3–10. Mandatory Homeland Security Funding by Agency ..............................................................
3–11. Baseline Estimates—Total Homeland Security Funding by Agency ....................................
3–12. Homeland Security Funding by Budget Function ..................................................................
3–13. Baseline Estimates—Homeland Security Funding by Budget Function ..............................

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Appendix—Homeland Security Mission Funding by Agency and Budget Account .............
Strengthening Federal Statistics:
4–1. 2007–2009 Budget Authority for Principal Statistical Agencies ...........................................
Research and Development:
5–1. *COM041*Federal Research and Development ......................................................................
5–2. Federal Science and Technology Budget .................................................................................
5–3. Agency Detail of Selected Interagency R&D Efforts ..............................................................
Federal Investment:
6–1. Composition of Federal Investment Outlays ..........................................................................
6–2. Federal Investment Budget Authority and Outlays: Grant and Direct Federal Programs
6–3. Summary of PART Ratings and Scores for Direct Federal Investment Programs ..............
6–4. Net Stock of Federally Financed Physical Capital .................................................................
6–5. Net Stock of Federally Financed Research and Development ...............................................
6–6. Net Stock of Federally Financed Education Capital ..............................................................
Credit and Insurance:
Text Tables:
Summary of PART Scores .....................................................................................................
Regulators of Financial Institutions ....................................................................................
Largest Ten Claims Against the PBGC’s Single-Employer Insurance Program,
1975–2006 ..............................................................................................................................
7–1. Estimated Future Cost of Outstanding Federal Credit Programs ........................................
7–2. Reestimates of Credit Subsidies on Loans Disbursed Between 1992–2007 .........................
7–3. Direct Loan Subsidy Rates, Budget Authority, and Loan Levels, 2007–2009 .....................
7–4. Loan Guarantee Subsidy Rates, Budget Authority, and Loan Levels, 2007–2009 ..............
7–5. Summary of Federal Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees .....................................................
7–6. Direct Loan Write-offs and Guaranteed Loan Terminations for Defaults ...........................
7–7. Appropriations Acts Limitations on Credit Loan Levels .......................................................
7–8. Face Value of Government-Sponsored Lending ......................................................................
7–9. Lending and Borrowing By Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) ............................
7–10. Direct Loan Transactions of the Federal Government ...........................................................
7–11. Guaranteed Loan Transactions of the Federal Government .................................................
Aid to State and Local Governments:
8–1. Federal Grant Outlays by Agency ...........................................................................................
8–2. Summary of PART Ratings and Scores for Grants to State and Local Governments ........
8–3. Trends in Federal Grants to State and Local Governments .................................................
8–4. Federal Grants to State and Local Governments—Budget Authority and Outlays ............
8–5. Summary of Programs by Agency, Bureau, and Program .....................................................
8–6. Summary of Programs by State ...............................................................................................
8–7. School Breakfast Program ........................................................................................................
8–8. National School Lunch Program ..............................................................................................
8–9. Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) .........
8–10. Child and Adult Care Food Program .......................................................................................
8–11. State Administrative Matching Grants for Food Stamp Program ........................................
8–12. Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies .........................................................................
8–13. Improving Teacher Quality State Grants ...............................................................................
8–14. Special Education—Grants to States ......................................................................................
8–15. Rehabilitation Services—Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States ..................................
8–16. State Children’s Health Insurance Program ..........................................................................
8–17. Grants to States for Medicaid ..................................................................................................
8–18. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)—Family Assistance Grants ................

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8–19.

Child Support Enforcement—Federal Share of State and Local Administrative Costs
and Incentives ........................................................................................................................
8–20. Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program .....................................................................
8–21. Child Care and Development Block Grant .............................................................................
8–22. Child Care and Development Fund—Mandatory ...................................................................
8–23. Child Care and Development Fund—Matching ......................................................................
8–24. Head Start .................................................................................................................................
8–25. Foster Care—Title IV-E ............................................................................................................
8–26. Adoption Assistance ..................................................................................................................
8–27. Social Services Block Grant .....................................................................................................
8–28. Public Housing Operating Fund ..............................................................................................
8–29. Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers ........................................................................................
8–30. Public Housing Capital Fund ...................................................................................................
8–31. Community Development Block Grants ..................................................................................
8–32. HOME Investment Partnerships Program .............................................................................
8–33. Airport Improvement Program ................................................................................................
8–34. Highway Planning and Construction ......................................................................................
8–35. Federal Transit Formula Grants and Research .....................................................................
8–36. Universal Service Fund E-Rate ...............................................................................................
Integrating Services with Information Technology:
9–1. Effectiveness of Agencys’ IT Management and E-Gov Processes ..........................................
9–2. Management Guidance .............................................................................................................
9–3. Management Watch List for FY 2008 .....................................................................................
9–4. High Risk IT Project List As of September 30, 2007 .............................................................
9–5. Agencies with IT Investments on the Management Watch List ...........................................
9–6. FY 2009 Exhibit 300 Evaluation Criteria ...............................................................................
9–7. Comparison of the Management Watch List by Fiscal Year .................................................
9–8. Number of Recurring Investments on the Management Watch List ....................................
9–9. Lines of Business (LoB) Update ...............................................................................................
9–10. Status of E-Government Initiatives .........................................................................................
Federal Drug Control Funding:
10–1. Federal Drug Control Funding, FY 2007–2009 ......................................................................
California-Federal Bay-Delta Program Budget Crosscut (CALFED):
Text Table:
CALFED-Related Federal Funding Budget Crosscut .....................................................
CALFED FY 1998–2009 Budget Crosscut Methodology .................................................
CALFED Federal Agency Funding—Summary by Category and Agency Breakout ....
CALFED Project Descriptions ..........................................................................................
CALFED Fiscal Years 2006–2007 Federal Funding .......................................................
CALFED Fiscal Years 2008–2009 Funding Under New and Old Authority ................
CALFED State Agency Funding .......................................................................................
Department of the Interior Certification of Budget Numbers .......................................
Economic Assumptions and Analyses
Economic Assumptions:
12–1. Economic Assumptions .............................................................................................................
12–2. Comparison of Economic Assumptions ....................................................................................
12–3. Comparison of Economic Assumptions in the 2008 and 2009 Budgets ................................
12–4. Adjusted Structural Balance ....................................................................................................
12–5. Sensitivity of the Budget to Economic Assumptions ..............................................................
Stewardship:
13–1. Government Assets and Liabilities ..........................................................................................

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13–2. Long-Run Budget Projections ...................................................................................................
13–3. Scheduled Benefits in Excess of Future Taxes and Premiums—Actuarial Present Values
13–4. Sources of the Tax Gap from Income Underreporting ...........................................................
13–5. National Wealth ........................................................................................................................
13–6. Trends in National Wealth .......................................................................................................
13–7. Economic and Social Indicators ...............................................................................................
National Income and Product Accounts:
14–1. Federal Transactions in the National Income and Product Accounts, 1998–2009 ..............
14–2. Relationship of the Budget to the Federal Sector, NIPA’s ....................................................
Budget Reform Proposals
Budget Reform Proposals:
15–1. Mandatory Proposals Subject to PAYGO ................................................................................
15–2. Discretionary Caps and Adjustments ......................................................................................
15–3. Program Integrity Base and Cap Adjustments ......................................................................
15–4. Direct Savings Estimated from 2009 Program Integrity Funding ........................................
15–5. Transportation Category for Highways and Mass Transit Spending ...................................
Federal Borrowing and Debt
Federal Borrowing and Debt:
16–1. Trends in Federal Debt Held by the Public ............................................................................
16–2. Federal Government Financing and Debt ...............................................................................
16–3. Agency Debt ...............................................................................................................................
16–4. Debt Held by Government Accounts .......................................................................................
16–5. Federal Funds Financing and Change in Debt Subject to Statutory Limit .........................
16–6. Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt ............................................................................................
Federal Receipts and Collections
Federal Receipts:
17–1. Receipts by Source—Summary ................................................................................................
17–2. Effect on Receipts of Changes in the Social Security Taxable Earnings Base ....................
17–3. Effect of Proposals on Receipts ................................................................................................
17–4. Receipts by Source ....................................................................................................................
User Charges and Other Collections:
18–1. Gross Outlays, User Charges, Other Offsetting Collections and Receipts from the Public,
and Net Outlays ....................................................................................................................
18–2. Total User Charge Collections .................................................................................................
18–3. User Fee and Other User Charge Proposals ..........................................................................
18–4. Offsetting Collections and Receipts from the Public ..............................................................
18–5. Offsetting Receipts by Type .....................................................................................................
Tax Expenditures:
19–1. Estimates of Total Income Tax Expenditures .........................................................................
19–2. Estimates of Tax Expenditures for the Corporate and Individual Income Taxes ...............
19–3. Income Tax Expenditures Ranked by Total 2009–2013 Projected Revenue Effect .............
19–4. Present Value of Selected Tax Expenditures for Activity in Calendar Year 2007 ..............
Appendix A: Treasury Review of the Tax Expenditure Presentation ......................................................
Appendix Tables:
1. Comparison of Current Tax Expenditures with Those Implied by a Comprehensive Income Tax ................................................................................................................................
2. Comparison of Current Tax Expenditures with Those Implied by a Comprehensive Consumption Tax .........................................................................................................................
3. Revised Tax Expenditure Estimates .......................................................................................
Appendix B: Performance Measures and the Economic Effects of Tax Expenditures ............................

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Dimensions of the Budget
Comparison of Actual to Estimated Totals:
20–1. Comparison of Actual 2007 Receipts with the Initial Current Services Estimates .............
20–2. Comparison of Actual 2007 Outlays with the Initial Current Services Estimates .............
20–3. Comparison of the Actual 2007 Deficit with the Initial Current Services Estimate ...........
20–4. Comparison of Actual and Estimated Outlays for Mandatory and Related Programs
Under Current Law ...............................................................................................................
20–5. Reconciliation of Final Amounts for 2007 ...............................................................................
20–6. Comparison of Estimated and Actual Surpluses or Deficits Since 1982 ..............................
20–7. Differences Between Estimated and Actual Surpluses or Deficits for Five-Year Budget
Estimates Since 1982 ............................................................................................................
Outlays to Public, Gross and Net:
21–1. Total Outlays, Gross and Net of Offsetting Collections and Receipts from the Public, by
Agency, 2007–2009 ................................................................................................................
Trust Funds and Federal Funds:
22–1. Receipts, Outlays, and Surplus or Deficit by Fund Group ....................................................
22–2. Income, Outgo, and Balances of Trust Funds Group .............................................................
22–3. Comparison of Total Federal Fund and Trust Fund Receipts to Unified Budget Receipts,
Fiscal Year 2007 ....................................................................................................................
22–4. Income, Outgo, and Balances of Major Trust Funds ..............................................................
22–5. Income, Outgo, and Balances of Selected Federal Funds ......................................................
Off-Budget Federal Entities and Non-Budgetary Activities:
23–1. Comparison of Total, On-Budget, and Off-Budget Transactions ...........................................
Federal Employment and Compensation:
Text Table:
Overseas Staffing Under Chief of Mission Authority .........................................................
24–1. Federal Civilian Employment in the Executive Branch ........................................................
24–2. Total Federal Employment (as measured by Full-Time Equivalents) ..................................
24–3. Personnel Compensation and Benefits ....................................................................................
Current Service Estimates
Current Service Estimates:
25–1. Baseline Category Totals ..........................................................................................................
25–2. Impact of Budget Policy ............................................................................................................
25–3. Alternative Baseline Assumptions ...........................................................................................
25–4. Summary of Economic Assumptions .......................................................................................
25–5. Beneficiary Projections for Major Benefit Programs ..............................................................
25–6. Impact of Regulations, Expiring Authorizations, and Other Assumptions in the Baseline
25–7. Baseline Receipts by Source .....................................................................................................
25–8. Change in Baseline Outlay Estimates by Category. ..............................................................
25–9. Current Services Outlays by Function ....................................................................................
25–10. Current Services Outlays by Agency .......................................................................................
25–11. Current Services Budget Authority by Function ....................................................................
25–12. Current Services Budget Authority by Agency .......................................................................
25–13. Current Services Budget Authority by Function, Category and Program ...........................
25–14. Current Services Outlays by Function, Category and Program ............................................
The Budget System and Concepts
The Budget System and Concepts:
26–1. Totals for the Budget and the Federal Government ..............................................................
Detailed Functional Tables
Detailed Functional Tables:
27–1. Budget Authority and Outlays by Function, Category and Program ...................................

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Federal Programs by Agency and Account
Federal Programs by Agency and Account:
28–1. Federal Programs by Agency and Account .............................................................................

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INTRODUCTION

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1. INTRODUCTION
Purpose of This Volume
The Analytical Perspectives volume presents analyses
that highlight specific subject areas or provide other
significant data that place the budget in context. This
volume presents crosscutting analyses of Government
programs and activities from several perspectives.
Presidential budgets have included separate analytical presentations of this kind for many years. The 1947
Budget and subsequent budgets included a separate
section entitled ‘‘Special Analyses and Tables’’ that covered four or more topics. For the 1952 Budget, the
section was expanded to ten analyses, including many
subjects still covered today, such as receipts, investment, credit programs, and aid to State and local governments. With the 1967 Budget this material became
a separate volume entitled ‘‘Special Analyses,’’ and included 13 chapters. The material has remained a separate volume since then, with the exception of the Budgets for 1991–1994, when all of the budget material was
included in one large volume. Beginning with the 1995
Budget, the volume has been named Analytical Perspectives.
The Analytical Perspectives volume this year continues to reflect an interest in publishing more information on program performance, so that Executive agencies, the Congress, and the public will become increasingly informed about how well programs are performing. Increased performance information can help
managers improve program effectiveness, and can help
Executive and Congressional policymakers improve the
allocation of public resources. On November 13, 2007,
President Bush issued an Executive Order that formalizes the commitment of the U.S. government to spend
the taxpayers’ money wisely and more effectively every
year. The performance assessment information is summarized in Chapter 2, ‘‘Performance Improvement Initiative,’’ and is discussed in many other chapters, especially those in the section, ‘‘Crosscutting Programs.’’
One-page summaries of each program assessment are
available at www.ExpectMore.gov and further information on the PART process is available at www.omb.gov/
part.
Again this year, several large tables are included at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/
spec.html for the electronic version of this volume and
on the Analytical Perspectives CD-ROM enclosed with
the printed version of this volume. A list of these items
is in the Table of Contents.

Overview of the Chapters
Introduction
1. Introduction. This chapter discusses each of the
subsequent chapters briefly and highlights the emphasis on performance in a crosscutting context.
Performance and Management Assessments
2. Performance Improvement Initiative. This chapter
summarizes the performance and management assessments that have been completed to date using the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). One-page summaries of the program evaluations, as well as detail
on each of the assessments can be found at
www.ExpectMore.gov.
Crosscutting Programs
3. Homeland Security Funding Analysis. This chapter
discusses homeland security funding and provides information on homeland security program requirements,
performance, and priorities. Additional detailed information is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/
omb/budget/fy2009/spec.html for the electronic version
of this volume and on the Analytical Perspectives CDROM enclosed with the printed version of this volume.
4. Strengthening Federal Statistics. This chapter discusses the development of standards that principal statistical programs can use to assess their performance
and presents highlights of their 2009 Budget proposals.
5. Research and Development. This chapter presents
a crosscutting review of research and development
funding in the Budget, including discussions about priorities, performance, and coordination across agencies.
6. Federal Investment. This chapter discusses federally-financed spending that yields long-term benefits.
It presents information on annual spending on physical
capital, research and development, and education and
training, and on the cumulative capital stocks resulting
from that spending. Also included in this chapter is
material on the PART assessments related to direct
Federal investment spending.
7. Credit and Insurance. This chapter provides crosscutting analyses of the roles, risks, and performance
of Federal credit and insurance programs and Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). It covers the categories of Federal credit (housing, education, business
including farm operations, and international) and insurance programs (deposit insurance, pension guarantees,
disaster insurance, and insurance against security-related risks). Two detailed tables, ‘‘Table 7–10. Direct
Loan Transactions of the Federal Government’’ and
‘‘Table 7–11. Guaranteed Loan Transactions of the Federal
Government,’’
are
available
at
http://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/spec.html for

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the electronic version of this volume and on the Analytical Perspectives CD-ROM enclosed with the printed
version of this volume.
8. Aid to State and Local Governments. This chapter
presents crosscutting information on Federal grants to
State and local governments, including highlights of
Administration proposals. This chapter also includes
material on the PART assessments related to grants.
An Appendix to this chapter includes State-by-State
spending estimates of major grant programs.
9. Integrating Services with Information Technology.
This chapter presents a crosscutting look at investments in information technology (IT). It describes various aspects of the Administration’s information technology agenda, with special emphasis on the performance, efficiency, and effectiveness of the Government’s
IT investments. Several detailed tables are available
at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/
spec.html for the electronic version of this volume and
on the Analytical Perspectives CD-ROM enclosed with
the printed version of this volume.
10. Federal Drug Control Funding. This chapter presents estimated drug control funding for Federal departments and agencies.
11. California-Federal Bay-Delta Program Budget
Crosscut (CALFED). This chapter presents information
on Federal and State funding for the California-Federal
Bay-Delta Program, in fulfillment of the reporting requirements for this program. Detailed tables on funding
and project descriptions are available at http://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/spec.html for
the electronic version of this volume and on the Analytical Perspectives CD-ROM enclosed with the printed
version of this volume.
Economic Assumptions and Analyses
12. Economic Assumptions. This chapter reviews recent economic developments; presents the Administration’s assessment of the economic situation and outlook,
including the effects of macroeconomic policies; and
compares the economic assumptions on which the Budget is based with the assumptions for last year’s budget
and those of other forecasters. This chapter also covers
topics related to the effects on the budget of changes
in economic conditions and assumptions.
13. Stewardship. This chapter assesses the Government’s financial condition and sustainability in an integrated framework that includes Federal assets and liabilities; 75-year projections of the Federal budget
under alternative assumptions; actuarial estimates for
the shortfalls in Social Security and Medicare; a discussion of tax compliance; a national balance sheet that
shows the Federal contribution to national wealth; and
a table of economic and social indicators. Together these
elements serve similar analytical functions to a
business’s accounting statements.
14. National Income and Product Accounts. This
chapter discusses how Federal receipts and outlays fit
into the framework of the National Income and Product
Accounts (NIPAs) prepared by the Department of Com-

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merce. The NIPA measures are the basis for reporting
Federal transactions in the gross domestic product
(GDP) and for analyzing the effect of the budget on
aggregate economic activity.
Budget Reform Proposals
15. Budget Reform Proposals. This chapter includes
a brief description of the Administration’s budget reform agenda for addressing the need for responsible
budgeting and other reforms.
Federal Borrowing and Debt
16. Federal Borrowing and Debt. This chapter analyzes Federal borrowing and debt and explains the
budget estimates. It includes sections on special topics
such as the trends in debt, agency debt, investment
by Government accounts, and the debt limit.
Federal Receipts and Collections
17. Federal Receipts. This chapter presents information on receipts estimates, enacted tax legislation, and
the receipts proposals in the Budget.
18. User Charges and Other Collections. This chapter
presents information on receipts from regulatory fees
and on collections from market-oriented activities, such
as the sale of stamps by the Postal Service, which are
recorded as offsets to outlays rather than as Federal
receipts.
19. Tax Expenditures. This chapter describes and presents estimates of tax expenditures, which are defined
as revenue losses from special exemptions, credits, or
other preferences in the tax code. An appendix discusses possible alternatives to the current tax expenditure baselines.
Dimensions of the Budget
20. Comparison of Actual to Estimated Totals. This
chapter compares the actual receipts, outlays, and deficit for 2007 with the estimates for that year published
two years ago in the 2007 Budget. It also includes
a historical comparison of the differences between receipts, outlays, and the deficit as originally proposed
with final outcomes.
21. Outlays to the Public, Gross and Net. This chapter
provides information on outlays gross and net of offsetting collections and offsetting receipts by agency. Outlays are a measure of Government spending. Offsetting
collections and offsetting receipts are netted against
gross outlays and result primarily from the Government’s business-like activities, such as the sale of
stamps by the Postal Service.
22. Trust Funds and Federal Funds. This chapter
provides summary information on Federal funds and
trust funds, which comprise the entire budget. For trust
funds the information includes income, outgo, and balances.
23. Off-Budget Federal Entities and Non-Budgetary
Activities. This chapter discusses off-budget Federal entities (Social Security and Postal Service) and non-budgetary activities (such as cash flows for credit programs,
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24. Federal Employment and Compensation. This
chapter provides summary data on the level and recent
trends in civilian and military employment, personnel
compensation and benefits, overseas staffing, and the
full compensation of military personnel.
Current Services Estimates
25. Current Services Estimates. This chapter presents
estimates, based on rules similar to those contained
in the Budget Enforcement Act (BEA), of what receipts,
outlays, and the deficit would be if no changes were
made to laws already enacted. It discusses the conceptual framework for these estimates and describes differences with the BEA requirements. Two detailed tables, ‘‘Table 25–13. Current Services Budget Authority
by Function, Category, and Program’’ and ‘‘Table 25–14.
Current Services Outlays by Function, Category, and
Program,’’ are available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/
omb/budget/fy2009/spec.html for the electronic version

of this volume and on the Analytical Perspectives CDROM enclosed with the printed version of this volume.
Budget System and Concepts
26. The Budget System and Concepts. This chapter
includes a basic reference to the budget process, concepts, laws, and terminology, and includes a glossary
of budget terms.
Other
The following materials are available at http://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/spec.html for
the electronic version of this volume and on the Analytical Perspectives CD-ROM enclosed with the printed
version of this volume.
• Detailed Functional Tables. Table 27–1. ‘‘Budget
Authority and Outlays by Function, Category, and
Program’’.
• Federal Programs by Agency and Account. Table
28–1. ‘‘Federal Programs by Agency and Account’’.

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I. INTRODUCTION
The American people expect the Federal government
to implement programs that will ensure the Nation’s
security, provide critical national level services and
produce meaningful results. To hold government accountable for its performance, taxpayers must have
clear and candid information about the successes and
failures of all Federal programs. For the third straight
year, the Administration is providing this type of information to the public on ExpectMore.gov, a user-friendly
government website that allows public access to government programs. ExpectMore.gov describes which government programs are performing, which ones are not,
and in both situations, what is being done to improve
them.
The objective of the President’s Performance Improvement Initiative (PII) (formerly the Budget and Performance Integration Initiative) is to ensure that Federal
dollars produce the greatest results possible. The Initiative provides information on program performance to
help the President and Congress make better, more
informed decisions about the programs.
The PII focuses on performance in two principal
ways:
• Improved Program Performance: The initiative requires each agency to identify opportunities to improve program management and design, and then
develop and implement clear, aggressive plans to
get more from tax dollars every year. Agencies
have ready access to program performance information from a variety of sources such as the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) and other
independent program evaluations, investigations,
audits, and analyses.
• Greater Investment in Successful Programs: Although performance is not the only factor used
to decide the size of a program’s budget, Congress
and the President can utilize information about
a program’s effectiveness and efficiency in decision-making so that taxpayer dollars are invested
in programs that provide the greatest return to
the Nation. If poorly performing programs are unable to demonstrate improved results, then their
resources may be reallocated to programs that can
demonstrate greater success and returns to the
taxpayer.
Currently, the PII is showing great progress toward
helping programs become more efficient and more effective through implementation of meaningful improvement plans.
Many programs are demonstrating improved results.
For example:

• Social Security Administration (SSA): SSA increased agency productivity by 15.5 percent since
2001 through increased use of information technology and improved business processes. SSA
would have required $980 million more in 2007
to process the same work if productivity improvements had not been realized.
• High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas
(HIDTA): The HIDTA program improved the way
it measures success by implementing a system for
tracking and analyzing performance data. Using
this information, more drug trafficking organizations were dismantled for less money. In 2005,
2,183 Drug Trafficking Organizations were dismantled for $80,000 each. By 2006, 2,332 were
dismantled for $76,000 each.
• Administration on Aging (AoA): AoA improved
its outreach and services to elderly Americans who
suffer from disease and disability. In 2006, there
were 18 States that improved targeting to those
living below the poverty level, serving an additional 80,000 elderly individuals who lived in poverty. Over 345,000 elderly and disabled individuals, who due to their physical conditions would
otherwise be living in nursing homes, can continue
to live in their own homes and stay connected
to their communities. This is an increase of more
than 52,200 nursing home-eligible individuals
since 2003.
• Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP): In 2006 as
a part of its ‘‘Greening Prisons’’ initiative, the
BOP piloted renewable energy technologies in several prisons and generated savings of $1.1 million.
As a result, in 2006 and 2007, BOP entered into
18 new national Energy Savings Performance Contracts with energy services companies to generate
additional savings.
Agencies are identifying additional actions to improve
the performance of each of their programs. For example:
Progress toward the second PII goal of improving
resource allocation has been limited, but this year, the
Administration had more success in terminating some
low-performing programs and targeting those resources
to well-performing programs. In 2008 seven programs
were terminated, saving $156 million and six programs
were reduced, saving $1.120 billion. Though no decision
is based purely on performance, overall, high performing programs received larger funding increases
than those that did not perform as well.

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II. HOW THE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE WORKS
Several aspects of the Performance Improvement Initiative are designed to maximize program performance.
They include:
• Comprehensively assessing performance using the
PART;
• Publishing quarterly Scorecards to hold agencies
accountable for managing for results, addressing
PART findings, and implementing improvement
plans;
• Broadcasting
results
to
the
public
on
ExpectMore.gov; and
• Facilitating program improvement through interagency collaboration and cooperation.
Comprehensive Assessment with the Program
Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
How do we ensure that Federal programs are improving every year? First, we assess their current performance. In order to improve a program’s outcomes, it is
critical to have a good understanding of how the program is currently performing. To date, we have assessed the performance of more than 1,000 programs,
comprising 96 percent of all Federal programs, using
the PART.
History of the PART
The Federal Government spends trillions of dollars
on programs annually, but until the advent of the
PART, there was not a uniform basis for assessing how
well these programs actually work. For example, are
the billions of taxpayer dollars the Federal Government
spends on foster care actually preventing the maltreatment and abuse of children? Are Federal efforts to reduce air pollution successful? Previous administrations
from President Johnson to President Clinton and Congress have grappled with this problem. Each prior administration has tried to come up with means by which
government programs can be measured for results. The
most significant advance in bringing accountability to
government programs was the Government Perform-

ance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). This law requires
Federal agencies to identify both annual and long-term
goals and to collect and report performance data. For
the first time, agencies were required to explicitly identify measures and goals for judging the performance
of each of their programs and to collect information
on an annual basis in order to determine whether they
were meeting those goals.
This Administration built upon GPRA requirements
by creating the PART (Program Assessment Rating
Tool), an objective, evidence-based and easy-to-understand questionnaire about program design, planning,
management, and performance. Objectivity is paramount to a PART rating. For example, when the development of the PART began in 2002, the first draft
included a question relating to whether a particular
program served an appropriate federal role. Because
many people believed that the answer to that question
would vary depending on the reviewer’s philosophical
outlook, the question was removed.
Public and private sector entities have reviewed the
PART. Private sector reviewers have praised the PART
assessment process for its transparency and objectivity
and also have raised concerns that OMB has striven
to address. For instance, some reviewers found that
assessments of different programs lacked consistency
in the answers to the same questions. OMB now audits
all draft assessments to correct any obvious inconsistencies. Reviewers also found that agencies did not always agree with the final assessment of their programs.
Agencies can now appeal to a high level subcommittee
of the President’s Management Council to dispute answers with which they disagree. To address concerns
that OMB and agencies were not doing enough to involve Congress in the assessment process, agencies are
now required to brief and consult their Congressional
appropriators, authorizers, and overseers before the annual assessments begin.
The accompanying timeline provides a history of the
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*NAPA = National Academy
of Public Administration
PCIE = President's Council
on Integrity and Efficiency
PMAC = Performance
Measurement Advisory
Council

April 2002

Draft PART Tested on 67 Programs
Public Input Requested

May 2002

External Review of PART NAPA/PCIE/PMAC*

July 2002

PMC Approves Final PART/First List of Programs
to be Assessed*

Aug. 2002

PART Assessments Conducted with Agencies**

Sept. 2002

First Congressional Hearing Held
PMAC Met

Nov. 2002

First Interagency Review Panel Conducted
Consistency Audit & Appeals Review

Feb. 2003

Published First Set of PARTs

June 2003

Established Annual OMB Consistency Check

Jan. 2004

GAO Conducted Latest Review of PART

July 2005

PART received Harvard's Innovations in American
Government Award
Online Tool - PARTWeb Launched

Aug. 2005

Established Formal Annual Appeals
Process

Feb. 2006

Online Tool - ExpectMore.gov Launched
Established Annual Consultation with Congress

PMC = President's
Management Council
**20% of Programs Assessed
in each Spring/Summer
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What is the PART and How is it Used?
The PART helps assess the management and performance of individual programs. With the PART, agencies and OMB evaluate
a program’s purpose, design, planning, management, results, and accountability to determine its overall effectiveness. Agencies
then identify and complete follow-up actions to improve program results.
To reflect the fact that Federal programs deliver goods and services using different mechanisms, the PART is customized by
program type. The seven PART types are: Direct Federal, Competitive Grant, Block/Formula Grant, Research and Development,
Capital Assets and Service Acquisition, Credit, and Regulatory. The PART types apply to both discretionary and mandatory programs. ExpectMore.gov also classifies each program by its specific program area (such as environment, transportation, education, etc.) to facilitate comparison and accelerate the improved performance of programs with similar missions.
Each PART includes 25 basic questions and additional questions tailored to the different program types. The questions are divided into four sections. The first section of questions gauges whether a program has a clear purpose and is well designed to
achieve its objectives. The second section evaluates strategic planning, and weighs whether the agency establishes outcome-oriented annual and long-term goals for its programs. The third section rates the management of an agency’s program, including
the quality of efforts to improve efficiency. The fourth section assesses the results programs can report with accuracy and consistency.
The answers to questions in each of the four sections result in a numerical score for each section from 0 to 100 (100 being the
best score). Because reporting a single weighted numerical rating could suggest false precision, or draw attention away from the
very areas most in need of improvement, numerical scores are combined and translated into qualitative ratings. The bands and
associated ratings are as follows:
Rating

Range

Effective ...................................................................

85–100

Moderately Effective ...............................................

70–84

Adequate .................................................................

50–69

Ineffective ................................................................

0–49

Regardless of overall score, programs that do not have acceptable performance measures or have not yet collected performance data generally receive a rating of ‘‘Results Not Demonstrated.’’ This rating suggests that not enough information and data
are available to make an informed determination about whether a program is achieving results.
PART ratings do not result in automatic decisions about funding. Clearly, over time, funding should be targeted to programs that
can prove they achieve measurable results. In some cases, a PART rating of ‘‘Ineffective’’ or ‘‘Results Not Demonstrated’’ may
suggest that greater funding is necessary to overcome identified shortcomings, while a funding decrease may be proposed for a
program rated ‘‘Effective’’ if it is not a priority or has completed its mission. However, most of the time, an ‘‘Effective’’ rating is
an indication that the program is using its funding well and that major changes are not needed.

Publish a Scorecard to Hold Agencies
Accountable
Agencies are achieving greater results with the help
of the habits and disciplines established through the
Performance Improvement Initiative (PII). These agencies recognize that the PART can be a useful tool to
drive improvement in the performance of their programs.
Agency success is judged by clear, Government-wide
goals or standards consistent with the Program Improvement Initiative. Agencies have developed and are
implementing detailed, aggressive improvement plans
to achieve these goals. Most importantly, agencies are

held publicly accountable for adopting these disciplines.
To meet the Standards for Success for the PII, an agency must:
• Demonstrate that senior agency managers meet
at least quarterly to examine reports that integrate financial and performance information that
covers all major responsibilities of the Department;
• Have strategic plans that contain a limited number of outcome-oriented goals and objectives. Annual budget and performance documents incorporate measures identified in the PART and focus

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on the information used in the senior management
report described in the first criterion;
• Report the full cost of achieving performance goals
accurately in budget and performance documents
and accurately estimate the marginal cost of
changing performance goals;
• Have at least one efficiency measure for all PARTed programs;
• Use PART evaluations to direct program improvements and hold managers accountable for those
improvements, and PART findings and performance information are used consistently to justify
funding requests, management actions, and legislative proposals; and
• Have less than 10 percent of agency programs
receive a Results Not Demonstrated rating for two
years in a row.
Each quarter, agencies receive two ratings—status
and progress. First, they are rated on their status in
achieving the overall goals for each initiative. They are
given a green, yellow or red rating to clearly announce
their performance. Green status is for success in achieving each of the criteria listed above; yellow is for an
intermediate level of performance; and red is for unsatisfactory performance.
Second, agency progress on the Program Improvement Initiative standards is assessed separately. Agency progress is reviewed on a case-by-case basis against
the work plan and related time lines established for
each agency. Progress is also given a color rating. Green
is given when implementation is proceeding according
to plans agreed upon with the agencies; yellow for when
some slippage or other issues require adjustment by
the agency in order to achieve the initiative objectives
on a timely basis; and red when the Initiative is in
serious jeopardy of not realizing its objectives without
significant management intervention.
As of September 30, 2007, fourteen agencies achieved
green status on the Program Improvement Initiative
Scorecard. The agencies at green are:
1. Department of Agriculture
2. Department of Commerce
3. Department of Education
4. Department of Energy
5. Environmental Protection Agency
6. Department of Justice
7. Department of Labor
8. Department of Transportation
9. General Services Administration
10. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
11. National Science Foundation
12. Small Business Administration
13. Smithsonian Institution
14. Social Security Administration
The Scorecard is an effective accountability tool to
ensure agencies manage the performance of their programs. Although a scorecard rating is not directly
linked to any specific consequences, it is quickly understood at the highest levels of the Administration as
an indicator of an agency’s strength or weakness.

The Government-wide scorecard reporting on individual agency progress is published quarterly at
www.results.gov/agenda/scorecard.html.
Broadcast Results on ExpectMore.gov
ExpectMore.gov provides Americans with candid information about which programs work, which do not,
and what all programs are doing to get better every
year.
Up until the launch of ExpectMore.gov last year,
Americans had limited access to information on how
well the Federal Government performed. Now, Americans can see for themselves how their government programs are performing. In many cases, the Federal Government performs well. In some cases, it performs better than the private sector.
ExpectMore.gov contains summaries of PART results
for all programs that have been assessed to date. The
site provides program information that a concerned citizen could use to assess a program’s performance. Each
assessment includes a brief description of the program’s
purpose, its overall rating, some highlights about its
performance and the steps it will take to improve in
the future. For individuals interested in more information, the site also provides links to the detailed program
assessment, as well as that program’s website and the
assessment summaries of other similar programs. The
detailed PART assessment includes the answer to each
PART question with an explanation and supporting evidence. It also includes the performance measures for
the program along with current performance information. In addition, there is an update on the status of
follow-up actions to improve program performance.
A visitor to the site may find, at least initially, that
programs are not performing as well as they should
or program improvement plans are not sufficiently ambitious. We expect this site to help change that. The
website has a variety of benefits, including:
• Increased public attention to performance;
• Greater scrutiny of agency action (or inaction) to
improve program results:
—Improvement plans are transparent
—Statements about goals and achievements are
clearer; and
• Demand for better quality and more timely performance data.
Implement Inter-Agency Program Improvement
The Administration continues to look for new ways
to improve the performance of programs with similar
purposes or designs by using the PART to analyze performance across agencies (i.e., cross-cutting analysis)
and State and local levels. Cross-cutting analysis can
improve coordination and communication by encouraging managers from multiple agencies to agree to a
common set of goals and by placing the focus on quantifiable results. Cross-cutting analysis breaks down barriers across the Federal, State, and local levels so that
all entities work toward the same goal. Only topics
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lected for cross-cutting analyses. To date, the Administration completed cross-cutting analyses of the government’s math and science programs, community and eco-

nomic development programs, import and food safety
programs, and others.

III. RESULTS
As mentioned above, the PII measures its progress
according to two key principles:
• Improved Program Performance; and
• Greater Investment in Successful Programs
There has been greater success in leading agencies
to think more systematically about how they measure
and improve program performance. Though there are
many factors that impact program performance, it is
clear that the PII has framed the discussion around
results. Agencies have developed ways to measure their
efficiency so they can figure out how to achieve more
with Americans’ tax dollars.
2009 marks the sixth year that the PART was used
to (1) assess program performance, (2) take steps to

improve program performance, and (3) help link performance to budget decisions. To date, the Administration has assessed more than 1,000 programs, representing approximately 96 percent of the Federal
budget. The Administration will use the PART to assess
the performance and management of the remaining
Federal programs.
With the help of the PART, we have improved program performance and transparency. There has been
a substantial increase in the total number of programs
rated either ‘‘Effective’’, ‘‘Moderately Effective’’, or ‘‘Adequate’’. This increase came from both re-assessments
and newly PARTed programs. The chart below shows
the percentage of programs by ratings category.

Chart 2-1. Program Ratings are Improving
Cumulative Program Results by Ratings Category
100%

6%

11%

15%

15%

26%

29%

17%

18%

30%

31%

24%
26%

80%
15%
20%

60%

26%

28%

5%
50%

28%

29%

5%
38%

40%

4%
29%

4%
24%

3%
22%

2005 (793)

2006 (977)

20%

3%
19%

0%

2002 (234)

2003 (407)

2004 (607)

Effective

Adequate

Moderately Effective

Ineffective

These results demonstrate that the PII has been very
successful in focusing Agencies’ attention on program
performance. For example, approximately:
• 89 percent of programs established or clarified
their long-term and annual performance goals to
focus on the outcomes that are important to the
American people.
• 82 percent of programs are achieving their performance goals.
• 73 percent of programs are measuring their efficiency, a relatively new activity for Government
programs.

2007 (1011)

Results not Demonstrated

• 70 percent of programs are improving efficiency
annually, producing more value per dollar spent.
• 55 percent of programs that were initially unable
to demonstrate results have improved their overall
performance rating.
Unfortunately, there has not been a similar level of
accomplishment in the second measure: Greater Investment in Successful Programs. Though Congressional
use of performance information has been limited, most
in the Congress are aware of the PART. This topic
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Senator Wayne Allard introduced an amendment to
cut funding for programs funded in the Labor, HHS,
and Education 2008 Appropriations Bill rated as ‘‘Ineffective’’ by 10 percent across the board. In advocating
his amendment, Senator Allard said:
These assessments represent the combined wisdom of career officials. This is not a political
process. These are objective evaluations done by
career officials at agencies and OMB, and are
based on evidence of that program’s performance. While a program’s overall rating should
not be the sole determinant of funding, Congress should prioritize funding programs that
perform well. Ineffective programs in particular
should be scrutinized to determine whether the
resources they use could be better spent elsewhere and whether their goals could be
achieved through other means.
Senator Allard brought warranted focus on programs
that aren’t performing as they should. In arguing
against the amendment, Senator Tom Harkin said:
The Program Assessment Rating Tool . . . is intended to help assess the management and performance of individual programs. So it is not
just a question of whether the program works,
it also evaluates whether Congress has designed
the program in a clear manner and whether

Federal agencies do a good job managing the
program.
Both Senators went on to have a substantive debate
about how programs were performing and how to get
them to perform better. And soon thereafter, in arguing
for his own amendment, Senator John Cornyn said:
The Office of Management and Budget has recently reviewed over a thousand programs. As
this chart indicates, upon a review of 1,016
Federal Government programs, they have concluded that 22 percent of those programs rated
either as ineffective or they are unable to determine whether they are effective. In other words,
they are unable to find evidence that they are
effective. They have not conclusively determined
them as ineffective, but they have concluded
that 22 percent of the Federal Government programs are either ineffective or the results are
not demonstrated. Anybody who is interested
anywhere in the world—certainly in the United
States—can look at the information on this
ExpectMore.gov Web site and inform themselves, as I am sure they would want to, about
what the Federal Government is doing and not
doing on their behalf.
This debate on Senator Allard’s amendment was an
important one. It shows increasing attention to the objective rating of program performance.

IV. NEXT STEPS
The PII has identified several activities to improve
program effectiveness over the coming year:
Ensure Program Goals are Adequate and Improvement Plans are Aggressive and Result in Improved Performance.—Review of all completed PARTs and program goals, as well as rigorous follow-up on recommendations from the PART will accelerate improvements in the performance of Federal programs. This
will ensure that the hard work done through the PART
produces performance and management improvements.
Additionally, implementation of improvement must be
tracked and reported.
Appoint Agency Performance Improvement Officers.—
To ensure successful implementation of the new policy
of the Federal Government embodied in Executive
Order 13450 to spend taxpayer dollars effectively, and
more effectively each year, each agency will appoint
Performance Improvement Officers. Performance Improvement Officers are responsible for coordinating the
performance improvement activities of their agencies,
including:
• Developing and improving the agency’s strategic
plans, annual performance plans, and annual performance reports, as well as ensuring the use of
such information in agency budget justifications;
• Ensuring program goals are aggressive, realistic,
and accurately measured;

• Regularly convening agency program management
personnel to assess and improve program performance and efficiency; and
• Assisting the head of the agency in the development and use within the agency of performance
measures in personnel performance appraisals,
particularly those of program managers, to ensure
real accountability for greater effectiveness.
Expand Cross-Cutting Analyses.—Use the PART to
facilitate cross-cutting analysis where there is a higher
return than approaching programs individually. The
goal of these efforts is to increase efficiency and save
dollars, building on the success of previous cross-cutting
analyses. Congressional guidance will be a factor in
choosing topics for the next group of cross-cutting analyses.
Maximize ExpectMore.gov Impact.—The Federal Government should be accountable to the public for its
performance. This web-based tool provides candid information on how programs are performing and what they
are doing to improve. The PII Initiative will work to
increase the reach and impact of this valuable information to improve program performance and accountability for results.

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Note.—A table with summary information for all programs that have been reviewed using the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) is available at:
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/part.pdf.
This
table provides program ratings, section scores, funding
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data file and data model of all assessments on
ExpectMore.gov is available at: www.whitehouse.gov/
omb/expectmore/whatsnew.htm. This is a comma-separated values file that academics and researchers can
use to analyze performance data.

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3. HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING ANALYSIS
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001,
the Federal Government, with State, local and private
sector partners, has engaged in a concerted national
effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United
States, reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, and
minimize the damage and recover from any attacks
that do occur. Accordingly, we have identified and pursued terrorists abroad, and implemented an array of
measures to secure our citizens and resources at home.
We have worked with the Congress to reorganize the
Federal Government; acquire countermeasures to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons; enhance the security of our borders; protect our
critical infrastructure and key resources; and strengthen America’s response and recovery capabilities in our
cities and local communities. Elements of our National
Strategy for Homeland Security involve every level of
government as well as the private sector and individual
citizens. Since September 11th, homeland security has
continued to be a major policy focus for all levels of
government, and the U.S. government has no more important mission than securing the Homeland.
Underscoring the importance of homeland security as
a crosscutting Government-wide function, section 889
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 requires a homeland security funding analysis to be incorporated in
the President’s Budget. This analysis addresses that
legislative requirement. This analysis covers the homeland security funding and activities of all Federal agencies, not only those carried out by the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), but also State, local, and
private sector expenditures. Since not all activities carried out by DHS constitute homeland security funding
(e.g. response to natural disasters and Coast Guard
search and rescue activities), DHS estimates in this
section do not represent the entire DHS budget.
Data Collection Methodology and Adjustments
The Federal spending estimates in this analysis utilize funding and programmatic information collected on
the Executive Branch’s homeland security efforts. 1
Throughout the budget formulation process, the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) collects three-year
funding estimates and associated programmatic information from all Federal agencies with homeland secu-

1 All data in the Federal expenditures section are based on the President’s policy for
the 2009 Budget. Additional policy and baseline data is presented in the ‘‘Additional Tables’’
section. Due to rounding, data in this section may not add to totals in other Budget
volumes.
2 Federal homeland security activities are currently defined by OMB in Circular A–11
as, ‘‘activities that focus on combating and protecting against terrorism, and that occur
within the United States and its territories (this includes Critical Infrastructure Protection

rity responsibilities. These estimates do not include the
efforts of the Legislative or Judicial branches. Information in this chapter is augmented by a detailed appendix of account-level funding estimates, which is available on the Analytical Perspectives CD-ROM.
To compile this data, agencies report information
using standardized definitions for homeland security. 2
The data provided by the agencies are developed at
the ‘‘activity level,’’ which is a set of like programs
or projects, at a level of detail sufficient to consolidate
the information to determine total Governmental spending on homeland security.
To the extent possible, this analysis maintains programmatic and funding consistency with previous estimates. Some discrepancies from data reported in earlier
years arise due to agencies’ improved ability to extract
homeland security-related activities from host programs
and refine their characterizations. As in the Budget,
where appropriate, the data is also updated to reflect
agency activities, Congressional action, and technical
re-estimates. In addition, the Administration may refine definitions or mission area estimates over time
based on additional analysis or changes in the way
specific activities are characterized, aggregated, or
disaggregated.
Federal Expenditures
Total funding for homeland security has grown significantly since the attacks of September 11, 2001. For
2009, the President’s Budget includes $66.3 billion of
gross budget authority for homeland security activities,
a $4.5 billion (7.3 percent) increase over the 2008 enacted level. 3 Excluding mandatory spending, fees, and
the Department of Defense’s (DOD) homeland security
budget, the 2009 Budget proposes a net, non-Defense,
discretionary budget authority level of $40.1 billion,
which is an increase of $3.9 billion (10.7 percent) over
the 2008 level (see Table 3–1).
A total of 32 agency budgets comprise Federal homeland security funding in 2009. Of those, five agencies—
the Departments of Homeland Security, Defense,
Health and Human Services (HHS), Justice (DOJ) and
Energy (DOE)—account for approximately $60.7 billion
(91 percent) of total Government-wide gross discretionary homeland security funding in 2009.

(CIP) and Continuity of Operations (COOP) data), or outside of the United States and
its territories if they support domestically-based systems or activities (e.g., visa processing
or pre-screening high-risk cargo at overseas ports). Such activities include efforts to detect,
deter, protect against, and, if needed, respond to terrorist attacks.’’
3 The 2009 gross homeland security funding request level excludes $2.2 billion for BioShield.

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Table 3–1.

HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING BY AGENCY
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)
2007
Enacted

Budget Authority

2007
Supplemental/
Emergency

2008
Enacted

2008
Supplemental/
Emergency 1

2009
Request

Department of Agriculture .......................................................................................................................
Department of Commerce 2 .....................................................................................................................
Department of Defense ...........................................................................................................................
Department of Education ........................................................................................................................
Department of Energy .............................................................................................................................
Department of Health and Human Services ..........................................................................................
Department of Homeland Security ..........................................................................................................
Department of Housing and Urban Development ..................................................................................
Department of the Interior .......................................................................................................................
Department of Justice .............................................................................................................................
Department of Labor ...............................................................................................................................
Department of State ................................................................................................................................
Department of Transportation .................................................................................................................
Department of the Treasury ....................................................................................................................
Department of Veterans Affairs ..............................................................................................................
Corps of Engineers .................................................................................................................................
Environmental Protection Agency ...........................................................................................................
Executive Office of the President ...........................................................................................................
General Services Administration .............................................................................................................
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ....................................................................................
National Science Foundation ..................................................................................................................
Office of Personnel Management ...........................................................................................................
Social Security Administration .................................................................................................................
District of Columbia .................................................................................................................................
Federal Communications Commission ...................................................................................................
Intelligence Community Management Account ......................................................................................
National Archives and Records Administration ......................................................................................
Nuclear Regulatory Commission .............................................................................................................
Securities and Exchange Commission ...................................................................................................
Smithsonian Institution ............................................................................................................................
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ..........................................................................................
Corporation for National and Community Service .................................................................................

540.5
205.0
16,538.3
26.2
1,719.2
4,327.0
26,857.9
1.9
47.8
3,306.4
49.4
1,241.6
205.7
126.8
259.8
42.0
166.7
20.8
168.2
199.2
385.4
2.8
194.0
8.5
2.3
56.0
17.9
72.2
14.3
80.7
7.8
33.6

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
2,695.6
........................
........................
211.3
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

570.0
206.9
17,374.4
27.1
1,828.7
4,300.6
30,100.6
1.9
49.6
3,273.5
47.5
1,961.5
205.3
116.0
271.7
42.0
138.1
21.2
143.0
205.2
373.9
2.3
212.6
3.4
2.3
122.0
17.7
72.1
16.4
93.1
8.0
....................

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
2,639.7
........................
........................
249.5
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
225.0
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

690.9
262.3
17,645.9
30.3
1,942.9
4,456.7
32,817.1
4.1
43.5
3,794.9
51.4
2,465.6
221.2
126.6
348.1
42.0
170.3
20.7
119.4
203.0
379.0
2.5
221.5
15.0
2.3
12.6
18.8
72.8
15.9
96.6
9.0
....................

Total, Homeland Security Budget Authority ......................................................................................
Less Department of Defense ..................................................................................................................

56,925.9
–16,538.3

2,906.9
........................

61,808.4
–17,374.4

3,114.3
........................

66,302.5
–17,645.9

Non-Defense Homeland Security BA, excluding Mandatory PSIC Grants and BioShield ..........
Less Fee-Funded Homeland Security Programs ...............................................................................
Less Mandatory Homeland Security Programs .................................................................................

40,387.5
–4,534.4
–2,435.5

2,906.9
........................
........................

44,434.0
–5,347.7
–2,871.7

3,114.3
........................
........................

48,656.6
–5,355.3
–3,223.9

Net Non-Defense Discretionary Homeland Security BA, excluding Mandatory PSIC Grants
and BioShield ....................................................................................................................................
Plus Mandatory PSIC Grants .............................................................................................................
Plus BioShield .....................................................................................................................................

33,417.7
1,000.0
....................

2,906.9
........................
........................

36,214.6
....................
....................

3,114.3
........................
........................

40,077.3
....................
2,175.0

34,417.7

2,906.9

36,214.6

3,114.3

42,252.3

121.0

........................

121.0

........................

121.3

Net Non-Defense Discretionary Homeland Security BA, including Mandatory PSIC Grants
and BioShield ....................................................................................................................................
Obligations Limitations
Department of Transportation Obligations Limitation .............................................................................
1 The

2008 supplemental and emergency funding levels for the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) include both enacted and requested supplemental
and emergency funding. DHS supplemental funding includes the pending $113 million and DOJ supplemental funding includes the pending $106 million.
2 DOC’s 2007 gross full-year CR level per H.J.Res. 20 for homeland security excludes $1 billion in mandatory borrowing authority for the Public Safetly Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grants program to provide Federal grants to public safety agencies for communications interoperability purposes. Although technically scored in 2007, this funding
will be made available from proceeds of the Federal Communications Commission’s 2008 auction of returned television spectrum, at which time DOC will begin obligating funds.

The growth in Federal homeland security funding is
indicative of the efforts that have been initiated to secure our Nation. However, it should be recognized that
fully developing the strategic capacity to protect America is a complex effort with many challenges. There
is a wide range of potential threats and risks from
terrorism. To optimize limited resources and minimize
the potential social costs to our free and open society,

we must apply a risk management approach across all
homeland security efforts in order to identify and assess
potential hazards (including their downstream effects),
determine what levels of relative risk are acceptable,
and prioritize and allocate resources among all homeland security partners, both public and private, to prevent, protect against, and respond to and recover from
incidents.

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Homeland security is a shared responsibility built
upon a foundation of partnerships—Federal, State,
local, and Tribal governments, the private and nonprofit sectors, communities, and individual citizens all
share common goals, responsibilities, as well as accountability, for securing the Homeland. In addition,
partnerships in homeland security also extend beyond
our Nation’s borders, with international cooperation
continuing to be an enduring feature of our approach
to threats that transcend jurisdictional and geographic
boundaries.
The latest National Strategy for Homeland Security
of 2007 continues to provide a framework for addressing
these challenges first set out by the President’s 2002
version. It guides the highest priority requirements for
securing the Nation. As demonstrated below, the Federal government has used the National Strategy to
guide its homeland security efforts.
In October 2007, the President issued an updated
National Strategy for Homeland Security, which is serving to guide, organize, and unify our Nation’s homeland
security efforts. This updated National Strategy, which
builds directly from the first National Strategy for
Homeland Security issued in July 2002, reflects our
increased understanding of the terrorist threats confronting the United States and incorporates lessons
learned from exercises and real-world catastrophes. It
provides a common framework through which our entire Nation should focus its homeland security efforts
on the following four goals:
• prevent and disrupt terrorist attacks;
• protect the American people, our critical infrastructure, and key resources;
• respond to and recover from incidents that do
occur; and
• continue to strengthen the homeland security
foundation we have built to ensure our long-term
success.

Table 3–2.

For this year’s analysis, departments and agencies
categorized their funding data based on the critical mission areas defined in the National Strategy for Homeland Security (July 2002), which are: Intelligence and
Warning; Border and Transportation Security; Domestic
Counterterrorism; Protecting Critical Infrastructures
and Key Assets; Defending Against Catastrophic
Threats; and Emergency Preparedness and Response.
Next year’s categorization will be based on the four
goals of the 2007 National Strategy for Homeland Security.
At the Federal level, the National Strategy is a dynamic document being implemented through a robust
interagency planning and coordination process. It includes actions that agencies use and must build upon
to measure progress. In some cases, progress may be
easily measured. In others, Federal departments and
agencies, along with State and local governments and
the private sector, are working together to develop
measurable goals. Finally, in some areas, Federal departments and agencies and partners must continue
to develop a better understanding of changing risks
and threats—such as the biological agents most likely
to be used by a terrorist group or the highest-risk critical infrastructure targets—in order to develop benchmarks that suit the needs of the moment and at the
same time align to long-term goals. For example, a
major inter-agency effort currently occurring at the
Federal level is the tracking and updating of the National Implementation Plan for the Global War on Terrorism and attendant performance measures that address homeland security.
Funding presented in this report is analyzed in the
context of major ‘‘mission areas.’’ Activities in many
of the mission areas are closely related and certain
capabilities highlighted by a single mission area also
enhance capabilities captured by other mission areas.
For example, information gleaned from activities in the

POLICY ESTIMATES—HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING BY NATIONAL STRATEGY
MISSION AREA
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)
Agency

2007
Enacted

2007
Supplemental/
Emergency

2008
Enacted

2008
Supplemental/
Emergency

2009
Request

Intelligence and Warning ........................................
Border and Transportation Security .......................
Domestic Counterterrorism .....................................
Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets ..
Defending Against Catastrophic Threats ...............
Emergency Preparedness and Response .............
Other ........................................................................

670.8
19,365.3
5,026.6
18,388.2
8,595.9
4,822.2
56.9

15.2
2,253.6
222.8
228.5
149.9
37.0
.......................

682.7
22,286.8
4,896.8
19,926.1
8,278.1
5,551.4
186.5

39.1
2,842.7
154.7
15.8
2.0
60.0
.......................

765.9
25,712.5
5,392.9
20,164.5
9,054.8
5,013.1
198.8

Total, Homeland Security Budget Authority .....
Plus Mandatory Interoperability Communications Grants ....................................................
Plus BioShield .....................................................

56,925.9

2,906.9

61,808.4

3,114.3

66,302.5

1,000.0
....................

.......................
.......................

....................
....................

.......................
.......................

....................
2,175.0

57,925.9

2,906.9

61,808.4

3,114.3

68,477.5

Total Homeland Security Budget Authority
plus Mandatory PSIC Grants and BioShield

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intelligence and warning category may be utilized to
inform law enforcement activities in the domestic
counterterrorism category. However, for the purposes
of segmenting Federal homeland security funding by
mission areas, discussions of cross-cutting activities
have also been separated by mission areas.
Furthermore, there are a small number of notable
cross-cutting activities that are not specifically highlighted in any of the mission areas. For example, although pandemic influenza preparedness is considered
an essential activity, it does not necessarily fit into
a single homeland security mission area, and general
bio-defense and preparedness activities of the Federal
government encompass it. Nevertheless, the preparations we are making for pandemic influenza have a
direct impact on our ability to defend against and respond to terrorist weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
threats.
The following table summarizes funding levels by the
mission areas set forth in the 2002 National Strategy
for Homeland Security ; more detailed analysis is provided in subsequent mission-specific analysis sections.

Table 3–3.

Intelligence and Warning
The Intelligence and Warning mission area covers
activities to detect terrorist threats and disseminate
terrorist-threat information. This category includes intelligence collection, risk analysis, and threat-vulnerability integration activities for preventing terrorist attacks. It also includes information sharing activities
among Federal, State, and local governments, relevant
private sector entities, and the public at large. It does
not include most foreign intelligence collection—although the resulting intelligence may inform homeland
security activities—nor does it fully capture classified
intelligence activities. In 2009, funding for intelligence
and warning is distributed between DHS (53 percent),
primarily in the Office of Intelligence and Analysis;
DOJ (43 percent), primarily in the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI); and other Intelligence Community
members (4 percent). The 2009 funding for intelligence
and warning activities is 12.2 percent above the 2008
level.

INTELLIGENCE AND WARNING FUNDING
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)

Agency

2007
Enacted

2007
Supplemental/
Emergency

2008
Enacted

2008
Supplemental/
Emergency

2009
Request

Department of Agriculture .......................................
Department of Commerce ......................................
Department of Homeland Security .........................
Department of Justice .............................................
Department of the Treasury ...................................
Intelligence Community Management Account ......

7.6
1.8
380.1
219.5
5.7
56.0

.......................
.......................
8.0
7.2
.......................
.......................

16.8
2.0
370.2
213.8
3.6
76.4

.......................
.......................
.......................
39.1
.......................
.......................

16.8
2.0
403.0
329.3
7.3
7.5

Total, Intelligence and Warning ..........................

670.8

15.2

682.7

39.1

765.9

The major requirements addressed in the intelligence
and warning mission area include:
• Unifying and enhancing intelligence and analytical capabilities to ensure officials have the information they need to prevent attacks; and
• Implementing information sharing and warning
mechanisms, such as the Homeland Security Advisory System, to allow Federal, State, local, and
private authorities to take action to prevent attacks and protect potential targets.
As established by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) of 2004, the Director
of National Intelligence (DNI) ensures that this office
is setting collection and analysis priorities that are consistent with the National Intelligence Strategy. This
strategy calls for the integration of both the domestic
and foreign dimensions of U.S. intelligence so that there
are no gaps in our understanding of threats to the
homeland.
In accordance with the IRTPA’s requirements for the
Information Sharing Environment (ISE), the DNI is

also ensuring that information sharing takes place in
an environment where access to terrorism information
is matched to the roles, responsibilities, and missions
of all the organizations across the intelligence community. These changes allow the intelligence community
to ‘‘connect the dots’’ more effectively, develop a better
integrated system for identifying and analyzing terrorist threats, and issue warnings more rapidly. The
DNI, in conjunction with the Homeland Security Council (HSC) and relevant Federal agencies, has established the ISE Implementation Plan and ISE Privacy
Guidelines in accordance with a Presidential directive
in December 2005, which outlined new guidelines and
protocols for improving information sharing between
Federal, State, local, and foreign governments and the
private sector.
The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) is specifically chartered to centralize U.S. Government terrorism threat analysis and ensure that all agencies receive relevant analysis and information. NCTC serves
as the primary organization in the U.S. Government

3. HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING ANALYSIS

for analyzing and integrating all intelligence pertaining
to terrorism and counterterrorism (except purely domestic terrorism) and the central and shared knowledge
bank on known and suspected terrorists and international terror groups. It also ensures that agencies,
as appropriate, have access to and receive the all-source
intelligence
support
needed
to
execute
their
counterterrorism plans or perform independent, alternative analysis. NCTC is tasked with coordinating
counterterrorism operational planning on a global basis
and developing strategic, operational plans for the Global War on Terrorism. The NCTC, with guidance from
the National Security Council and the HSC, has created
the first National Implementation Plan for the Global
War on Terrorism, which will further consolidate the
U.S. Government’s efforts on the Global War on Terrorism.
The DNI and the NCTC work to utilize the unique
assets and capabilities of other Government agencies
and interagency groups—some of which are reorganizing to improve these capabilities and better interface
with the new intelligence structure. As such, the NCTC
allocates requirements to the agencies with the assets
and capabilities to address them. In addition, NCTC
has formed a new core staff of analysts drawn from
multiple intelligence agencies. This variety ensures that
NCTC can access the Intelligence Community’s full
breadth of knowledge and complement the activities
of individual agencies. Despite the addition of this new
permanent planning staff, NCTC will not undertake
direct operations but will continue to leave mission execution with the appropriate agencies. This separation
ensures that agencies’ chains of command remain intact
and prevent potentially excessive micromanagement of
counterterrorism missions. Taken together, the creation
of the NCTC and recent legislation and executive orders
will ensure counterterrorism intelligence and warning
assets are better allocated and more tightly coordinated, leading to improved intelligence for homeland
security.
Over the past seven years, the FBI has developed
its intelligence capabilities and improved its ability to
protect the American people from threats to national
security. It has built on its established capacity to collect information and enhanced its ability to analyze,
disseminate and utilize intelligence. The percentage of
the FBI’s finished intelligence reports that were responsive to National Intelligence Priority Framework topics
(which is a measure of how responsive the program
is to the U.S. Intelligence Community’s collection requirements) increased from 79 percent in 2005 to 92
percent in 2007. In 2007, 33 percent of human sources
that the FBI obtained information from reported on
Tier 1 threat groups, which is composed of entities with
high intentions to harm the homeland and moderate
or strong links with al-Qa’ida. Furthermore, the FBI’s
Terrorist Screening Center has significantly increase
the number of positive encounters (database hits) with
subjects through multiple Federal screening processes

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from approximately 5,300 hits in 2004 to over 21,000
in 2007.
The President’s 2009 Budget supports the FBI’s priorities and its continuing transformation by providing the
resources needed to enhance its national security capabilities and improve supporting information technology
and infrastructure. These initiatives will increase the
number of agents and specialists working national security cases; enhance intelligence collection, systems, and
training; improve information technology (IT) systems
that reduce paperwork and facilitate information sharing; and expand partnerships with Federal, state, local
and foreign agencies, as well as the private sector.
Among the intelligence-related enhancements in the
2009 budget are $26 million for the confidential human
source validation program, $25 million for foreign language translation programs and $10 million for technical collections.
As a result of the Department of Homeland Security’s
2006 reorganization (Second Stage Review), a new Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) was established
to strengthen intelligence functions and information
sharing within DHS. I&A gathers information to analyze terrorist threats to critical infrastructure, transportation systems, or other targets inside the homeland.
Led by the DHS Chief Intelligence Officer reporting
directly to the Secretary, this office not only relies on
personnel from the former Information Analysis and
Infrastructure Protection Directorate, but also draws
on the expertise of other DHS components with information collection and analytical capabilities. For example, improved coordination and information sharing between border agents, air marshals, and intelligence analysts deepens the Department’s understanding of terrorist threats. By maintaining and expanding its partnership with the NCTC, DHS will better coordinate
its activities with other members within the intelligence
community and the DNI.
I&A also serves as the focal point for disseminating
homeland security information to State and local entities. For example, I&A is connected to homeland security directors and intelligence analysts of States, counties, and territories through the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) and it is deploying the
Homeland Security Data Network (HSDN) to them as
well, with over 18 State and Local Fusion Centers already able to access DHS secret-level classified systems
through HSDN. All 50 States and major urban areas
are connected to HSIN, and it is being rolled out to
major counties as well. Furthermore, in recognition of
the limitations of virtual interactions through electronic
communications networks, beginning in 2006, I&A has
begun deploying liaisons and intelligence analysts to
State and Local Intelligence Fusion Centers across the
Nation to improve the flow and quality of homeland
security information to State, local and private sector
partners and ensure a more accurate situational awareness for DHS and its Federal partners. In 2007, DHS
disseminated a total of 355 intelligence products to its
Federal, State, local, tribal, and private sector partners.

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Border and Transportation Security
This mission area covers activities to protect border
and transportation systems, such as screening airport
passengers, detecting dangerous materials at ports
overseas and at U.S. ports-of-entry, and patrolling our
coasts and the land between ports-of-entry. The majority of funding in this mission area ($23 billion, or 89
percent, in 2009) is in DHS, largely for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Transportation
Security Administration (TSA), and the U.S Coast
Guard. Other DHS bureaus and other Federal Departments, such as the Departments of State and Justice,
also play a significant role. The President’s 2009 request would increase funding for border and transportation security activities by 15.4 percent over the 2008
level.
Securing our borders and transportation systems is
a complex task. Security enhancements in one area may
make another avenue more attractive to terrorists.
Therefore, our border and transportation security strategy aims to make the U.S. borders ‘‘smarter’’—targeting
layered resources toward the highest risks and sharing
information so that frontline personnel can stay ahead
of potential adversaries—while facilitating the flow of
legitimate visitors and commerce. The creation of DHS
allowed for unification of the Federal Government’s
major border and transportation security resources,
which facilitates the integration of risk targeting systems and ensures greater accountability in border and
transportation security. Rather than having separate
systems for managing goods, people, and agricultural
products, one agency is now accountable for ensuring
that there is one cohesive border management system.
The 2009 Budget provides approximately $9.5 billion
for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) including
nearly $500 million in funding for 2,200 new Border
Patrol agents. The President has committed to more
than doubling the size of the Border Patrol to 18,300
agents before he leaves office and obtaining funding
for an additional 1,700 by the end of 2009. At the
start of the President’s administration, there were approximately 9,000 Border Patrol agents.

Table 3–4.

To further gain control of our borders, the Budget
also continues funding for technology and infrastructure
along the border. In September of 2006, DHS awarded
a contract to implement the technological and infrastructure component of its Secure Border Initiative
(SBI) effort, SBInet. SBInet will concentrate on using
proven, technology to significantly improve the availability of information and tools to Border Patrol agents
so they can better detect, identify, classify and confront
illegal border activity by those who pose a threat to
the United States. The Budget includes $775 million
for this priority. This investment will support smarter
and more secure borders.
The Administration has effectively ended the practice
of ‘‘catch and release’’ along the northern and southern
borders. Non-Mexican illegal aliens apprehended at the
border are now detained and then returned to their
home countries as quickly as possible and all non-criminal Mexican illegal aliens apprehended are returned
to Mexico immediately. The 2009 Budget includes $2.6
billion in detention and removal resources to continue
this success and supports a total of 33,000 detention
beds across the country to house illegal aliens apprehended by DHS.
To improve coordination and provide assistance to
State and local law enforcement officials, the Budget
will expand a successful Federal/State and local partnership—the 287(g) program, which provides State/local
law enforcement officials with guidance and training
in immigration law, subject to the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security. The 2009 Budget includes
an increase of $12 million for the 287(g) program and
the Law Enforcement Support Center, including the
training of State and local law enforcement officers,
detention beds for apprehended illegal aliens, and personnel to assist state and local law enforcement when
they encounter aliens.
Key to the Federal Government’s screening of international visitors is the US-VISIT program, which is
designed to expedite the clearance of legitimate travelers while identifying and denying clearance to those
who may intend harm. US-VISIT previously collected
two digital fingerprints and a digital photograph of all
foreign visitors entering the United States. In 2007,

BORDER AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY FUNDING
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)

Agency

2007
Enacted

2007
Supplemental/
Emergency

2008
Enacted

2008
Supplemental/
Emergency

2009
Request

Department of Agriculture .......................................
Department of Commerce ......................................
Department of Homeland Security .........................
Department of Justice .............................................
Department of State ...............................................
Department of Transportation .................................
General Services Administration ............................

214.2
1.5
17,823.7
20.6
1,190.3
14.6
100.4

.......................
.......................
2,253.6
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................

244.1
1.6
20,004.5
4.5
1,901.8
15.3
115.0

.......................
.......................
2,511.7
106.0
.......................
.......................
225.0

255.1
1.8
22,970.8
4.6
2,395.5
10.7
74.0

Total, Border and Transportation Security .......

19,365.3

2,253.6

22,286.8

2,842.7

25,712.5

3. HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING ANALYSIS

the number of biometric watch list hits for travelers
processed at U.S. ports of entry exceeded 6,000, and
the number of hits for visa applicants at consular offices exceeded 4,000. In November 2007, US-VISIT introduced technology to collect 10 fingerprints from arriving foreign visitors with the plan to roll-out 10-print
collection to 8 more ports soon. In order to ensure that
US-VISIT has full coverage of all potential visitors to
the United States, all U.S. ports of entry will transition
to collecting 10 fingerprints by the end of 2008. The
2009 Budget includes $390 million to support the increased system infrastructure and continue the progress
toward interoperability with the FBI’s fingerprint system, the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS).
In order to further improve aviation security, in 2009,
the Administration will devote nearly $6.0 billion to
the multi-layered, risk-based aviation security system,
including: $3 billion for over 48,000 Transportation Security Officers and technologies to screen passengers
and their baggage for weapons and explosives. TSA will
continue to provide specialized training in the detection
of suspicious behaviors, fraudulent documents, and improvised explosive devices, $131 million for enhancements at passenger checkpoints to improve the detection of prohibited items, especially weapons and explosives, through the use of additional sensors such as
whole body imaging, liquid bottle scanners, automated
explosive sampling, and cast and prosthesis scanners;
and nearly $100 million for air cargo security inspectors, canine teams, and the Certified Shipper Program
to achieve 100 percent screening of passenger air cargo
in 2010.
The Budget will also recapitalize checked baggage
screening devices and accelerate deployment of inline
systems that will increase baggage throughput by up
to 300 percent. The President’s Budget proposes a temporary, four-year surcharge on the passenger security
fee of $0.50 per enplanement with a maximum increase
of $1.00 per one-way trip. The additional fee collections
of $426 million would be deposited in the mandatory
Aviation Security Capital Fund to accelerate the deployment of optimal checked baggage screening systems and
address the need to recapitalize existing equipment deployed immediately after September 11, 2001.
In the area of surface transportation security, TSA
assessed approximately 37 percent of national critical
surface transportation assets or systems in pipeline,
maritime, mass transit, rail, highway, motor carrier,
and postal shipping sectors in 2007 and continues to
provide assistance to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in its review of infrastructure
protection grant applications. In 2009, TSA will devote
over $375 million for surface transportation security,
including funding for nearly 100 inspectors to conduct
risk-based assessments in the largest mass transit and
rail systems.
Safeguarding our seaports is critical since terrorists
may seek to use them to enter the country or introduce
weapons or other dangerous materials. With 95 percent

25
of all U.S. cargo passing through the Nation’s 361 ports,
a terrorist attack on a major seaport could slow the
movement of goods and be economically devastating to
the nation. The Maritime Transportation Security Act
(MTSA) and its implementing regulations, issued by
DHS in October 2003, require ports, vessels, and facilities to conduct security assessments. In 2009, the Coast
Guard will continue to ensure compliance with MTSA
port and vessel security standards and regulations. The
2009 Budget provides nearly $3 billion for port security
across DHS, primarily for Coast Guard port security
activities such as Maritime Safety and Security Teams
and harbor patrols. In addition, the Coast Guard’s
budget funds operations to strengthen intelligence collection and surveillance capabilities in the maritime
environment, both of which contribute to the broader
Coast Guard effort to enhance Maritime Domain
Awareness. In 2007, Congress passed P.L. 109–347, the
SAFE Port Act, which requires enhanced screening of
cargo bound for the Unites States, among other port
security measures. In addition, port operators are eligible for grants to fund security enhancements under
DHS’ Infrastructure Protection Program (IPP) which
falls under the Infrastructure Protection mission area.
The Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs
is the second largest contributor to border and transportation security. The Department’s Border Security Program includes visa, passport, American Citizen Services
and International Adoption programs. For foreign visitors that require a visa, the Department of State collects the visitor’s biometric and biographic data, which
is then checked against U.S. government databases,
thereby improving the ability to make a visa determination. When the visitor arrives in the United States,
US-VISIT procedures allow DHS to determine whether
the person applying for entry is the same person who
was issued the visa by the Department of State. This
and additional database checks improve the ability of
DHS to make admissibility decisions.
In addition, the Department of State will continue
to respond to demand for secure travel documents that
will be required by the Western Hemisphere Travel
Initiative. Under this initiative, United States citizens
and foreign visitors traveling to and from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Panama, Canada or Mexico will be required to have a passport or standardized travel card
that establishes the bearer’s identity and nationality
to enter or re-enter the United States. The initiative
will improve security at our borders by standardizing
entry and exit information and increasing the ability
of Government agencies to work together.
Furthermore, the President’s 2009 request significantly increases funding for the Department of State’s
border security program to Mexico for the purchase of
x-ray systems to inspect trucks and trains, a mobile
x-ray van, patrol vehicles, cameras, fences, and training
and systems support to Mexican customs and immigration officials.

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Domestic Counterterrorism
Funding in the Domestic Counterterrorism mission
area covers Federal and Federally-supported efforts to
identify, thwart, and prosecute terrorists in the United

Table 3–5.

States. The largest contributors to the domestic
counterterrorism mission are law enforcement organizations: the DOJ (largely for the FBI) and DHS (largely
for ICE), accounting for 52.7 and 45.5 percent of funding for 2009, respectively.

DOMESTIC COUNTERRORISM FUNDING
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)

Agency

2007
Enacted

2007
Supplemental/
Emergency

2008
Enacted

2008
Supplemental/
Emergency

2009
Request

Department of Homeland Security .........................
Department of Interior .............................................
Department of Justice .............................................
Department of Transportation .................................
Department of the Treasury ...................................
Social Security Administration ................................

2,461.1
0.3
2,469.4
20.0
74.4
1.4

27.0
.......................
195.8
.......................
.......................
.......................

2,220.2
0.2
2,590.9
23.0
62.4
0.2

68.0
.......................
86.7
.......................
.......................
.......................

2,454.3
0.2
2,839.4
29.0
69.8
0.2

Total, Domestic Counterterrorism ......................

5,026.6

222.8

4,896.8

154.7

5,392.9

Since the attacks of September 11th, preventing and
interdicting terrorist activity within the United States
has become a priority for law enforcement at all levels
of government. The major requirements addressed in
the domestic counterterrorism mission area include:
• Developing a proactive law enforcement capability
to prevent terrorist attacks;
• Apprehending potential terrorists; and
• Improving law enforcement cooperation and information
sharing
to
enhance
domestic
counterterrorism efforts across all levels of government.
The President’s 2009 Budget supports the FBI’s top
strategic priority: to protect the United States from terrorist
attacks.
FBI
continues
to
build
its
counterterrorism capabilities post-9/11. Over the past
seven
years,
FBI
has
shifted
resources
to
counterterrorism from lower priority programs, hired
and trained additional field investigators, enhanced
science and technology capabilities, and strengthened
headquarters oversight of the counterterrorism program. In 2007, the FBI reported over 3,600 State and
local law enforcement participants in its Joint Terrorism Task Forces that are found all across the nation.
Overall, FBI resources in the domestic counterterrorism
category have increased from $0.9 billion in 2002 to
$2 billion in 2009. Among the largest 2009 initiatives
for enhancing counterterrorism capabilities are $28 million for national security field investigations, $28 million for surveillance operations, and $16 million for the
Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate.
ICE works to deter and dismantle terrorist groups,
individuals, and companies involved in the illegal procurement and movement of weapons of mass destruction and their materials and components. ICE National
Security Investigations personnel work closely with the
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task
Forces to utilize the collective resources of the partici-

pating agencies for the prevention, deterrence, and investigation of terrorism and related activities occurring
in or affecting the United States.
Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets
Funding in the Protecting Critical Infrastructure and
Key Assets mission area captures the efforts of the
U.S. Government to secure the Nation’s infrastructure,
including information infrastructure, from terrorist attacks. Protecting the Nation’s critical infrastructure and
key assets is a complex challenge for two reasons: (1)
the diversity of infrastructure and (2) the high level
of private ownership (85 percent) of the Nation’s critical
infrastructure and key assets. DOD continues to report
the largest share of funding in this category for 2009
($12 billion, or 59.8 percent), which includes programs
focusing on physical security and improving the military’s ability to prevent or mitigate the consequences
of attacks against departmental personnel and facilities. DHS has overall responsibility for prioritizing and
executing infrastructure protection activities at the national level and accounts for $3.8 billion (18.7 percent)
of 2009 funding. In addition, a total of 25 other agencies
report funding to protect their own assets and work
with States, localities, and the private sector to reduce
vulnerabilities in their areas of expertise. The President’s 2009 request increases funding for activities to
protect critical infrastructure and key assets by $238
million (1.2 percent) over the 2008 level.
Securing America’s critical infrastructure and key assets is a complex task. The major requirements include:
• Unifying disparate efforts to protect critical infrastructure across the Federal Government, and
with State, local, and private stakeholders;
• Building and maintaining an accurate assessment
of America’s critical infrastructure and key assets
and prioritizing protective action based on risk;

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Table 3–6.

PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEY ASSETS FUNDING
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)
Agency

2007
Enacted

2007
Supplemental/
Emergency

2008
Enacted

2008
Supplemental/
Emergency

2009
Request

Department of Agriculture .......................................
Department of Defense ..........................................
Department of Energy ............................................
Department of Health and Human Services ..........
Department of Homeland Security .........................
Department of Justice .............................................
Department of Transportation .................................
Department of Veterans Affairs ..............................
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ....
National Science Foundation ..................................
Social Security Administration ................................
Other Agencies .......................................................

34.2
11,254.0
1,537.6
185.4
3,107.3
545.0
155.5
217.7
199.2
357.4
191.9
603.0

.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
222.0
6.5
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................

39.2
12,126.8
1,604.4
192.4
3,840.4
409.4
149.3
216.3
205.2
348.9
211.5
582.3

.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
15.8
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................

59.3
12,058.3
1,626.0
199.6
3,768.4
571.4
162.7
277.4
203.0
364.0
220.3
654.1

Total, Protecting Critical Infrastructure and
Key Assets ........................................................

18,388.2

228.5

19,926.1

15.8

20,164.5

• Enabling effective partnerships to protect critical
infrastructure; and
• Reducing threats and vulnerabilities in cyberspace.
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD7), signed in December 2003, established a national
policy to protect critical infrastructure and key resources from attack, to ensure the delivery of essential
goods and services, and to maintain public safety and
security. Under HSPD-7, DHS is responsible for coordinating Federal critical infrastructure programs and
working closely with State and local governments and
the private sector to aligning protection efforts. To provide the overall framework to integrate various critical
infrastructure protection activities, DHS developed the
National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP). The
plan’s risk-management approach provides the framework for government and industry to work together
on common protective goals, while focusing resources
where they are needed the most.
Recognizing that each infrastructure sector possesses
it own unique characteristics, HSPD-7 also designated
sector-specific agencies to coordinate infrastructure protection efforts within each sector. As a result, each of
the 17 sectors developed a Sector Specific Plan (SSP)
as part of the NIPP process. These plans build on the
base NIPP plan and establish partnership models
through which public and private sector security partners will work together to collect infrastructure information, prioritize assets and protective programs, and
develop metrics to inform future initiatives.
DHS recently reorganized and combined its preparedness and response functions to fulfill requirements of
the 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations Act. DHS
also created the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), which includes offices that were
omitted from the transfer to FEMA by statute. These
offices, which focus on physical and cyber infrastructure

protection, as well as other major security initiatives,
will be part of the newly created NPPD.
The Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) within
NPPD oversees NIPP implementation and is responsible for managing and prioritizing infrastructure protection at the national level. IP conducts site visits
and assessments each year on critical infrastructure
and provides sector-specific threat and vulnerability information to the private sector in partnership with DHS
Intelligence and Analysis. In 2007, IP also took on the
responsibility for implementing DHS’ chemical facility
security regulations, which ensure our nation’s chemical
facilities meet risk-based performance standards for security. The 2009 Budget provides $273 million for these
activities. In conjunction with funding for the Office
of Infrastructure Protection, the Infrastructure Protection Program (IPP) within FEMA consists of five grant
programs funding security enhancement projects in and
around transportation assets and other critical infrastructure sites. Awarded through the Office of Grants
and Training, IPP grants supplement State and local
infrastructure security efforts, especially detection and
prevention investments.
Cyberspace security is a key element of infrastructure
protection. The consequences of a cyber attack could
cascade across the economy, imperiling public safety
and national security. To address this threat, DHS established the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD)
in 2003—in response to the President’s National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace—in order to identify, analyze
and reduce cyber threats and vulnerabilities, coordinate
incident response, and provide technical assistance.
NCSD works collaboratively with public, private, and
international entities to secure cyberspace and America’s cyber assets. NCSD also manages the U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT), which coordinates defense against and responds to cyber attacks
across the nation. US-CERT deploys ‘‘Einstein’’ intrusion detection sensors on Federal networks and oper-

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ates a cyber watch, warning, and analysis center to
provide real-time alerts to Federal departments and
agencies, State and local governments, and the private
sector. The 2009 budget expands US-CERT analytic capabilities and defensive measures to ensure information
on our Federal networks is secure. To support these
critical preparedness activities, the Budget includes
$294 million for the NCSD in 2009. Moreover, the
Budget includes an additional $39 million for the FBI’s
cyber security activities in 2009.
Defending Against Catastrophic Threats
The Defending Against Catastrophic Threats mission
area covers activities including research, development,

Table 3–7.

and deployment of technologies, systems, and medical
measures to detect and counter the threat of chemical,
biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons. The agencies with the most significant resources to help develop
and field technologies to counter CBRN threats are:
(1) DOD ($5 billion, or 55.5 percent, of the 2009 total);
(2) HHS, largely for research at the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) and for advanced development of medical countermeasures ($2.2 billion, or 24.5 percent, of
the 2009 total); and (3) DHS ($1.2 billion, or 13.7 percent, of the 2009 total). The President’s 2009 request
would increase funding for activities to defend against
catastrophic threats by $777 million (8.6 percent) over
the 2008 level.

DEFENDING AGAINST CATASTROPHIC THREATS FUNDING
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)

Agency

2007
Enacted

2007
Supplemental/
Emergency

2008
Enacted

2008
Supplemental/
Emergency

2009
Request

Department of Agriculture .......................................
Department of Commerce ......................................
Department of Defense ..........................................
Department of Energy ............................................
Department of Health and Human Services ..........
Department of Homeland Security .........................
Department of Justice .............................................
Department of the Treasury ...................................
National Science Foundation ..................................
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ............................

233.0
88.7
4,889.8
62.1
2,022.2
1,204.4
42.1
0.9
28.0
24.7

.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
148.0
1.9
.......................
.......................
.......................

215.6
85.0
4,754.4
63.5
2,008.3
1,056.2
45.2
1.8
25.0
23.2

.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
2.0
.......................
.......................
.......................

296.2
96.0
5,026.9
89.9
2,219.1
1,236.2
40.3
2.4
15.0
32.8

Total, Defending Against Catastrophic Threats
Plus BioShield .....................................................

8,595.9
....................

149.9
.......................

8,278.1
....................

2.0
.......................

9,054.8
2,175.0

Total, Defending Against Catastrophic Threats
including BioShield ..........................................

8,595.9

149.9

8,278.1

2.0

11,229.8

The major requirements addressed in this mission
area include:
• Preventing terrorist use of CBRN weapons
through detection systems and procedures, and
improving decontamination techniques; and
• Developing countermeasures, such as vaccines and
other drugs to protect the public from the threat
of a CBRN attack or other public health emergency.
To protect against a nuclear or radiological weapon
entering the country, the Domestic Nuclear Detection
Office (DNDO) was created in 2005 within DHS to coordinate the Nation’s nuclear detection efforts. DNDO,
together with the Departments of State, Energy, Defense, and Justice, is responsible for developing and
deploying a comprehensive system to detect and report
any attempt to import a nuclear explosive device or
radiological material into the United States. With an
additional 154 radiation portal monitors for screening
cargo deployed to the Nation’s largest seaports, DNDO,
in 2007, screened over 94% of incoming cargo containers
(by volume) to the United States for dangerous radio-

active materials. DNDO is also responsible for establishing response protocols to ensure that the detection
of a nuclear explosive device or radiological material
leads to timely and effective action by military, law
enforcement, emergency response, and other appropriate Government assets. The 2009 Budget includes
$564 million for DNDO, a 16 percent increase from
the 2008 level.
In 2009, DNDO will invest $113 million in transformational research and development aimed at enhancing our ability to detect, identify, and attribute
nuclear and radiological materials. This research looks
beyond current capabilities and seeks to find new scientific tools and methodologies that may prove useful
in broad efforts to focus the Nation’s resources toward
countering the threat of nuclear and radiological devices. DNDO’s budget also includes $170 million for
the deployment of both fixed and mobile radiation portal monitors at strategic points of entry throughout the
country. An additional $20 million will be used to improve the detection of radiological and nuclear materials in and around the Nation’s major urban areas.

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Together with overseas non-proliferation efforts led by
the Department of State, and overseas detection capabilities managed by the Department of Energy, these
programs seek to create a seamless approach toward
preventing terrorists anywhere in the world from acquiring, transporting, or introducing these materials
into the United States.
To counter the threat of CBRN weapons, the Budget
continues to invest in efforts to decrease the time between an attack and implementation of Federal, State
and local response protocols. Unlike an attack with conventional weapons, a CBRN attack may not be immediately apparent. Working to ensure earlier detection
and characterization of an attack helps protect and save
lives. DHS will therefore continue to support efforts
such as the BioWatch environmental monitoring program, which samples and analyzes air in over 30 metropolitan areas to continually check for dangerous biological agents. The program is designed to provide early
warning of a large-scale biological weapon attack, thereby allowing the distribution of life-saving treatment and
preventative measures before the development of serious and widespread illnesses.
A key element in defending against catastrophic
threats is developing and maintaining adequate countermeasures for a CBRN attack. This not only means
stockpiling countermeasures that are currently available, but developing new countermeasures for agents
that currently have none, and next-generation countermeasures that are safer and more effective than those
that presently exist. The Budget continues HHS’ investment in developing medical countermeasures to CBRN
threats with $2.1 billion in funding, which is more than
$2.0 billion over the level prior to 9/11 (this includes
funding for programs focused on chemical and radiological and nuclear countermeasures referenced below).
For 2009, the Budget includes $275 million for the advanced development of medical countermeasures
against threats of bioterrorism and next generation ventilators. Large investments in basic research of medical
countermeasures at HHS have helped create multiple
promising products to protect the public against the

Table 3–8.

threat of a terrorist attack. These investments will accelerate the development of these products to help
Project BioShield acquire them more quickly for inclusion in the Strategic National Stockpile.
HHS will also continue to improve human health surveillance with $100 million dedicated to biosurveilance
activities, including the BioSense program (allowing
local, State, and national public health authorities to
monitor ‘‘real-time’’ trends in data from hospitals, emergency departments, and laboratories to identify and
characterize potential human health threats), and augmenting the number and quality of border health and
quarantine stations. HHS will enhance its internal biodefense and emergency preparedness activities with
$131 million, to include an expansion of the laboratory
response network capability and capacity to test for
radiological and nuclear material exposure. The Food
and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture will also conduct surveillance to ensure the security of the food supply. Information collected from
these programs will be disseminated to the National
Biosurveillance Integration Center at DHS.
DOD defends the nation against catastrophic threats
by undertaking long-term research on chemical and biological threats and by developing strategies to counter
the risk of such attacks. DOD’s efforts in maritime
defense and interdiction provide early detection and response to possible CBRN threats. DOD also conducts
anti-terrorism planning to defend against a potential
CBRN or other terrorist attack against a military base
or installment. Finally, the U.S. Northern Command,
the military command responsible for DOD’s homeland
defense activities, is included in this category.
Emergency Preparedness and Response
The Emergency Preparedness and Response mission
area covers agency efforts to bolster capabilities nationwide to prevent and protect against terrorist attacks,
and also minimize the damage from attacks through
effective response and recovery. The mission area encompasses a broad range of agency incident manage-

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE FUNDING
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)

Agency

2007
Enacted

2007
Supplemental/
Emergency

2008
Enacted

2008
Supplemental/
Emergency

2009
Request

Department of Defense ..........................................
Department of Energy ............................................
Department of Health and Human Services ..........
Department of Homeland Security .........................
Other Agencies .......................................................

394.5
119.5
2,119.5
1,826.6
362.2

.......................
.......................
.......................
37.0
.......................

493.3
160.8
2,099.9
2,425.4
372.0

.......................
.......................
.......................
60.0
.......................

560.7
227.0
2,038.0
1,788.5
398.8

Total, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Plus Mandatory PSIC Grants .............................

4,822.2
1,000.0

37.0
.......................

5,551.4
....................

60.0
.......................

5,013.1
....................

Total, Emergency Preparedness and Response, including Mandatory Communications Interoperability Grants ...........................

5,822.2

37.0

5,551.4

60.0

5,013.1

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ment activities, as well as grants and other assistance
to States and localities for first responder preparedness
capabilities. Response to natural disasters and other
major incidents, including catastrophic natural events
such as Hurricane Katrina and chemical or oil spills,
do not directly fall within the definition of a homeland
security activity for funding purposes, as defined by
Section 889 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. However, in preparing for terrorism-related threats, many
of the activities within this mission area also support
preparedness for catastrophic natural and man-made
disasters. Additionally, lessons learned from the response to Hurricane Katrina have been used to revise
and strengthen catastrophic response planning in line
with the National Response Framework.
HHS, the largest participant in this mission area ($2
billion, or 40.7 percent, in 2009), assists States, localities and hospitals to upgrade public health capacity,
maintains a national stockpile of medicines and vaccines for use following an event, and supports the National Disaster Medical System. DHS maintains the
second largest share of funding in this category ($1.8
billion, or 35.7 percent, for 2009), mainly for preparedness grant assistance to State and local first responders. A total of 23 other agencies include emergency
preparedness and response funding. A number of agencies maintain specialized response assets that may be
called upon in select circumstances, and others report
only funding for their agency’s internal preparedness
capability. The major requirements addressed in this
mission area include:
• Establishing measurable goals for national preparedness and ensuring that Federal funding supports these goals;
• Ensuring that Federal programs to train and
equip States and localities meet the National Preparedness Guidelines in a coordinated and complementary manner;
• Encouraging standardization and interoperability
of first responder equipment, especially for communications;
• Building a national training, exercise, and evaluation system;
• Implementing the National Incident Management
System;
• Preparing health care providers for a mass casualty event; and
• Augmenting America’s pharmaceutical and vaccine stockpiles.
Many of the key elements of the national emergency
response system are already in place. During 2004, separate Federal response plans were integrated into a
single all-hazards National Response Plan. The National Incident Management System was simultaneously developed to integrate a standardized Incident
Command System throughout Federal, State and local
response agencies and organizations. Recently, the National Response Plan was substantially revised as the
National Response Framework to provide clear national
response doctrine and incorporate lessons learned from

ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES

Hurricane Katrina. Additionally, the publication of the
National Preparedness Guidelines provides a consistent
framework for guiding Federal, State, and local investments. In order to ensure that these investments translate into improvements in preparedness, we must continue to identify capability gaps and improve prevention, protection, response and recovery capabilities at
all levels of government. A related challenge is ensuring
that investments in State and local preparedness are
focused on building and enhancing national capabilities,
and not simply supplanting day-to-day operating budgets. DHS is leading an interagency effort to better
match Federal resources with achieving national target
capabilities.
From 2001 through 2008, the Federal Government
has allocated over $30 billion in State and local terrorism preparedness funding from the Departments of
Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and
Justice, and the Environmental Protection Agency, increasing spending from an annual level of approximately $350 million in 2001 to over $3.1 billion in
the 2009 request. The funding growth has been directed
to Federal programs and grant assistance which support State and local preparedness and response activities, including equipping, training and exercising first
responders, and preparing the public health infrastructure, for a range of terrorist threats. In addition, to
supplement available State and local assistance for public safety communications interoperability, the Department of Commerce, in consultation with DHS, awarded
up to $1 billion to qualified applicants for this purpose
in 2007 from anticipated spectrum auction receipts. The
Federal Government has taken steps to rationalize and
simplify the distribution of State and local assistance;
better target funds based on risk and effectiveness; and
develop and implement the seven national priorities
and 37 target capabilities identified in the National
Preparedness Guidelines. As a result, the percent of
participating State and local homeland security agencies and major urban area grant recipients reporting
measurable progress made towards identified goals and
objectives to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks
increased to approximately 67 percent and 64 percent,
respectively, in 2007.
The 2009 Budget provides over $150 million for DHS
programs which train and exercise first responders in
preparation for catastrophic events including the National Exercise Program, the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, the Center for Domestic Preparedness, the U.S. Fire Administration, and the Emergency Management Institute. In 2007, the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) within DHS
reported that 72 percent of assisted jurisdictions demonstrated acceptable performance on applicable critical
tasks in exercises using approved scenarios. To continue
this positive trend, the 2009 Budget also provides
grants which support coordinated terrorism preparedness training, exercises, and equipment for State and
local responders across the various responder disciplines. The 2009 request includes nearly $1.5 billion

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for terrorism preparedness grants to be administered
by FEMA and proposes to continue current progress
on the grant allocation process to better address threats
and needs. The Budget also supports a range of Federal
response capabilities, including providing $110 million
for the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Emergency
Support Team, $20 million for FEMA’s Urban Search
and Rescue teams, $53 million for the National Disaster
Medical System, and other emergency response, management, and operations assets. The capabilities of
these teams range from providing radiological assistance in support of State and local agencies to responding to major incidents worldwide.
In order to ensure that the nation is prepared for
dealing with a biological attack, the Administration
continues to make significant investments in medical
countermeasures through Project BioShield. 4 While the
stockpiling of medical countermeasures is the primary
goal, BioShield is also designed to stimulate the development of the next generation of countermeasures by
allowing the Federal Government to buy critically needed vaccines and medications for biodefense as soon as
experts agree that they are safe and effective enough
to be added to the Strategic National Stockpile. As a
result, this program also provides an incentive for the
development and manufacturing of advanced countermeasures, ensuring that new and improved countermeasures will be available in the future. The Budget
includes $571 million to maintain and augment this
supply of vaccines and other countermeasures that can
be made available within 12 hours in the event of a
terrorist attack or other public health emergency. This
includes funding for storage and maintenance of products purchased through BioShield.
Finally, HHS has the lead role in preparing public
health providers for catastrophic terrorism. In addition
to providing additional funding to expand HHS’s public
health and medical response capabilities, including disaster medical assistance, the 2009 Budget also provides
nearly $362 million to continue improvements for hospital infrastructure and $571 million for upgrades to
State and local public health capacity. In 2009, HHS
intends to align the grant cycles with the States’ fiscal
year. Taking this one-time change into account, the
2009 funding is a $25 million increase over 2008. This
investment will bring the total assistance provided by
HHS to States, local governments and health care providers since 2001 to over $9 billion.
Non-Federal Expenditures 5
State and local governments and private-sector firms
also have devoted resources of their own to the task
4 BioShield is a shared responsibility, joining the intelligence capabilities of DHS with
the medical expertise of HHS.
5 OMB does not collect detailed homeland security expenditure data from State, local,
or private entities directly.

of defending against terrorist threats. Some of the additional spending has been of a one-time nature, such
as investment in new security equipment and infrastructure; some additional spending has been ongoing,
such as hiring more personnel, and increasing overtime
for existing security personnel. In many cases, ownsource spending has supplemented the resources provided by the Federal Government.
Many governments and businesses continue to place
a high priority on and provide additional resources for
security. On the other hand, many entities have not
increased their spending. A 2004 survey conducted by
the National Association of Counties found that as a
result of the homeland security process of intergovernmental planning and funding, three out of four counties
believed they were better prepared to respond to terrorist threats. Moreover, almost 40 percent of the surveyed counties had appropriated their own funds to
assist with homeland security. Own-source resources
supplemented funds provided by States and the Federal
Government. However, the same survey revealed that
54 percent of counties had not used any of their own
funds. 6
There is also a diversity of responses in the businesses community. A 2003 survey conducted by the
Conference Board showed that just over half of the
companies reported that they had permanently increased security spending post-September 11, 2001.
About 15 percent of the companies surveyed had increased their security spending by 20 percent or more.
Large increases in spending were especially evident in
critical industries, such as transportation, energy, financial services, media and telecommunications, information technology, and healthcare. However, about onethird of the surveyed companies reported that they had
not increased their security spending after September
11th. 7 Given the difficulty of obtaining survey results
that are representative of the entire universe of States,
localities, and businesses, it is expected that there will
be a wide range of estimates on non-Federal security
spending for critical infrastructure protection.
Additional Tables
The tables in the Federal expenditures section above
present data based on the President’s policy for the
2008 Budget. The tables below present additional policy
and baseline data, as directed by the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

6 Source: National Association of Counties, ‘‘Homeland Security Funding—2003 State
Homeland Security Grants Programs I and II.’’
7 Source: Conference Board, ‘‘Corporate Security Management’’ 2003.

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Estimates by Agency:

Table 3–9.

DISCRETIONARY FEE-FUNDED HOMELAND SECURITY ACTIVITIES BY AGENCY
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)
2007
Enacted

Agency

2007
Supplemental/
Emergency

2008
Enacted

2008
Supplemental/
Emergency

2009
Request

Department of Energy ............................................
Department of Homeland Security .........................
Department of State ...............................................
General Services Administration ............................
Social Security Administration8 ..............................
Federal Communications Commission ...................
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ............................
Securities and Exchange Commission ...................

14.3
2,910.0
1,166.7
161.5
193.3
2.3
72.0
14.3

.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................

15.7
2,819.0
1,878.9
360.0
212.4
2.3
43.0
16.4

.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................

14.4
2,985.0
1,959.0
111.4
221.3
2.3
46.0
15.9

Total, Discretionary Homeland Security FeeFunded Activities ..............................................

4,534.4

.......................

5,347.7

.......................

5,355.3

Table 3–10.

MANDATORY HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING BY AGENCY
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)

Agency
Department
Department
Department
Department
Department
Department

of
of
of
of
of
of

2007
Enacted

2007
Supplemental/
Emergency

2008
Enacted

2008
Supplemental/
Emergency

2009
Request

Agriculture ............................................
Commerce ............................................
Energy ..................................................
Health and Human Services ...............
Homeland Security ..............................
Labor ....................................................

186.0
16.6
12.0
16.8
2,200.1
3.9

.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................

216.0
19.4
13.0
14.3
2,601.0
8.0

.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................

226.7
19.6
12.0
14.4
2,942.6
8.6

Total, Homeland Security Mandatory Programs ....
Plus Mandatory PSIC Grants ..................................

2,435.5
1,000.0

.......................
.......................

2,871.7
....................

.......................
.......................

3,223.9
....................

Total, Homeland Security Mandatory Programs including Mandatory PSIC Grants ..........................

3,435.5

.......................

2,871.7

.......................

3,223.9

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3. HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING ANALYSIS

Table 3–11.

BASELINE ESTIMATES—TOTAL HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING BY AGENCY
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)
Baseline

2008
Enacted

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Department of Agriculture ..............................................................................................................................
Department of Commerce ..............................................................................................................................
Department of Defense ..................................................................................................................................
Department of Education ...............................................................................................................................
Department of Energy ....................................................................................................................................
Department of Health and Human Services .................................................................................................
Department of Homeland Security .................................................................................................................
Department of Housing and Urban Development .........................................................................................
Department of the Interior ..............................................................................................................................
Department of Justice ....................................................................................................................................
Department of Labor ......................................................................................................................................
Department of State .......................................................................................................................................
Department of Transportation ........................................................................................................................
Department of the Treasury ...........................................................................................................................
Department of Veterans Affairs .....................................................................................................................
Corps of Engineers .........................................................................................................................................
Environmental Protection Agency ..................................................................................................................
Executive Office of the President ..................................................................................................................
General Services Administration ....................................................................................................................
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...........................................................................................
National Science Foundation .........................................................................................................................
Office of Personnel Management ..................................................................................................................
Social Security Administration ........................................................................................................................
District of Columbia ........................................................................................................................................
Federal Communications Commission ...........................................................................................................
Intelligence Community Management Account .............................................................................................
National Archives and Records Administration .............................................................................................
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ....................................................................................................................
Securities and Exchange Commission ..........................................................................................................
Smithsonian Institution ....................................................................................................................................
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum .................................................................................................
Corporation for National and Community Service .........................................................................................

571
207
17,375
27
1,830
4,300
32,661
2
48
3,417
48
1,962
206
117
271
42
138
20
368
205
374
2
212
3
2
122
18
72
16
93
8
................

593
213
17,773
28
1,867
4,399
33,756
2
49
3,545
49
2,001
215
120
279
43
142
20
375
209
381
2
221
3
2
124
18
75
16
97
8
................

575
466
18,173
28
1,907
4,493
34,727
2
52
3,661
50
2,041
223
125
285
44
146
22
382
213
388
2
225
3
2
127
19
77
17
102
8
................

589
228
18,577
29
1,946
4,595
35,803
2
54
3,781
51
2,082
231
127
293
45
149
22
389
218
397
2
230
3
2
129
19
80
17
106
8
................

603
226
18,991
29
1,987
4,697
36,901
2
55
3,900
51
2,124
240
133
300
45
152
22
398
222
404
2
235
3
2
132
19
81
17
111
9
................

619
234
19,417
30
2,030
4,798
38,039
2
58
4,034
53
2,166
249
137
308
46
159
23
405
227
413
2
239
3
2
135
20
85
18
115
9
................

Total, Homeland Security Budget Authority .............................................................................................
Less Department of Defense .....................................................................................................................

64,737
–17,375

66,625
–17,773

68,585
–18,173

70,204
–18,577

72,093
–18,991

74,075
–19,417

Non-Defense, Discretionary Homeland Security BA, excluding Bioshield 1 ........................................
Less Fee-Funded Homeland Security Programs ......................................................................................
Less Mandatory Homeland Security Programs ........................................................................................

47,362
–5,338
–2,871

48,852
–5,557
–2,799

50,412
–5,669
–3,056

51,627
–5,781
–2,910

53,102
–5,899
–3,002

54,658
–6,014
–3,102

Net Non-Defense, Discretionary Homeland Security BA, excluding Bioshield 1 .................................
Plus BioShield ............................................................................................................................................

39,153
................

40,496
2,175

41,687
................

42,936
................

44,201
................

45,542
................

Net Non-Defense, Discretionary Homeland Security BA, including BioShield 1 .................................
Obligations Limitations
Department of Transportation Obligations Limitation ................................................................................

39,153

42,671

41,687

42,936

44,201

45,542

139

142

144

147

152

155

Agency

1 The

Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 appropriated $1 billion from anticipated spectrum auction receipts for the Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Department of
Homeland Security, to make grants to public safety agencies for communications interoperability purposes. DHS received $1.57 billion in emergency funding for border security in
2007.

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Estimates by Budget Function:

Table 3–12.

HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING BY BUDGET FUNCTION
(budget authority, in millions of dollars)
Budget Authority

2007
Enacted 1

2008
Enacted

2009
Request

National Defense ...........................................................................................................
International Affairs ........................................................................................................
General Science Space and Technology .....................................................................
Energy ............................................................................................................................
Natural Resources and the Environment ......................................................................
Agriculture ......................................................................................................................
Commerce and Housing Credit 1 ..................................................................................
Transportation ................................................................................................................
Community and Regional Development .......................................................................
Education, Training, Employment and Social Services ................................................
Health .............................................................................................................................
Medicare .........................................................................................................................
Income Security .............................................................................................................
Social Security ...............................................................................................................
Veterans Benefits and Services ....................................................................................
Administration of Justice ...............................................................................................
General Government .....................................................................................................

20,710
1,241
1,489
131
307
521
158
9,425
2,505
191
4,340
15
8
193
260
17,421
907

21,893
1,962
1,332
125
278
539
164
10,038
3,313
165
4,320
14
11
212
271
18,870
1,196

22,154
2,465
1,398
135
328
659
198
10,811
2,216
176
4,473
19
14
221
348
19,729
967

Total, Homeland Security Budget Authority ............................................................
Less National Defense, DoD ....................................................................................

59,822
–16,538

64,703
–17,375

66,311
–17,647

Non-Defense Homeland Security BA, excluding Mandatory PSIC Grants and
BioShield ..................................................................................................................
Less Fee-Funded Homeland Security Programs .....................................................
Less Mandatory Homeland Security Programs ........................................................

43,284
–4,433
–2,435

47,328
–5,279
–2,871

48,664
–5,282
–3,225

Net Non-Defense, Discretionary Homeland Security BA, excluding Mandatory
PSIC Grants and BioShield ....................................................................................
Plus BioShield ...........................................................................................................
Plus Mandatory PSIC Grants ...................................................................................

36,416
................
1,000

39,178
................
................

40,157
2,175
................

Net Non-Defense, Discretionary Homeland Security BA, including Mandatory
PSIC Grants and BioShield ....................................................................................

37,416

39,178

42,332

1 The

Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 appropriated $1 billion from anticipated spectrum auction receipts for the Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, to make grants to public safety agencies
for communications interoperability purposes.

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3. HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING ANALYSIS

Table 3–13.

BASELINE ESTIMATES—HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING BY BUDGET FUNCTION
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)

Budget Authority

2008
Enacted

Baseline
2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

National Defense ............................................................................................................................................
International Affairs .........................................................................................................................................
General Science Space and Technology ......................................................................................................
Energy .............................................................................................................................................................
Natural Resources and the Environment ......................................................................................................
Agriculture .......................................................................................................................................................
Commerce and Housing Credit .....................................................................................................................
Transportation .................................................................................................................................................
Community and Regional Development ........................................................................................................
Education, Training, Employment and Social Services ................................................................................
Health ..............................................................................................................................................................
Medicare .........................................................................................................................................................
Income Security ..............................................................................................................................................
Social Security ................................................................................................................................................
Veterans Benefits and Services .....................................................................................................................
Administration of Justice ................................................................................................................................
General Government ......................................................................................................................................

21,893
1,962
1,332
125
278
539
164
10,038
3,313
165
4,320
14
11
212
271
18,904
1,196

22,413
2,001
1,358
128
285
560
169
10,329
3,381
170
4,419
15
12
221
279
19,679
1,206

22,933
2,041
1,385
130
294
541
421
10,601
3,448
176
4,514
15
12
225
285
20,334
1,230

23,459
2,082
1,414
134
301
554
182
10,944
3,520
182
4,616
16
12
230
293
21,015
1,250

23,997
2,124
1,441
136
306
568
179
11,295
3,589
188
4,717
17
12
235
300
21,714
1,275

24,557
2,166
1,471
141
318
583
185
11,655
3,662
195
4,819
17
12
239
308
22,450
1,297

Total, Homeland Security Budget Authority .............................................................................................
Less National Defense, DoD .....................................................................................................................

64,737
–17,375

66,625
–17,773

68,585
–18,173

70,204
–18,577

72,093
–18,991

74,075
–19,417

Non-Defense, Discretionary Homeland Security BA, excluding Bioshield ...........................................
Less Fee-Funded Homeland Security Programs ......................................................................................
Less Mandatory Homeland Security Programs ........................................................................................

47,362
–5,338
–2,871

48,852
–5,557
–2,799

50,412
–5,669
–3,056

51,627
–5,781
–2,910

53,102
–5,899
–3,002

54,658
–6,014
–3,102

Net Non-Defense, Discretionary Homeland Security BA, excluding Bioshield ...................................
Plus BioShield ............................................................................................................................................

39,153
................

40,496
2,175

41,687
................

42,936
................

44,201
................

45,542
................

Net Non-Defense, Discretionary Homeland Security BA, including BioShield ....................................
Obligations Limitations
Department of Transportation Obligations Limitation ................................................................................

39,153

42,671

41,687

42,936

44,201

45,542

139

142

144

147

152

155

Detailed Estimates by Budget Account:
An appendix of account-level funding estimates, organized by National Strategy mission area, is available
on the Analytical Perspectives CD ROM.

4.

STRENGTHENING FEDERAL STATISTICS

Federal statistical programs produce key information
to inform public and private decision makers about a
range of topics of interest, including the economy, the
population, agriculture, crime, education, energy, the
environment, health, science, and transportation. The
ability of governments, businesses, and citizens to make
appropriate decisions about budgets, employment, investments, taxes, and a host of other important matters
depends critically on the ready availability of relevant,
accurate, and timely Federal statistics.
The Federal statistical community remains on alert
for opportunities to improve these measures of our Nation’s performance. For example, during 2007, Federal
statistical agencies (i) published prototype estimates of
Gross Domestic Product by metropolitan area for
2001–2005, which can be used to determine the overall
size and growth of metropolitan economies, to assess
the impacts of natural or man-made disasters on cities,
and to analyze comparative industrial growth across
metropolitan America (Bureau of Economic Analysis);
(ii) developed a website that presents recent trends in
mortality in State prisons, local jails, and State juvenile
correctional facilities (Bureau of Justice Statistics); (iii)
expanded coverage of the Producer Price Index to over
70 percent of services output, by publishing new service
sector indexes for management consulting, blood banks,
computer training schools, and machinery and equipment repair (Bureau of Labor Statistics); (iv) developed
an innovative software tool, called GeoMiler, to compute
likely transportation routes more efficiently for the
nearly 6 million freight shipments reported in the Com-

modity Flow Survey (Bureau of Transportation Statistics); (v) completed street features in the Decennial
Census geographic database for 737 additional counties,
bringing the total completed to about 90 percent of
all 3,232 counties in the United States and Puerto Rico
(Census Bureau); (vi) launched two new Internet gateways for State Energy Profiles and Country Energy
Profiles (Energy Information Administration); (vii) enhanced representation of the Nation’s socially disadvantaged and minority farm operators in the Census of
Agriculture (National Agricultural Statistics Service);
and (viii) offered significantly more timely access to
National Health Interview Survey data on the Internet
(National Center for Health Statistics).
For Federal statistical programs to benefit effectively
their wide range of users, the underlying data systems
must be viewed as credible. In order to foster this credibility, Federal statistical programs seek to adhere to
high quality standards and to maintain integrity and
efficiency in the production of data. As the collectors
and providers of these basic statistics, the responsible
agencies act as data stewards—balancing public and
private decision makers’ needs for information with
legal and ethical obligations to minimize reporting burden, respect respondents’ privacy, and protect the confidentiality of the data provided to the Government.
This chapter discusses the development of standards
that principal statistical programs use to assess their
performance and presents highlights of their 2009
budget proposals.

Performance Standards
Statistical programs maintain the quality of their
data or information products as well as their credibility
by setting high performance standards for their activities. The statistical agencies and statistical units represented on the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy (ICSP) have collaborated on developing a set of common performance standards for use under the Government Performance and Results Act and in completing
the Administration’s Program Assessment Rating Tool
(PART). Federal statistical agencies agreed that there
are six conceptual dimensions within two general areas
of focus that are key to measuring and monitoring statistical programs. The first area of focus is Product
Quality, encompassing the traditional dimensions of relevance, accuracy, and timeliness. The second area of
focus is Program Performance, encompassing the dimensions of cost, dissemination, and mission achievement.

Statistical agencies historically have focused on measuring performance in the area of product quality, especially dimensions of accuracy and timeliness that are
most amenable to quantitative measurement. Relevance, also an accepted measure of quality, can be
either a qualitative description of the usefulness of
products or a quantitative measure such as a customer
satisfaction score. Relevance is more difficult to measure, and the indicators that do exist are more varied.
Program performance standards form the basis for
evaluating effectiveness. They address questions such
as: Are taxpayer dollars being spent most effectively?
Are products being made available to those who need
them? Are agencies meeting their mission requirements
or making it possible for other agencies to meet their
missions? The indicators available to measure program
performance for statistical activities were historically
less well developed than those for product quality, but
nearly all principal statistical agencies have now devel-

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ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES

Chart 4-1. ICSP Statistical Quality and
Program Performance Dimensions
Dimension

BEA

BJS

BLS

BTS

Census

EIA

ERS

NASS

NCES

NCHS

ORES

SOI

SRS

Product Quality
Relevance
Accuracy
Timeliness
Program Performance
P

Cost
Dissemination
Mission
Achievement
Indicator Available

P

Indicator Planned

Description of Dimensions
Product Quality
Relevance: Qualitative or quantitative descriptions of the degree to which products and services are useful to users and responsive to users’ needs.
Accuracy: Qualitative or quantitative measure of important features of correctness, validity, and reliability of data and information products measured as degree of closeness
to target values.
Timeliness: Qualitative or quantitative measure of the timing of information releases.
Program Performance
Cost: Quantitative measure of the dollar amount used to produce data products and services.
Dissemination: Qualitative or quantitative information on the availability, accessibility, and distribution of products and services.
Mission Achievement: Qualitative or quantitative information about the effect of, or satisfaction with, statistical programs.

Key to Statistical Agencies
BEA = Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce
BJS = Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice
BLS = Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor
BTS = Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Department of Transportation
Census = Census Bureau, Department of Commerce
EIA = Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy
ERS = Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture
NASS = National Agricultural Statistics Service, Department of Agriculture
NCES = National Center for Education Statistics, Department of Education
NCHS = National Center for Health Statistics, Department of Health and Human Services
ORES = Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, Social Security Administration
SOI = Statistics of Income, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury
SRS = Science Resources Statistics Division, National Science Foundation

oped and implemented a complete set of program performance standards.
Product quality and program performance standards
are designed to serve as indicators when answering
specific questions in the Administration’s PART process. Chart 4–1 presents each principal Federal statistical agency’s assessment of the status of its current

and planned use of indicators on the six dimensions.
With the exception of cost indicators, where one agency
(NCHS) is still planning its measure, each ICSP agency
has now developed performance measures for all six
dimensions. Use of the indicators may be for internal
management, strategic planning, or annual performance reporting. The dimensions shown in the chart re-

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flect an overall set of indicators for statistical activities,
but the specific measures vary among the individual
programs depending on their unique characteristics and
requirements. Annual performance reports and PARTs
provide these specific measures, as well as additional
information about performance goals and targets and
whether a program is meeting, or making measurable
progress toward meeting, its performance goals. The
examples below illustrate different ways agencies track
their performance on each dimension.
Product Quality: Statistical agencies agree that
product quality encompasses many attributes, including
(but not limited to) relevance, accuracy, and timeliness.
The basic measures in this group relate to the quality
of specific products, thereby providing actionable information to managers. These are ‘‘outcome-oriented’’
measures and are key to the usability of information
products. Statistical agencies or units establish targets
and monitor how well targets are met. In some sense,
relevance relates to ‘‘doing the right things,’’ while accuracy and timeliness relate to ‘‘doing things right.’’
Relevance: Qualitative or quantitative descriptions
of the degree to which products and services are
useful and responsive to users’ needs. Relevance
of data products and analytic reports may be monitored through a professional review process and
ongoing contacts with data users. Product relevance may be indicated by customer satisfaction
with product content, information from customers
about product use, demonstration of product improvements, comparability with other data series,
agency responses to customer suggestions for improvement, new or customized products or services, frequency of use, or responses to data requests from users (including policy makers).
Through a variety of professional review activities,
agencies maintain the relevance and validity of
their products, and encourage data users and
other stakeholders to contribute to the agencies’
data collection and dissemination programs. Striving for relevance requires monitoring to ensure
that information systems anticipate change and
evolve to appropriately measure our dynamic society and economy.
Accuracy: Qualitative or quantitative measures of
important features of correctness, validity, and reliability of data and information products measured as degree of closeness to target values. For
statistical data, accuracy may be defined as the
degree of closeness to the target value and measured as sampling error and various aspects of nonsampling error (e.g., response rates, size of revisions, coverage, edit performance). For analysis
products, accuracy may be the quality of the reasoning, reasonableness of assumptions, and clarity
of the exposition, typically measured and monitored through review processes. In addition, accuracy is assessed and improved by internal reviews,
comparisons of data among different surveys, link-

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ages of survey data to administrative records, redesigns of surveys, or expansions of sample sizes.
Timeliness: Qualitative or quantitative measure of
timing of information releases. Timeliness may be
measured as time from the close of the reference
period to the release of information, or customer
satisfaction with timeliness. Timeliness may also
be measured as how well agencies meet scheduled
and publicized release dates, expressed as a percent of release dates met.
Program Performance: Statistical agencies agree
that program performance encompasses balancing the
dimensions of cost, dissemination, and mission accomplishment for the agency as a whole; operating efficiently and effectively; ensuring that customers receive
the information they need; and serving the information
needs of the Nation. Costs of products or programs
may be used to develop efficiency measures. Dissemination involves making sure customers receive the information they need via the most appropriate mechanisms.
Mission achievement means that the information program makes a difference. Hence, three key dimensions
are being used to indicate program performance: cost
(input), dissemination (output), and mission achievement (outcome).
Cost: Quantitative measure of the dollar amount
used to produce data products or services. The
development and use of financial performance
measures within the Federal Government is an
established goal; the intent of such measures is
to determine the ‘‘true costs’’ of various programs
or alternative modes of operation at the Federal
level. Examples of cost data include full costs of
products or programs, return on investment, dollar
value of efficiencies, and ratios of cost to products
distributed.
Dissemination: Qualitative or quantitative information on the availability, accessibility, and distribution of products and services. Most agencies
have goals to improve product accessibility, particularly through the Internet. Typical measures
include: on-demand requests fulfilled, product
downloads, degree of accessibility, customer satisfaction with ease of use, number of participants
at user conferences, citations of agency data in
the media, number of Internet user sessions, number of formats in which data are available, amount
of technical support provided to data users, exhibits to inform the public about information products, issuance of newsletters describing products,
usability testing of web sites, and assessing compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act,
which requires Federal agencies to make their
electronic and information technology accessible to
people with disabilities.
Mission Achievement: Qualitative or quantitative
information about the effect of, or satisfaction
with, statistical programs. For Government statis-

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tical programs, this dimension responds to the
question: Have we achieved our objectives and met
the expectations of our stakeholders? Under this
dimension, statistical programs document their
contributions to the goals and missions of parent
departments and other agencies, the Administration, the Congress, and information users in the
private sector and the general public. For statistical programs, this broad dimension involves
meeting recognized societal information needs; it
also addresses the linkage between statistical outputs and programmatic outcomes.

narratives can highlight how statistical agencies
measure the Nation’s social and economic structure, and how the availability of the information
influences changes in policies and programs.
These narratives contribute to demonstrating mission accomplishment, particularly in response to
questions in Section I of the PART, ‘‘program purpose and design.’’ Narratives may describe statistical information’s effects on measuring agency
policy or change of policy, supporting research focused on policy issues, informing debate on policy
issues, or providing in-house consulting support.

However, identifying this linkage is far from
straightforward. It is frequently difficult to trace
the effects of information products on the public
good. Such products often are necessary intermediate inputs in the creation of high-visibility
information whose societal benefit is clearly recognized. For example, the economic statistics produced by a variety of agencies are directly used
by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the calculation of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP),
which analysts universally use to assess changes
in the level of domestic economic activity. Similarly, statistics from specific surveys are directly
used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the calculation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which
is widely used in diverse applications, such as indexing pensions for retirees. As a result, a number
of statistical agencies can claim credit for contributing to the GDP and/or the CPI and to the many
uses of these information products. In addition,
statistics produced by Federal agencies are used
to track the performance of programs managed
by their parent or other organizations related to
topics such as crime, education, energy, the environment, health, science, and transportation.

In addition to narratives, quantitative measures
may be used to reflect mission achievement. For
example, customer satisfaction with the statistical
agency or unit indicates if the agency or unit has
met the expectations of its stakeholders.

Moreover, beyond the direct and focused uses of
statistical products, the statistical agencies and
their programs serve a diverse and dispersed set
of data users working on a broad range of applications. Users include government policy makers at
the Federal, State, and local levels, business leaders, households, academic researchers, analysts at
public policy institutes and trade groups, marketers and planners in the private sector, and many
others. Information produced by statistical agencies often is combined with other information for
use in the decision-making process. Thus, the relationship between program outputs and their beneficial uses and outcomes is often complex and difficult to track. Consequently, agencies use both
qualitative and quantitative indicators to make
this linkage as explicit as feasible.
In the absence of preferred quantitative indicators,
qualitative narratives can indicate how statistical
agency products contribute to and evaluate
progress toward important goals established for
government or private programs. In particular,

Chart 4–2.

MOST RECENT PART SUMMARY RATINGS FOR STATISTICAL
PROGRAMS
Summary Rating

Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Criminal Justice Statistics Program
National Criminal History Improvement
Program
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Census Bureau
Current Demographic Statistics
Decennial Census
Intercensal Demographic Estimates
Survey Sample Redesign
Economic Census
Current Economic Statistics
/Census of Governments
Economic Research Service
Energy Information Administration
National Agricultural Statistics Service
National Center for Education Statistics
Statistics
Assessment
National Center for Health Statistics
Science Resources Statistics Division,
NSF
NSF’s Infrastructure and Instrumentation component

Effective
Effective
Moderately Effective
Effective
Moderately Effective
Effective
Moderately Effective
Moderately Effective
Effective
Effective
Moderately Effective
Effective
Results Not Demonstrated
Moderately Effective
Effective
Effective
Moderately Effective

Effective

Of the 14 principal Federal statistical agencies or
units that are members of the ICSP, eleven agencies
have programs that have been assessed using the PART
process. All but one of these agencies’ programs have
received PART summary ratings of Effective or Moderately Effective, as shown in Chart 4–2. While recognizing the strength of the Energy Information Administration’s purpose and management, in 2004 EIA received an initial rating of ‘‘Results Not Demonstrated’’
for two key reasons, both of which have since been
rectified. At the time of the evaluation, EIA had re-

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cently adopted new performance measures and lacked
necessary historical baselines and future targets; these
now exist for all measures. EIA was also critiqued for
having no recurring independent evaluation of its entire
program. EIA recruited an energy expert from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to select and lead
a team to conduct such an evaluation, and the team
completed its report in 2006. EIA management accomplished one of the team’s recommendations in 2007 by

obtaining Principal Economic Indicator status for the
Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report and is implementing several of the team’s other recommendations
as part of its strategic planning process. As additional
ICSP agency programs have an opportunity to undergo
the PART process, the agencies plan to continue to
use the results of the collaborative performance standards development effort to help maintain and extend
their generally favorable assessments.

Highlights of 2009 Program Budget Proposals
The programs that provide essential statistical information for use by governments, businesses, researchers,
and the public are carried out by more than 70 agencies
spread across every department and several independent agencies. Excluding cyclical funding for the Decennial Census, nearly 40 percent of the total budget
for these programs provides resources for 13 agencies
or units that have statistical activities as their principal
mission. (Please see Table 4–1.) The remaining funding
supports work in more than 60 agencies or units that
carry out statistical activities in conjunction with other
missions such as providing services or enforcing regulations. More comprehensive budget and program information about the Federal statistical system will be
available in OMB’s annual report, Statistical Programs
of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2009,
when it is published later this year. The following highlights elaborate on the Administration’s proposals to
support the programs of the principal Federal statistical
agencies.
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA): Funding is
requested to continue BEA’s core programs, and to: (1)
extend the prototype R&D satellite account, funded by
the National Science Foundation in 2006 and 2007,
with annual updates and extensions to BEA’s GDP and
other estimates and eventual full incorporation into the
economic accounts; (2) develop a more accurate measure
of the health care sector in GDP and create a supplemental, satellite account that provides detailed and specific information on the expenditures of the health care
industry and the costs of treating specific diseases; and
(3) ensure the continued improvement of the accuracy
and relevance of BEA’s economic accounts data.
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS): Funding is requested for the maintenance of BJS’ core statistical programs, including: (1) criminal victimization statistics;
(2) cybercrime data on the incidence, magnitude, and
consequences of electronic and computer crime to households and businesses; (3) law enforcement data from
over 3,000 agencies on the organization and administration of police and sheriffs’ departments; (4) nationallyrepresentative prosecution data on resources, policies,
and practices of local prosecutors; (5) court and sentencing statistics, including Federal and State case
processing data; and (6) data on correctional popu-

lations and facilities from Federal, State, and local governments.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS): Funding is requested to maintain BLS’ core programs, and to: 1)
address the rising costs of the Current Population Survey (CPS) and avoid a reduction in the accuracy of
CPS estimates both by requesting an additional appropriation and by reallocating funds within BLS through
the elimination of lower-priority programs, such as the
American Time Use Survey, that do not directly support
Principal Federal Economic Indicators; (2) initiate continuous updating of the housing and geographic area
samples in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which will
improve the accuracy and timeliness of the CPI; and
(3) modernize the computing systems for monthly processing of the Producer Price Index and U.S. Import
and Export Price Indexes.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS): Funding is requested to develop measures of congestion and
for the maintenance of BTS’ core statistical programs,
including: (1) production of data products from the 2007
Commodity Flow Survey, a major national benchmark
survey of shippers; (2) release of monthly statistics on
the commodities and mode of transportation used in
trading with the United States’ largest partners; (3)
production of a core set of economic data and indicators,
including the Transportation Services Index, multi-factor productivity measures, the State Transit Expenditure Survey, and the Air Travel Price Index; (4) release
of the National Transportation Atlas Data Base, a compendium of national geospatial transportation data; and
(5) dissemination of the Transportation Statistics Annual Report and other key publications on the national
transportation system.
Census Bureau: Funding is requested for the Census Bureau’s ongoing economic and demographic programs and for a re-engineered 2010 Census. For the
2010 Census Program, funding is requested to: (1) conduct planning, testing, and development activities, including completion of dress rehearsal operations and
assessments, and carry out several major operations
for the 2010 Census, including Address Canvassing,
while making final preparations for the remaining operations; (2) update the road network to a more recent
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in counties that were aligned very early in the program;
and (3) continue to conduct the American Community
Survey to provide socioeconomic data on an ongoing
basis rather than waiting for once-a-decade censuses,
releasing data for all places with a population of 20,000
or larger. For the Census Bureau’s other economic and
demographic programs, funding is requested to: (1)
process returns for the 2007 Economic Census and conduct more than 100 annual, quarterly, and monthly
surveys that provide key national economic statistics;
(2) create Internet and printed reports containing government counts, employment levels, and finance data
for the 2007 Census of Governments; (3) operate the
Survey of Income and Program Participation at the traditional sample size and incorporate improvements; and
(4) maintain the accuracy and relevance of Current
Population Survey data.
Economic Research Service (ERS): Funding is requested to continue ERS’ core programs, and to: (1)
strengthen and enhance the ERS market analysis and
outlook program to provide timely analyses of global
agricultural product markets; and (2) analyze the regional impacts of bioenergy production and evaluate
issues related to transportation networks, feedstock
storage, marketing channels, and shifts in commodity
production.
Energy Information Administration (EIA): Funding is requested to continue ongoing EIA operations
to maintain critical energy data coverage, analysis, and
forecasting, and to: (1) enhance petroleum and natural
gas data reliability and statistical accuracy; (2) complete development and begin initiating monthly ethanol
and biofuels data collections on a national and regional
basis as mandated in Section 1508 of the Energy Policy
Act of 2005; (3) combine the environmental data previously collected by the Steam-Electric Plant Operation
and Design Report into two existing electric power surveys; (4) resume development and testing of the next
generation National Energy Model to replace the existing National Energy Modeling System; and (5) enhance
EIA’s global oil, gas, and coal analysis and forecasting
capabilities.
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS):
Funding is requested to continue NASS core programs
and to: (1) enhance the quality, precision, and detail
of NASS State, regional, and national estimates to help
ensure that they meet customer needs; (2) provide a
data series on bioenergy production and utilization, (3)
measure energy production and use on farms through
the Census of Agriculture; (4) reduce the cyclical fluctuations of annual funding needs for the Census of
Agriculture; (5) summarize and publish the 2007 Census of Agriculture, to be released in February 2009,
and (6) begin preparation of numerous census followon studies, including a revamped Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey to evaluate current access to reuse water,
quantities of water used, and costs associated with various water delivery systems.

ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES

National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES): Funding is requested to continue NCES’ core
programs and to: (1) conduct the National Assessment
of Educational Progress, including voluntary 12th grade
reading and mathematics assessments, in 2009; (2) conduct a new high school longitudinal study that will
begin with a cohort of 9th graders in 2009 and follow
them through postsecondary education and into the
workforce; (3) conduct surveys and analyze data from
international studies such as the 2007 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study and the 2009
Programme for International Student Assessment and
plan for new international assessments; (4) analyze
data from the 2007–08 Schools and Staffing Survey
and collect data for the Teacher Followup Study; and
(5) conduct the Beginning Postsecondary Student Longitudinal Survey, which provides information on the
progress of postsecondary students.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS):
Funding is requested to continue data collection, analysis, and dissemination activities for key national
health data systems, including the National Vital Statistics System, National Health Interview Survey, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
(NHANES), and National Health Care Survey; and to:
(1) further gains in timeliness by implementing systems
improvements in data collection and processing; (2)
work on the creation and use of new data access tools
and tutorials to ensure data are available in easily
accessible forms; (3) use birth and death data from
the States for tracking priority health initiatives in prevention, cancer control, out of wedlock births, and teenage pregnancy; (4) transition from International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 9-CM to ICD-10-CM code sets
to improve comparability between mortality and morbidity data in the U.S. and internationally; (5) ensure
availability of NHANES data on diet and nutrition,
blood pressure, and other health indicators; and (6)
allow the National Health Interview Survey to return
to its designed sample of 100,000, permitting estimates
for smaller populations to be published.
Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics
(ORES), SSA: Funding is requested to continue ORES’
core programs, and to: (1) further modernize ORES’s
processes for developing and disseminating data from
the Social Security Administration’s major administrative data files for statistical purposes; (2) support outside surveys and linkage of SSA administrative data
to surveys; (3) create a new public use file of administrative data on earnings histories and benefits for a
sample of Social Security Numbers; and 4) evaluate
the analytic validity of a synthetic data file based on
data from the 1990–1993 and 1996 Survey of Income
and Program Participation panels matched to SSA and
IRS administrative data.
Science Resources Statistics Division (SRS),
NSF: Funding is requested to implement ongoing programs on the science and engineering enterprise, and

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to: (1) continue redesign and improvement activities for
a broad range of surveys, particularly the suite of research and development surveys; (2) support the
Science of Science and Innovation Policy initiative to
develop the data, tools, and knowledge needed for a
new science of science policy by enhancing the comparability, scope, and availability of international data;
(3) implement a full-scale pilot of a redesigned Survey
of Industrial Research and Development; (4) develop
a pilot data collection on postdoctoral students; and
(5) enhance SRS data linking, data extraction, and data
matching activities.

Table 4–1.

Statistics of Income Division (SOI), IRS: Funding
is requested to continue SOI’s core programs, and to:
(1) continue to modernize tax data collection systems,
particularly to more efficiently assimilate into SOI systems data captured from the electronic filing of tax
and information returns; (2) examine means to better
mask individual records to minimize the risk of reidentification in the Individual Public Use cross-section
file; (3) undertake a feasibility study to develop an Individual Public Use panel data file; (4) develop statistical
techniques to identify outliers and edit data in IRS
administrative population files; and (5) modernize and
expedite dissemination of data products and reports on
the www.irs.gov/TaxStats website.

2007–2009 BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR PRINCIPAL STATISTICAL AGENCIES1
(In millions of dollars)
2007
Actual

Estimate
2008

2009

Bureau of Economic Analysis .......................................................................

80

80

91

Bureau of Justice Statistics 2 ........................................................................

47

49

53

Bureau of Labor Statistics ............................................................................

548

544

593

Bureau of Transportation Statistics ..............................................................

28

27

27

Census Bureau 3 ...........................................................................................
Salaries and Expenses 3 ...........................................................................
Periodic Censuses and Programs ............................................................

913
217
696

1260
233
1027

2635
269
2366

Economic Research Service 4 .......................................................................

75

77

82

Energy Information Administration ................................................................

91

95

111

National Agricultural Statistics Service 5 .......................................................

147

162

153

National Center for Education Statistics .......................................................
Statistics ....................................................................................................
Assessment ...............................................................................................
National Assessment Governing Board ...................................................

183
90
88
5

192
88
98
6

244
105
130
9

National Center for Health Statistics 6 ..........................................................

107

114

125

Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, SSA ...................................

15

20

16

Science Resources Statistics Division, NSF ................................................

36

36

40

Statistics of Income Division, IRS ................................................................

38

41

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1 Reflects

any recissions.
funds for management and administrative costs of $12, $14, and $15 million in 2007, 2008, 2009, respectively that were previously displayed separately.
3 Includes Mandatory Appropriations of $20 million in 2007 and $30 million in 2008 and 2009 for the Survey of Program Dynamics and collection of data related to the allocation to States of State Children’s Health Insurance Program
funds.
4 2007 funding assumes the reallocation of $350,000 provided in 2006 for a comprehensive report on the economic
development and current status of the sheep industry in the United States. Funding for that purpose will not be needed in 2008.
5 Includes funds for the periodic Census of Agriculture of $36, $52, and $39 million in 2007, 2008, and 2009, respectively. The FY 2009 Budget reflects a decrease of $8.7 million, due to the cyclical nature of the census preparations.
6 All funds from the Public Health Service Evaluation Fund. Administrative costs for NCHS that previously were displayed as part of the NCHS budget line are now reflected in two consolidated CDC-wide budget lines for management
and administrative costs.
2 Includes

5. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
At a record $147 billion in the President’s 2009 Budget, Federal research and development (R&D) comprises
one out of every seven dollars funded in the discretionary budget and 5 percent of total government
spending. This substantial investment in the quest for
new knowledge and future discovery will enhance U.S.
economic strength, national security, and world leadership by building innovation capacity through a worldclass science and technology research enterprise and
a high-quality scientific and technical education infrastructure.
The relationship between support for science and economic growth is well documented. Investments in basic
research lead to knowledge breakthroughs that fuel innovation, drive productivity, grow the economy, and improve our understanding of the world. Economists estimate that as much as half of post-World War II economic growth is directly due to technological progress
fueled by R&D. Economic payoffs from research come
in the form of process and product innovations that

reduce the costs of production, lower product prices,
and result in new and better products and services.
Consumers ultimately benefit from less expensive, higher quality and more useful products and services. Today’s transforming technologies and most popular consumer items have deep roots in basic and applied research.
Under this Administration, Federal R&D is being increased 61 percent, from $91 billion in 2001 to the
$147 billion in this year’s request. To sustain the nation’s economic competitiveness, the President, in his
2006 State of the Union address, presented a longterm vision to strengthen Federal support for the Nation’s innovation enterprise in an integrated package
of investments and policies called the American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI). President Bush remains
firmly committed to the fulfillment of that vision and
seeks to continue that implementation of the ACI in
the 2009 Budget.

Chart 5-1. American Competitiveness
Initiative Research
Dollars in billions
20

American Competitiveness
Initiative

NIST Core
DOE Office of Science

15

NSF

10

5

0

I. THE AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS INITIATIVE
The President’s 2009 Budget maintains a strong commitment to invest in basic research areas that advance
knowledge and technologies used by scientists in nearly
every field. Through the ACI, the President plans to
double, over 10 years, investment in innovation-ena-

bling research at three Federal agencies—the National
Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Energy’s
(DOE’s) Office of Science, and the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Science and Technology
(NIST) laboratories.

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In 2009, the third year of the ACI, President Bush
proposes $12.2 billion total for NSF, DOE’s Office of
Science, and NIST laboratories, an overall funding increase of $1.6 billion, or 15 percent, above the 2008
enacted total of $10.6 billion. Unfortunately, the 2008
omnibus appropriations bill drastically cut proposed

ACI research increases, funding only one-third of the
President’s requested increase. In addition, Congress
directed over half of the enacted increase ($207 million
of a total $408 million increase) to earmarks and an
unrequested new grants program.

Chart 5-2. 2008 ACI Research Funding
Increase in funding above 2007 in millions of dollars
700
President's Request

600

Enacted ACI Funding
Earmarks and Unrequested Grants

500
400
300
200
100
0
NSF

DOE
Science

This outcome greatly impairs the Administration’s efforts to strengthen long-term economic competitiveness
through support for innovation-enabling basic research
in the physical sciences and engineering. President
Bush’s call for doubling of these research levels had
been roundly supported by business and academic lead-

NIST

ers and embraced by Congress when it enacted the
bipartisan America COMPETES Act (Public Law
110–69). The President’s Budget continues funding for
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Research Agencies in the American Competitiveness Initiative
The National Science Foundation is the primary source of support for academic research in the physical sciences,
funding basic research in areas such as nanotechnology, advanced networking and information technology, physics, chemistry, materials science, mathematics, and engineering. It also is well regarded for funding nearly all of
its research through a competitive, peer-reviewed process. The increase in NSF funding will support many more
researchers, students, post-doctoral fellows and technicians contributing to the innovation enterprise.
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science supports grants and infrastructure for a wide range of basic research related to economically significant innovations including nanotechnology, biotechnology, high-end computing and advanced networking, and energy technologies. The 2009 Budget increases funding for both research
and cutting-edge facilities, meets the United States’ contribution to the international fusion energy project known
as ITER, upgrades the nuclear physics accelerator at the Thomas Jefferson lab in Virginia, accelerates strategic
basic research for electrical energy storage and an advanced nuclear fuel cycle, and reorganizes and reforms the
radioisotope production and application programs within the Department.
The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invests in technological innovation through research and standards development. These investments will improve NIST’s research capabilities by providing high performance laboratory space for diverse research fields and world-class researchers; aid
the responsible development of nanotechnology manufacturing; expand NIST’s neutron facility to aid in characterizing novel materials in high-growth research fields; and improve our understanding of complex biological systems
to accelerate innovations and enable investment in biosciences, including disease diagnosis and treatment.

II. IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF R&D PROGRAMS
R&D is critically important for keeping our Nation
economically competitive, and it will help solve the
challenges we face in health, defense, energy, and the
environment. Therefore, every Federal R&D dollar must
be invested as effectively as possible.
R&D Investment Criteria
The Administration continues to improve the effectiveness of the Federal Government’s investments in
R&D by applying transparent investment criteria in
analyses that inform recommendations for program
funding and management. R&D performance assessment must be done with care. Research often leads
scientists and engineers down unpredictable pathways
with unpredictable results. This outcome can require
special consideration when measuring an R&D program’s performance against its initial goals.
With this in mind, the Administration is improving
methods for setting priorities based on expected results,
and is asking agencies to apply specific criteria that
programs or projects must meet to be started or continued and supply clear milestones for gauging progress
and improved metrics for assessing results.
As directed by the President’s Management Agenda,
the R&D Investment Criteria accommodate the wide
range of R&D activities, from basic research to development and demonstration programs, by addressing three
fundamental aspects of R&D:
• Relevance—Programs must be able to articulate
why they are important, relevant, and appropriate
for Federal investment;
• Quality—Programs must justify how funds will be
allocated to ensure quality; and

• Performance—Programs must be able to monitor
and document how well the investments are performing.
In addition, R&D projects and programs relevant to
industry are expected to apply criteria to determine
the appropriateness of the public investment, enable
comparisons of proposed and demonstrated benefits,
and provide meaningful decision points for completing
or transitioning the activity to the private sector.
As part of the President’s Management Agenda’s Performance Improvement initiative, the Administration
uses the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) to
consistently assess the effectiveness of programs. A section of the PART specifically addresses the assessment
of R&D program management and performance and is
aligned with the R&D Investment criteria. In the last
six years, agencies completed 1,016 PART assessments,
of which 130 were for R&D programs. The results of
these PART assessments may be found on the web at
www.expectmore.gov.
Performance assessments help policy makers identify
those programs that are the most effective and worthy
of funding; however, the Administration does not allocate funding levels and initiate management reforms
strictly by formula or based solely on PART results.
For instance, funding may be reduced for programs
rated Effective by the PART that have achieved what
they set out to do, and programs rated Ineffective by
the PART might receive more money if it is clear it
would help them become more effective. The PART provides information that leads to more informed decisions.

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Chart 5-3. Scores of R&D PART Assessments
Cumulative Number of R&D PARTs

130 Total

121 Total

125

39

35

100
57

49

75
50
21

23

25
3

2
13

0
2008
Effective
Moderately Effective

2009
Adequate

Research Earmarks
President Bush called on Congress to reform the earmark process, proposing a series of reforms that include
full disclosure for each earmark and cutting the total
number and cost of all earmarks by at least half. Consistent with this effort, the Administration is continuing
its strong support for awarding research funds based
on merit review through a competitive process refereed
by scientists. Such a system has the best prospects
for ensuring that the top research is supported. Research earmarks—in general the assignment of money
during the legislative process for use by a specific organization or project—are counter to a merit-based competitive selection process. Earmarks signal to potential
investigators that there is an acceptable alternative to
creating quality research proposals for merit-based consideration. Such an alternative can be an ineffective
use of taxpayer funds.
Unfortunately, the practice of earmarking funds to
colleges, universities, and other entities for specific research projects expanded in recent years. Some argue
that earmarks help spread the research money to states
or institutions that would receive less research funding
through other means. However, The Chronicle of Higher
Education has reported that this is not the main role
earmarks play. Often only a minor portion of academic
earmark funding goes to the states with the smallest
shares of Federal research funds.
Some proponents of earmarking assert that earmarks
provide a means of funding unique projects that would
not be recognized by the conventional peer-review process. To address this concern, a number of research
agencies have procedures and programs to reward ‘‘out-

Ineffective

Results Not
Demonstrated

of-the-box’’ thinking. For example, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, within the Department of Defense, seeks out high-risk, high-payoff scientific proposals, the National Institutes of Health has
established a similarly focused ‘‘Pioneer Award,’’ and
program managers at NSF set aside a share of funding
for higher-risk projects in which scientists and engineers see high potential.
Earmarks for activities that are outside of an agency’s mission can detract from an efficient and effective
Federal effort on behalf of taxpayers. For instance, in
2008, the Congress has directed DOD to fund research
on a wide range of diseases including diabetes, autism,
and muscular dystrophy. Funding for unrequested medical research projects in DOD’s budget totals about $800
million in 2008 alone. While research on these diseases
is very important, these diseases are not unique to
the U.S. military and the research could be better selected, carried out and coordinated within civil medical
research agencies without disruption to the military
mission. At the same time, intrusion of earmarks into
the peer-review processes of civilian medical research
agencies would have a significant detrimental impact
on ensuring that the most important and promising
research is chosen by medical research professionals
with access to information on the most promising research opportunities.
Earmarks that divert funding from a merit-based
process undermine America’s research productivity. The
Administration commends Congress for taking measures to protect NSF and the National Institutes of
Health from this practice, a practice that should be
followed throughout the R&D programs.

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III. PRIORITIES FOR FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The 2009 Budget requests $147 billion for Federal
R&D funding, which targets key research investments
within agencies, in particular, the three ACI agencies:
NSF, the DOE’s Office of Science, and the NIST laboratories. In addition, DOD requests $1.7 billion for basic
research, $270 million more than was requested in the
2008 Budget. This increase is partially hidden by the
earmarked funding included in the 2008 enacted level.
(Table 5–1 provides details by agency.)
Multi-Agency R&D Priorities
The 2009 Budget continues to target important research investments that must be coordinated across
multiple agencies. A number of these challenges are
being addressed through multi-agency research efforts
coordinated through the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and other interagency forums.
The Administration will continue to analyze other areas
of critical need that could benefit in the future from
improved focus and coordination among agencies.
Homeland Security R&D: A robust R&D effort continues to be a key asset in advancing technologies in
support of the President’s national strategy for homeland security. The United States derives much of its
ability to thwart and recover from these threats via
its advantage in the realm of science and technology
(S&T), and we must continue to use this advantage
and encourage innovative R&D to assist in protecting
and defending against the range of natural and manmade threats confronting the country. Though there
have been numerous achievements over the past five
years to improve the Nation’s counterterrorism capability, many challenges remain.
The Administration’s annual R&D budget priorities
memorandum summarizes priorities from the Administration’s homeland security strategies that should be
addressed via multi-agency coordination. For example,
in response to the 2007 memo, agencies:
• advanced biometric capabilities as outlined in The
National Biometrics Challenge, and established
policy for agency adoption of biometric standards
that will enable real-time, verifiable, interoperable, and privacy-protecting root identification;
• improved radiation portal monitors and developed
standards for technologies that detect nuclear and
radioactive material before it enters the U.S.;
• developed more sensitive environmental sensors to
quickly detect the presence of biological or toxic
agents; and
• integrated modeling efforts for high consequence
foreign animal diseases, including avian influenza
and foot and mouth disease, to facilitate coordinated response planning and guide countermeasure R&D investments.
The 2009 Budget provides continued support for these
and many other interagency R&D programs, including:
pursuing stand-off detection and imaging capabilities
to locate and identify nuclear threat materials at a

distance; improving the capability to detect and mitigate the use of improvised explosive devices in the U.S.;
continuing the implementation of the 2008–2012 R&D
plan for high-consequence foreign animal diseases; and
accelerating the advanced development of critical medical countermeasures that do not have a pre-existing
market to stimulate their development.
Networking and Information Technology R&D:
The Budget provides $3.6 billion for the multi-agency
Networking and Information Technology Research and
Development (NITRD) Program, which plans and coordinates agency research efforts in advanced networking, cyber security, high-end computing systems,
software development, high-confidence systems, information management, and other information technologies. Advances in information technology contribute
both to accelerating progress in scientific research and
to U.S. economic competitiveness. Federal agencies coordinate their R&D investments in the NITRD Program
to avoid unnecessary duplication and to help ensure
that the investments have maximum impact.
The NITRD agencies focused on implementing the
recommendations contained in both the Federal Plan
for High-End Computing and the Federal Plan for
Cyber Security and Information Assurance R&D in
2007, and will complete the Federal Plan for Advanced
Networking R&D in early 2008. Also in 2007, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
(PCAST) issued a report reviewing the NITRD program
and providing recommendations for the future. The
Federal agencies are evaluating these recommendations
and will begin implementation in 2008.
The 2009 Budget sustains a substantial level of investment in high-end computing research for large-scale
scientific and national security applications, particularly in scalable systems software and applications that
can capitalize on emerging architectures based on processing units with many computational cores. The 2009
Budget also increases support for investments in innovative research in both cyber security and advanced
networking R&D that have the potential to transform
the Internet into a more secure and reliable interconnected network to support both commerce and highspeed data transfers for scientific applications. Reports
and general information about NITRD are available at
www.nitrd.gov/.
Nanotechnology R&D: The Budget provides $1.5
billion for the multi-agency National Nanotechnology
Initiative (NNI). The NNI focuses on R&D that creates
materials, devices, and systems that exploit the fundamentally distinct properties of matter as it is manipulated at the atomic and molecular levels. The results
of NNI-supported R&D are already leading to breakthroughs in disease detection and treatment, manufacturing at or near the nanoscale level, environmental
monitoring and protection, energy production and storage, and creating electronic devices that have even
greater capabilities than those available today. Re-

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search opportunities cover a similarly broad spectrum.
Advances that will be foundational for all aspects of
nanotechnology R&D in particular include: instrumentation for characterizing nanoscale materials in the laboratory, in the body, and in the environment; and computational research to model and predict properties at
the nanoscale, for designing novel materials, and for
determining their behavior under various conditions
and environments.
Guided by the NNI Strategic Plan, participating
agencies will continue to support discovery, development and application of nanotechnology through investigator-led fundamental and applied research; multidisciplinary centers of excellence; education and training of nanotechnology researchers, teachers, workers,
and the public; and infrastructure and standards development, including user facilities and networks that are
broadly available to support research and innovation.
In addition, agencies continue to maintain a focus on
the responsible development of nanotechnology, with attention to the human and environmental health impacts, as well as ethical, legal, and other societal issues.
These activities will be appropriately coordinated
with stakeholders outside of the Federal government,
including industry, academia, and other governments.
Agency investments in nanotechnology R&D are informed by the NSTC’s Nanoscale Science, Engineering,
and Technology Subcommittee and by outside reviews
of the PCAST and the National Research Council. Reports of these Federal and non-Federal bodies help to
identify and prioritize research, including in the area
of environmental, health, and safety aspects of
nanotechnology. Reports and general information about
the NNI are available at www.nano.gov/.
Climate Change R&D: The 2009 Budget for the
Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) continues to
support the implementation of the CCSP Strategic
Plan, which was released in July 2003. The 13 departments and agencies that participate in the CCSP coordinate preparation of the budget and program implementation. During 2009, the CCSP will continue research into important physical science aspects of climate change, including scientific uncertainties and
preparation of a series of Synthesis and Assessment
reports. In addition, added emphasis will be placed on
the impacts of climate change and the science of adaptation. Working within the overarching priorities defined in the Strategic Plan, the CCSP’s interagency coordination and integration efforts will give particular
emphasis in FY 2009 to the following climate change
research issues: development of an integrated earth system analysis capability; a focus toward creating a highquality record of the state of the atmosphere and ocean
since 1979; development of an end-to-end hydrologic
projection and application capability; enhanced carbon
cycle research on high latitude systems; quantification
of climate forcing and feedbacks by aerosols, non-carbon
dioxide greenhouse gases, water vapor, and clouds; assessment of abrupt change in a warming climate; examination of the feasibility of development an abrupt

ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES

change early warning system; and ecological forecasting.
The program expects to receive input from the National Research Council under the terms of a continuing
advisory agreement. This advice will include review of
several CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Products. The
CCSP will continue to track deliverables and milestones
for each of its programs in order to assess overall performance. Additional detail on individual agency activities will be provided in the Administration’s 2009 edition of Our Changing Planet. Reports and general information about the CCSP are available on the program’s
website: www.climatescience.gov/.
The Climate Change Technology Program (CCTP)
continues to provide strategic direction, planning, and
analysis to help coordinate and prioritize activities
within the portfolio of federally funded climate change
technology R&D consistent with the President’s National Climate Change Technology Initiative (NCCTI).
The CCTP has published a Vision and Framework for
Strategy and Planning and a Strategic Plan that outlines the program’s goals and priorities. The CCTP has
also identified within its portfolio a subset of NCCTI
priority activities, defined as discrete R&D activities
that address technological challenges, which, if solved,
could advance technologies with the potential to dramatically reduce, avoid, or sequester greenhouse gas
emissions. In 2009, CCTP will continue to focus on
implementing the elements of its Vision and Framework document and Strategic Plan. Reports and general
information about the CCTP are available on the program’s website: www.climatetechnology.gov/.
The CCSP and CCTP will continue to coordinate implementation of relevant climate change provisions in
the 2005 Energy Policy Act as appropriate.
Ocean Research: The 2009 Budget supports ocean
and coastal research as outlined in Charting the Course
for Ocean Science in the United States for the Next
Decade: An Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy. Developed by the NSTC’s Joint
Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology, the
plan provides a framework for an ocean observing system that will accurately describe marine conditions in
real-time, enhance our capability to forecast ocean processes, and provide scientific support for ecosystembased management. These three overarching goals will
maintain U.S. leadership in ocean technology and enhance U.S. competitiveness. These goals are supported
by 20 national ocean research priorities, established
with extensive community input and oriented around
the most compelling societal issues. The Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology will coordinate multi-agency research into key aspects of the
oceans, coasts and Great Lakes and work closely with
the other coordinating bodies of the President’s Ocean
Action Plan.
Biomass R&D: The Biomass R&D Act of 2000 established the Biomass R&D Board to guide interagency
coordination and bring coherence to Federal strategic
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pleting an interagency coordination and planning document that will be reviewed by the National Academy
of Sciences. In addition to assessing the goals and plans
for interagency biomass research, the Academy will be
tasked with considering economic and other impacts
of increased biomass utilization under various energy
price and policy scenarios. Additional information on
the Biomass R&D Board is available online at
www.biomass.govtools.us.
Stimulating Private Investment
Along with direct spending on R&D, the Federal Government has sought to stimulate private R&D investment through incentives in the Internal Revenue Code.

A long-standing credit, which had provided a 20-percent
tax credit for private research and experimentation expenditures above a certain base amount, expired at the
end of December 2007. The Administration again proposes making the enhanced Research and Experimentation tax credit permanent starting in 2008. The proposed extension will cost $55 billion over the period
from 2008 to 2013. In addition, a permanent tax provision lets companies deduct, up front, the costs of certain
kinds of research and experimentation, rather than capitalize these costs. Also, equipment used for research
benefits from relatively rapid tax depreciation allowance.

IV. FEDERAL R&D DATA
Federal R&D Funding
R&D is the collection of efforts directed towards gaining greater knowledge or understanding and applying
knowledge toward the production of useful materials,
devices, and methods. R&D investments can be characterized as basic research, applied research, development, R&D equipment, or R&D facilities, and the Office
of Management and Budget has used those or similar
categories in its collection of R&D data since 1949.
Basic research is systematic study directed toward
a fuller knowledge or understanding of the fundamental
aspects of phenomena and of observable facts without
specific applications towards processes or products in
mind. Basic research, however, may include activities
with broad applications in mind.
Applied research is systematic study to gain knowledge or understanding necessary to determine the
means by which a recognized and specific need may
be met.
Development is systematic application of knowledge
or understanding, directed toward the production of
useful materials, devices, and systems or methods, including design, development, and improvement of prototypes and new processes to meet specific requirements.
Research and development equipment includes
acquisition or design and production of movable equipment, such as spectrometers, research satellites, detectors, and other instruments. At a minimum, this cat-

egory should include programs devoted to the purchase
or construction of R&D equipment.
Research and development facilities include the
acquisition, design, and construction of, or major repairs or alterations to, all physical facilities for use
in R&D activities. Facilities include land, buildings, and
fixed capital equipment, regardless of whether the facilities are to be used by the Government or by a private organization, and regardless of where title to the
property may rest. This category includes such fixed
facilities as reactors, wind tunnels, and particle accelerators.
There are over twenty Federal agencies that fund
R&D in the U.S. The nature of the R&D that these
agencies fund depends on the mission of each agency
and on the role of R&D in accomplishing it. Table 5–1
shows agency-by-agency spending on basic and applied
research, development, and R&D equipment and facilities.
The ‘‘Federal Science and Technology’’ (FS&T) budget
(shown in Table 5–2) highlights the creation of new
knowledge and technologies more consistently and accurately than the overall R&D data. The FS&T budget
emphasizes research; does not count funding for defense
development, testing, and evaluation; and totals less
than half of Federal R&D spending. The 2009 Budget
requests $62 billion for FS&T.

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Table 5–1.

FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
(Budget authority, dollar amounts in millions)
2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

2009
Proposed

Dollar Change: Percent Change:
2008 to 2009
2008 to 2009

By Agency
Defense ......................................................................................................................
Health and Human Services .....................................................................................
NASA .........................................................................................................................
Energy ........................................................................................................................
National Science Foundation ....................................................................................
Homeland Security ....................................................................................................
Agriculture ..................................................................................................................
Commerce .................................................................................................................
Transportation ............................................................................................................
Veterans Affairs .........................................................................................................
Interior ........................................................................................................................
Environmental Protection Agency .............................................................................
Other ..........................................................................................................................

78,329
29,201
9,952
8,522
4,479
1,246
2,275
1,080
768
892
604
606
1,118

80,192
29,475
10,436
9,739
4,500
1,143
2,309
1,113
823
960
676
557
1,140

80,494
29,480
10,737
10,558
5,201
3,287
1,952
1,157
901
884
617
550
1,145

302
5
301
819
701
2,144
–357
44
78
–76
–59
–7
5

0%
0%
3%
8%
16%
188%
–15%
4%
9%
–8%
–9%
–1%
0%

146,963

3,900

3%

TOTAL .......................................................................................................................

139,072

143,063

Basic Research
Defense ......................................................................................................................
Health and Human Services .....................................................................................
NASA .........................................................................................................................
Energy ........................................................................................................................
National Science Foundation ....................................................................................
Homeland Security ....................................................................................................
Agriculture ..................................................................................................................
Commerce .................................................................................................................
Transportation ............................................................................................................
Veterans Affairs .........................................................................................................
Interior ........................................................................................................................
Environmental Protection Agency .............................................................................
Other ..........................................................................................................................

1,525
15,646
1,786
3,123
3,635
247
893
142
2
358
34
101
196

1,634
15,897
2,104
3,232
3,689
248
856
96
3
385
43
97
188

1,699
65
4%
15,884
–13
0%
1,912
–192
–9%
3,556
324
10%
4,336
647
18%
276
28
11%
798
–58
–7%
176
80
83%
3 ...................... ........................
354
–31
–8%
40
–3
–7%
95
–2
–2%
190
2
1%

SUBTOTAL ...........................................................................................................

27,688

28,472

29,319

847

3%

Applied Research
Defense ......................................................................................................................
Health and Human Services .....................................................................................
NASA .........................................................................................................................
Energy ........................................................................................................................
National Science Foundation ....................................................................................
Homeland Security ....................................................................................................
Agriculture ..................................................................................................................
Commerce .................................................................................................................
Transportation ............................................................................................................
Veterans Affairs .........................................................................................................
Interior ........................................................................................................................
Environmental Protection Agency .............................................................................
Other ..........................................................................................................................

5,103
13,405
947
2,630
357
434
1,072
637
562
482
510
415
576

5,058
13,414
974
3,513
340
382
1,103
731
576
519
549
379
574

4,245
13,424
919
3,474
422
381
922
737
614
478
513
370
588

–813
10
–55
–39
82
–1
–181
6
38
–41
–36
–9
14

–16%
0%
–6%
–1%
24%
0%
–16%
1%
7%
–8%
–7%
–2%
2%

SUBTOTAL ...........................................................................................................

27,130

28,112

27,087

–1,025

–4%

Development
Defense ......................................................................................................................
71,641
73,358
74,393
1,035
1%
Health and Human Services .....................................................................................
22
22
22 ...................... ........................
NASA .........................................................................................................................
5,576
5,436
5,731
295
5%
Energy ........................................................................................................................
1,973
2,232
2,472
240
11%
National Science Foundation .................................................................................... ................ .................... .................... ...................... ........................
Homeland Security ....................................................................................................
434
365
380
15
4%
Agriculture ..................................................................................................................
195
195
186
–9
–5%
Commerce .................................................................................................................
83
76
68
–8
–11%
Transportation ............................................................................................................
185
225
264
39
17%
Veterans Affairs .........................................................................................................
52
56
52
–4
–7%
Interior ........................................................................................................................
55
62
62 ...................... ........................
Environmental Protection Agency .............................................................................
90
81
85
4
5%
Other ..........................................................................................................................
300
324
298
–26
–8%
SUBTOTAL ...........................................................................................................

80,606

82,432

84,013

1,581

2%

Facilities and Equipment
Defense ......................................................................................................................
Health and Human Services .....................................................................................

60
128

142
142

157
150

15
8

11%
6%

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Table 5–1.

FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT—Continued
(Budget authority, dollar amounts in millions)
2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

2009
Proposed

Dollar Change: Percent Change:
2008 to 2009
2008 to 2009

NASA .........................................................................................................................
1,643
1,922
2,175
253
13%
Energy ........................................................................................................................
796
762
1,056
294
39%
National Science Foundation ....................................................................................
487
471
443
–28
–6%
Homeland Security ....................................................................................................
131
148
2,250
2,102
1420%
Agriculture ..................................................................................................................
115
155
46
–109
–70%
Commerce .................................................................................................................
218
210
176
–34
–16%
Transportation ............................................................................................................
19
19
20
1
5%
Veterans Affairs ......................................................................................................... ................ .................... .................... ...................... ........................
Interior ........................................................................................................................
5
22
2
–20
–91%
Environmental Protection Agency ............................................................................. ................ .................... .................... ...................... ........................
Other ..........................................................................................................................
46
54
69
15
28%
SUBTOTAL ...........................................................................................................

3,648

4,047

6,544

2,497

62%

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Table 5–2.

FEDERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BUDGET
(Budget authority, dollar amounts in millions)
2007 Actual

2008
Estimate

2009
Proposed

Dollar
Change:
2008 to 2009

Percent
Change: 2008
to 2009

By Agency
National Institutes of Health ..................................................................................................................
Energy 1 .....................................................................................................................................................
Science Programs .................................................................................................................................
Electricity Transmission & Distribution .................................................................................................
Nuclear Energy ......................................................................................................................................
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Resources 2 ......................................................................
Fossil Energy R&D 3 .............................................................................................................................
National Science Foundation .................................................................................................................
Defense .....................................................................................................................................................
Basic Research .....................................................................................................................................
Applied Research ..................................................................................................................................
NASA .........................................................................................................................................................
Science ..................................................................................................................................................
Aeronautics ............................................................................................................................................
Exploration Systems 4 ...........................................................................................................................
Innovative Partnerships .........................................................................................................................
Agriculture ................................................................................................................................................
CSREES Research and Education 5 ....................................................................................................
Economic Research Service .................................................................................................................
Agricultural Research Service 6 ............................................................................................................
Forest Service: Forest and Rangeland Research ...............................................................................
Commerce .................................................................................................................................................
NOAA: Oceanic & Atmospheric Research ...........................................................................................
NIST Intramural Research and Facilities .............................................................................................
Interior (USGS) .........................................................................................................................................
Veterans Affairs 7 .....................................................................................................................................
Environmental Protection Agency 8 ......................................................................................................
Transportation ..........................................................................................................................................
Highway research: Federal Highway Administration 9 .........................................................................
Federal Aviation Administration: Research, Engineering, and Development .....................................
Education ..................................................................................................................................................
Special Education Research and Innovation .......................................................................................
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research ...............................................................
Research, Development, and Dissemination 10 ...................................................................................

28,880
6,200
3,797
97
540
1,176
590
5,917
6,628
1,525
5,103
6,148
4,610
594
755
189
2,158
674
75
1,129
280
891
398
493
988
892
764
560
430
130
342
72
107
163

29,307
7,226
3,973
110
962
1,440
741
6,032
6,692
1,634
5,058
5,911
4,627
505
654
125
2,156
672
77
1,121
286
1,008
398
610
1,006
891
786
577
430
147
337
71
106
160

29,307
7,627
4,722
100
854
1,197
754
6,854
5,944
1,699
4,245
5,517
4,442
447
452
176
1,921
539
82
1,037
263
1,012
378
634
969
884
790
601
430
171
344
71
106
167

......................
401
749
–10
–108
–243
13
822
–748
65
–813
–394
–185
–58
–202
51
–235
–133
5
–84
–23
4
–20
24
–37
–7
4
24
......................
24
7
......................
......................
7

........................
6%
19%
–9%
–11%
–17%
2%
14%
–11%
4%
–16%
–7%
–4%
–11%
–31%
41%
–11%
–20%
6%
–7%
–8%
0%
–5%
4%
–4%
–1%
1%
4%
........................
16%
2%
........................
........................
4%

Total ......................................................................................................................................................

60,368

61,929

61,770

–159

–0.3%

1 Data

do not reflect actual transfers to Science Programs from other Department of Energy R&D programs to support the Small Business Innovation Research and the Small
Business Technology Transfer programs.
2 Excludes Weatherization, State grants, and intergovernmental activities.
3 Excludes funding for the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline project.
4 Exploration Systems includes the Exploration Technology Development Program, the Human Research Program, and the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
5 Includes the appropriation of earnings from the Native American Endowment Fund, but not the appropriation to the Endowment’s principal.
6 Excludes building and facilities. Also excludes $3 million transfer to the account in 2007.
7 Includes the medical care and prosthetic research appropriation and research support from the VA medical care appropriations. In 2008, $69 million in emergency funding provided to the Medical and Prosthetics Research account by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008.
8 Science and Technology, plus superfund transfer.
9 According to the process established in section 1102(f) of SAFETEA-LU, FHWA annually adjusts the research funding level from the appropriated obligation limitation.
10 Does not include funding for Regional Educational Labs.

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Table 5–3.

AGENCY DETAIL OF SELECTED INTERAGENCY R&D EFFORTS
(Budget authority, dollar amounts in millions)
2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

2009
Proposed

Dollar Change: Percent Change:
2008 to 2009
2008 to 2009

Networking and Information Technology R&D:
Defense ......................................................................................................................
National Science Foundation ....................................................................................
Health and Human Services 1 ...................................................................................
Energy ........................................................................................................................
Commerce .................................................................................................................
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ......................................................
Environmental Protection Agency .............................................................................
National Archives and Records Administration ........................................................

1,194
909
566
349
76
91
6
4

1,267
931
556
436
85
86
6
5

1,242
–25
–2%
1,090
159
17%
555
–1
0%
494
58
13%
90
5
6%
84
–2
–2%
6 ...................... ........................
5 ...................... ........................

TOTAL ...................................................................................................................

3,195

3,372

3,566

194

6%

National Nanotechnology Initiative:
Defense ......................................................................................................................
National Science Foundation ....................................................................................
Energy ........................................................................................................................
Health and Human Services 2 ...................................................................................
Commerce (NIST) .....................................................................................................
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ......................................................
Environmental Protection Agency .............................................................................
Agriculture ..................................................................................................................
Justice ........................................................................................................................
Transportation ............................................................................................................
Homeland Security ....................................................................................................

450
389
236
222
88
24
8
7
2
1
2

487
389
251
232
89
24
10
11
2
1
1

431
397
311
232
110
24
15
8
2
1
1

–56
8
60
......................
21
......................
5
–3
......................
......................
......................

–11%
2%
24%
........................
24%
........................
50%
–27%
........................
........................
........................

35

2%

TOTAL ...................................................................................................................

1,429

1,497

1,532

Climate Change Science Program:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ......................................................
Commerce (NOAA) ...................................................................................................
National Science Foundation ....................................................................................
Energy ........................................................................................................................
Agriculture ..................................................................................................................
National Institutes of Health ......................................................................................
Interior (USGS) ..........................................................................................................
U.S. Agency for International Development .............................................................
Environmental Protection Agency .............................................................................
Smithsonian ...............................................................................................................
Transportation ............................................................................................................

1,084
184
207
126
61
47
27
14
16
6
1

1,078
240
205
128
65
47
34
14
20
6
1

1,204
126
12%
260
20
8%
221
16
8%
146
18
14%
62
–3
–5%
47 ...................... ........................
31
–3
–9%
20
6
43%
16
–4
–20%
6 ...................... ........................
2
1
100%

TOTAL ...................................................................................................................

1,773

1,838

2,015

1 Includes

funds from offsetting collections for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
2 Includes funds from both the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

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Investment spending is spending that yields longterm benefits. Its purpose may be to improve the efficiency of internal Federal agency operations or to increase the Nation’s overall stock of capital for economic
growth. The spending can be direct Federal spending
or grants to State and local governments. It can be
for physical capital, which yields a stream of services
over a period of years, or for research and development
or education and training, which are intangible but also
increase income in the future or provide other longterm benefits.
Most presentations in the Federal budget combine
investment spending with spending for current use.

This chapter focuses solely on Federal and federally
financed investment.
In this chapter, investment is discussed in the following sections:
• a description of the size and composition of Federal investment spending;
• a discussion of the performance of selected Federal
investment programs; and
• a presentation of trends in the stock of federally
financed physical capital, research and development, and education.

PART I: DESCRIPTION OF FEDERAL INVESTMENT
For more than fifty years, the Federal budget has
included a chapter on Federal investment—defined as
those outlays that yield long-term benefits—separately
from outlays for current use. In recent years the discussion of the composition of investment has displayed
estimates of budget authority as well as outlays.
The classification of spending between investment
and current outlays is a matter of judgment. The budget has historically employed a relatively broad classification, encompassing physical investment, research,
development, education, and training. The budget further classifies investments into those that are grants
to State and local governments, such as grants for highways or education, and all other investments, called
‘‘direct Federal programs’’ in this analysis. This ‘‘direct
Federal’’ category consists primarily of spending for assets owned by the Federal Government, such as defense
weapons systems and general purpose office buildings,
but also includes grants to private organizations and
individuals for investment, such as capital grants to
Amtrak or higher education loans directly to individuals.
Presentations for particular purposes could adopt different definitions of investment:
• To suit the purposes of a traditional balance sheet,
investment might include only those physical assets owned by the Federal Government, excluding
capital financed through grants and intangible assets such as research and education.
• Focusing on the role of investment in improving
national productivity and enhancing economic
growth would exclude items such as national defense assets, the direct benefits of which enhance
national security rather than economic growth.
• Concern with the efficiency of Federal operations
would confine the coverage to investments that
reduce costs or improve the effectiveness of inter-

nal Federal agency operations, such as computer
systems.
• A ‘‘social investment’’ perspective might broaden
the coverage of investment beyond what is included in this chapter to include programs such
as childhood immunization, maternal health, certain nutrition programs, and substance abuse
treatment, which are designed in part to prevent
more costly health problems in future years.
The relatively broad definition of investment used
in this section provides consistency over time—historical figures on investment outlays back to 1940 can
be found in the separate Historical Tables volume.
Table 6–2 at the end of this section allows
disaggregation of the data to focus on those investment
outlays that best suit a particular purpose.
In addition to this basic issue of definition, there
are two technical problems in the classification of investment data involving the treatment of grants to
State and local governments and the classification of
spending that could be shown in more than one category.
First, for some grants to State and local governments
it is the recipient jurisdiction, not the Federal Government, that ultimately determines whether the money
is used to finance investment or current purposes. This
analysis classifies all of the outlays in the category
where the recipient jurisdictions are expected to spend
most of the money. Hence, the community development
block grants are classified as physical investment, although some may be spent for current purposes. General purpose fiscal assistance is classified as current
spending, although some may be spent by recipient jurisdictions on investment.
Second, some spending could be classified in more
than one category of investment. For example, outlays
for construction of research facilities finance the acqui-

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sition of physical assets, but they also contribute to
research and development. To avoid double counting,
the outlays are classified in the category that is most
commonly recognized as investment. Consequently, outlays for the conduct of research and development do
not include outlays for research facilities, because these
outlays are included in the category for physical investment. Similarly, spending for physical investment and
research and development related to education and
training is included in the categories of physical assets
and the conduct of research and development.
When direct loans and loan guarantees are used to
fund investment, the subsidy value is included as investment. The subsidies are classified according to their
program purpose, such as construction or education and
training. For more information about the treatment of
Federal credit programs, refer to Chapter 7, ‘‘Credit
and Insurance,’’ in this volume.
This section presents spending for gross investment,
without adjusting for depreciation.
Composition of Federal Investment Outlays
Major Federal Investment
The composition of major Federal investment outlays
is summarized in Table 6–1. They include major public
physical investment, the conduct of research and development, and the conduct of education and training. Defense and nondefense investment outlays were $429.8
billion in 2007. They are estimated to increase to $482.1
billion in 2008 and $494.2 billion in 2009. Major Federal investment outlays will comprise an estimated 16
percent of total Federal outlays in 2009 and 3.3 percent
of the Nation’s gross domestic product. Greater detail
on Federal investment is available in Table 6–2 at the
end of this section. That table includes both budget
authority and outlays.
Physical investment. Outlays for major public physical
capital investment (hereafter referred to as physical investment outlays) are estimated to be $266.1 billion
in 2009. Physical investment outlays are for construction and rehabilitation, the purchase of major equipment, and the purchase or sale of land and structures.
Approximately two-thirds of these outlays are for direct
physical investment by the Federal Government, with
the remainder being grants to State and local governments for physical investment.
Direct physical investment outlays by the Federal
Government are primarily for national defense. Defense
outlays for physical investment are estimated to be
$155.0 billion in 2009. Almost all of these outlays, or
an estimated $143.2 billion, are for the procurement
of weapons and other defense equipment, and the remainder is primarily for construction on military bases,
family housing for military personnel, and Department
of Energy defense facilities.
Outlays for direct physical investment for nondefense
purposes are estimated to be $35.6 billion in 2009.
These outlays include $20.7 billion for construction and
rehabilitation. This amount includes funds for water,
power, and natural resources projects of the Corps of

Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation within the Department of the Interior, and the Tennessee Valley Authority; construction and rehabilitation of veterans hospitals and Indian Health Service hospitals and clinics;
facilities for space and science programs; Postal Service
facilities; construction for the administration of justice
programs (largely in the Department of Homeland Security); construction of office buildings by the General
Services Administration; and construction for embassy
security. Outlays for the acquisition of major equipment
are estimated to be $14.4 billion in 2009. The largest
amounts are for the air traffic control system; weather
and climate monitoring in the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; law enforcement activities, largely in the Department of Homeland Security
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and information systems in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Grants to State and local governments for physical
investment are estimated to be $75.5 billion in 2009.
Nearly three-quarters of these outlays, or $55.0 billion,
are to assist States and localities with transportation
infrastructure, primarily highways. Other major grants
for physical investment fund sewage treatment plants,
community and regional development, and public housing.
Conduct of research and development. Outlays for the
conduct of research and development are estimated to
be $139.9 billion in 2009. These outlays are devoted
to increasing basic scientific knowledge and promoting
research and development. They increase the Nation’s
security, improve the productivity of capital and labor
for both public and private purposes, and enhance the
quality of life. More than half of these outlays, an estimated $82.7 billion, are for national defense. Physical
investment for research and development facilities and
equipment is included in the physical investment category.
Nondefense outlays for the conduct of research and
development are estimated to be $57.3 billion in 2009.
These are largely for the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, the National Science Foundation,
the National Institutes of Health, and research for nuclear and non-nuclear energy programs.
A more complete and detailed discussion of research
and development funding can be found in Chapter 5,
‘‘Research and Development,’’ in this volume.
Conduct of education and training. Outlays for the
conduct of education and training are estimated to be
$88.2 billion in 2009. These outlays add to the stock
of human capital by developing a more skilled and productive labor force. Grants to State and local governments for this category are estimated to be $53.8 billion
in 2009, approximately three-fifths of the total. They
include education programs for the disadvantaged and
individuals with disabilities, training programs in the
Department of Labor, Head Start, and other education
programs. Direct Federal education and training outlays are estimated to be $34.4 billion in 2009. Programs
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Table 6–1.

COMPOSITION OF FEDERAL INVESTMENT OUTLAYS
(In billions of dollars)
2007
Actual

Federal Investment

Estimate
2008

2009

Major public physical capital investment:
Direct Federal:
National defense ...................................................................................................
Nondefense ...........................................................................................................

107.8
30.8

141.0
37.4

155.0
35.6

Subtotal, direct major public physical capital investment ...............................

138.7

178.4

190.6

Grants to State and local governments ...................................................................

70.8

76.1

75.5

Subtotal, major public physical capital investment ..............................................

209.4

254.5

266.1

Conduct of research and development:
National defense ........................................................................................................
Nondefense ................................................................................................................

77.1
52.6

78.7
55.9

82.7
57.3

Subtotal, conduct of research and development .................................................

129.7

134.6

139.9

Conduct of education and training:
Grants to State and local governments ...................................................................
Direct Federal ............................................................................................................

53.7
37.0

55.5
37.5

53.8
34.4

Subtotal, conduct of education and training ........................................................

90.7

93.0

88.2

Total, major Federal investment outlays .....................................................

429.8

482.1

494.2

Major Federal investment outlays:
National defense ........................................................................................................
Nondefense ................................................................................................................

184.9
244.9

219.7
262.5

237.7
256.5

Total, major Federal investment outlays ..............................................................

429.8

482.1

494.2

Miscellaneous physical investment:
Commodity inventories ..............................................................................................
Other physical investment (direct) ............................................................................

–0.3
3.0

–*
3.3

–*
2.9

Total, miscellaneous physical investment ............................................................

2.7

3.3

2.9

Total, Federal investment outlays, including miscellaneous physical investment .......

432.5

485.4

497.1

MEMORANDUM

* less than $50 million.

sidies, the veterans GI bill, and health training programs.
This category does not include outlays for education
and training of Federal civilian and military employees.
Outlays for education and training that are for physical
investment and for research and development are in
the categories for physical investment and the conduct
of research and development.

price support programs and other commodities. Sales
are estimated to exceed purchases by $29 million in
2009.
Outlays for other miscellaneous physical investment
are estimated to be $2.9 billion in 2009. This category
consists entirely of direct Federal outlays and includes
primarily conservation programs.

Miscellaneous Physical Investment
In addition to the categories of major Federal investment, several miscellaneous categories of investment
outlays are shown at the bottom of Table 6–1. These
items, all for physical investment, are generally unrelated to improving Government operations or enhancing
economic activity.
Outlays for commodity inventories are for the purchase or sale of agricultural products pursuant to farm

Detailed Table on Investment Spending
The following table provides data on budget authority
as well as outlays for major Federal investment divided
according to grants to State and local governments and
direct Federal spending. Miscellaneous investment is
not included because it is generally unrelated to improving Government operations or enhancing economic
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Table 6–2. FEDERAL INVESTMENT BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS: GRANT AND DIRECT FEDERAL PROGRAMS
(In millions of dollars)

Budget Authority
Description

2007
Actual

Outlays

Estimate
2008

2009

2007
Actual

Estimate
2008

2009

GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Major public physical investments:
Construction and rehabilitation:
Transportation:
Highways .....................................................................................................................................
37,176
Mass transportation ....................................................................................................................
9,842
Rail transportation ....................................................................................................................... ....................
Air transportation ........................................................................................................................
3,671

38,606
9,308
50
–169

28,432
34,373
9,982
8,982
100 ....................
2,750
3,874

38,184
10,618
12
2,970

40,023
10,850
20
4,090

Subtotal, transportation ..........................................................................................................

50,689

47,795

41,264

47,229

51,784

54,983

Other construction and rehabilitation:
Pollution control and abatement ................................................................................................
Community and regional development ......................................................................................
Housing assistance .....................................................................................................................
Other construction ......................................................................................................................

2,068
4,978
6,179
340

1,677
8,024
6,147
444

1,662
3,331
5,599
322

1,837
12,110
7,632
492

1,441
13,036
7,657
438

1,600
9,549
7,513
370

Subtotal, other construction and rehabilitation ......................................................................

13,565

16,292

10,914

22,071

22,572

19,032

Subtotal, construction and rehabilitation ....................................................................................

64,254

64,087

52,178

69,300

74,356

74,015

Other physical assets ..........................................................................................................................

1,475

1,531

1,262

1,462

1,771

1,470

Subtotal, major public physical capital ...........................................................................................

65,729

65,618

53,440

70,762

76,127

75,485

Conduct of research and development:
Agriculture ............................................................................................................................................
Other ....................................................................................................................................................

424
250

293
309

202
253

332
261

318
283

324
246

Subtotal, conduct of research and development ...........................................................................

674

602

455

593

601

570

Conduct of education and training:
Elementary, secondary, and vocational education .............................................................................
Higher education .................................................................................................................................
Research and general education aids ................................................................................................
Training and employment ...................................................................................................................
Social services .....................................................................................................................................
Agriculture ............................................................................................................................................
Other ....................................................................................................................................................

36,710
500
764
3,320
10,350
455
1,706

35,772
475
794
3,479
10,416
458
1,985

36,983
337
595
3,086
9,653
436
1,994

36,910
504
760
3,223
10,160
430
1,703

38,098
558
802
3,194
10,390
475
1,982

37,311
494
524
3,222
9,707
511
1,997

Subtotal, conduct of education and training ..................................................................................

53,805

53,379

53,084

53,690

55,499

53,766

Subtotal, grants for investment ......................................................................................................

120,208

119,599

106,979

125,045

132,227

129,821

Major public physical investment:
Construction and rehabilitation:
National defense:
Military construction and family housing ....................................................................................
Atomic energy defense activities and other ..............................................................................

9,629
555

12,977
381

12,825
394

7,253
630

9,860
379

11,412
384

Subtotal, national defense .....................................................................................................

10,184

13,358

13,219

7,883

10,239

11,796

Nondefense:
International affairs .....................................................................................................................
General science, space, and technology ..................................................................................
Water resources projects ...........................................................................................................
Other natural resources and environment .................................................................................
Energy .........................................................................................................................................
Postal Service .............................................................................................................................
Transportation .............................................................................................................................
Veterans hospitals and other health facilities ............................................................................
Administration of justice .............................................................................................................
GSA real property activities .......................................................................................................

963
2,139
3,841
993
1,413
1,167
123
2,528
2,043
1,330

937
2,401
3,760
927
2,126
1,332
93
3,730
2,088
1,254

1,186
1,385
8,267
897
2,440
1,028
102
4,801
1,261
1,322

425
3,125
3,338
983
1,311
838
145
2,172
636
1,432

1,267
3,491
4,447
975
2,168
300
147
3,370
1,479
1,353

1,781
2,897
3,867
994
2,491
250
116
3,232
2,117
1,604

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Table 6–2. FEDERAL INVESTMENT BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS: GRANT AND DIRECT FEDERAL PROGRAMS—Continued
(In millions of dollars)

Budget Authority
Description

2007
Actual

Outlays

Estimate
2008

2009

2007
Actual

Estimate
2008

2009

Other construction ......................................................................................................................

1,625

1,552

1,008

1,834

1,712

1,355

Subtotal, nondefense .............................................................................................................

18,165

20,200

23,697

16,239

20,709

20,704

Subtotal, construction and rehabilitation ....................................................................................

28,349

33,558

36,916

24,122

30,948

32,500

Acquisition of major equipment:
National defense:
Department of Defense ..............................................................................................................
Atomic energy defense activities ...............................................................................................

133,907
408

170,711
329

104,350
318

99,693
281

130,532
299

142,933
288

Subtotal, national defense .....................................................................................................

134,315

171,040

104,668

99,974

130,831

143,221

Nondefense:
General science and basic research .........................................................................................
Space flight, research, and supporting activities .......................................................................
Postal Service .............................................................................................................................
Air transportation ........................................................................................................................
Water transportation (Coast Guard) ..........................................................................................
Other transportation (railroads) ..................................................................................................
Hospital and medical care for veterans .....................................................................................
Law enforcement activities .........................................................................................................
Department of the Treasury (fiscal operations) .........................................................................
Department of Commerce (NOAA) ............................................................................................
GSA general services funds ......................................................................................................
Other ...........................................................................................................................................

694
105
2,382
3,421
1,294
1,293
1,549
1,815
260
939
822
1,904

655
131
1,454
3,310
927
1,325
2,563
1,886
315
851
845
2,785

958
141
1,496
1,438
1,135
800
1,432
2,079
274
1,092
876
3,259

661
110
1,741
2,923
1,084
1,274
1,132
1,330
296
899
780
1,987

660
110
354
3,397
1,180
1,417
2,419
1,750
279
948
845
2,715

999
110
525
2,630
969
800
1,176
1,959
283
1,027
876
3,083

Subtotal, nondefense .............................................................................................................

16,478

17,047

14,980

14,217

16,074

14,437

Subtotal, acquisition of major equipment ..................................................................................

150,793

188,087

119,648

114,191

146,905

157,658

Purchase or sale of land and structures:
National defense .............................................................................................................................
Natural resources and environment ...............................................................................................
General government .......................................................................................................................
Other ................................................................................................................................................

–17
176
164
13

–33
195
156
310

–16
126
150
19

–31
214
159
6

–80
224
156
243

2
193
150
76

Subtotal, purchase or sale of land and structures ....................................................................

336

628

279

348

543

421

Subtotal, major public physical investment ....................................................................................

179,478

222,273

156,843

138,661

178,396

190,579

Conduct of research and development:
National defense:
Defense military ..............................................................................................................................
Atomic energy and other ................................................................................................................

78,269
3,328

80,050
3,415

80,337
3,565

73,716
3,362

75,240
3,439

79,084
3,590

Subtotal, national defense ..........................................................................................................

81,597

83,465

83,902

77,078

78,679

82,674

Nondefense:
International affairs ..........................................................................................................................
General science, space, and technology:
NASA ..........................................................................................................................................
National Science Foundation .....................................................................................................
Department of Energy ................................................................................................................
Other general science, space, and technology .........................................................................

246

255

255

248

269

273

9,129
3,992
3,108
843

9,472
4,029
3,206
693

8,116
4,758
3,533
737

8,508
3,569
3,114
1,014

9,408
4,005
3,202
693

9,597
4,156
3,533
735

Subtotal, general science, space, and technology ...............................................................

17,318

17,655

17,399

16,453

17,577

18,294

Energy .............................................................................................................................................
Transportation:
Department of Transportation ....................................................................................................
NASA ..........................................................................................................................................
Other ...........................................................................................................................................

1,405

2,452

2,503

1,249

2,449

2,588

678
705
17

747
604
25

815
446
16

682
614
20

734
608
18

729
560
17

Subtotal, transportation ..........................................................................................................

2,805

3,828

3,780

2,565

3,809

3,894

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Table 6–2. FEDERAL INVESTMENT BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS: GRANT AND DIRECT FEDERAL PROGRAMS—Continued
(In millions of dollars)

Budget Authority
Description

2007
Actual

Outlays

Estimate
2008

2009

2007
Actual

Estimate
2008

2009

Health:
National Institutes of Health .......................................................................................................
All other health ...........................................................................................................................

28,165
686

28,570
561

28,555
562

27,058
846

27,688
469

28,371
548

Subtotal, health ......................................................................................................................

28,851

29,131

29,117

27,904

28,157

28,919

Agriculture .......................................................................................................................................
Natural resources and environment ...............................................................................................
National Institute of Standards and Technology ............................................................................
Hospital and medical care for veterans .........................................................................................
All other research and development ..............................................................................................

1,418
1,916
400
892
1,078

1,544
1,908
385
960
1,100

1,411
1,965
418
884
1,088

1,433
1,632
394
808
829

1,476
1,645
456
924
1,234

1,424
1,714
453
888
1,114

Subtotal, nondefense ..................................................................................................................

54,678

56,511

56,062

52,018

55,278

56,700

Subtotal, conduct of research and development ...........................................................................

136,275

139,976

139,964

129,096

133,957

139,374

Conduct of education and training:
Elementary, secondary, and vocational education .............................................................................
Higher education .................................................................................................................................
Research and general education aids ................................................................................................
Training and employment ...................................................................................................................
Health ...................................................................................................................................................
Veterans education, training, and rehabilitation .................................................................................
General science and basic research ..................................................................................................
International affairs ..............................................................................................................................
Other ....................................................................................................................................................

1,359
26,455
1,898
2,207
1,410
3,266
917
513
641

1,412
26,029
2,015
1,735
1,463
3,773
927
520
671

1,375
23,135
2,252
1,936
959
3,582
1,001
551
638

1,460
24,538
1,971
2,102
1,404
3,456
900
477
703

1,605
24,572
1,833
1,960
1,410
3,719
1,026
494
925

1,325
21,500
2,008
2,200
1,256
3,897
1,008
535
701

Subtotal, conduct of education and training ..................................................................................

38,666

38,545

35,429

37,011

37,544

34,430

Subtotal, direct Federal investment ................................................................................................

354,419

400,794

332,236

304,768

349,897

364,383

Total, Federal investment .....................................................................................................................

474,627

520,393

439,215

429,813

482,124

494,204

PART II: PERFORMANCE OF FEDERAL INVESTMENT
Introduction. In recent years there has been increased emphasis on improving the performance of Government programs. This emphasis began with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, which
requires agencies to prepare strategic plans and annual
performance plans, and then report on their actual performance results annually.
This Administration set out to ensure that agencies
worked to improve their performance, not just report
on it. Beginning in the 2004 Budget, the Administration
began to assess every Federal program by a method
known as the Program Assessment Rating Tool, or
PART. The Administration set a target of assessing
all Federal programs over five years. With this budget,
the sixth year of using the PART, the Administration
has assessed more than 1,000 programs, approximately
98 percent of the Federal budget.
The PART assesses each program in four components
(purpose, planning, management, and results/accountability) and gives a score for each of the components.
The scores for each component are then weighted—
results/accountability carries the greatest weight—and

the program is given an overall score. A program is
rated Effective if it receives an overall score of 85 percent or more, Moderately Effective if the score is 70
to 84 percent, Adequate if the score is 50 to 69 percent,
and Inadequate if the score is 49 percent or lower.
The program may receive a rating ‘‘Results Not Demonstrated’’ if it does not have a good long-term and
annual performance measure or does not have data to
report on its measures. Chapter 2 of this volume discusses the PART concepts in more detail.
This section summarizes the results of the PART for
direct investment programs, defined to include capital
assets, research and development, and education and
training. Because an entire program is assessed, not
just the investment portion of the program, the assessments for some programs may cover more than just
the investment spending. The funding amounts in this
section are estimates from the 2007 spring update of
PART programs. PART assessments of programs that
are grants to State and local governments are not summarized in this chapter but are summarized in Chapter

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8, ‘‘Aid to State and Local Governments,’’ in this volume.
This section summarizes 241 programs:
• Programs for capital assets are essentially those
identified in the PART system as ‘‘capital assets
and service acquisition’’ (93 programs);
• Programs for research and development are essentially those identified in the PART system as ‘‘research and development’’ (117 programs); and
• Programs for education and training (31 programs) are primarily programs in the Department
of Education (e.g., Federal Pell Grants) that are
not grants to State and local governments. This
category also includes programs in other agencies,
such as the Montgomery GI Bill in the Depart-

Table 6–3.

ment of Veterans Affairs, the Health Professions
program in the Department of Health and Human
Services, and the Job Corps program in the Department of Labor.
Information on these and other programs assessed
by PART is at www.ExpectMore.gov.
Summary of ratings. Table 6–3 shows that, for the
241 investment programs that have been rated by
PART, the average rating was ‘‘Moderately Effective’’.
Of these programs:
• 53 were rated Effective;
• 82 were rated Moderately Effective;
• 62 were rated Adequate;
• 7 were rated Ineffective; and
• 37 were rated Results Not Demonstrated.

SUMMARY OF PART RATINGS AND SCORES FOR DIRECT FEDERAL INVESTMENT
PROGRAMS
(Excludes grants to State and local governments for investment)
Type of Investment
Criteria

Physical
capital

Research and
development

Education
and training

All investment
programs

Average scores
Purpose ..............................................................................................
Planning ..............................................................................................
Management .......................................................................................
Results/Accountability ........................................................................
Weighted Average 1 ...........................................................................
Average Rating ..................................................................................

84%
81%
84%
56%
69%
Adequate

92%
83%
87%
59%
74%
Moderately
Effective

78%
72%
73%
36%
55%
Adequate

87%
80%
84%
55%
70%
Moderately
Effective

Number of Programs
Ratings 2
Effective ..............................................................................................
Moderately effective ...........................................................................
Adequate ............................................................................................
Ineffective ...........................................................................................
Results not demonstrated ..................................................................

19
32
23
2
17

32
47
23
2
13

2
3
16
3
7

53
82
62
7
37

Total number of investment programs rated ....................................

93

117

31

241

1 Weighted as follows: Purpose (20 percent), Planning (10 percent), Management (20 percent), Results/Accountability (50 percent).
2 The rating of effective indicates a score of 85 percent or more; moderately effective, 70–84 percent; adequate, 50–69 percent; and ineffective, 49 percent or less.

Assessments of individual programs. The ratings of
ten of the largest physical capital and education and
training investment programs are summarized here. Information on research and development is in Chapter
5, ‘‘Research and Development’’ in this volume.
Capital Assets
Department of Defense (DoD). Air Combat Program
($13.6 billion in 2007). Rating: Moderately Effective. The
purpose of this program is to enable DoD to successfully
wage war in the air by developing and producing a
variety of tactical fighter and strike aircraft.

DoD’s management of the overall air combat program
is currently based on the extensive system of regulations governing how individual acquisition programs
are managed. Through these regulations DoD tracks
the progress of individual programs and can hold managers accountable for their programs. DoD’s individual
programs within the overall air combat program are
delivering aircraft at targeted rates, but in several
cases, such as the F/A–22, at greater cost than projected.
Department of Defense. Navy Shipbuilding ($13.2 billion in 2007). Rating: Adequate. This program buys new

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ships and overhauls existing ships. New ships are built
at six privately-owned shipyards. Overhauls of existing
ships are performed at both privately-owned and publicly-owned shipyards. The Navy currently has 280
ships in the fleet.
The Navy has specific cost, schedule, and performance goals for each shipbuilding program. The Navy
conducts periodic reviews of programs at major milestones of development and uses a structured reporting
regime to help monitor the status of ship cost, schedule,
and performance. The Navy has experienced cost increases and schedule slips on some ship construction
programs, although overall performance is adequate.
Department of Defense. Future Combat Systems/
Modularity Land Warfare ($10.0 billion in 2007). Rating: Moderately Effective. The Army’s complementary
transformation initiatives, Modularity and the Future
Combat Systems, are designed to provide regional combatant commanders and soldiers with a lighter, faster,
more survivable and rapidly deployable force with
which to fight and win the United States’ current and
future land conflicts.
Although the Future Combat Systems program is currently on schedule and on cost, the program’s long
schedule, significant cost, and technological complexity
put Future Combat Systems at substantial risk of cost
and schedule overruns as the program moves from research and development to acquisition.
Department of Defense. Missile Defense ($9.4 billion
in 2007). Rating: Adequate. The mission of the Missile
Defense Agency (MDA) is to defend the United States,
deployed forces, and allies from ballistic missile attack.
MDA is researching, developing and fielding a global,
integrated and multi-layered Ballistic Missile Defense
System (BMDS), comprising multiple sensors, interceptors and battle management capabilities.
MDA’s strategic planning, resource allocation and
management oversight activities are properly aligned
to accomplish stated mission objectives. MDA budget
requests and human resource management activities
are explicitly tied to appropriate performance goals.
MDA leaders regularly review and evaluate a wide
array of performance data to inform and guide their
decisionmaking.
Department of Defense. Marine Corps Expeditionary
Warfare. ($9.3 billion in 2007). Rating: Moderately Effective. Expeditionary warfare is the temporary use of
Marine Corps force in foreign countries. The expeditionary warfare program consists of specific investment
programs for aviation assets, amphibious ships, weapons systems, equipment, vehicles, ammunition, and research and development.
The Department of Defense (DoD) has articulated a
limited number of long-term performance measures for
the expeditionary warfare program in response to an
earlier assessment. DoD has identified goals related to
Joint and Coalition Proficiency, Operational Reach,
Force Projection, Sustainability, and Operational and
Organizational Adaptability for the expeditionary warfare capability.

ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES

Department of Defense. Rotary Wing Program ($8.8
billion in 2007). Rating: Adequate. The purpose of the
Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) rotary wing aircraft
fleet is to develop and procure an inventory of rotary
wing aircaft that provides the capabilities needed to
satisfy the mission requirements of US forces. Each
type of rotary wing aircraft satisfies specific mission
requirements to enable US forces to respond effectively
to the full spectrum of military operations. Targets and
timeframes for fielding new rotary wing aircraft have
been developed for all programs, and are considered
ambitious in light of the engineering challenges associated with developing and building rotary wing aircraft.
The heavy use of rotary wing aircraft in the Global
War on Terror has increased the need to field new
and upgraded aircraft as quickly as possible to support
forces in theaters of operations.
Tennessee Valley Authority. Tennessee Valley Authority Power ($8.8 billion in 2007). Rating: Moderately Effective. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is the
Nation’s largest public power company. Through 158
locally owned distributors, TVA provides power to nearly 8.5 million residents of the Tennessee Valley. Some
of TVA’s former performance measures such as cents/
KWH are no longer tracked. It is unclear how some
of the new efficiency measures tracked by TVA relate
to program performance.
Department of Defense (DoD). Military Construction
Programs ($7.5 billion in 2007). Rating: Moderately Effective. This program funds buildings, structures, utilities, and land to meet defense requirements on military
installations to improve quality of life and enhance military capabilities. The military construction program
spans 2,965 domestic sites and 766 overseas sites. At
any given time over 1,500 projects are underway.
Projects proposed for funding in the President’s Budget
are selected as a result of a rigorous competitive and
selective process. Each project undergoes requirement,
solutions and costs analysis prior to formal programming into the Budget.
The military construction program is executed by
DoD construction agents—United States Army Corps
of Engineers, Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
and Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence.
The program accounts for the full cost of projects, which
include planning and designing a project, project costs,
and supervision, inspection, and overhead of the project.
Department of Defense (DoD). Airlift Program ($6.9
billion in 2007). Rating: Moderately Effective. The purpose of this program is to enable DoD to move large
amounts of personnel and materiel to, and within, remote locations in short periods of time by developing
and producing a variety of airlift aircraft. The program
has a long-term goal of providing a strategic airlift capacity of 54.5 million ton miles per day. DoD is attempting to achieve that goal through the construction
of airlift aircraft—primarily the Air Force’s C-17.
The airlift investment program is nearing completion
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still not met its target capacity. Attainment of the
inter-theater airlift capability is dependent on fielding
new C-17s, retiring the aging C-141 fleet, and eventual
fielding of C-5 Reliability Enhancement & Reengining
Program (RERP) aircraft. Deliveries of the C-130J will
increase intra-theater capabilities.
Education
Department of Education. Federal Pell Grants ($13.7
billion in 2007). Rating: Adequate. This program helps
ensure access to postsecondary education for undergraduate students by providing need-based grants that,

in combination with other sources of student aid, help
meet education costs. The program also promotes lifelong learning by encouraging low-income adults to return to school.
The program has meaningful performance measures
and outcome data on these measures such as the degree
to which Pell Grants are targeted to low-income students. New measures such as enrollment and graduation rates among low-income and minority students
have also been added. The program has met its current
long-term performance goals and new measures will
help track other key program goals.

PART III: FEDERALLY FINANCED CAPITAL STOCKS
Federal investment spending creates a ‘‘stock’’ of capital that is available for future productive use. Each
year, Federal investment outlays add to this stock of
capital. At the same time, however, wear and tear and
obsolescence reduce it. This section presents very rough
measures over time of three different kinds of capital
stocks financed by the Federal Government: public
physical capital, research and development (R&D), and
education.
Federal spending for physical assets adds to the Nation’s capital stock of tangible assets, such as roads,
buildings, and aircraft carriers. These assets deliver
a flow of services over their lifetime. The capital depreciates as the asset ages, wears out, is accidentally damaged, or becomes obsolete.
Federal spending for the conduct of R&D adds to
an ‘‘intangible’’ asset, the Nation’s stock of knowledge.
Spending for education adds to the stock of human
capital by providing skills that help make people more
productive. Although financed by the Federal Government, the R&D or education can be carried out by Federal or State government laboratories, universities and
other nonprofit organizations, local governments, or private industry. R&D covers a wide range of activities,
from the investigation of subatomic particles to the exploration of outer space; it can be ‘‘basic’’ research without particular applications in mind, or it can have a
highly specific practical use. Similarly, education includes a wide variety of programs, assisting people of
all ages beginning with pre-school education and extending through graduate studies and adult education.
Like physical assets, the capital stocks of R&D and
education provide services over a number of years and
depreciate as they become outdated.
For this analysis, physical and R&D capital stocks
are estimated using the perpetual inventory method.
Each year’s Federal outlays are treated as gross investment, adding to the capital stock; depreciation reduces
the capital stock. Gross investment less depreciation
is net investment. The estimates of the capital stock
are equal to the sum of net investment in the current
and prior years. Conversely, the year-to-year change
in the capital stock estimates is annual net investment.
A limitation of the perpetual inventory method is that
the original investment spending may not accurately

measure the current value of the asset created, even
after adjusting for inflation, because the value of existing capital changes over time due to changing market
conditions. However, alternative methods for measuring
asset value, such as direct surveys of current market
worth or indirect estimation based on an expected rate
of return, are especially difficult to apply to assets that
do not have a private market, such as highways or
weapons systems.
In contrast to physical and R&D stocks, the estimate
of the education stock is based on the replacement cost
method. Data on the total years of education of the
U.S. population are combined with data on the current
cost of education and the Federal share of education
spending to yield the cost of replacing the Federal share
of the Nation’s stock of education.
It should be stressed that these estimates are rough
approximations, and provide a basis only for making
broad generalizations. Errors may arise from uncertainty about the useful lives and depreciation rates of
different types of assets, incomplete data for historical
outlays, and imprecision in the deflators used to express costs in constant dollars. The methods used to
estimate capital stocks are discussed further in the
technical note at the end of Chapter 13, ‘‘Stewardship,’’
in this volume. Additional detail about these methods
appeared in a methodological note in Chapter 7, ‘‘Federal Investment Spending and Capital Budgeting,’’ in
the Analytical Perspectives volume of the 2004 Budget.
The Stock of Physical Capital
This section presents data on stocks of physical capital assets and estimates of the depreciation of these
assets.
Trends. Table 6–4 shows the value of the net federally financed physical capital stock since 1960, in constant fiscal year 2000 dollars. The total stock grew at
a 2.2 percent average annual rate from 1960 to 2007,
with periods of faster growth during the late 1960s
and the 1980s. The stock amounted to $2,385 billion
in 2007 and is estimated to increase to $2,483 billion
by 2009. In 2007, the national defense capital stock
accounted for $727 billion, or 30 percent of the total,
and nondefense stocks for $1,658 billion, or 70 percent
of the total.

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Table 6–4.

NET STOCK OF FEDERALLY FINANCED PHYSICAL CAPITAL
(In billions of 2000 dollars)
Direct Federal Capital

Fiscal Year

Five year intervals:
1960 ....................................................
1965 ....................................................
1970 ....................................................
1975 ....................................................
1980 ....................................................
1985 ....................................................
1990 ....................................................
1995 ....................................................
Annual data:
2000 ....................................................
2001 ....................................................
2002 ....................................................
2003 ....................................................
2004 ....................................................
2005 ....................................................
2006 ....................................................
2007 ....................................................
2008 est ..............................................
2009 est ..............................................

Total

National
Defense

Total
Nondefense

Total

Water
and
Power

Capital Financed by Federal Grants

Other

Total

Transportation

Community
and Regional

Natural
Resources

Other

849
937
1,101
1,137
1,258
1,462
1,740
1,882

608
589
630
545
494
572
722
714

242
348
470
592
763
890
1,018
1,168

95
123
146
166
195
222
256
297

59
74
88
102
123
136
147
157

36
49
58
64
72
86
109
141

146
225
324
426
568
668
762
871

89
158
230
282
342
397
462
534

27
32
47
76
121
146
158
168

21
22
26
42
79
100
113
123

10
13
21
25
27
26
28
46

1,979
2,023
2,078
2,138
2,198
2,256
2,316
2,385
2,413
2,483

635
631
636
646
662
680
701
727
753
785

1,345
1,391
1,442
1,492
1,536
1,575
1,614
1,658
1,660
1,698

337
351
366
380
390
400
410
422
422
432

160
163
165
166
168
168
169
171
173
173

178
188
201
213
223
232
240
252
250
259

1,007
1,040
1,076
1,112
1,146
1,176
1,205
1,236
1,238
1,266

618
640
666
690
714
736
758
779
780
802

183
186
189
193
196
198
199
205
206
209

131
132
134
135
136
137
138
139
138
139

75
81
87
94
100
105
109
113
113
117

Real stocks of defense and nondefense capital show
very different trends. Nondefense stocks have grown
consistently since 1970, increasing from $470 billion
in 1970 to $1,658 billion in 2007. With the investments
proposed in the budget, nondefense stocks are estimated to grow to $1,698 billion in 2009. During the
1970s, the nondefense capital stock grew at an average
annual rate of 5.0 percent. In the 1980s, however, the
growth rate slowed to 2.9 percent annually, with growth
continuing at about that rate since then.
Real national defense stocks began in 1970 at a relatively high level, and declined steadily throughout the
decade as depreciation from investment in the Vietnam
era exceeded new investment in military construction
and weapons procurement. Starting in the early 1980s,
a large defense buildup began to increase the stock
of defense capital. By 1987, the defense stock exceeded
its earlier Vietnam-era peak. In the early 1990s, however, depreciation on the increased stocks and a slower
pace of defense physical capital investment began to
reduce the stock from its previous levels. The increased
defense investment in the last few years has reversed
this decline, increasing the stock from a low of $631
billion in 2001 to $785 billion in 2009.
Another trend in the Federal physical capital stocks
is the shift from direct Federal assets to grant-financed
assets. In 1960, 39 percent of federally financed nondefense capital was owned by the Federal Government,
and 61 percent was owned by State and local governments but financed by Federal grants. Expansion in
Federal grants for highways and other State and local
capital, coupled with slower growth in direct Federal
investment for water resources, for example, shifted the
composition of the stock substantially. In 2007, 25 per-

cent of the nondefense stock was owned by the Federal
Government and 75 percent by State and local governments.
The growth in the stock of physical capital financed
by grants has come in several areas. The growth in
the stock for transportation is largely grants for highways, including the Interstate Highway System. The
growth in community and regional development stocks
occurred largely following the enactment of the community development block grant in the early 1970s. The
value of this capital stock has grown only slowly in
the past few years. The growth in the natural resources
area occurred primarily because of construction grants
for sewage treatment facilities. The value of this federally financed stock has increased about 40 percent since
the mid-1980s.
The Stock of Research and Development Capital
This section presents data on the stock of research
and development (R&D) capital, taking into account adjustments for its depreciation.
Trends. As shown in Table 6–5, the R&D capital
stock financed by Federal outlays is estimated to be
$1,166 billion in 2007 in constant 2000 dollars. Roughly
half is the stock of basic research knowledge; the remainder is the stock of applied research and development.
The nondefense stock accounted for about three-fifths
of the total federally financed R&D stock in 2007. Although investment in defense R&D has exceeded that
of nondefense R&D in nearly every year since 1981,
the nondefense R&D stock is actually the larger of the
two, because of the different emphasis on basic research
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spending is heavily concentrated in applied research
and development, which depreciates much more quickly
than basic research. The stock of applied research and
development is assumed to depreciate at a ten percent
geometric rate, while basic research is assumed not
to depreciate at all.
The defense R&D stock rose slowly during the 1970s,
as gross outlays for R&D trended down in constant
dollars and the stock created in the 1960s depreciated.
Increased defense R&D spending from 1980 through
1990 led to a more rapid growth of the R&D stock.
Subsequently, real defense R&D outlays tapered off,
depreciation grew, and, as a result, the real net defense
R&D stock stabilized at around $420 billion. Renewed

Table 6–5.

spending for defense R&D in recent years has begun
to increase the stock, and it is projected to increase
to $483 billion in 2009.
The growth of the nondefense R&D stock slowed from
the 1970s to the 1980s, from an annual rate of 3.8
percent in the 1970s to a rate of 2.1 percent in the
1980s. Gross investment in real terms fell during much
of the 1980s, and about three-fourths of new outlays
went to replacing depreciated R&D. Since 1988, however, nondefense R&D outlays have been on an upward
trend while depreciation has edged down. As a result,
the net nondefense R&D capital stock has grown more
rapidly.

NET STOCK OF FEDERALLY FINANCED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 1
(In billions of 2000 dollars)
National Defense

Fiscal Year
Total

Five year intervals:
1970 ...........................................................................
1975 ...........................................................................
1980 ...........................................................................
1985 ...........................................................................
1990 ...........................................................................
1995 ...........................................................................
Annual data:
2000 ...........................................................................
2001 ...........................................................................
2002 ...........................................................................
2003 ...........................................................................
2004 ...........................................................................
2005 ...........................................................................
2006 ...........................................................................
2007 ...........................................................................
2008 est .....................................................................
2009 est .....................................................................
1 Excludes

Basic
Research

Nondefense
Applied
Research
and
Development

Applied
Research
and
Development

Total

Basic
Research

Applied
Research
and
Development

261
276
279
321
403
423

16
21
25
30
36
43

245
255
255
291
366
380

215
262
311
339
383
461

67
97
131
174
228
293

148
165
179
165
154
168

475
538
590
659
785
883

82
118
156
204
264
336

393
421
434
455
521
548

423
421
420
423
428
442
454
464
473
483

48
50
52
53
54
56
57
58
59
61

375
370
368
370
374
386
397
406
414
422

542
563
587
613
639
660
681
702
723
745

367
386
406
427
449
469
489
509
530
551

175
177
181
186
190
191
192
193
193
194

965
984
1,006
1,036
1,067
1,102
1,136
1,166
1,196
1,228

416
436
458
480
503
525
546
567
589
612

550
548
549
555
564
577
590
599
607
616

stock of physical capital for research and development, which is included in Table 6–4.

The Stock of Education Capital
This section presents estimates of the stock of education capital financed by the Federal Government.
As shown in Table 6–6, the federally financed education stock is estimated at $1,473 billion in 2007 in
constant 2000 dollars. The vast majority of the Nation’s
education stock is financed by State and local governments, and by students and their families themselves.
This federally financed portion of the stock represents

1 For

Total

Basic
Research

Total Federal

estimates of the total education stock, see table 13–5 in Chapter 13, ‘‘Stewardship.’’

about 3 percent of the Nation’s total education stock.1
Nearly three-quarters is for elementary and secondary
education, while the remainder is for higher education.
The federally financed education stock has grown
steadily in the last few decades, with an average annual growth rate of 5.1 percent from 1970 to 2007.
The expansion of the education stock is projected to
continue under this budget, with the stock rising to
$1,662 billion in 2009.

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Table 6–6.

NET STOCK OF FEDERALLY FINANCED EDUCATION
CAPITAL
(In billions of 2000 dollars)
Fiscal Year

Five year intervals:
1960 ...............................................................................
1965 ...............................................................................
1970 ...............................................................................
1975 ...............................................................................
1980 ...............................................................................
1985 ...............................................................................
1990 ...............................................................................
1995 ...............................................................................
Annual data:
2000 ...............................................................................
2001 ...............................................................................
2002 ...............................................................................
2003 ...............................................................................
2004 ...............................................................................
2005 ...............................................................................
2006 ...............................................................................
2007 ...............................................................................
2008 est .........................................................................
2009 est .........................................................................

Total
Education
Stock

Elementary
and Secondary
Education

Higher
Education

71
102
234
349
482
577
733
878

51
74
184
282
379
434
546
641

20
28
50
67
103
143
188
237

1,135
1,189
1,236
1,279
1,327
1,364
1,414
1,473
1,565
1,662

827
864
899
932
959
993
1,016
1,063
1,140
1,226

308
325
337
347
368
371
399
410
425
436

7. CREDIT AND INSURANCE
The Federal Government offers direct loans and loan
guarantees to support a wide range of activities including housing, education, business and community development, and exports. At the end of 2007, there were
$260 billion in Federal direct loans outstanding and
$1,202 billion in loan guarantees. Through its insurance
programs, the Federal Government insures bank, thrift,
and credit union deposits, guarantees private definedbenefit pensions, and insures against some other risks
such as natural disasters.
The Federal Government also permits certain privately owned companies, called Government-Sponsored
Enterprises (GSEs), to operate under Federal charters
for the purpose of enhancing credit availability for targeted sectors. GSEs increase liquidity by guaranteeing
and securitizing loans, as well as by providing direct
loans. In return for advancing certain social goals and
possibly improving economic efficiency, GSEs enjoy various privileges, such as possible borrowing from Treasury at Treasury’s discretion, exemption from State and
local income taxation, and favorable regulatory treatments of their securities. These privileges may leave
observers with the impression that GSE securities are
risk-free. GSEs, however, are not part of the Federal
Government, and GSE securities are not federally guaranteed. By law, GSE securities carry a disclaimer of
any U.S. obligation.
This chapter discusses the roles of these diverse programs and assesses their effectiveness and efficiency.
I.

• The first section emphasizes the roles of Federal
credit and insurance programs in addressing market imperfections that may prevent the private
market from efficiently providing credit and insurance. Although the continued evolution and deepening of financial markets may have in part corrected many of the imperfections, Federal programs can still play a significant role in the areas
where market imperfections remain serious and
at the times when some adverse events disrupt
the smooth functioning of the market.
• The second section interprets the results of the
Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) for credit and insurance programs in relation to their distinguishing features.
• The third section presents a special topic—the
structure of financial regulation which can influence financial institutions’ competitiveness and
ability to innovate.
• The fourth section discusses individual credit programs and GSEs intended to support four sectors:
housing, education, business and community development, and exports. The discussion focuses on
program objectives, recent developments, performance, and future plans for each program.
• In a similar format, the final section reviews Federal deposit insurance, pension guarantees, disaster insurance, and insurance against terrorism
and other security-related risks.

FEDERAL PROGRAMS IN CHANGING FINANCIAL MARKETS

The Federal Role
In most cases, private lending and insurance companies efficiently meet economic demands by allocating
resources to their most productive uses. Market imperfections, however, can cause inadequate provision of
credit or insurance in some sectors. Federal credit and
insurance programs improve economic efficiency if they
effectively fill the gaps created by market imperfections.
On the other hand, Federal credit and insurance programs that do not effectively address market imperfections can be unnecessary, or can even be counter-productive—they may simply do what the private sector
would have done in their absence, or interfere with
what the private sector would have done better. Federal
credit and insurance programs also help disadvantaged
groups. This role alone, however, may not be enough
to justify credit and insurance programs; for helping
disadvantaged groups, direct subsidies are generally
more effective and less distortionary.
Relevant market imperfections include insufficient information, limited ability to secure resources, insuffi-

cient competition, and externalities. Although these imperfections can cause inefficiencies, the presence of a
market imperfection does not mean that Government
intervention will always be effective. To be effective,
a credit or insurance program should be carefully designed to reduce inefficiencies in the targeted area without causing inefficiencies elsewhere.
Insufficient Information. Financial intermediaries
may fail to allocate credit to the most deserving borrowers if there is little objective information about some
of the borrowers. Some groups of borrowers, such as
start-up businesses and some families, have limited incomes and credit histories. Many creditworthy borrowers belonging to these groups may fail to obtain
credit or be forced to pay excessively high interest. For
very irregular events, such as natural and man-made
disasters, there may not be sufficient information to
estimate the probability and magnitude of the loss. This
pricing difficulty may prevent insurers from covering
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Limited Ability to Secure Resources. The ability
of private entities to absorb losses is more limited than
that of the Federal Government, which has general taxing authority. For some events potentially involving a
very large loss concentrated in a short time period,
therefore, Government insurance commanding more resources can be more reliable. Such events include massive bank failures and some natural and man-made
disasters that can threaten the solvency of private insurers.
Insufficient Competition. Competition can be insufficient in some markets because of barriers to entry
or economies of scale. Insufficient competition may result in unduly high prices of credit and insurance in
those markets.
Externalities. Decisions at the individual level are
not socially optimal when individuals do not capture
the full benefit (positive externalities) or bear the full
cost (negative externalities) of their activities. Education, for example, generates positive externalities because the general public benefits from the high productivity and good citizenship of a well-educated person.
Without Government intervention, people will engage
less than socially optimal in activities that generate
positive externalities and more in activities that generate negative externalities.
Financial Market Developments
Financial markets have become much more efficient
through technological advances and financial services
deregulation. By facilitating the gathering and processing of information and lowering transaction costs,
technological advances have significantly contributed to
improving the screening of credit and insurance applicants, enhancing liquidity, refining risk management,
and spurring competition. Deregulation has increased
competition and prompted efficiency-improving consolidation by removing geographic and industry barriers.
These changes have reduced market imperfections.
The private market now has more information and better technology to process it; it has better means to
secure resources; and it is more competitive. As a result, the private market is more willing and able to
serve a portion of the population traditionally targeted
by Federal programs. The benefits of technological advances and deregulation, however, have been uneven
across sectors and populations. To remain effective,
therefore, Federal credit and insurance programs
should focus more narrowly on those sectors that have
been less affected by financial evolution and those populations that still have difficulty in obtaining credit or
insurance from private lenders. The Federal Government should also pay more attention to new challenges
introduced by financial evolution and other economic
developments. Even those changes that are beneficial
overall often bring new risks and challenges.
The role for the Federal government in addressing
the information problem has diminished steadily over
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access to large databases, powerful computing devices,
and sophisticated analytical models. This advancement
in communication and information processing technology enables lenders to evaluate risk more objectively
and accurately. As a result, most borrowers can easily
obtain credit at a fair interest rate reflecting their risk.
The improvement, however, may be uneven across sectors. Credit scoring (an automated process that converts
relevant borrower characteristics into a numerical score
indicating creditworthiness), for example, is considered
as a breakthrough in borrower screening. While credit
scoring is widely applied to home mortgages and consumer loans, it is applied to a limited extent for small
business loans and agricultural loans due to the difficulty of standardizing unique characteristics of small
businesses and farmers. It is also possible that banking
consolidation adversely affects those borrowers with
unique characteristics; small, local banks could serve
those borrowers better if they had more borrower-specific information gained through long-term relations.
With technological advances such as computer simulation, pricing catastrophe risks has become easier, but
it remains much more difficult than pricing more regular events such as automobile accidents. It is still
difficult for insurers to estimate with confidence the
probability of a major natural disaster occurring. The
difficulty may be greater for man-made disasters that
lack scientific bases.
Financial evolution has also improved private insurers’ ability to deal with catastrophic losses. Using financial derivatives such as options, swaps, and futures,
private entities can manage and share various types
of risk such as price risk, interest rate risk, credit risk,
and even catastrophe-related risk. An insurer can distribute the risk of a natural or man-made catastrophe
among a large number of investors through catastrophe-related derivatives. However, the market for catastrophe-related derivatives is still small, and it has
not eliminated the difficulty of absorbing catastrophic
losses yet.
Insufficient competition is much less likely to justify
Federal involvement than was the case only a few years
ago due to financial deregulation and improved communication and financing technology. Financial deregulation removed geographic and industry barriers to competition. As a result, major financial holding companies
offer both banking and insurance products nationwide.
Internet-based financial services have further lowered
the cost of financial transactions and reduced the importance of physical location. These developments have
been especially beneficial to small and geographically
isolated customers who could not afford to bear large
transactions costs and otherwise had limited access to
financial services. In addition, there are more financing
alternatives for both commercial and individual borrowers that used to rely heavily on banks. Venture
capital, for example, has become a much more important financing source for small businesses. Finance
companies have also become a prominent player both
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Problems related to externalities may persist because
the price mechanisms that drive the private market
by definition ignore the value of externalities.
Externalities, however, are a general market failure,
rather than a financial market failure. Thus, credit and
insurance programs are not necessarily the best means
to address externalities, and their effectiveness should
be compared with other forms of Government intervention, such as tax incentives and grants. In particular,
if a credit program was initially intended to address
multiple problems, including externalities, and those
other problems have been alleviated, there may be a
better way to address any remaining externalities.
Overall, the financial market has become more efficient and stable. Financial evolution and other economic developments, however, are often accompanied
by new risks, as evidenced by the current difficulties
resulting from the rapid expansion of subprime mortgages. Subprime mortgages are a product of several
innovations, such as consumer credit scoring,
securitization, and credit ratings on securities. Properly
used, subprime mortgages are a beneficial tool helping
disadvantaged families to become homeowners.
Misjudgments and some imperfections in financing
techniques appear to have led to overextension of
subprime mortgages. For example, while securitization
facilitates the funding of mortgages, it also reduces
II.

mortgage originators’ incentives to screen borrowers
carefully because securitized loans are off their balance
sheets. Investors having relied on credit ratings appear
to have been misguided by high ratings on some complex mortgage-backed securities that with the benefit
of hindsight were too optimistic. Few financial models
are perfect. In addition, rating agencies’ incentives to
protect investors may have been attenuated by the fees
they collect from security issuers. These developments
suggest that Federal agencies need to be vigilant to
identify and manage new risks to the economy and
to the Budget, arising from financial evolution.
Recent financial market instability presents both opportunities and challenges to Federal programs. Market
disruptions have reduced private liquidity and credit
availability temporarily. In this situation, Federal programs can produce larger net benefits. GSEs may inject
more liquidity into the financial market, and credit programs may accommodate more deserving borrowers
who are having difficulties in obtaining credit in the
private market. Challenges include identifying the
areas where the true needs are (e.g., identifying deserving borrowers), selecting the most effective tools, avoiding distortion of private sector credit markets, and
avoiding excessive burden on taxpayers. To ensure significant net benefits, these issues need to be addressed
effectively.

PERFORMANCE OF CREDIT AND INSURANCE PROGRAMS

The Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) has
rated 38 credit programs and nine insurance programs.
The PART evaluates programs in four areas (program
purpose and design, strategic planning, program management, and program results) and assigns a numerical
score (0 to 100) to each category. The overall rating
(effective, moderately effective, adequate, ineffective, or
results not demonstrated) is determined based on the
numerical scores and the availability of reliable data.
The ratings for credit and insurance programs are
clustered around the middle; 77 percent of credit and
insurance programs (compared with 59 percent for
other programs) are rated ‘‘adequate’’ or ‘‘moderately
effective,’’ while only 11 percent (18 percent for other
programs) are rated ‘‘effective.’’ These results suggest
that most credit and insurance programs meet basic
standards, but need to improve.

Some key features distinguish credit and insurance
programs from other programs. Credit and insurance
programs are intended to address imperfections in financial markets. They also face various risks, such as
uncertain default rates and erratic claim rates. Interpreting PART results in relation to these features
should help to identify fundamental problems and to
devise effective solutions.
Program Purpose and Design. To be effective,
credit and insurance programs should serve those who
deserve to be served but are left out by the private
market due to market imperfections. Extending credit
to those who are not creditworthy, for example, would
result in economic inefficiencies and large budget costs.
Lending to those who can obtain credit at a reasonable
rate in the private market would be unnecessary and

SUMMARY OF PART SCORES
Purpose
and
Design

Strategic
Planning

Program
Management

Program
Results

Credit and Insurance Programs
Average .........................................................
Standard Deviation ........................................

80.0
19.4

76.9
23.4

85.8
18.1

55.7
19.0

All Others Excluding Credit and Insurance
Programs
Average .........................................................
Standard Deviation ........................................

87.6
18.2

75.8
24.3

83.0
17.7

48.9
26.4

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might interfere with the market mechanism. To achieve
intended outcomes without causing unintended consequences, therefore, credit and insurance programs
need to be carefully designed; they should target the
intended beneficiaries, and all parties in the transaction
should face the correct incentives.
The PART indicates that most credit and insurance
programs have clear purposes (not necessarily economically justifiable purposes) and address specific needs.
Many credit and insurance programs, however, fail to
score high in program design. Some are duplicative of
other federal programs or private sources, and some
offer inadequate incentive structures.
Strategic Planning. Financial markets have been
evolving to serve target populations of Federal programs better and increasingly apply advanced technologies to risk assessments. Credit and insurance programs need to adapt to these new developments quickly. Falling behind, Federal programs can be left with
many beneficiaries that do not really need Government
help and with those that may pose greater risk.
In subcategories of strategic planning, while most
credit and insurance programs effectively execute shortterm strategies, they are less effective in pursuing longterm goals which may be more critical in adapting to
new developments. Other weaknesses are found in conducting stringent performance evaluation and tying
budgets to performance outcomes.
Program Management. Risk management is a critical element of credit and insurance programs. Cash
flows are uncertain both for credit and insurance programs. Default rates and claim rates can turn out to

III.

be significantly different than expected. Credit programs also face prepayment and interest rate risks.
These risks must be carefully managed to ensure the
program cost stays within a reasonable range.
Credit and insurance programs show strengths in
basic financial and accounting practices, such as spending funds for intended purposes and controlling routine
costs. However, some weaknesses are found in areas
that are more critical for effective risk management,
such as collecting timely information and using sophisticated financial tools.
Program Results. It is generally more difficult to
measure the outcomes of Federal programs pursuing
various social goals than those of private entities seeking profits. Unlike profits, social outcomes are difficult
to quantify and often interrelated. Credit and insurance
programs face an additional difficulty of estimating the
program cost accurately. Since the outcome must be
weighed against the cost, an underestimation or an
overestimation of the cost would make the program
appear unduly effective or ineffective. Thus, results for
credit and insurance programs need to be interpreted
in conjunction with the accuracy of cost estimation.
Program results, the most important category of performance, are generally weak for credit and insurance
programs despite a higher average score than that of
other programs. Many credit and insurance programs
have difficulty in achieving performance goals and lack
objective evidences of program effectiveness. These
problems may partly result from the difficulty of measuring net outcomes. With reliable outcome measures,
it should be easier to set achievable goals and demonstrate effectiveness.

STRUCTURE OF FINANCIAL REGULATION

Several groups including government, industry, and
academic institutions have expressed concerns about
the competitiveness of U.S. capital markets in the global financial system, and that financial regulations and
the regulatory structure in the United States have become overly burdensome and complex. Recommendations have been made to streamline the U.S. regulatory
structure, while acknowledging that a strong regulatory
regime is critical to maintaining market confidence and
the U.S. financial markets’ preeminence. The analysis
below reviews the regulatory systems used in foreign
countries, in comparison to the system currently in
place in the United States.
U.S. Financial Services Oversight
Financial regulators are responsible for supervising
financial institutions and financial transactions. Their

domain encompasses banks and other depository institutions, insurance companies, securities firms, pension
funds, finance companies, and other entities. Historically, regulators specialized in one of three financial
service categories: banking, insurance, or securities.
The United States maintains a functionally separated
regulatory system, with oversight responsibility divided
among: five Federal banking regulators; two Federal
securities/futures regulators; State-level insurance and
other regulators; and self-regulatory organizations (nongovernmental). The table below illustrates the multiple
regulators of each type of financial services provider.
The table shows that some providers can have up to
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Chart 7-1. Financial Services Regulatory Systems
Top 15 Non-U.S. Financial Centers

Separated
4

Unified
7

Integrated
4

New Trends in Regulation
Outside the United States, countries have made recent changes to move toward a single, consolidated financial regulator having regulatory authority across all
areas of financial services. These countries include the
United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, and South Korea.
Other countries have consolidated supervision of two
or more financial sectors such as banking and insurance
under one regulator, including Australia, Canada, and
the Netherlands. Finally, countries that separate regulation of banking, insurance, and securities markets,
including Hong Kong, France, and Italy, typically have
only one regulator for each of those sectors. The United
States has a separated system of regulation, with multiple regulators for each financial sector.
In an effort to provide more efficient and effective
oversight of evolving markets, countries that have historically used a three- or multiple-pronged regulatory
system are moving to consolidate regulation into one
or two entities having the statutory power to supervise
at least two of the three main types of financial intermediaries. This regulator is known as an ‘‘integrated’’
regulator; the regulatory system may be referred to
as an integrated system.
The main drivers of this consolidation include:
• The need to better supervise the growing complexity and importance of financial conglomerates

and the blurring distinctions among banking, securities, and insurance products, as well as the
associated systematic risk;
• The desire to maximize economies of scale and
scope in regulatory efforts; and
• The need to address poor communication between
and lack of cooperation among existing regulatory
agencies.
Examples of integrated systems are found in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The
systems in Australia and the Netherlands provide examples of the ‘‘Twin Peaks’’ model, which separates
prudential from market-conduct regulation. In this
model, the prudential regulator oversees systemic risk
and the solvency of major financial institutions. 1 For
example, a prudential regulator would ensure that deposit-taking institutions are able to meet their financial
obligations by regulating and overseeing bank reserve
ratios and inter-bank lending rates. The market-conduct regulator oversees institutional conduct with respect to markets and shareholders. A market-conduct
regulator would ensure the accuracy of financial filings
and investigate market manipulation, insider trading,
and customer fraud.
1 In

the case of the Netherlands, the central bank has this responsibility.

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REGULATORS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Charter and License

Safety/Soundness
Examination

Consumer Protection

Market Oversight

National Banks ...................................................................

OCC

OCC

FRB and OCC

SEC and CFTC

State Member Banks ..........................................................

States

FRB and States

FRB and States

SEC and CFTC

Insured Federal Savings Associations ...............................

OTS

OTS

FRB and OTS

SEC and CFTC

Insured State Savings Associations ..................................

States

OTS and States

FRB, OTS and States

SEC and CFTC

FDIC-insured State Nonmember Banks ............................

States

FDIC and States

FRB, FDIC and States

SEC and CFTC

Federal Credit Unions ........................................................

NCUA

NCUA

FRB and NCUA

SEC and CFTC

State Credit Unions ............................................................

States

NCUA and States

FRB, FTC and States

N/A

Bank Holding Companies ...................................................

FRB

FRB

FRB and FTC

SEC, CFTC and FRB

Thrift Holding Companies ...................................................

OTS

OTS

OTS and FTC

SEC, CFTC and OTS

Consolidated Investment Banks .........................................

SEC

SEC

SEC

SEC, CFTC, SROs

Broker-Dealers ....................................................................

SEC

SEC

SEC, FTC and States

SEC and SROs

Futures Commission Merchants ........................................

CFTC and SROs

CFTC

CFTC and DOJ

CFTC and SROs

Hedge Funds ......................................................................

None

None

DOJ and States

SEC, CFTC and FRB

Credit Rating Agencies ......................................................

SEC

SEC

N/A

N/A

Treasury Securities Primary Dealers .................................

FRB and Treasury

FRB

N/A

FRB and Treasury

Insurance Companies .........................................................

States

States

States

SEC, CFTC and States

Mortgage Companies .........................................................

States

States

FRB and States

SEC and CFTC

Mortgage Brokers ...............................................................

States

States

FRB and States

N/A

OCC—Office of the Comptroller of the Currency OTS—Office of Thrift Supervision
FRB—Federal Reserve Board and Regional Banks FDIC—Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NCUA—National Credit Union Administration States—State Financial Regulatory Commissions
FTC—Federal Trade Commission SEC—Securities and Exchange Commission
CFTC—Commodity Futures Trading Commission DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice
SROs—Self-Regulatory Organizations (e.g. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, National Futures Association)

The most extreme form of an integrated system, the
‘‘unified’’ regulatory system, is also gaining in popularity. Of the top 15 international financial centers
(non-U.S.), almost half are overseen by a single regulator of all banking, insurance, and securities firms,
nation-wide. 2 These include centers in Denmark, Germany, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, and the
United Kingdom. In addition, Switzerland approved legislation on June 22, 2007 to create a unified financial
services regulator from its current integrated system,
taking effect in 2009.

Conclusion
The U.S. approach to financial regulation is an
outlier in the global financial system. The few countries
that do have a similar, functionally divided system have
significantly fewer regulators. Three-quarters of countries with the largest financial centers have consolidated their regulatory systems, with almost half maintaining a unified regulator for all sectors of the financial services industry. The Administration is conducting
an in-depth review of the Nation’s regulatory system
and looks forward to advancing the dialogue this year.

2 In some cases, such as Germany, a single, unified regulator has the predominant regulatory and supervisory authority over all sectors, and shares some supervisory authority
with state-level regulators and the central bank. The role of the central bank varies among

countries surveyed; in Singapore, for example, regulatory and supervisory responsibilities
pertaining to all sectors have been merged into the central bank.

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IV.

CREDIT IN FOUR SECTORS

Housing Credit Programs and GSEs
Through housing credit programs, the Federal Government promotes homeownership and housing among
various target groups, including low-income people, minorities, veterans, and rural residents. A primary function of the housing GSEs is to increase liquidity in
the mortgage market.
Federal Housing Administration
In June 2002, the President issued America’s Homeownership Challenge to increase the number of firsttime minority homeowners by 5.5 million through 2010.
During the five years since the goal was announced,
nearly 3.2 million minority families have become firsttime homeowners. Through 2007, the Department of
Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) Federal
Housing Administration (FHA) helped more than
664,000 of these first-time minority homebuyers
through its loan insurance programs. FHA mortgage
insurance guarantees mortgage loans that provide access to homeownership for people who lack the traditional financial resources or credit history to qualify
for a home mortgage in the conventional marketplace.
In 2007, FHA insured purchase and refinance mortgages for more than 532,000 households. Among purchase mortgages, over 79 percent were for first-time
homebuyers and 30 percent were for minority buyers.
FHA also insured over 107,000 home equity conversion
mortgages for elderly homeowners.
While FHA has been a primary facilitator of mortgage credit for first-time and minority buyers since the
1930s, its loan volume fell precipitously from 2002
through 2006. This is due in part to lower interest
rates that made uninsured mortgages affordable for
more families. Moreover, private lenders—aided by
automated underwriting tools that allow them to measure risks more accurately—expanded lending to people
who previously would have had no option but FHA,
those with too few resources to pay for large
downpayments, and/or who had credit histories that
the private sector considered too risky. The development of new products and underwriting approaches has
allowed private lenders to offer loans to more homebuyers. While this is a positive development when the
private sector properly assesses risks and offers fair
terms, some borrowers have ended up paying too much,
receiving unfair terms, or taking on excessive debts.
As private lenders expanded their underwriting to
cover more borrowers, FHA’s business changed. First,
the percentage of FHA-insured mortgages with initial
loan-to-value (LTV) ratios of 95 percent or higher increased substantially, from 62.7 percent in 1995 to 79
percent in 2007. Second, the percentage of FHA loans
with downpayment assistance from seller-financed nonprofit organizations grew rapidly, from 0.3 percent in
1998 to nearly 23 percent in 2007. Recent studies show

that these loans are considerably more risky than those
made to borrowers who receive downpayment assistance from other sources.
The FHA single-family mortgage program was assessed in 2005 using the PART. The assessment found
that the program was meeting its statutory objective
to serve underserved borrowers while maintaining an
adequate capital reserve. However, the program lacked
quantifiable annual and long-term performance goals
that would measure FHA’s ability to achieve its statutory mission. In addition, both the PART and subsequent reports by the Government Accountability Office
and the Inspector General noted that the program’s
credit model does not accurately predict losses to the
FHA insurance funds and that, despite FHA efforts
to deter fraud in the program, HUD has not demonstrated that those steps have reduced such fraud.
Due to weak housing market conditions today, FHA
will record an upward re-estimate in the cost of its
Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund programs of $4.6 billion in 2008. Cumulatively, FHA has recorded net upward re-estimates of $19.7 billion since 1992.
In response to PART findings, FHA measured its
2007 performance against new goals, such as the percentage of FHA Single Family loans for first-time and
minority homeowners, and exceeded its goals. FHA also
improved the accuracy of its annual actuarial review
claim and prepayment estimates. In 2008, it will continue to develop performance goals for fraud detection
and prevention.
Response to Mortgage Market Challenges
FHA plays a valuable role in providing home financing options that augment those available in the conventional market. As discussed in the section on deposit
insurance, conventional credit standards have tightened
in recent months. Private mortgage insurers have
raised underwriting standards, reducing the availability
of financing options. In addition, there are a large number of borrowers who hold adjustable rate mortgages
and face the risk of foreclosure due to large increases
in mortgage payments after an interest-rate reset. An
estimated 1.8 million subprime mortgages for owneroccupied homes are scheduled to reset in 2008 and
2009.
FHA is addressing both of these challenges. The FHA
guarantee encourages lending to borrowers who may
face increased difficulty in obtaining conventional financing. For borrowers who face difficulty making their
mortgages payments, re-financing under an FHA-insured loan can offer a path that keeps them in their
homes and avoids costly foreclosures. To broaden the
use of this re-financing, the Administration announced
the FHASecure program in August 2007. This program
broadens the population eligible to use FHA. Beyond
borrowers who are current, it also allows credit-worthy
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due to interest rate resets to refinance into FHA. Since
the announcement of FHASecure and as of January
2008, approximately 44,000 borrowers have successfully
refinanced their conventional mortgages into FHA.
While these actions help the mortgage market in the
short-term, FHA needs permanent changes to allow
guarantees on a wider variety of financing options and
the flexibility to respond to future changes in the mortgage and housing markets.
Proposals for Program Reform
In order to enable FHA to fulfill its mission in today’s
changing marketplace, the Administration has proposed
legislation that will give FHA the ability to respond
to current challenges to homeownership among its traditional target borrowers: low and moderate-income
first-time homebuyers. FHA has already taken steps,
within its current authority, to streamline its documentation requirements and remove impediments to its
use by lenders and buyers. However, additional reforms
will enable it to expand homeownership opportunities
to its target borrowers on an actuarially sound basis.
To remove two large barriers to homeownership—
having limited savings for a downpayment or impaired
credit—the Administration again proposes new FHA options. These options will replace the current flat premium-rate structure with one that varies with the risk
of default, as indicated by the borrower’s downpayment
percentage and credit history. This will create more
opportunities for potential homeowners who may face
limited mortgage options. For example, first-time buyers with a strong credit record but little savings could
finance a higher percent of the purchase than FHA
currently allows. Alternatively, a borrower with a poor
credit history but who has accumulated savings for a
larger downpayment could qualify for more favorable
terms with FHA than are available in the conventional
market.
Such a flexible premium structure is a way to more
fairly price the FHA guarantee to individual borrowers.
It creates incentives (lower premium payments) for borrowers to take steps to improve their credit or save
more for a downpayment. At the same time it eliminates the current incentive for higher-risk borrowers
to use FHA because they are undercharged relative
to the risk they pose. FHA proposes to base its mortgage insurance premiums upon a borrower’s consumer
credit score from the three major credit repositories
(using the Fair-Isaac and Company (FICO) formula),
and on the amount of downpayment. Mortgage insurance premiums will be based on FHA’s historical experience with similar borrowers. This change will decrease premiums for many of FHA’s traditional borrowers, thereby increasing their access to homeownership.
This price structure has many advantages. First,
FHA will reflect a loan’s risk via the mortgage insurance premium, not through a higher interest rate as
done in the subprime market. With mortgage insurance
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terest, and, as a result, will incur lower monthly payments and lower total costs than if they paid a higher
mortgage interest rate throughout the life of the loan.
Second, by using this pricing structure, FHA will promote price transparency. Each borrower will know why
they are paying the premium that they are being
charged and will know how to lower their borrowing
costs—i.e., by raising their FICO score or their downpayment. Third, risk-based pricing will allow FHA to
review the performance of its programs annually in
conjunction with the preparation of its credit subsidy
estimates and adjust its premiums as necessary to assure the financial soundness of the Mutual Mortgage
Insurance Fund.
The Administration also proposes to increase the
FHA single-family loan limit in high-cost areas to the
conforming mortgage limit (from $362,790 to $417,000).
This will enable FHA to offer its insurance in some
areas that experienced rapid house price appreciation
between 2001 and 2006, and where FHA is no longer
a viable option because of overly-restrictive loan limits.
There are areas of the country, including many major
cities in California, where FHA used to provide significant support to first-time and minority homebuyers, but
where it can do very little to help them now. This
proposed loan-limit increase will also allow FHA to offer
insurance to a more geographically diverse portfolio.
A reformed FHA will adhere to sound management
practices that include a new framework of standards
and incentives tied to principles of good credit program
management. Further, the proposed reforms will better
enable FHA to better meet its objective of serving firsttime and low-income home buyers—about 280,000 firsttime homebuyers in 2009 including about 80,000 minority families—by managing its risks more effectively.
VA Housing Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) assists veterans, members of the Selected Reserve, and active
duty personnel to purchase homes as recognition of
their service to the Nation. The program substitutes
the Federal guarantee for the borrower’s down payment. In 2007, VA provided $24.2 billion in guarantees
to assist 129,261 borrowers.
Since the main purpose of this program is to help
veterans, lending terms are more favorable than loans
without a VA guarantee. In particular, VA guarantees
zero downpayment loans. VA provided 84,858 zero
downpayment loans in 2007.
To help veterans retain their homes and avoid the
expense and damage to their credit resulting from foreclosure, VA intervenes aggressively to reduce the likelihood of foreclosures when loans are referred to VA after
missing three payments. VA’s successful actions resulted in 57 percent of such delinquent loans avoiding
foreclosure in 2007.
Rural Housing Service
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing
Service (RHS) offers direct and guaranteed loans and
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dents buy and maintain adequate, affordable housing.
The single-family guaranteed loan program guarantees
up to 90 percent of a private loan for low to moderateincome (115 percent of median income or less) rural
residents. In 2007, nearly $4.8 billion in assistance was
provided by RHS for homeownership loans and loan
guarantees; $3.6 billion in guarantees went to more
than 35,000 households, of which 32 percent went to
very low and low-income families (with income 80 percent or less than median area income).
Historically, RHS has offered both direct and guaranteed homeownership loans. However, the direction of
Rural Development’s single-family housing mortgage
assistance over the last two decades has been towards
guaranteed loans. The single family housing guaranteed
loan program was newly authorized in 1990 at $100
million and has grown into a $3 billion plus guaranteed
loan program annually, equaling that of the Veterans
Affairs (VA) guaranteed housing loan program. Meanwhile the single-family direct loan program has been
stagnant at approximately a $1-billion loan level. Consequently, the Administration is proposing that Rural
Development focus solely on guaranteed loans for single-family housing.
This policy was initially proposed in 2008 because
it was consistent with the other Federal homeownership
programs. In fact, there are no Federal single family
direct loan home ownership programs for urban areas.
While some rural areas remain isolated from broad
credit availability, these areas are shrinking as
broadband internet access and correspondent lending
grow. Therefore, relying on the private banking industry to provide this service, with a guarantee from the
Federal government, is a more efficient way to deliver
that assistance.
The 2009 Budget also re-proposes an increase in the
single family housing guarantee fee on new purchase
loans to 3 percent from 2 percent. This change allows
the loans to be less costly for the Government without
a significant additional burden to the borrowers, given
that they can finance the fee as part of the loan. The
guarantee fee for refinance loans remains 0.5 percent.
The fee proposal on purchase loans will allow funding
in 2009 to be $4.8 billion, an increase of over $600
million above 2008.
The budget also supports $300 million in RHS guaranteed loans for multifamily housing construction loans
for 2009. This level of support can be achieved at a
more efficient cost through the removal of the subsidized interest authorization and the fee component
of the program as part of the 2009 request. No funds
are requested for the direct rural rental housing program or the farm labor housing program because fixing
the current portfolio is the first priority.
Government-Sponsored Enterprises in the Mortgage Market
Homeownership has long been recognized as an important part of the American economy and part of the
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in reach for the average American. During the Great
Depression, housing markets were in turmoil. A typical
mortgage required a downpayment of around 50 percent
and a balloon payment of principal within a few years.
Limitations in financial and communication technology
and restrictions on financial institutions made it difficult for surplus funds in one part of the country to
be shifted to other parts of the country to finance residential housing. Starting in 1932, the Congress responded by creating a series of entities and programs
that together promoted the development of long-term,
amortizing mortgages and facilitated the movement of
capital to support housing finance.
A key element of this response was the creation of
the Federal Housing Administration in 1934. Another
element was the establishment of several entities designed to develop secondary mortgage markets and to
facilitate the movement of capital into housing finance.
These entities were chartered by the Congress with
public missions and endowed with certain benefits that
give them competitive advantages when compared with
fully private companies.
The Federal Home Loan Bank System, created in
1932, is comprised of twelve individual banks with
shared liabilities. Together they lend money to financial
institutions—mainly banks and thrifts—that are involved in mortgage financing to varying degrees, and
they also finance some mortgages on their own balance
sheets. The Federal National Mortgage Association, or
Fannie Mae, created in 1938, and the Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie Mac, created
in 1970, were established to support the stability and
liquidity of a secondary market for residential mortgage
loans. Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s public missions
were later broadened to promote affordable housing.
Together these three GSEs currently are involved, in
one form or another, with nearly one half of the $11plus trillion residential mortgages outstanding in the
U.S. today. Their share of outstanding residential mortgage debt peaked at 54 percent in 2003, after which
management and internal control problems started to
surface at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and originations of subprime and non-traditional mortgages led to
a surge of private-label MBS.
As with other financial institutions, the Congress has
also established regulatory regimes to ensure the safety
and soundness of the housing GSEs. The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), established in 1992 as an independent agency within the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, oversees the safety and soundness of Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac while HUD is responsible for mission oversight. The Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB), established in 1989, oversees the Federal Home Loan
Bank System. Numerous government and other reports
have pointed to various shortcomings with the current
regulatory structure and authorities for the housing
GSEs. The Administration is proposing to strengthen
this structure and regulatory authorities and combine
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oversight, and FHFB to create a new regulator to oversee all these GSEs.
Mission
The mission of the housing GSEs is to support certain
aspects of the U.S. mortgage market. Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac’s mission is to promote affordable housing,
and provide liquidity and stability to the secondary
mortgage market. Currently, they engage in two major
lines of business.
1. Credit Guarantee Business—Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac guarantee the timely payment of principal and interest on mortgagebacked securities (MBS). They create MBS by
either buying and pooling whole mortgages or
by entering into swap arrangements with mortgage originators. Over time these MBS held
by the public have averaged about one-quarter
of the U.S. mortgage market, and they totaled
$3.5 trillion as of November 30, 2007.
2. Mortgage Investment Business—Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac manage retained mortgage portfolios composed of their own MBS,
MBS issued by others, and individual, whole
mortgages. As of November 30, 2007, these retained mortgages totaled $1.4 trillion. Given
Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s serious accounting, internal control, risk management,
and systems problems, the growth of these
portfolios has been temporarily constrained
through agreements with OFHEO.
The mission of the Federal Home Loan Bank System
is broadly defined as promoting housing finance, and
the System also has specific requirements to support
affordable housing. The Federal Home Loan Banks
have not grown mortgage asset portfolios as large as
Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Their principal business
remains secured lending to regulated depository institutions and insurance companies engaged in residential
mortgage finance to varying degrees.
Risks That GSEs Face and Cause
Like other financial institutions, the GSEs face a full
range of risks, including market risk, credit risk, and
operational risk. In recent years several of the Federal
Home Loan Banks and Fannie Mae have faced serious
market risks due to inadequate hedging. Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac have faced serious operational risk.
As a result of earnings manipulation, poor accounting
systems, lack of proper controls, lack of proper risk
management, and misapplication of accounting principles, earnings at Fannie Mae were misstated by $6.3
billion through June of 2004, and at Freddie Mac by
$5.0 billion through December of 2002. The housing

market downturn in the last year has increased significantly the credit risk faced by Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac.
The GSEs also pose risks to the financial system
and overall economy. Systemic risk is the risk that
unanticipated problems at a financial institution or
group of institutions could lead to problems more widely
in the financial system or economy—the risk that a
small problem could multiply to a point where it could
jeopardize the country’s economic well-being. The particular systemic risk posed by the GSEs is the risk
that a miscalculation, failure of controls, or other unexpected event at one company could unsettle not only
the mortgage and mortgage finance markets but also
other vital parts of the financial system and economy.
To understand this risk, one must understand the interdependencies among the GSEs and other market participants in the financial system and the lack of market
discipline imposed on the GSEs because investors perceive that the GSEs are implicitly backed by the U.S.
Government.
The GSEs are among the largest borrowers in the
world. As of September 2007 their combined debt and
guaranteed MBS totaled $6.0 trillion, higher than the
total publicly held debt of the United States. The investors in GSE debt include thousands of banks, institutional investors such as insurance companies, pension
funds, and foreign governments, and millions of individuals through mutual funds and 401k investments.
Based on the prices paid by these investors, they act
as if the Federal Government guarantees GSE debt.
In fact, there is no such guarantee or Federal backing
of GSE debt.
Because investors act as if there is an ‘‘implicit guarantee’’ by the Federal Government to back GSE debt,
investors on average lend their money to the GSEs
at interest rates roughly 30 to 40 basis points less
($300–$400 less per year for every $100,000 borrowed)
than to other highly rated privately held companies.
In addition, investors do not demand the same financial
disclosures as for other privately owned companies.
Fannie Mae filed quarterly financial reports for each
of the first three quarters of the year in November
2007, the first quarterly financial statements in more
than three years, and has not filed a timely annual
report (10-K) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for nearly four years. Freddie Mac still
has never registered with the SEC as it agreed to in
2002. It has issued quarterly reports during 2007, but
they were all tardy. Yet there has been no significant
impact on the pricing of GSE debt securities. In past
years, the lack of market discipline facilitated the
growth of the GSE asset portfolios, thereby increasing
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Chart 7-2. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Combined Retained
Mortgage Portfolios Year-End 2006
Mortgage Revenue Bonds
2.2%

Whole
Mortgages
24.2%

MBS - Others
22.6%

MBS
Enterprises
51.1%

Retained Asset Portfolios Achieve Little for the GSEs’
Housing Mission
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have used their funding
cost advantage to amass large retained asset portfolios.
Together these GSEs have $1.5 trillion in debt outstanding, almost entirely for the purpose of funding
these portfolios. From 1990 through 2006, the GSEs’
competitive funding advantage enabled them to increase their portfolios of mortgage assets more than
ten-fold, which far exceeds the growth of the overall
mortgage market. Due to the size of and risks associated with the portfolios, the Administration is proposing that the new regulatory structure empower the
regulator to address and mitigate these risks.
As chart 7–2 shows, 51 percent of Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac’s combined retained mortgage portfolios
at the end of 2006 was comprised of holdings of their
own guaranteed MBS, which could easily be sold.
The function of these portfolio holdings is largely to
increase profits, not facilitate affordable housing. In
1992, the Congress broadened Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac’s mission to include providing liquidity for mortgages that served low-and moderate-income borrowers
and those living in underserved areas. To measure this
performance, the Congress mandated that HUD establish three affordable housing goal targets that Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac must meet each year. HUD has
also implemented home purchase subgoals to encourage
homeownership opportunities for first-time homeowners
and minority homeowners. Given that Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac have a mission to help more families
achieve homeownership as well as to expand rental op-

portunities, their retained portfolios should be largely
tied to that mission. However, currently only about 30
percent of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s retained portfolio holdings would be eligible to qualify for any of
the affordable housing goals. About half of the MBS
issued by others and whole loans held by the GSEs
qualify toward their affordable housing goals but none
of their holdings of their own MBS contribute toward
meeting the goals because loans backing the MBS are
already counted. Their performance under the housing
goals over time indicate that Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac should be doing more to help mission-targeted families achieve homeownership or acquire affordable rental housing.
Debt Issuance Subject to Treasury Approval
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fund their portfolios
by issuing debt, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury has the statutory responsibility to review and approve these GSEs’ debt-issuances. The Treasury Department also has debt approval over the Federal Home
Loan Banks. Treasury is developing a more formalized
approach to their debt approval authority. As part of
that approach, Treasury is developing new debt approval procedures to enhance the clarity, transparency,
standardization, and documentation of the debt approval process for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the
Federal Home Loan Banks.
Recent Mortgage Market Conditions Highlight Needed
Reforms
In early August 2007, there was a precipitous drop
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jumbo mortgages. Faced with sharp increases in the
delinquency and default rates of subprime and nontraditional loans in 2006 and 2007, as well as flat or
declining home prices in much of the country, secondary
market investors reassessed the risk of non-GSE MBS
backed by those loans, which had previously been
mispriced. The illiquidity of non-GSE MBS reduced the
industry’s capacity to securitize newly-originated
subprime and jumbo loans, although some lenders continued to originate jumbo mortgages for portfolio.
Freddie Mac and, to a lesser degree, Fannie Mae also
incurred losses on investments in non-GSE MBS.
The three housing GSEs have continued to perform
their missions during the recent market disruption. In

the third quarter of 2007, Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac supported the liquidity of the secondary market
by engaging in $343 billion of new business. The Federal Home Loan Banks increased their secured lending
to mortgage lenders by $184 billion in that quarter.
As Chart 7–3, shows, the combined activity of Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac as a share of single-family mortgage originations rose to 60 percent in the third quarter, whereas the Federal Home Loan Bank System’s
share increased to 32 percent. Those increases in market share highlight the need for a strong regulator.

Chart 7-3. Mortgage Purchases and Securitization by Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac and Change in Federal Home Loan Bank Advances as a
Share of Single-Family Mortgage Originations,
First Three Quarters of 2007
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
-10%
2007Q1

2007Q2

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Activity

The risks of the GSEs’ large portfolios are exacerbated because they are not required to hold cushions
of capital against potential losses comparable to the
capital requirements for other large financial institutions. Where commercial banks that are part of a financial holding company must hold a 5 percent capitalto-total assets cushion, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s
requirement (before the 30% surcharge imposed by
OFHEO for operational weakness) is half that, whereas
the Federal Home Loan Banks’ is 4 percent. The riskbased capital requirements for the GSEs also differ dramatically from those applicable to commercial banks.
This highlights an important shortcoming of the statutory framework governing Federal oversight of the
GSEs. The minimum capital and risk-based capital
rules for the GSEs were written into law in 1992. Much
has changed since then with regard to financial risk

2007Q3

Federal Home Loan Bank System Activity

analysis, risk modeling, and capital requirements for
comparable financial institutions. The reforms proposed
by the Administration would repeal the statutory riskbased capital stress test, and would provide the new
GSE regulator with the authority and flexibility to establish through regulation new risk-based capital requirements for the GSEs to help ensure that they operate with sufficient capital and reserves to support the
risks that arise in the operations and management of
each enterprise. A world-class regulator needs the flexibility and authority to change both the risk-based and
minimum capital requirements without undue restriction in response to changing conditions.
The substantial increase in mortgage delinquencies
and foreclosures in recent months serves as a reminder
that mortgage lending involves credit risk. Fannie Mae
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on the mortgages they hold in portfolio or that back
the MBS they guarantee. The GSEs’ asset portfolios
pose other substantial risks as well. Mortgage portfolios
carry considerable interest-rate and pre-payment risk.
This risk can be mitigated—for example, through purchase of interest-rate hedges—but the GSEs protect
themselves against only some of the interest rate risk
of their portfolios. Moreover, hedges are imperfect because predicting interest-rate movements and mortgage
refinancing activity is difficult. As GSE asset portfolios
have grown in size, the GSEs’ participation in the market for hedging instruments has become dominant
enough to cause interest rate spikes in the event that
a GSE needs to make large and sudden adjustments
to its hedging position. Further, Freddie Mac and, to
a lesser extent, Fannie Mae hold large amounts of nonGSE MBS, which pose significant risks. Many of these
securities are backed by subprime loans, and market
values have declined as concerns about those loans
have risen. Increased defaults and concerns about future defaults have led to significant losses at both of
those GSEs in the last half of 2007, and led to new
preferred stock issues raising $16 billion to shore up
capital.
New Activities and Technological Development Require
Oversight
Over the last decade, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
have begun engaging in a wide range of new activities
that were not anticipated when their charters were
written. To address these changes, HUD developed a
new activity review initiative under its general regulatory authority. HUD has reviewed a number of business initiatives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, including international activities; partnership offices; senior
housing; skilled nursing facilities; employer assisted
housing plans; third party real-estate-owned programs;
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS);
Asset-Backed Securities (ABS); multifamily variablerate bond certificates; whole loan REMICs; and patenting programs. HUD imposed limitations on some activities and concluded that other activities were not
authorized. For example, HUD’s review of the GSEs’
Commercial MBS programs resulted in OFHEO seeking
Freddie Mac’s divestiture of certain CMBS holdings,
and HUD ordered Fannie Mae to end its third party
Real-Estate-Owned program based on its review.
HUD completed a Financial Activities Review in late
2007. The review provided a baseline of information
on Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s business and program activities and examined specific transactions to
determine if these are consistent with the GSEs’ charter authorities. HUD expects to issue its review results
to the GSEs during the second quarter of fiscal year
2008.
Because of their enormous presence in the secondary
market, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are able to exert
significant influence in the primary mortgage market.
First, their unparalleled size in the residential mortgage market gives the GSEs a unique level of access

to market information. The applicability of that information to the management of mortgage risk gives them
a competitive edge in the development of new technology that can change relationships between primary
market participants as well as the distribution of economic returns between the primary and secondary markets. Second, their funding advantage enables the GSEs
to borrow at reduced rates in order to make investments in new areas at below-market prices, thus discouraging competition while gaining experience in those
areas.
Through the development and delivery of new technology to the industry and by leveraging their funding
advantage, there is potential for the GSEs to expand
their business beyond the limitations of their Charter
Acts, which prohibits both Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac from originating mortgages. Loan origination is
the central function of the primary mortgage market,
and the GSEs’ charter acts clearly restrict them to the
secondary mortgage market. However, technological advancements have blurred the line that defines where
the primary market ends and the secondary market
begins. A new level of clarity is required to establish
the permissible activities under the Enterprises’ charter
acts, including the development of intellectual property.
New Regulatory Authority
The Administration continues to support broad reform of the GSE supervisory system. In particular, the
Administration supports establishing a new regulator
for all three of the housing GSEs that would combine
safety and soundness authority with oversight of their
respective housing missions. The new regulator must
have enhanced powers comparable to those of other
world-class financial regulators, including, among others, the ability to put a GSE into receivership should
it fail, authority to establish and adjust appropriate
capital standards, and new product approval authority.
A new regulator must also have clear authority to address the size of and mitigate the risks posed by the
GSEs’ retained portfolios. Finally, a new regulatory
structure must ensure that the GSEs are adhering to
their affordable housing mission.
Education Credit Programs
The Federal Government guarantees loans through
intermediary agencies and makes direct loans to students to encourage postsecondary education enrollment.
The Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae),
created in 1972 as a GSE to develop the secondary
market for guaranteed student loans, was privatized
in 2004.
The Department of Education helps finance student
loans through two major programs: the Federal Family
Education Loan (FFEL) program and the William D.
Ford Federal Direct Student Loan (Direct Loan) program. Eligible institutions of higher education may participate in one or both programs. Loans are available
to students regardless of income. However, borrowers
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tional interest subsidies. For low-income borrowers, the
Federal Government subsidizes loan interest costs
while borrowers are in school, during a six-month grace
period after graduation, and during certain deferment
periods.
The FFEL program provides loans through an administrative structure involving over 3,600 lenders, 35
State and private guaranty agencies, and over 5,000
participating schools. In the FFEL program, banks and
other eligible lenders loan private capital to students
and parents, guaranty agencies insure the loans, and
the Federal Government reinsures the loans against
borrower default. Lenders bear five percent of the default risk on all new loans, and the Federal Government is responsible for the remainder. The Department
also makes administrative payments to guaranty agencies and, at certain times, pays interest subsidies on
behalf of borrowers to lenders.
The William D. Ford Direct Student Loan program
was authorized by the Student Loan Reform Act of
1993. Under the Direct Loan program, the Federal Government provides loan capital directly to nearly 1,100
schools, which then disburse loan funds to students.
The program offers a variety of flexible repayment
plans including income-contingent repayment, under
which annual repayment amounts vary based on the
income of the borrower and payments can be made
over 25 years with any residual balances forgiven.
In 2007, the President signed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA) into law. The CCRAA
enacted broad programmatic reforms that will save $22
billion through 2012 by reducing lender and guaranty
agency subsidies that had been higher than necessary
to ensure that loans are available to students in this
profitable and competitive market. Stemming from proposals included in the President’s 2008 Budget, the
CCRAA reduced interest subsidies and default reinsurance paid to FFEL lenders; reduced fees paid to guaranty agencies; and required the Department of Education to conduct an auction pilot for the PLUS loan
program, which primarily makes loans to parents to
finance their child’s education. As implementation of
these complex provisions continues, the Administration
will closely monitor the student loan marketplace to
ensure it continues to be robust and efficient, and that
students have access to loans from a variety of lenders.
The savings from the CCRAA were used to offset the
costs of providing several student and borrower benefits, including: (1) a historic increase in the Pell Grant
program; (2) a reduction in student loan interest rates
for subsidized loans from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent
over four years (reverting back to 6.8 percent thereafter), and (3) increased flexibility in how borrowers
repay their loans.
Business and Rural Development Credit
Programs and GSEs
The Federal Government guarantees small business
loans to promote entrepreneurship. The Government
also offers direct loans and loan guarantees to farmers

who may have difficulty obtaining credit elsewhere and
to rural communities that need to develop and maintain
infrastructure. Two GSEs, the Farm Credit System and
the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, increase liquidity in the agricultural lending market.
Small Business Administration
The Small Business Administration (SBA) helps entrepreneurs start, sustain, and grow small businesses.
As a ‘‘gap lender‘‘ SBA works to supplement market
lending and provide access to credit where private lenders are reluctant to do so without a Government guarantee. Additionally, SBA helps home and business-owners, as well as renters, cover the uninsured costs of
recovery from disasters through its direct loan program.
The 2009 Budget requests $657 million, including administrative funds, for SBA to leverage more than $29
billion in financing for small businesses and disaster
victims. The 7(a) General Business Loan program will
support $17.5 billion in guaranteed loans while the 504
Certified Development Company program will support
$7.5 billion in guaranteed loans for fixed-asset financing. SBA will supplement the capital of Small Business
Investment Companies (SBICs) with $3 billion in longterm, guaranteed loans for venture capital investments
in small businesses. At the end of 2007, the outstanding
balance of business loans totaled $85 billion.
During the past few years, SBA has implemented
several initiatives to streamline and improve operations
by increasingly delegating responsibilities to lenders
and centralizing operations while managing and mitigating risk. In 2003, SBA implemented a state-of-theart Lender Loan Monitoring System (LLMS) to evaluate
individual SBA lenders by tracking the expected risk
of SBA guaranteed loans in their portfolios relative to
expected performance of those loans.
In response to the challenges experienced in making
and disbursing loans resulting from the 2005 Gulf
Coast hurricanes, SBA has made a number of improvements, including implementing a case-manager system
for processing loan applications and new metrics to
track performance. By summer 2008, SBA expects to
implement an Internet-based loan application system
that will facilitate the collection of data from disaster
victims and speed processing.
The Budget builds on these efforts by investing in
core technology systems and human capital efforts. Increased funding is requested for the Loan Management
and Accounting System (LMAS), a modern system to
replace an aged mainframe system and ensure adequate stewardship over a loan portfolio that has grown
59 percent since 2001. Funds are also requested for
a training initiative focused on core competencies and
other important information technology investments.
The Budget also proposes to build upon the success
of the zero-subsidy 7(a) program by making the
Microloan program self-financing through modest increases in the interest rate paid by program intermediaries. The Administration is also proposing authorizing legislation to enable the secondary market guar-

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antee (SMG) program to charge nominal fees on lenders
seeking to pool loans; fees are expected to be less than
or comparable to fees in other secondary market programs and will help stabilize the program from the
need to make frequent administrative changes.
USDA Rural Infrastructure and Business Development Programs
USDA provides grants, loans, and loan guarantees
to communities for constructing facilities such as
health-care clinics, day-care centers, and water systems.
Direct loans are available at lower interest rates for
the poorest communities. These programs have very
low default rates. The cost associated with them is due
primarily to subsidized interest rates that are below
the prevailing Treasury rates.
The program level for the Water and Wastewater
(W&W) treatment facility loan and grant program in
the 2009 President’s Budget is $1.6 billion. These funds
are available to communities of 10,000 or fewer residents. No change is proposed to the poverty rate for
this program in 2009. The Community Facility Program
is targeted to rural communities with fewer than 20,000
residents. It will have a program level of $512 million
in 2009.
USDA also provides grants, direct loans, and loan
guarantees to assist rural businesses, cooperatives, nonprofits, and farmers in creating new community infrastructures (i.e. educational networks or healthcare
coops), and to diversify the rural economy and employment opportunities. In 2009, USDA proposes to provide
$730 million in loan guarantees and direct loans to
entities that serve communities of 50,000 or less
through the Business and Industry guaranteed loan
program and Intermediary Relending program. These
loans are structured to save/create jobs and stabilize
fluctuating rural economies. A recently implemented
performance assessment tool will be used to calculate
their impact on income growth in local, state, and national economies.
The President’s Farm Bill proposal includes $1.5 billion in support for Rural Development programs over
10 years. Of this, $0.5 billion will go to enhance rural
infrastructures, alleviating program backlogs, and $0.1
billion to support rural critical access hospitals. The
other $0.9 billion will promote renewable energy activities, providing support to businesses and farmers who
would like to produce renewable energy and increase
their energy efficiencies.
Electric and Telecommunications Loans
USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) programs provide loans for rural electrification, telecommunications,
distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband, and
also provide grants for distance learning and telemedicine (DLT).
The Budget includes $4.1 billion in direct electric
loans for distribution, transmission, and improvements
to existing generation facilities, $690 million in direct
telecommunications loans, $298 million in broadband
loans, and $20 million in DLT grants.

Since generation has been deregulated and has become a more commercial operation, the Administration
supports using the commercial market for construction
of new generation facilities. While the Administration
has established a loan rate methodology for new nonnuclear generation facilities, the Administration has not
proposed a loan level or requested funding needed to
subsidize such loans. A loan level will be considered
once Congress enacts legislation to authorize a fee on
such loans and allows RUS to implement existing authority for recertification of the rural status of areas
served by its borrowers.
The Budget includes a proposal to replace the 100
percent guaranteed electric and telecommunications
loans that are financed through the Federal Financing
Bank (FFB) with loans made directly through the
Treasury. The proposed new direct loan program would
improve the operations of USDA’s rural utility loans
by simplifying the Government’s processes while providing the same benefits and flexibilities for the borrowers.
Loans to Farmers
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) assists low-income
family farmers in starting and maintaining viable farming operations. Emphasis is placed on aiding beginning
and socially disadvantaged farmers. FSA offers operating loans and ownership loans, both of which may
be either direct or guaranteed loans. Operating loans
provide credit to farmers and ranchers for annual production expenses and purchases of livestock, machinery,
and equipment. Farm ownership loans assist producers
in acquiring and developing their farming or ranching
operations. As a condition of eligibility for direct loans,
borrowers must be unable to obtain private credit at
reasonable rates and terms. As FSA is the ‘‘lender of
last resort,’’ default rates on FSA direct loans are generally higher than those on private-sector loans. FSAguaranteed farm loans are made to more creditworthy
borrowers who have access to private credit markets.
Because the private loan originators must retain 10
percent of the risk, they exercise care in examining
the repayment ability of borrowers. The Administration’s recent farm bill proposal includes policies to improve credit assistance for farm borrowers, with particular emphasis to beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers. Specifically, the Administration proposes
to double assistance targeted to beginning and socially
disadvantaged farmers for the direct operating loan program and reduce the interest rate for downpayment
assistance to beginning farmers. Finally, because the
cost of production is high for many farmers desiring
to enter into farming, the farm bill includes increased
loan levels for direct loan programs.
In 2007, FSA provided loans and loan guarantees
to approximately 27,000 family farmers totaling $3.1
billion. The number of loans provided by these programs has fluctuated over the past several years. The
average size for farm ownership loans has been increasing. The majority of assistance provided in the oper-

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ating loan program is to existing FSA farm borrowers.
In the farm ownership program, new customers receive
the bulk of the benefits furnished. The demand for FSA
direct and guaranteed loans continues to be high due
to low crop/livestock prices and some regional production problems. In 2009, FSA proposes to make $3.4
billion in direct and guaranteed loans through discretionary programs.
In 2005, to further improve program effectiveness,
FSA conducted an in-depth review of its direct loan
portfolio to assess program performance, including the
effectiveness of targeted assistance and the ability of
borrowers to graduate to private credit. The results
of this review will assist FSA in improving the delivery
of its services and the economic viability of farmers
and ranchers. FSA is currently evaluating the feasibility of obtaining a similar independent review of the
guaranteed loan program. In addition, FSA recently implemented a web-based system to track loan applications. The Direct Loan System (DLS) replaces the loan
making components of other automated systems. A loan
servicing DLS module is currently under development.
FSA successfully completed a comprehensive review of
all farm loan program regulations, handbooks, and information collections. This streamlining initiative was
one of the most aggressive efforts to enhance both the
direct and guaranteed programs in the program’s 60year history. This initiative will reduce the burden for
both applicants and the Agency, resulting in an improvement in loan processing efficiencies.
The Farm Credit System and Farmer Mac
The Farm Credit System (FCS or System) and the
Federal
Agricultural
Mortgage
Corporation
(FarmerMac) are Government-Sponsored Enterprises
(GSEs) that enhance credit availability for the agricultural sector. The FCS provides production, equipment,
and mortgage lending to farmers and ranchers, aquatic
producers, their cooperatives, related businesses, and
rural homeowners, while Farmer Mac provides a secondary market for agricultural real estate and rural
housing mortgages.
The Farm Credit System
The financial condition of the System’s banks and
associations remains sound. The ratio of capital to assets decreased to 14.8 percent as of September 30, 2007
from 15.7 percent as of September 30, 2006, as asset
growth outpaced capital growth. As of September 30,
2007, capital consisted of $2.5 billion in restricted capital held by the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (FCSIC) and $24.0 billion of unrestricted capital—a record level. Non-performing loans decreased,
and earnings increased, resulting from growth in the
loan portfolio and higher earnings on assets. Non-performing loans as a percentage of total loans outstanding
fell to .43 percent as of September 30, 2007 compared
to .50 percent a year earlier. Assets have grown at
a 10.8 percent annual rate over the past five years,
while the number of FCS institutions has decreased
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System consisted of five banks and 95 associations compared with seven banks and 104 associations in September 2002. As of September 30, 2007, 98 of the 100
FCS banks and associations had one of the top two
examination ratings (1 or 2 in a 1–5 scale), while two
FCS institutions had a 3 rating.
The FCSIC ensures the timely payment of principal
and interest on FCS obligations on which the System
banks are jointly and severally liable. FCSIC manages
the Insurance Fund, which supplements the System’s
capital and the joint and several liability of the System
banks. At September 30, 2007, the assets in Insurance
Fund totaled $2.519 billion. Of that amount $40 million
was allocated to the Allocated Insurance Reserve Accounts (AIRAs). At September 30, 2007, the Insurance
Fund as a percentage of adjusted insured debt was
1.71 percent in the unallocated Insurance Fund and
1.74 percent including the AIRAs. This was below the
statutory Secure Base amount of 2 percent. During
2007 growth in System debt has outpaced the capitalization of the Insurance Fund that occurs through investment earnings and premiums.
Over the 12-month period ending September 30,
2007, the System’s loans outstanding grew by $19.2
billion, or 16.6 percent, while over the past five years
they grew by $47.2 billion, or 53.6 percent. As required
by law, borrowers are also stockholder owners of System banks and associations. As of September 30, 2007,
the System had 472,925 stockholders. Loans to young,
beginning, and small farmers and ranchers represented
11.7, 19.4, and 27.7 percent, respectively, of the total
dollar volume of farm loans outstanding at the end
of 2006. The percentage of loans to beginning farmers
in 2006 remained the same as the percentage of loans
in 2005, while percentages to young and small farmers
were slightly lower. Young, beginning, and small farmers are not mutually exclusive groups and, thus, cannot
be added across categories. Providing credit and related
services to young, beginning, and small farmers and
ranchers is a legislative mandate for the System.
The System, while continuing to record strong earnings and capital growth, remains exposed to a variety
of risks associated with its portfolio concentration on
agriculture and rural America. While this sector is currently healthy, it is subject to risk due to rapidly rising
farm real estate prices, volatile commodity prices and
input costs, uncertainty regarding changes in government farm policy and trade agreements, weather-related catastrophes, animal and plant diseases, and offfarm employment opportunities.
Farmer Mac
Farmer Mac was established in 1988 as a Federally
chartered instrumentality and institution of the System
to facilitate a secondary market for farm real estate
and rural housing loans. The Farm Credit System Reform Act of 1996 expanded Farmer Mac’s role from
a guarantor of securities backed by loan pools to a
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to securitize. This change increased Farmer Mac’s ability to provide liquidity to agricultural mortgage lenders.
Farmer Mac continues to meet core capital and regulatory risk-based capital requirements. Farmer Mac’s
total program activity (loans purchased and guaranteed, AgVantage bond assets, and real estate owned)
as of September 30, 2007, totaled $8.4 billion. That
volume represents an increase of 19 percent from program activity at September 30, 2006. Of total program
activity, $2 billion were on-balance sheet loans and agricultural mortgage-backed securities, and $6.3 billion
were off-balance sheet obligations. Total assets were
$5.4 billion at the close of the third quarter, with nonprogram investments accounting for $3.3 billion of those
assets. Farmer Mac’s net loss for first three quarters
of 2007 was $6.3 million, a significant change from
the same period in 2006 during which net income was
$22 million.
The currently reported year-to-date loss amount is
primarily the result of fluctuations in the market value
of financial derivatives and trading assets that are now
recognized in the income statement and is not the result of negative developments in its operations or cash
flows. This change was instituted in November 2006,
when Farmer Mac opted to change its accounting methods to remove the impact of accounting for derivatives
as hedges against interest rate movements. Farmer
Mac has stated that it does not expect the accounting
change to impact its ability to carry out its business
plans or have any effect on its business model.
International Credit Programs
Seven Federal agencies—the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury,
the Agency for International Development (USAID), the
Export-Import Bank, and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)—provide direct loans, loan
guarantees, and insurance to a variety of foreign private and sovereign borrowers. These programs are intended to level the playing field for U.S. exporters, deliver robust support for U.S. manufactured goods, stabilize international financial markets, and promote sustainable development.
Leveling the Playing Field
Federal export credit programs counter subsidies that
foreign governments, largely in Europe and Japan, provide their exporters, usually through export credit agencies (ECAs). The U.S. Government has worked since
the 1970’s to constrain official credit support through
a multilateral agreement in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This
agreement has significantly constrained direct interest
rate subsidies and tied-aid grants. Further negotiations
resulted in a multilateral agreement that standardized
the fees for sovereign lending across all ECAs beginning
in April 1999. Fees for non-sovereign lending, however,
continue to vary widely across ECAs and markets,
thereby providing implicit subsidies.

The Export-Import Bank attempts to ‘‘level the playing field’’ strategically and to fill gaps in the availability
of private export credit. The Export-Import Bank provides export credits, in the form of direct loans or loan
guarantees, to U.S. exporters who meet basic eligibility
criteria and who request the Bank’s assistance. USDA’s
Export Credit Guarantee Programs (also known as
GSM programs) similarly help to level the playing field.
Like programs of other agricultural exporting nations,
GSM programs guarantee payment from countries and
entities that want to import U.S. agricultural products
but cannot easily obtain credit.
Stabilizing International Financial Markets
In today’s global economy, the health and prosperity
of the American economy depend importantly on the
stability of the global financial system and the economic
health of our major trading partners. The United States
can contribute to orderly exchange arrangements and
a stable system of exchange rates through the International Monetary Fund and through financial support
provided by the Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF).
The ESF may provide ‘‘bridge loans’’ to other countries in times of short-term liquidity problems and financial crises. A loan or credit may not be made for
more than six months in any 12-month period unless
the President gives the Congress a written statement
that unique or emergency circumstances require the
loan or credit be for more than six months.
Using Credit to Promote Sustainable
Development
Credit is an important tool in U.S. bilateral assistance to promote sustainable development. USAID’s Development Credit Authority (DCA) allows USAID to use
a variety of credit tools to support its development activities abroad. DCA provides non-sovereign loan guarantees in targeted cases where credit serves more effectively than traditional grant mechanisms to achieve
sustainable development. DCA is intended to mobilize
host country private capital to finance sustainable development in line with USAID’s strategic objectives.
Through the use of partial loan guarantees and risk
sharing with the private sector, DCA stimulates private-sector lending for financially viable development
projects, thereby leveraging host-country capital and
strengthening sub-national capital markets in the developing world. While there is clear demand for DCA’s
facilities in some emerging economies, the utilization
rate for these facilities is still very low.
OPIC also supports a mix of development, employment, and export goals by promoting U.S. direct investment in developing countries. OPIC pursues these goals
through political risk insurance, direct loans, and guarantee products, which provide finance, as well as associated skills and technology transfers. These programs
are intended to create more efficient financial markets,
eventually encouraging the private sector to supplant
OPIC finance in developing countries. OPIC has also
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uity to local companies with strong development potential.
Ongoing Coordination
International credit programs are coordinated
through two groups to ensure consistency in policy design and credit implementation. The Trade Promotion
Coordinating Committee (TPCC) works within the Administration to develop a National Export Strategy to
make the delivery of trade promotion support more effective and convenient for U.S. exporters.
The Interagency Country Risk Assessment System
(ICRAS) standardizes the way in which most agencies
budget for the cost associated with the risk of international lending. The cost of lending by the agencies
is governed by proprietary U.S. Government ratings,
which correspond to a set of default estimates over
a given maturity. The methodology establishes assumptions about default risks in international lending using
averages of international sovereign bond market data.
The strength of this method is its link to the market
and an annual update that adjusts the default estimates to reflect the most recent risks observed in the
market.

V.

Promoting Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction through Debt Sustainability
The Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poorest Countries
(HIPC) Initiative reduces the debt of some of the poorest countries with unsustainable debt burdens that are
committed to economic reform and poverty reduction.
Under the HIPC process, the debt of most countries
is restructured before being completely forgiven. While
not considered part of HIPC relief, a restructuring is
often a precursor to HIPC relief. The 2009 President’s
Budget uses an improved methodology for estimating
the long term cost to the Federal Government of HIPC
debt restructuring. The revised methodology more accurately reflects a country’s creditworthiness after a restructuring given the likelihood of receiving 100 percent
debt reduction in the future.
Self-Sufficient Export-Import Bank
The Budget estimates that the Bank’s export credit
support will total $14 billion, and will be funded entirely by receipts collected from the Bank’s customers.
The Bank estimates it will collect $164 million in 2009
in excess of expected losses on transactions authorized
in 2009 and prior years. These amounts will be used
to: (1) cover the estimated costs for that portion of
new authorizations where fees are insufficient to cover
expected losses; and (2) to cover administrative expenses.

INSURANCE PROGRAMS

Deposit Insurance
Federal deposit insurance promotes stability in the
U.S. financial system. Prior to the establishment of
Federal deposit insurance, failures of some depository
institutions often caused depositors to lose confidence
in the banking system and rush to withdraw deposits.
Such sudden withdrawals caused serious disruption to
the economy. In 1933, in the midst of the Depression,
the system of Federal deposit insurance was established
to protect small depositors and prevent bank failures
from causing widespread disruption in financial markets.
Since its creation, the system has undergone a series
of reforms, most recently in 2006. The Federal Deposit
Insurance Reform Act of 2005 allows the FDIC to better
manage the Deposit Insurance Fund. For example, the
Act authorizes the FDIC to charge premiums for deposit
insurance on a risk-adjusted basis regardless of the
level of the FDIC’s reserves against its insured deposits,
and ensures that all financial institutions pay premiums for Federal insurance on their insured deposits.
The FDIC completed implementation of these reforms
during 2007.
The FDIC insures deposits in banks and savings associations (thrifts). The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) insures deposits (shares) in most credit
unions (certain credit unions are privately insured).
FDIC and NCUA insure deposits up to $100,000 per

account. Under the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform
Act of 2005, the deposit insurance ceiling for retirement
accounts was increased to $250,000. In addition, beginning in 2010, and every five years thereafter, FDIC
and NCUA will have the authority to increase deposit
insurance coverage limits for retirement and non-retirement accounts based on inflation if the Boards of the
FDIC and NCUA determine such an increase is warranted. As of September 30, 2007, FDIC insured $4.24
trillion of deposits at 8,560 commercial banks and
thrifts, and NCUA insured $556 billion of deposits
(shares) at 8,163 credit unions.
Current Industry Conditions
Significant challenges have confronted the financial
sector throughout the second half of calendar year 2007.
Although to date the challenges have not caused a large
number of failures of insured depository institutions,
the outlook for the industry remains uncertain as of
the beginning of 2008. During the summer of 2007,
a slowdown in the U.S. housing market began to trigger
concerns. Rising defaults on ‘‘subprime’’ loans led to
markdowns on the value of debt securities backed by
these loans. These securities had been packaged by financial institutions and sold to investors around the
world. Uncertainty about the value of these complex
financial instruments and lack of transparency about
who held them led to a much lower appetite for risk
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investments. This reassessment of risk caused widespread volatility in financial markets. 3
Many depository institutions entered this period of
market uncertainty with strong profitability and a significant capital cushion. The period from 2004–2006
was one of record growth and profitability for many
banks and thrifts, and this previous strong performance
has to date provided a cushion. As of September 2007,
total risk-based capital ratios in the industry averaged
12.75 percent, versus a minimum required level of 8
percent. Depository institutions are also insulated by
the fact that many had sold their mortgages—and
hence their risk exposure—to the secondary market.
In addition, many of the subprime mortgages losing
value were originated by state-chartered mortgage companies rather than depository institutions. Thus the
risk has been spread beyond the core banking system
subject to Federal deposit insurance.
In the current market environment, institutions with
a significant presence in structuring and trading mortgage-backed securities (especially the major investment
banks) have recorded losses on their portfolios of mortgage-backed securities, as well as lost the fees earned
in repackaging and reselling these loans. In the 3rd
and 4th quarters of calendar year 2007, major investment banks recorded nearly $70 billion in writedowns
due to losses on investments linked to subprime mortgages and structured credit products. While the Federal
Government has no direct risk exposure from investment bank losses, many banks and other firms have
also encountered difficulty raising cash through the
short-term corporate debt markets.
Due to the increasing consolidation of the U.S. banking industry in recent years, the largest institutions
have accounted for a growing share of total assets—
whereas in 1984 depository institutions with over $10
billion in assets accounted for 42 percent of total assets
in the industry, by 2004 the share of those institutions
had risen to 73 percent. This consolidation, combined
with the fact that many of the larger institutions with
significant market and trading presence are those most
affected by the current market conditions, has increased
the potential risks of a major failure that could put
a significant strain on the resources of the Federal deposit insurance funds.
Administration and Regulatory Responses
The financial regulators and the Administration have
taken a number of steps to address the underlying
problems in the credit and mortgage markets. The
President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (including the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve
Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission and
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission) has the
responsibility to examine the recent uncertainty in
credit markets and work to ensure that market integrity and efficiency are not compromised. In regard to
mortgage markets, in addition to the Administration
3 For a much more detailed discussion of the problems in credit markets during 2007
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proposals for modernization of the Federal Housing Administration and reform of the oversight of the housing
GSEs (mentioned earlier in this chapter) the Administration has partnered with the private sector to assemble a group of lenders, loan servicers, mortgage counselors, and investors (the HOPE NOW Alliance) to identify troubled borrowers and help them refinance or
modify their mortgages, so more families can stay in
their homes. The HOPE NOW Alliance consists of four
counseling organizations, 21 mortgage servicers and
lenders (comprising 65 percent of the U.S. market for
mortgage servicing and almost 85 percent of the
subprime servicing market), three investor groups (including the American Securitization Forum, which represents over 370 members), and 10 trade associations.
These efforts should reduce foreclosure rates and support the continued flow of capital to mortgage markets.
To aid this effort, during December 2007 Congress
passed the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of
2007, an Administration proposal that for the next few
years (through 2010) will allow borrowers to obtain relief from taxes on writedowns of loan principal during
a refinancing. The Administration has also proposed
to allow state and local governments to temporarily
broaden their tax-exempt bond programs to include
mortgage refinancings.
The Federal banking regulators (Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office
of Thrift Supervision (OTS), and FDIC) have been closely monitoring banks’ core capital levels as well as their
potential susceptibility to market disruptions. During
2007, the regulators jointly issued final guidance addressing non-traditional and subprime mortgage practices, as well as guidance encouraging their institutions
to proactively aid borrowers to refinance subprime
mortgages.
The Federal Reserve and other Federal banking regulators have been developing new regulations to improve
disclosure of mortgage and credit card terms, restrain
certain practices in mortgage lending, and address unfair and deceptive lending practices more broadly. Complementing these efforts, this year HUD will also propose clearer disclosure of mortgage lending and home
purchase closing costs, as mandated by the Real Estate
Settlement Procedures Act. The draft text of the regulations on credit cards and mortgage lending were released for public comment in 2007, and the regulators
will likely finalize these regulations during 2008.
Recent Performance of the Federal Deposit Insurance Funds
From July 2004 through January 2007, the performance of the Federal deposit insurance program was
strong. No banks or thrifts failed during this period—
the longest interlude without a failure in the 73-year
history of the FDIC. However, there has been a deterioration of conditions in the industry since summer 2007.
As of September 30, 2007, the FDIC classified 65 institutions with $18.5 billion in assets as ‘‘problem institutions’’ (institutions with the highest risk ratings), a

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level of problem assets more than four times higher
than the comparable statistics from September 2006.
The largest institution to fail since the early 1990s,
NetBank (a Georgia thrift with $2.5 billion in assets)
was placed in FDIC receivership in September 2007,
and overall three institutions failed during 2007.
At the end of September 2007, the Deposit Insurance
Fund reserve ratio (ratio of insurance reserves to insured deposits) stood at 1.22 percent—$1.2 billion below
the level that would meet the target reserve ratio. Taking the redemption of credits into consideration, along
with continued growth in insured deposits and a higher
rate of potential failures given current conditions in
the industry, the Budget projects that the FDIC will
collect approximately $4.7 billion in new revenue from
premiums during 2008 and 2009 combined.
The National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund,
the Federal fund for credit unions that is analogous
to the Deposit Insurance Fund for banks and thrifts,
ended September 2007 with assets of $7.4 billion and
an equity ratio of 1.31 percent, topping the NCUAset target ratio of 1.30 percent. Over the past five years,
the Share Insurance Fund’s equity ratio has gradually
risen from about 1.27 percent, reflecting few losses due
to failures in the credit union industry. Recent market
volatility, however, may increase observed losses in the
credit union industry. The number of problem institutions reported by the NCUA has steadily risen during
2007, and the Share Insurance Fund has set aside more
than $57 million to cover potential insurance losses
from January through November 2007, versus only $2.5
million in loss expenses for all of calendar year 2006.
Basel II: Transition to a New Bank Capital
Regime
A major regulatory initiative is currently underway
in the banking sector, which is likely to have a significant impact on the banking sector as a whole and,
by extension, on the Federal deposit insurance system.
The Federal banking regulators are implementing an
international agreement called the Revised Framework
for the International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards (‘‘Basel II’’).
Since equity capital serves as a cushion against potential losses, banks with riskier asset portfolios should
hold more equity capital. The original Basel Capital
Accord (Basel I) adopted in 1989 is an international
accord among financial regulators establishing a uniform capital standard for banks across nations. Under
Basel I, bank assets are grouped into a small number
of broad risk categories. A bank’s regulatory capital
requirement is tied to the amount of its asset holdings
in each risk category.
During 2007, the Federal banking regulators completed issuance of the rules implementing the Basel
II advanced approach, the first half of the US effort
to implement the Revised Basel Capital Accord. In the
final Basel II advanced rule, U.S. regulators require
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tures and expertise) to use an advanced internal ratings-based approach to calculate their credit risk capital
requirements. The Basel II rulemaking allows for greater sensitivity to risk in the portfolios these banks hold.
Rather than grouping assets into broad risk categories,
capital requirements are tied to banks’ internal assessments of the likelihood and severity of default losses
from the assets they hold. The rules are also intended
to allow capital requirements to more accurately account for the benefits or risk-mitigation activities undertaken by banks. The rulemaking also requires banks
to hold capital to cover operational risk, which is not
covered under the existing (Basel I) requirements.
Implementation of the Basel II standard in Europe
began during 2007. Implementation of the U.S. Basel
II rulemaking will begin with a ‘‘parallel run’’ on April
1, 2008 and formally go into effect for the first of three
transitional years on January 1, 2009. This delay has
led to concerns about a competitive imbalance between
U.S. and foreign banks. There are also concerns about
competitive imbalance between U.S. banks, and for that
reason, regulators are expected to allow banks other
than the ten largest U.S. banks to be able to choose
between adopting the ‘‘Basel II advanced’’ approach,
the current ‘‘Basel I’’ system, and an alternative ‘‘Basel
II standardized’’ approach.
The ‘‘Basel II standardized’’ approach is intended to
be more risk-sensitive than Basel I, but easier to implement than the advanced Basel II approach. The ‘‘standardized’’ approach is intended to be broadly based upon
a system proposed by the Basel committee that provides
additional risk-sensitivity through use of external credit
ratings, and internal risk measures for some types of
assets (i.e., loan-to-value ratios for mortgages). This alternative approach would allow banks to potentially
lower their capital requirements and provide small- and
mid-sized banks a means to stay competitive with the
larger Basel II banks. The regulators are working to
develop the standardized approach and are expected
to release the draft text for public comment during
2008.
Pension Guarantees
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
insures pension benefits of workers and retirees in covered defined-benefit pension plans sponsored by private-sector employers. PBGC pays benefits, up to a
guaranteed level, when a company with an underfunded
pension plan meets the legal criteria to transfer its
obligations to the pension insurance program. PBGC’s
claims exposure is the amount by which qualified benefits exceed assets in insured plans. In the near term,
the risk of loss stems from financially distressed firms
with underfunded plans. In the longer term, loss exposure results from the possibility that healthy firms become distressed and well-funded plans become underfunded due to inadequate contributions, poor investment results, or increased liabilities.
PBGC monitors companies with underfunded plans
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ance program’s stakeholders where possible. Under its
Early Warning Program, PBGC works with companies
to strengthen plan funding or otherwise protect the insurance program from avoidable losses. However,
PBGC’s authority to prevent undue risks to the insurance program is limited.
As a result of a flawed pension funding system and
exposure to losses from financially troubled plan sponsors, PBGC’s single-employer program incurred substantial losses from underfunded plan terminations in
2001 through 2006. The table below shows the ten largest plan termination losses in PBGC’s history. Nine
of the ten have come since 2001.
The program’s deficit at 2007 year-end stood at $13.1
billion, compared to a $9.7 billion surplus at 2000 yearend. This is actually a $5 billion improvement from
2006. PBGC’s operating results are subject to significant fluctuation from year to year, depending on the
severity of losses from plan terminations, changes in
the interest factors used to discount future benefit payments, investment performance, general economic conditions and other factors such as changes in law. While
the improvement may give the impression that PBGC’s
financial condition has improved, in fact its long-term
loss exposure and flawed funding system continue to
threaten its financial sustainability. 4
4 In addition, the airline relief provisions in the Pension Protection Act of 2006, which
resulted in large plans previously classified as probable terminations being changed to
the reasonably possible classification in 2006, likely postponed rather than eliminated losses,
as it is likely that the airlines will eventually relapse and present a claim to the PBGC.
If PBGC’s deficit were calculated without regard to PPA airline provisions, PBGC estimates
that its net deficit shown in this report would be approximately $8 billion higher (assuming
2006 underfunding levels for the specific airline plans remained constant).

In February 2005 the Administration proposed comprehensive reforms to address structural flaws in the
statutory plan funding requirements and in the design
of the insurance program. The proposal sought to
strengthen funding for workers’ defined-benefit pensions; provide more accurate information about pension
liabilities and plan underfunding; and enable PBGC to
meet its obligations to participants in terminated pension plans. Many of the President’s reforms were incorporated into the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005,
enacted in February 2006, and the Pension Protection
Act of 2006 (PPA), enacted in August 2006. This legislation made significant structural changes to the retirement system, but did not fully address the long-term
challenges facing PBGC. While the PBGC has sufficient
liquidity to meet its obligations for a number of years,
neither the single-employer nor multiemployer program
has the resources to satisfy fully the agency’s longterm obligations to plan participants.
Further reforms are needed to address the current
$14 billion gap between PBGC’s liabilities and its assets. The Budget proposes to give PBGC’s Board the
authority to raise premiums to produce the revenue
necessary to meet expected future claims and retire
PBGC’s deficit over ten years. The current rate-setting
mechanism is inflexible and does not allow the PBGC
to respond to changing conditions in the defined benefit
plan universe, in the financial markets in which pension plans invest, or in its own financial condition.
Under this proposal, PBGC’s Board would have the
flexibility to make a broad range of changes to pre-

LARGEST TEN CLAIMS AGAINST THE PBGC’S SINGLE-EMPLOYER
INSURANCE PROGRAM, 1975–2006
Top 10 Firms

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Fiscal Years
of Plan
Terminations

Claims
(by firm)

Percent
of Total
Claims
(1975–2005)

United Airlines ..................
Bethlehem Steel ...............
US Airways ......................
LTV Steel* ........................
National Steel ...................
Pan American Air ............
Weirton Steel ...................
Trans World Airlines ........
Kaiser Aluminum ..............
Kemper Insurance ............

2005
2003
2003, 2005
2002, 2003, 2004
2003
1991, 1992
2004
2001
2004
2005

$7,484,348,482
3,654,380,116
2,690,222,805
2,136,698,831
1,275,628,286
841,082,434
690,181,783
668,377,106
600,009,879
568,417,151

22.90%
11.20%
8.20%
6.50%
3.90%
2.60%
2.10%
2.00%
1.80%
1.70%

Top 10 Total ................................
All Other Total .............................

..............................
..............................

20,609,346,871
12,017,433,400

63.20%
36.80%

TOTAL .........................................

..............................

$32,626,780,271

100.00%

Sources: PBGC Fiscal Year Closing File (9/30/07), PBGC Case Administration System,
and PBGC Participant System (PRISM).
Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100 percent.
Data in this table have been calculated on a firm basis and include all plans of each
firm.
Values and distributions are subject to change as PBGC completes its reviews and establishes termination dates.
* Does not include 1986 termination of a Republic Steel plan sponsored by LTV.

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miums in an effort to improve PBGC’s financial condition and safeguard the future benefits of American
workers. The Administration is committed to restoring
the solvency of the pension insurance system and avoiding a future taxpayer bailout.
Disaster Insurance
Flood Insurance
The Federal Government provides flood insurance
through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP),
which is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Flood insurance is available to homeowners
and businesses in communities that have adopted and
enforced appropriate flood plain management measures.
Coverage is limited to buildings and their contents. By
the end of 2007, the program had over 5.5 million policies in more than 20,200 communities with over $1
trillion of insurance in force.
Prior to the creation of the program in 1968, many
factors made it cost prohibitive for private insurance
companies alone to make affordable flood insurance
available. In response, the NFIP was established to
make affordable insurance coverage widely available.
The NFIP requires building standards and other mitigation efforts to reduce losses, and operates a flood
hazard mapping program to quantify the geographic
risk of flooding. These efforts have made substantial
progress. However, structures built prior to flood mapping and NFIP floodplain management requirements,
which make up 26 percent of the total policies in force,
pay less than fully actuarial rates.
DHS is using three strategies to increase the number
of flood insurance policies in force: lender compliance,
program simplification, and expanded marketing. DHS
is educating financial regulators about the mandatory
flood insurance requirement for properties that are located in floodplains and have mortgages from federally
regulated lenders. These strategies have resulted in policy growth of over 3 percent in 2007 with an increase
of more than 180,000 policies.
DHS also has a multi-pronged strategy for reducing
future flood damage. The NFIP offers flood mitigation
assistance grants to assist flood victims to rebuild to
current building codes, including base flood elevations,
thereby reducing future flood damage costs. In addition,
two grant programs targeted toward repetitive and severe repetitive loss properties not only help owners of
high-risk property, but also reduce the disproportionate
drain on the National Flood Insurance Fund these properties cause through acquisition, relocation, or elevation. DHS is working to ensure that all of the flood
mitigation grant programs are closely integrated, resulting in better coordination and communication with
State and local governments. Further, through the
Community Rating System, DHS adjusts premium
rates to encourage community and State mitigation activities beyond those required by the NFIP. These efforts, in addition to the minimum NFIP requirements

for floodplain management, save over $1 billion annually in avoided flood damages.
The program’s reserve account, which is a cash fund,
has sometimes had expenses greater than its revenue,
forcing the NFIP to borrow funds from the Treasury
in order to meet claims obligations. However, since the
program began in 1968 and until 2005, the program
has continued to repay all borrowed funds with interest.
However, hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma generated more flood insurance claims than the cumulative
number of claims from 1968 to 2004. These three
storms resulted in over 234,000 claims with total claims
payments expected to be approximately $20 billion. As
a result, the Administration and the Congress have
increased the borrowing authority to $20.8 billion to
date in order to make certain that all claims could
be paid.
The catastrophic nature of the 2005 hurricane season
has also triggered an examination of the program, and
the Administration is working with the Congress to
improve the program, based on the following principles:
protecting the NFIP’s integrity by covering existing
commitments; phasing out subsidized premiums in
order to charge fair and actuarially sound premiums;
increasing program participation incentives and improving enforcement of mandatory participation in the program; increasing risk awareness by educating property
owners; and reducing future risks by implementing and
enhancing mitigation measures. Although flood insurance reform was not achieved in 2007, the Administration looks forward to continuing to work with the Congress to enact program reforms that further mitigate
the impact of flood damages and losses.
Crop Insurance
Subsidized Federal crop insurance administered by
USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) assists farmers in managing yield and revenue shortfalls due to
bad weather or other natural disasters. The program
is a cooperative effort between the Federal Government
and the private insurance industry. Private insurance
companies sell and service crop insurance policies.
These companies rely on reinsurance provided by the
Federal Government and also by the commercial reinsurance market to manage their individual risk portfolio. The Federal Government reimburses private companies for a portion of the administrative expenses associated with providing crop insurance and reinsures
the private companies for excess insurance losses on
all policies. The Federal Government also subsidizes
premiums for farmers.
The 2009 Budget reflects the Administration’s Farm
Bill proposals, which include specific proposals for Crop
Insurance. These include allowing farmers to purchase
supplemental insurance that would cover their deductible in the event of a county-wide loss, reducing the
expected loss ratio to 1.00 from 1.075, allowing the
private insurance companies access to their data mining
information, allow the Standard Reinsurance Agreement to be renegotiated once every 3 years, along with

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a continuation of a series of crop insurance reforms
that have been proposed in the past that will increase
program participation and at the same time control
program costs.
The 2009 Budget also includes language to open up
authorized purposes under the mandatory R&D funds
provided by Agriculture Risk Protection Act of 2000
(ARPA). Expansion of authorized uses will include data
mining activities, the Common Information Management System (CIMS), and other IT cost related to reducing fraud waste and abuse and IT modernization.
In addition, the 2009 Budget includes a proposal to
implement a participation fee in the Federal crop insurance program. The participation fee would be charged
to insurance companies participating in the Federal
crop insurance program; based on a rate of about onethird cent per dollar of premium sold, the fee is expected to be sufficient to generate about $15 million
annually beginning in 2010. The existing IT system
is nearing the end of its useful life and recent years
have seen increases in ‘‘down-time’’ resulting from system failures. New plans of insurance such as revenue
and livestock insurance have greatly increased the size
and complexity of the crop insurance program. These
changes place a greater burden on the aging IT system
resulting in increased IT maintenance costs and limit
RMA’s ability to comply with Congressional mandates
pertaining to data reconciliation with the Farm Service
Agency. The participation fee will help alleviate these
problems.
There are various types of insurance programs. The
most basic type of coverage is catastrophic coverage
(CAT), which compensates the farmer for losses in excess of 50 percent of the individual’s average yield at
55 percent of the expected market price. The CAT premium is entirely subsidized, and farmers pay only an
administrative fee. Higher levels of coverage, called
buy-up coverage, are also available. A premium is
charged for buy-up coverage. The premium is determined by the level of coverage selected and varies from
crop to crop and county to county. For the ten principal
crops, which accounted for about 80 percent of total
liability in 2007, the most recent data show that over
79 percent of eligible acres participated in the crop
insurance program.
RMA offers both yield and revenue-based insurance
products. Revenue insurance programs protect against
loss of revenue stemming from low prices, poor yields,
or a combination of both. These programs extend traditional multi-peril or yield crop insurance by adding
price variability to production history.
RMA is continuously trying to develop new products
or expand existing products in order to cover more
types of crops. Two new Group Risk Protection risk
management tools for pasture, rangeland and forage
(PRF) protection were approved for the 2007 crop year.
These innovative pilot programs are based on vegetation greenness and rainfall indices and were developed
to provide livestock producers the ability to purchase
insurance protection for losses of forage produced for

grazing or harvested for hay. The pilots proved to be
more popular than anticipated and both programs are
being expanded to new areas for the 2008 crop year.
Also new for the 2008 crop year is the Biotech Yield
Endorsement (BYE) for non-irrigated corn. The BYE
is being pilot tested in four states and will provide
producers a premium rate reduction if they plant nonirrigated corn that is intended to be harvested for grain
and has three specific biotech traits. The premium reduction is based on data showing that non-irrigated
corn containing these specific traits has a lower risk
of yield loss than non-traited corn. RMA continues to
pursue a number of avenues to increase program participation among underserved States and commodities
by working on declining yield issues and looking at
discount programs for good experienced producers who
pose less risk.
For more information and additional crop insurance
program details, please reference RMA’s web site:
(www.rma.usda.gov).
Insurance Against Security-Related Risks
Terrorism Risk Insurance
On November 26, 2002, President Bush signed into
law the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) of 2002
(P.L. 107–297), which was intended to help stabilize
the insurance industry during a time of significant
transition that followed the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The Act established a temporary,
three-year Federal program that provided a system of
shared public and private compensation for insured
commercial property and casualty losses arising from
acts of foreign terrorism (as defined by the Act). In
2005,
Congress
passed
a
two-year
extension
(P.L.109–144), that narrowed the Government’s role by
increasing private sector retentions, reducing lines of
insurance covered by the program, and adding an event
trigger amount for Federal payments. In December
2007, Congress passed a seven-year extension
(P.L.110–318). The 2007 extension of TRIA added a
requirement for commercial property and casualty insurance companies to offer insurance for losses from
domestic as well as foreign acts of terrorism. The 2007
extension maintains for all seven extension years an
insurer deductible of 20 percent of the prior year’s direct earned premiums, an insurer co-payment of 15 percent of insured losses above the deductible, and a $100
million event trigger amount for Federal payments. The
2007 extension changes mandatory recoupment provisions, requiring Treasury to collect 133 percent of the
Federal payments made under the program, and accelerates time horizons for recoupment of any payments
made before September 30, 2017.
The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets
(PWG) reported in September 2006 that the Terrorism
Risk Insurance Program had achieved its goals of supporting the insurance industry post September 11,
2001. In terms of insurance availability, the PWG and
successive industry analyses found record take-up rates

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in 2006 of nearly 60 percent, compared with 27 percent
in 2002. In addition, the PWG found significant improvements in affordability demonstrated by median
terrorism insurance premiums falling from $37,700 in
2005 to $16,750 in 2006. These trends are also present
in high risk commercial areas like New York City. Furthermore, the estimated $450 billion in industry-wide
surplus currently held by property and casualty insurers exceeds pre-September 2001 levels.
The Administration believes that TRIA should not
be a permanent program, that private sector retentions
under it should be increased, and that over time, the
private market is the best provider of reinsurance. Over
the coming year the Administration will examine possible changes to current law that could further develop
the private terrorism reinsurance market.
The Budget, for the first time, includes the estimated
Federal cost of providing terrorism risk insurance, reflecting the 2007 TRIA extension. The growth in the
private insurance market for this coverage provides
data in the form of insurance premiums that show how
private insurers estimate the likelihood of attack and
price their projected losses. Using this market driven
data, the Government can project annual outlays and
recoupment under TRIA. These estimates represent the
weighted average of TRIA payments over a full range
of scenarios, most of which include no terrorist attacks
(and therefore no TRIA payments), and some of which
include terrorist attacks of varying magnitudes. The
Budget projections, however, are in no way an official
forecast of future attacks.
On this basis, the Budget projects the 2007 TRIA
extension will have a net deficit impact (spending less
receipts from premium surcharges) of $1.78 billion over
the 2009–2013 period and $3.85 billion over the
2009–2018 period.
Airline War Risk Insurance
After the September 11, 2001 attacks, private insurers cancelled third-party liability war risk coverage for
airlines and dramatically increased the cost of other
war risk insurance. In addition to a number of short
term responses, the Congress also passed the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (P.L. 107–296). Among other provisions, this Act required the Secretary to provide additional war risk insurance coverage for hull losses and
passenger liability to air carriers insured for third-party
war risk liability as of June 19, 2002. The Department
of Transportation Appropriations Act for 2008 (P.L.
110–161) further extended the requirement to provide
insurance coverage through August 31, 2008. Acting
on behalf of the Secretary, the FAA has made available
insurance coverage for (i) hull losses at agreed value;
(ii) death, injury, or property loss liability to passengers
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carrier’s commercial coverage before September 11,
2001; and (iii) third party liability, the limit generally
being twice that of such coverage. The Secretary is
also authorized to limit an air carrier’s third party liability to $100 million, when the Secretary certifies that
the loss is from an act of terrorism.
This program provides airlines with financial protection from war risk occurrences, and thus allows airlines
to meet the basic requirement for adequate hull loss
and liability coverage found in most aircraft mortgage
covenants, leases and in government regulation. Without such coverage, many airlines might be grounded.
Currently, aviation war risk insurance coverage is generally available from private insurers, but premiums
are significantly higher in the private market. Also,
private insurance coverage for occurrences involving
weapons of mass destruction is more limited.
Currently 75 air carriers are insured by Department
of Transportation. Coverage for individual carriers
ranges from $80 million to $4 billion per carrier, with
the median insurance coverage at approximately $1.8
billion per occurrence. Premiums collected by the Government for these policies are deposited into the Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund. In 2007, the Fund
earned approximately $170 million in premiums for insurance provided by DOT, and it is anticipated that
an additional $157 million in premiums will be earned
in 2008. At the end of 2007, the balance in the Aviation
Insurance Revolving Fund available for payment of future claims was $951 million. Although no claims have
been paid by the Fund since 2001, the balance in the
Fund would be inadequate to meet either the coverage
limits of the largest policies in force ($4 billion) or to
meet a series of large claims in succession. The Federal
Government would pay any claims by the airlines that
exceed the balance in the Aviation Insurance Revolving
Fund.
Aviation insurance program authority expires on
March 30, 2008. The Administration does not support
a straight extension of this program and instead favors
a return to private sector mechanisms for managing
risk. As part of the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) reauthorization, the Administration has proposed
reforms that would gradually transition airlines from
government provided insurance to privately provided
insurance. Current law caps the premium rates that
FAA may charge. Continuation of insurance coverage,
if any, should allow FAA to set deductible levels as
the first step in moving airlines to the private insurance market and reducing the indirect subsidy that
the government currently provides. The Administration
is committed to working with the Congress to reform
this program, and to ensure that air carriers more equitably share in the risks associated with this program.

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Chart 7-4. Face Value of Federal
Credit Outstanding
Dollars in trillions
1.6
1.4

Loan Guarantees

1.2
1
0.8
0.6

Direct Loans

0.4
0.2
0
1970

Table 7–1.

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

ESTIMATED FUTURE COST OF OUTSTANDING FEDERAL CREDIT PROGRAMS
(In billions of dollars)

Program

Direct Loans: 2
Federal Student Loans ..................................................................
Farm Service Agency (excl. CCC), Rural Development, Rural
Housing ......................................................................................
Rural Utilities Service and Rural Telephone Bank .......................
Housing and Urban Development .................................................
P.L. 480 ..........................................................................................
Disaster Assistance ........................................................................
Export-Import Bank ........................................................................
Agency for International Development ..........................................
Commodity Credit Corporation ......................................................
VA Mortgage ..................................................................................
Other Direct Loan Programs .........................................................
Total Direct Loans .....................................................................
Guaranteed Loans: 2
Federal Student Loans ..................................................................
FHA-Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund .........................................
VA Mortgage ..................................................................................
FHA-General and Special Risk Insurance Fund ..........................
Small Business 3 ............................................................................
Export-Import Bank ........................................................................
Farm Service Agency (excl. CCC), Rural Development, Rural
Housing ......................................................................................
International Assistance .................................................................
Commodity Credit Corporation ......................................................
Maritime Administration ..................................................................

Outstanding
2006

Estimated
Future Costs
of 2006
Outstanding 1

Outstanding
2007

Estimated
Future Costs
of 2007
Outstanding 1

116

16

124

15

43
38
11
8
7
7
7
2
1
12

10
2
3
4
2
2
3
1
........................
4

44
40
10
8
10
6
6
1
1
11

10
1
3
4
2
2
2
........................
-1
5

251

47

260

44

325
317
211
98
67
36

52
3
3
1
2
2

363
322
232
108
72
39

51
7
4
........................
2
1

31
22
3
3

........................
2
........................
........................

32
22
3
3

........................
2
........................
........................

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Table 7–1.

ESTIMATED FUTURE COST OF OUTSTANDING FEDERAL CREDIT PROGRAMS—Continued
(In billions of dollars)

Program

Outstanding
2006

Estimated
Future Costs
of 2006
Outstanding 1

Outstanding
2007

Estimated
Future Costs
of 2007
Outstanding 1

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) 3 ................
Other Guaranteed Loan Programs ................................................

........................
7

*
1

........................
6

*
2

Total Guaranteed Loans ...........................................................

1,120

66

1,202

69

Total Federal Credit .........................................................................

1,371

113

1,461

113

* Less than $500 million.
1 Direct loan future costs are the financing account allowance for subsidy cost and the liquidating account allowance for estimated
uncollectible principal and interest. Loan guarantee future costs are estimated liabilities for loan guarantees.
2 Excludes loans and guarantees by deposit insurance agencies and programs not included under credit reform, such as CCC commodity price supports. Defaulted guaranteed loans which become loans receivable are accounted for as direct loans.
3 Certain SBA data are excluded from the totals because they are secondary guarantees on SBA’s own guaranteed loans. GNMA
data are excluded from the totals because they are secondary guarantees on loans guaranteed by FHA, VA and RHS.

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Table 7–2.

REESTIMATES OF CREDIT SUBSIDIES ON LOANS DISBURSED BETWEEN 1992–2007 1
(Budget authority and outlays, in millions of dollars)

Program
DIRECT LOANS:
Agriculture:
Agriculture Credit Insurance Fund ...............................
Farm Storage Facility Loans ........................................
Apple Loans ..................................................................
Emergency Boll Weevil Loan .......................................
Distance Learning and Telemedicine ...........................
Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans ..
Rural Telephone Bank ..................................................
Rural Housing Insurance Fund ....................................
Rural Economic Development Loans ...........................
Rural Development Loan Program ..............................
Rural Community Advancement Program 2 .................
P.L. 480 ........................................................................
P.L. 480 Title I Food for Progress Credits ..................
Commerce:
Fisheries Finance .........................................................
Defense:
Military Housing Improvement Fund ............................
Education:
Federal Direct Student Loan Program: 3
Volume Reestimate ..................................................
Other Technical Reestimate ....................................
College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans ........
Historically Black Colleges and Universities ................
Homeland Security:
Disaster Assistance ......................................................
Interior:
Bureau of Reclamation Loans .....................................
Bureau of Indian Affairs Direct Loans .........................
Assistance to American Samoa ...................................
Transportation:
High Priority Corridor Loans .........................................
Alameda Corridor Loan ................................................
Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program ....
Treasury:
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Veterans Affairs:
Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund ....................
Native American Veteran Housing ...............................
Vocational Rehabilitation Loans ...................................
Environmental Protection Agency:
Abatement, Control and Compliance ...........................
International Assistance Programs:
Foreign Military Financing ............................................
U.S. Agency for International Development:
Micro and Small Enterprise Development ...............
Overseas Private Investment Corporation:
OPIC Direct Loans ...................................................
Debt Reduction .............................................................
Small Business Administration:
Business Loans ............................................................
Disaster Loans ..............................................................
Other Independent Agencies:
Export-Import Bank Direct Loans .................................
Federal Communications Commission .........................
LOAN GUARANTEES:
Agriculture:
Agriculture Credit Insurance Fund ...............................
Agriculture Resource Conservation Demonstration .....
Commodity Credit Corporation Export Guarantees .....
Rural Development Insurance Fund ............................

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

–31
............
............
............
............
84
10
–73
1
............
8
–1
............

23
............
............
............
............
............
............
............
............
............
............
............
............

............
............
............
............
............
–39
–9
71
–1
–6
5
............
............

331
............
............
............
............
............
............
............
*
............
............
............
............

–656
............
............
............
............
–17
–1
19
............
............
37
–23
............

921
–1
–2
............
1
–42
............
–29
–1
–1
3
65
............

10
–7
1
1
–1
101
–3
–435
–1
–3
–1
–348
–112

–701
–8
............
*
–1
265
–7
–64
............
............
–84
33
–44

–147
7
*
*
1
143
–6
–200
–2
–3
–34
–43
............

–2
–1
*
3
7
–197
–17
109
*
–2
–73
–239
............

–14
............
*
............
1
–108
–48
............
–3
–7
–77
–26
............

–251
51
*
*
3
–36
–22
4
3
*
–8
44
............

............

............

............

............

–19

–1

–3

............

1

–15

–12

11

............

............

............

............

............

............

............

............

*

–4

–1

–8

............
–83
............
............

............
172
............
............

22
–383
............
............

............
–2,158
............
............

–6
560
–1
............

............
............
............
............

43
3,678
............
............

............
1,999
............
............

............
855
............
............

............
2,827
............
............

............
2,674
*
11

............
408
*
–16

............

............

............

47

36

–7

–6

*

4

*

*

*

............
............
............

............
............
............

............
1
............

3
5
............

3
–1
............

–9
–1
............

–14
2
............

............
*
*

17
*
*

1
*
............

1
1
2

5
–1
–1

............
............
............
............

–3
............
............
............

............
............
............
............

............
–58
............
............

............
............
18
............

............
............
............
............

............
............
............
............

............
–12
............
–5

............
............
3
–14

............
............
–11
–11

............
............
7
–1

............
............
11
15

............

............

............

1

............

............

*

–1

*

–1

1

*

–72
............
............

465
............
............

–111
............
............

–52
............
............

–107
............
............

–697
............
............

17
–3
*

–178
*
*

987
*
*

–44
*
–1

–76
1
1

–402
1
–1

............

............

............

............

3

–1

*

–3

*

*

*

*

13

4

1

152

–166

119

–397

–64

–41

–7

–6

–30

............

............

............

............

............

*

............

*

............

............

............

............

............
............

............
............

............
............

............
36

............
–4

............
............

–4
*

–21
–47

3
–104

–7
54

72
–3

31
............

............
............

............
–193

............
246

............
–398

1
–282

–2
–14

1
266

25
589

............
196

–16
61

–4
258

4
–109

............
............

............
4,592

............
980

–177
–1,501

157
–804

117
92

–640
346

–305
380

111
732

–257
–24

–227
11

–120
............

–51
............
343
–3

96
............
............
............

............
............
............
............

–31
............
............
............

205
2
–1,410
............

40
............
............
............

–36
1
–13
............

–33
–1
–230
............

–22
*
–205
............

–162
*
–366
............

20
............
–232
............

–36
............
–225
............

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Table 7–2.

REESTIMATES OF CREDIT SUBSIDIES ON LOANS DISBURSED BETWEEN 1992–2007 1—Continued
(Budget authority and outlays, in millions of dollars)

Program

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Rural Housing Insurance Fund ....................................
Rural Community Advancement Program 2 .................
Renewable Energy .......................................................
Commerce:
Fisheries Finance .........................................................
Emergency Steel Guaranteed Loans ...........................
Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loans ...............
Defense:
Military Housing Improvement Fund ............................
Defense Export Loan Guarantee .................................
Arms Initiative Guaranteed Loan Program ..................
Education:
Federal Family Education Loan Program: 3
Volume Reestimate ......................................................
Other Technical Reestimate .........................................

–10
–10
............

............
............
............

109
41
............

............
............
............

152
63
............

–56
17
............

32
91
............

50
15
............

66
29
............

44
–64
............

............
–16
*

–19
–10
*

............
............
............

–2
............
............

............
............
............

............
............
............

–3
............
*

–1
............
*

3
50
*

*
*
*

1
3
*

*
–75
–1

1
–13
*

*
1
*

............
............
............

............
............
............

............
............
............

............
............
............

............
............
............

............
............
............

............
............
............

–3
............
............

–1
–5
............

–3
............
............

–5
............
............

–1
............
20

99
............

............
............

–13
–140

–60
667

–42
–3,484

............
............

277
–2,483

............
–3,278

............
1,348

............
6,837

............
–3,399

............
–189

............
............

............
............

............
............

3
............

............
............

*
............

*
–5

............
–37

1
–33

*
–18

*
–20

–1
*

............
............
............
–340
–25

............
............
............
............
743

............
............
............
3,789
79

............
............
............
............
............

–6
............
............
2,413
–217

*
............
............
–1,308
–403

–1
–1
............
1,100
77

*
1
19
5,947
352

–3
4
–10
1,979
507

–1
*
–2
2,842
238

*
–4
4
636
–1,254

–5
–3
1
3,923
–362

31

............

............

............

–14

–1

–2

–2

*

15

5

–30

............
............

............
............

–71
............

30
............

–15
............

187
1

27
............

–16
*

4
*

–76
............

–11
*

–51
*

............

............

............

............

............

............

113

–199

292

–109

–95

............

–706

38

492

229

–770

–163

–184

–1,515

–462

–842

–525

183

............
............
............

............
............
–14

............
............
............

............
............
............

............
............
............

–1
............
–4

............
............
–15

1
2
48

–3
–2
–2

–2
............
–5

2
–3
–11

11
*
–22

............
............
............

............
............
............

............
............
............

............
............
............

............
............
............

–34
............
............

............
............
............

............
–76
............

............
–111
............

............
188
7

............
34
14

............
–16
–12

............

............

............

............

............

5

77

60

–212

–21

–149

–268

–16

–279

–545

–235

–528

–226

304

1,750

1,034

–390

–268

–140

............

............

............

–191

–1,520

–417

–2,042

–1,133

–655

–1,164

–579

–174

–832

5,642

4,518

–3,357

–6,427

–1,854

–142

3,468

6,008

9,003

–3,441

2,161

Health and Human Services:
Heath Center Loan Guarantees ...................................
Health Education Assistance Loans ............................
Housing and Urban Development:
Indian Housing Loan Guarantee ..................................
Title VI Indian Guarantees ...........................................
Community Development Loan Guarantees ................
FHA-Mutual Mortgage Insurance .................................
FHA-General and Special Risk ....................................
Interior:
Bureau of Indian Affairs Guaranteed Loans ................
Transportation:
Maritime Guaranteed Loans (Title XI) .........................
Minority Business Resource Center .............................
Treasury:
Air Transportation Stabilization Program .....................
Veterans Affairs:
Veterans Housing Benefit Fund Program ....................
International Assistance Programs:
U.S. Agency for International Development:
Development Credit Authority ..................................
Micro and Small Enterprise Development ...............
Urban and Environmental Credit .............................
Assistance to the New Independent States of the
Former Soviet Union ............................................
Loan Guarantees to Israel .......................................
Loan Guarantees to Egypt .......................................
Overseas Private Investment Corporation:
OPIC Guaranteed Loans .........................................
Small Business Administration:
Business Loans ............................................................
Other Independent Agencies:
Export-Import Bank Guarantees ...................................
Total ..................................................................................

* Less than $500,000.
1Excludes interest on reestimates. Additional information on credit reform subsidy rates is contained in the Federal Credit Supplement.
2Includes Rural Water and Waste Disposal, Rural Community Facilities, and Rural Business and Industry programs.
3Volume reestimates in mandatory programs represent a change in volume of loans disbursed in the prior years.

2008

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Table 7–3.

DIRECT LOAN SUBSIDY RATES, BUDGET AUTHORITY, AND LOAN LEVELS, 2007-2009
(In millions of dollars)
2007 Actual

Agency and Program

Subsidy Subsidy
budget
rate 1 authority

2008 Enacted
Subsidy
Subsidy budget
rate 1 authority

Loan
levels

2009 Proposed
Subsidy
Subsidy budget
rate 1 authority

Loan
levels

Loan
levels

Agriculture:
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account ....................................................
9.32
92
985
9.28
88
948
9.37
88
944
Farm Storage Facility Loans Program Account ..............................................................
0.38
1
174
1.01
2
153
6.11
9
153
Rural Community Advancement Program 2 .....................................................................
9.09
132
1,451 .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. ..............
Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program Account .......................
–0.67
–29
4,267
–0.57
–41
7,284
–2.05
–98
4,790
Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program ..........................................
1.98
5
283
2.15
12
523
3.90
12
298
Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account ...................................................... .............. .............. ..............
6.81
70
1,025
3.77
48
1,269
Rural Community Facilities Program Account ................................................................ .............. .............. ..............
5.55
22
404
5.72
17
302
Rural Housing Assistance Grants ...................................................................................
47.82
1
2 .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. ..............
Farm Labor Program Account .........................................................................................
47.95
16
33
43.26
13
31 .............. .............. ..............
Multifamily Housing Revitalization Program Account ...................................................... .............. .............. ..............
46.39
6
14 .............. .............. ..............
Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account ..........................................................
13.42
181
1,354
11.85
156
1,313
12.93
6
38
Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account ..........................................................
44.07
15
34
42.89
14
34
41.85
14
34
Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account ................................................
21.84
6
26
22.59
7
33 .............. .............. ..............
Commerce:
Fisheries Finance Program Account ...............................................................................

–8.02

–4

48

–3.72

–4

90

–12.78

–1

8

Defense—Military:
Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund ..................................................................

14.57

59

406

23.86

109

457

43.50

47

107

16.31
10
13.05
14
–0.27 ..............
1.13
250

61
105
46
21,048

1.04 ..............

25

50 .............. ..............

50

Education:
College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program Account ..............................
65.22
304
467 .............. .............. ..............
TEACH Grant Program Account ..................................................................................... .............. .............. ..............
13.03
7
57
Loans for Short-Term Training Program Account .......................................................... .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. ..............
Federal Direct Student Loan Program Program Account ..............................................
1.37
258 18,850
0.76
169 19,891
Homeland Security:
Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account ........................................................ .............. .............. ..............

1.73 ..............

Housing and Urban Development:
FHA-Mutual Mortgage Insurance Program Account ....................................................... .............. ..............

3 .............. ..............

State:
Repatriation Loans Program Account .............................................................................

1

60.14

1

Transportation:
Federal-aid Highways ......................................................................................................
3.92
30
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program ........................................................ .............. ..............
37.47 ..............

1

Veterans Affairs:
Housing Program Account ...............................................................................................
Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account ...........................................
General Operating Expenses ..........................................................................................

5.08
6
–13.46
–1
2.00 ..............

122
8
3

Small Business Administration:
Disaster Loans Program Account ....................................................................................
Business Loans Program Account ..................................................................................

37.52

1

1

2,320
10.00
100
600 .............. ..............

998
600

8

0.55
2
–14.48
–2
2.16 ..............

337
12
3

59.77

37.88

1

2

–0.16 ..............
–10.07
–1
1.93 ..............

328
13
3

107 .............. ..............
11
342
2.34

34 ..............
11
450

1,506
19

16.27
10.12

156
2

Export-Import Bank of the United States:
Export-Import Bank Loans Program Account ................................................................. .............. .............. ..............

33.01

17

50

33.01

17

50

N/A

1,159

36,984

N/A

737

32,809

Total .............................................................................................................................
1

N/A

267
2

1

3

31 .............. ..............
13
291
3.22

17.73
10.21

1

766
10.00
232
103 .............. ..............

Treasury:
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account .......................

International Assistance Programs:
Debt Restructuring ........................................................................................................... ..............
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program Account .........................................
4.42

60.22

25

1,386

Additional information on credit subsidy rates is contained in the Federal Credit Supplement.
2007 data include Rural Water and Waste Disposal and Rural Community Facilities loan programs.
N/A = Not applicable.
2

31,203

959
14.92
158
20 .............. ..............

1,061
25

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Table 7–4. LOAN GUARANTEE SUBSIDY RATES, BUDGET AUTHORITY, AND LOAN LEVELS, 2007-2009
(In millions of dollars)
2007 Actual
Agency and Program

Subsidy Subsidy
budget
rate 1 authority

2008 Enacted
Loan
levels

Subsidy
Subsidy budget
rate 1 authority

2009 Proposed
Subsidy
Subsidy budget
rate 1 authority

Loan
levels

Loan
levels

Agriculture:
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account ....................................................
2.58
56
2,155
2.58
67
2,607
2.61
65
2,497
Commodity Credit Corporation Export Loans Program Account ...................................
2.92
39
1,334
2.33
53
2,274
0.96
26
2,675
Rural Community Advancement Program 2 .....................................................................
4.09
45
1,090 .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. ..............
Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account ...................................................... .............. .............. ..............
–0.82
–1
75
–0.82
–1
75
Rural Community Facilities Program Account ................................................................ .............. .............. ..............
3.68
8
210
3.08
6
210
Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account ..........................................................
1.37
51
3,754
1.37
84
6,141
0.30
16
5,149
Rural Business Program Account ................................................................................... .............. .............. ..............
4.33
63
1,463
4.35
30
700
Renewable Energy Program Account .............................................................................
6.49
4
57
9.69
18
184 .............. .............. ..............
Education:
Loans for Short-Term Training Program Account .......................................................... .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. ..............
Federal Family Education Loan Program Account .........................................................
6.29
6,850 108,873
1.07
1,077 100,559
Energy:
Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program ............................................ .............. .............. .............. ..............

90

Health and Human Services:
Health Resources and Services ......................................................................................

3.42

1

28

Housing and Urban Development:
Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program Account ..............................................
Native Hawaiian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program Account .............................
Native American Housing Block Grant ............................................................................
Community Development Loan Guarantees Program Account .....................................
FHA-Mutual Mortgage Insurance Program Account .......................................................
FHA-General and Special Risk Program Account ..........................................................

2.35
2.35
11.99
2.17
–0.37
–2.46

5
1
1
4
–209
–813

235
43
12
201
56,519
32,927

2.42
2.42
12.12
2.25
–0.51
–1.76

9
1
2
5
–368
–693

Interior:
Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account ....................................................................

6.45

6

87

6.53

6

–0.36

–87

24,186

3.41 ..............

–0.34

–120

International Assistance Programs:
Loan Guarantees to Israel Program Account ................................................................. .............. .............. .............. .............. ..............
Development Credit Authority Program Account ............................................................
1.99
7
350
6.00
21
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program Account .........................................
–0.59
–8
1,333
–1.75
–23

3
316
2,407 109,117

600 .............. ..............

2,220

8 .............. .............. ..............
367
2.52
11
420
41
2.52
1
41
17
12.34
2
17
200 .............. .............. ..............
72,172
–0.49
–749 151,280
39,346
–2.20
–143
6,530
86

Transportation:
Minority Business Resource Center Program .................................................................
1.82 ..............
3
2.03 ..............
Federal-aid Highways ...................................................................................................... .............. .............. ..............
10.00
20
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program ........................................................ .............. .............. .............. .............. ..............
Maritime Guaranteed Loan (Title XI) Program Account ................................................. .............. .............. ..............
4.35
5
Veterans Affairs:
Housing Program Account ...............................................................................................

1.02
2.21

7.73

7

85

18
1.86 ..............
18
200
10.00
20
200
100 .............. ..............
100
115 .............. .............. ..............
35,197

–0.66

–236

35,817

700 .............. ..............
348
3.05
15
1,338
–0.84
–11

700
475
1,400

Small Business Administration:
Business Loans Program Account .................................................................................. .............. ..............

20,506 .............. ..............

28,000

–0.01

–5

28,000

Export-Import Bank of the United States:
Export-Import Bank Loans Program Account .................................................................

–0.15

12,569

–1.74

13,710

–1.79

–248

13,807

Total .............................................................................................................................

N/A

5,935 266,262

N/A

86 306,076

N/A

–18

–238

1,216 361,849

ADDENDUM: SECONDARY GUARANTEED LOAN COMMITMENTS
GNMA:
Guarantees of Mortgage-backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account ..........
–0.21
–193
SBA:
Secondary Market Guarantee Program .......................................................................... .............. ..............
Total, secondary guaranteed loan commitments ..................................................
1

N/A

–193

85,071

–0.21

–163

3,678 .............. ..............
88,749

N/A

–163

77,400

–163

77,400

12,000 .............. ..............

12,000

89,400

89,400

Additional information on credit subsidy rates is contained in the Federal Credit Supplement.
2 2007 data include Rural Water and Waste Disposal, Rural Community Facilities, and Rural Business and Industry loan guarantee programs.
N/A = Not applicable.

–0.21

N/A

–163

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Table 7–5.

SUMMARY OF FEDERAL DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES
(In billions of dollars)
Actual
2000

2001

2002

2003

Estimate
2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Direct Loans:
Obligations ..............................................................
Disbursements ........................................................
New subsidy budget authority ................................
Reestimated subsidy budget authority 1 ................
Total subsidy budget authority ...............................

37.1
35.5
–0.4
–4.4
–4.8

39.1
37.1
0.3
–1.8
–1.5

43.7
39.6
*
0.5
0.5

45.4
39.7
0.7
2.9
3.5

42.0
38.7
0.4
2.6
3.0

56.3
50.6
2.1
3.8
6.0

57.8
46.6
4.7
3.1
7.8

42.5
41.7
1.7
3.4
5.1

44.7
42.1
5.3
–0.6
4.7

39.9
40.5
0.7
................
0.7

Loan Guarantees:
Commitments 2 ........................................................
Lender disbursements 2 ..........................................
New subsidy budget authority ................................
Reestimated subsidy budget authority 1 ................
Total subsidy budget authority ...............................

192.6
180.8
3.6
0.3
3.9

256.4
212.9
2.3
–7.1
–4.8

303.7
271.4
2.9
–2.4
0.5

345.9
331.3
3.8
–3.5
0.3

300.6
279.9
7.3
2.0
9.3

248.5
221.6
10.1
3.5
13.6

280.7
256.0
17.2
7.0
24.2

266.5
251.2
5.7
–6.8
–1.1

306.1
270.3
–2.6
3.6
1.0

361.9
340.6
1.1
................
1.1

* Less than $50 million.
1 Includes interest on reestimate.
2 To avoid double-counting, totals exclude GNMA secondary guarantees of loans that are guaranteed by FHA, VA, and RHS, and SBA’s guarantee of 7(a) loans sold in the
secondary market.

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Table 7–6.

DIRECT LOAN WRITE-OFFS AND GUARANTEED LOAN TERMINATIONS FOR DEFAULTS
In millions of dollars
Agency and Program

2007
Actual

As a percentage of outstanding loans 1

2008
Estimate

2009
Estimate

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

2009
Estimate

DIRECT LOAN WRITEOFFS
Agriculture:
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund ........................................................................................................................
Rural Community Facility .......................................................................................................................................
Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans ...........................................................................................
Rural Business Investment Program .....................................................................................................................
Rural Housing Insurance Fund ..............................................................................................................................
Rural Development Loan Fund ..............................................................................................................................

98
1
1
14
168
1

70
..............
..............
4
97
1

70
..............
..............
4
100
1

1.55
0.05
0.00
22.95
0.68
0.06

1.13
..............
..............
8.51
0.40
0.06

1.15
..............
..............
10.26
0.42
0.07

Commerce:
Economic Development Revolving Fund ...............................................................................................................

1

..............

..............

16.67

..............

..............

Education:
Student Financial Assistance .................................................................................................................................
Perkins Loan Assets ..............................................................................................................................................

14
..............

13
..............

13
54

4.40
..............

4.21
..............

4.33
1.46

Housing and Urban Development:
Revolving Fund (Liquidating Programs) ................................................................................................................
Guarantees of Mortgage-backed Securities ..........................................................................................................

1
1

1
12

1
13

16.67
12.50

25.00
85.71

50.00
56.52

Interior:
Revolving Fund for Loans .....................................................................................................................................

3

1

1

21.43

10.00

12.50

Treasury:
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund ...........................................................................................

1

..............

..............

1.54

..............

..............

Veterans Affairs:
Veterans Housing Benefit Program .......................................................................................................................

40

78

49

4.72

10.68

6.51

International Assistance Programs:
Debt Restructuring .................................................................................................................................................
Overseas Private Investment Corporation .............................................................................................................

..............
2

29
15

..............
15

..............
0.26

12.89
1.73

..............
1.48

Small Business Administration:
Disaster Loans .......................................................................................................................................................
Business Loans ......................................................................................................................................................

107
7

136
5

157
4

1.34
4.05

1.51
3.27

1.81
2.96

Other Independent Agencies:
Debt Reduction (Export-Import Bank) ...................................................................................................................
Export-Import Bank ................................................................................................................................................
Spectrum Auction Program ....................................................................................................................................
Tennessee Valley Authority Fund ..........................................................................................................................

7
16
1
1

65
10
172
1

..............
10
111
1

2.33
0.28
0.25
1.89

24.62
0.26
59.11
1.79

..............
0.32
74.00
1.67

Total, direct loan writeoffs .............................................................................................................................

485

710

604

0.21

0.30

0.25

Agriculture:
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund ........................................................................................................................
Commodity Credit Corporation Export Loans .......................................................................................................
Rural Business and Industry Loans ......................................................................................................................
Rural Community Facility Loans ............................................................................................................................
Rural Housing Insurance Fund ..............................................................................................................................

8
16
95
4
239

48
26
112
4
271

48
17
132
4
312

0.08
0.50
2.52
0.66
1.46

0.46
0.67
2.98
0.54
1.46

0.42
0.35
3.35
0.45
1.49

Defense—Military:
Procurement of Ammunition, Army ........................................................................................................................
Family Housing Improvement Fund .......................................................................................................................

15
..............

..............
7

..............
7

125.00
..............

..............
1.43

..............
1.46

Education:
Loans for Short-Term Training ..............................................................................................................................
Federal Family Education Loans ...........................................................................................................................

..............
7,416

..............
7,004

3
7,924

..............
2.16

..............
1.83

3.85
1.88

Energy:
Title 17 Innovative Technology Guarantees .........................................................................................................

..............

1

3

..............

0.67

0.39

Health and Human Services:
Health Education Assistance Loans ......................................................................................................................
Health Center Loan Guarantees ...........................................................................................................................

18
..............

19
1

19
..............

1.44
..............

1.78
1.64

2.04
..............

Housing and Urban Development:
Indian Housing Loan Guarantee ...........................................................................................................................
Native American Housing Block Grant ..................................................................................................................
FHA-Mutual Mortgage Insurance ...........................................................................................................................
FHA-General and Special Risk Insurance ............................................................................................................

1
..............
5,152
1,009

1
2
8,476
1,737

1
2
10,290
2,176

0.21
..............
1.61
0.98

0.13
2.15
2.52
1.56

0.09
1.98
2.56
1.89

GUARANTEED LOAN TERMINATIONS FOR DEFAULT

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Table 7–6.

DIRECT LOAN WRITE-OFFS AND GUARANTEED LOAN TERMINATIONS FOR DEFAULTS—Continued
In millions of dollars
Agency and Program

2007
Actual

As a percentage of outstanding loans 1

2008
Estimate

2009
Estimate

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

2009
Estimate

Interior:
Indian Guaranteed Loans ......................................................................................................................................

2

2

3

0.60

0.56

0.84

Veterans Affairs:
Veterans Housing Benefit Program .......................................................................................................................

855

1,881

1,806

0.39

0.77

0.66

International Assistance Programs:
Micro and Small Enterprise Development .............................................................................................................
Urban and Environmental Credit Program ............................................................................................................
Housing and Other Credit Guaranty Programs ....................................................................................................
Development Credit Authority ................................................................................................................................
Overseas Private Investment Corporation .............................................................................................................

1
3
15
3
172

1
5
7
2
100

1
5
12
2
150

14.29
1.53
14.29
1.31
4.01

25.00
1.15
25.00
0.66
2.08

50.00
1.32
50.00
0.51
2.79

Small Business Administration:
Business Loans ......................................................................................................................................................

1,083

1,254

1,620

1.56

1.70

2.04

Other Independent Agencies:
Export-Import Bank ................................................................................................................................................

237

225

225

0.64

0.57

0.54

Total, guaranteed loan terminations for default ..........................................................................................

16,344

21,186

24,762

1.03

1.25

1.33

Total, direct loan writeoffs and guaranteed loan terminations .................................................................

16,829

21,896

25,366

0.93

1.14

1.20

Agriculture:
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund ........................................................................................................................

5

7

7

9.80

11.67

10.94

Education:
Federal Family Education Loan .............................................................................................................................

1,091

1,228

1,308

5.38

5.71

6.05

Housing and Urban Development:
FHA-Mutual Mortgage Insurance ...........................................................................................................................
FHA-General and Special Risk Insurance ............................................................................................................

..............
299

20
27

4
22

..............
8.42

0.74
0.66

0.16
0.41

Interior:
Indian Guaranteed Loans ......................................................................................................................................

6

2

..............

60.00

33.33

..............

International Assistance Programs:
Overseas Private Investment Corporation .............................................................................................................

22

13

20

18.97

12.15

11.76

Small Business Administration:
Business loans .......................................................................................................................................................

546

279

279

13.75

6.88

6.66

Total, writeoffs of loans receivable ...............................................................................................................

1,969

1,576

1,640

6.30

4.86

4.83

ADDENDUM: WRITEOFFS OF DEFAULTED GUARANTEED LOANS THAT RESULT IN LOANS RECEIVABLE

1 Average

of loans outstanding for the year.

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Table 7–7. APPROPRIATIONS ACTS LIMITATIONS ON CREDIT LOAN LEVELS 1
(In millions of dollars)
Agency and Program
DIRECT LOAN OBLIGATIONS
Agriculture:
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Direct Loan Financing Account ..............................................................................................................
Commerce:
Fisheries Finance Direct Loan Financing Account .........................................................................................................................................
Education:
Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Direct Loan Financing Account ......................................................................
Loans for Short-Term Training Direct Loan Financing Account ....................................................................................................................
Homeland Security:
Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Financing Account ......................................................................................................................................
Housing and Urban Development:
FHA-General and Special Risk Direct Loan Financing Account ...................................................................................................................
FHA-Mutual Mortgage Insurance Direct Loan Financing Account .................................................................................................................
State:
Repatriation Loans Financing Account ...........................................................................................................................................................
Transportation:
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Direct Loan Financing Account ...................................................................................................
Treasury:
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Direct Loan Financing Account .................................................................................
Veterans Affairs:
Vocational Rehabilitation Direct Loan Financing Account ..............................................................................................................................
Small Business Administration:
Business Direct Loan Financing Account .......................................................................................................................................................

2007
Actual

2008
Actual

2009
Estimate

910

899

944

48

90

8

216
..................

..................
..................

100
46

25

25

25

50
50

50
50

50
50

1

1

1

..................

..................

600

8

16

6

2

3

3

19

20

25

1,329

1,154

1,858

2,153

2,526

2,497

..................

..................

316

4,000

..................

38,500

251
18
36
131
45,000
185,000

367
12
41
200
45,000
185,000

350
17
.....................
.....................
35,000
185,000

87

86

85

18
..................

18
..................

18
100

700

700

700

20,506

28,000

28,000

Total, limitations on loan guarantee commitments ..............................................................................................................................

257,900

261,950

290,583

ADDENDUM: SECONDARY GUARANTEED LOAN COMMITMENT LIMITATIONS
Housing and Urban Development:
Guarantees of Mortgage-backed Securities Financing Account ....................................................................................................................
Small Business Administration:
Secondary Market Guarantees ........................................................................................................................................................................

200,000

200,000

200,000

12,000

12,000

12,000

Total, limitations on secondary guaranteed loan commitments ........................................................................................................

212,000

212,000

212,000

Total, limitations on direct loan obligations .........................................................................................................................................
LOAN GUARANTEE COMMITMENTS
Agriculture:
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Guaranteed Loan Financing Account ....................................................................................................
Education:
Loans for Short-Term Training Guaranteed Loan Financing Account ..........................................................................................................
Energy:
Title 17 Innovative Technology Guaranteed Loan Financing Account ..........................................................................................................
Housing and Urban Development:
Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Financing Account ............................................................................................................................
Title VI Indian Federal Guarantees Financing Account .................................................................................................................................
Native Hawaiian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Financing Account ...........................................................................................................
Community Development Loan Guarantees Financing Account ...................................................................................................................
FHA-General and Special Risk Guaranteed Loan Financing Account ..........................................................................................................
FHA-Mutual Mortgage Insurance Guaranteed Loan Financing Account .......................................................................................................
Interior:
Indian Guaranteed Loan Financing Account ..................................................................................................................................................
Transportation:
Minority Business Resource Center Guaranteed Loan Financing Account ..................................................................................................
RRIF Guaranteed Loan Financing Account ....................................................................................................................................................
International Assistance Programs:
Development Credit Authority Guaranteed Loan Financing Account ............................................................................................................
Small Business Administration:
Business Guaranteed Loan Financing Account .............................................................................................................................................

1 Data

represent loan level limitations enacted or proposed to be enacted in appropriation acts. For information on actual and estimated loan levels supportable by new subsidy
budget authority requested, see Tables 7–3 and 7–4.

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Table 7–8.

FACE VALUE OF GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED LENDING 1
(In billions of dollars)
Outstanding
2006

2007

Government Sponsored Enterprises
Fannie Mae 2 ....................................................................................................
Freddie Mac 3 ...................................................................................................
Federal Home Loan Banks .............................................................................
Farm Credit System .........................................................................................

2,528
1,543
621
105

N/A
N/A
824
111

Total .................................................................................................................

4,797

N/A

N/A = Not available.
1 Net of purchases of federally guaranteed loans.
2 2007 financial data for Fannie Mae are not presented here because Fannie Mae audited financial results for 2007 have not been released.
3 2007 financial data for Freddie Mac are not presented here because Freddie Mac audited
financial results for 2007 have not been released.

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Table 7–9.

LENDING AND BORROWING BY GOVERNMENTSPONSORED ENTERPRISES (GSEs) 1
(In millions of dollars)
Enterprise

2007

LENDING
Federal National Mortgage Association: 2
Portfolio programs:
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................
Mortgage-backed securities:
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation: 3
Portfolio programs:
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................
Mortgage-backed securities:
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................
Farm Credit System:
Agricultural credit bank:
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................
Farm credit banks:
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation:
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................
Federal Home Loan Banks: 4
Net change ..................................................................................................
Outstandings ................................................................................................
Less guaranteed loans purchased by:
Federal National Mortgage Association: 2
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................
Other:
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

1,712
30,475
4,764
80,949
1,303
8,362
173,108
916,963

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

BORROWING
Federal National Mortgage Association: 2
Portfolio programs:
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................
Mortgage-backed securities:
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation: 3
Portfolio programs:
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................
Mortgage-backed securities:
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................
Farm Credit System:
Agricultural credit bank:
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................
Farm credit banks:
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation:
Net change ..............................................................................................
Outstandings ............................................................................................
Federal Home Loan Banks: 4
Net change ..................................................................................................
Outstandings ................................................................................................

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

1,889
34,736
5,828
100,204
490
5,044
192,621
1,136,660

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Table 7–9. LENDING AND BORROWING BY GOVERNMENTSPONSORED ENTERPRISES (GSEs) 1—Continued
(In millions of dollars)
Enterprise

2007

DEDUCTIONS 5
Less borrowing from other GSEs:
Net change ..................................................................................................
Outstandings ................................................................................................

N/A
N/A

Less purchase of Federal debt securities:
Net change ..................................................................................................
Outstandings ................................................................................................

N/A
N/A

Federal National Mortgage Association:
Net change ..................................................................................................
Outstandings ................................................................................................

N/A
N/A

Other:
Net change ..................................................................................................
Outstandings ................................................................................................

N/A
N/A

N/A = Not available.
1 The estimates of borrowing and lending were developed by the GSEs based on certain assumptions that are subject to periodic review and revision and do not represent
official GSE forecasts of future activity, nor are they reviewed by the President. The data
for all years include programs of mortgage-backed securities. In cases where a GSE
owns securities issued by the same GSE, including mortgage-backed securities, the borrowing and lending data for that GSE are adjusted to remove double-counting.
2 Financial data for Fannie Mae are not presented here because audited financial results for 2007 have not been released.
3 Financial data for Freddie Mac are not presented here because audited financial
statements for 2007 have not been released.
4 The net change in borrowings is derived from the difference in borrowings between
2007 and the Federal Home Loan Banks’ audited financial statements of 2006.
5 Totals and subtotals have not been calculated because a substantial portion of the
total is unavailable as described above.

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AID TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

State and local governments have a vital constitutional responsibility to provide government services.
They have the major role in providing domestic public
services, such as public education, law enforcement,
roads, water supply, and sewage treatment. The Federal Government contributes to that role by promoting
a healthy economy. It also provides grants, loans, and
tax subsidies to State and local governments.
Federal grants help State and local governments finance programs covering most areas of domestic public
spending, including income support, infrastructure, education, and social services. Federal grant outlays were
$443.8 billion in 2007 and are estimated to be $466.6
billion in 2008 and $476.1 billion in 2009. These
amounts include the value of loan subsidies for loans
to State and local governments.
Grant outlays to State and local governments for payments to individuals, such as Medicaid payments, are
estimated to be 66 percent of total grants in 2009;
grant outlays for physical capital investment, 16 percent; and grant outlays for all other purposes, largely
education, training, and social services, 18 percent.
Some tax expenditures also constitute Federal aid
to State and local governments. Tax expenditures stem
from special exclusions, exemptions, deductions, credits,
deferrals, or tax rates in the Federal tax laws.
The deductibility of State and local personal income
and property taxes from gross income for Federal income tax purposes and the exclusion of interest on
State and local bonds from Federal taxation comprise
the two largest categories of tax expenditures benefiting
State and local governments. In 2009, these provisions
are estimated to be worth $85.0 billion. Chapter 19,
‘‘Tax Expenditures,’’ of this volume provides a detailed
discussion of the measurement and definition of tax
expenditures and a complete list of the estimated costs
of specific tax expenditures. Tax expenditures that especially aid State and local governments are displayed
separately at the end of Tables 19–1 and 19–2.

This chapter also includes information on the performance of selected grant programs based on the Program Assessment Rating Tool. An Appendix to this
chapter includes State-by-State estimates of major
grant programs.
Table 8–1.

FEDERAL GRANT OUTLAYS BY AGENCY
(In billions of dollars)
Estimate

2007
Actual

2008

2009

Department of Agriculture ..................................................
Department of Commerce .................................................
Department of Education ...................................................
Department of Energy ........................................................
Department of Health and Human Services .....................
Department of Homeland Security ....................................
Department of Housing and Urban Development ............
Department of the Interior .................................................
Department of Justice ........................................................
Department of Labor ..........................................................
Department of Transportation ............................................
Department of the Treasury ..............................................
Department of Veterans Affairs .........................................
Environmental Protection Agency ......................................
Other agencies ...................................................................

26.2
0.4
40.2
0.2
256.1
8.8
40.0
4.1
4.0
7.0
47.9
0.5
0.6
4.0
3.7

28.6
0.8
41.6
0.1
268.7
8.2
41.4
4.7
3.9
6.9
52.9
0.6
0.7
3.2
4.1

28.6
0.8
40.6
*
279.4
7.6
38.1
5.4
3.9
6.9
56.1
0.6
0.7
3.6
3.9

Total ...............................................................................

443.8

466.6

476.1

Agency

* $50 million or less.

Table 8–1 shows the distribution of grants by agency.
Grant outlays by the Department of Health and Human
Services are estimated to be $279.4 billion in 2009,
almost 60 percent of total grant outlays. Most of the
remaining grant spending is in the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Housing and Urban Development,
and Transportation, which account for another 34 percent of grant outlays.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FEDERAL AID PROGRAM
Several proposals in the 2009 Budget affect Federal
aid to State and local governments and the important
relationships between the levels of government. In addition to the proposals relating to specific grant programs
discussed below, the Administration intends to work
with State and local governments to make the Federal
system more efficient and effective and to improve the
design, administration, and financial management of
Federal grant programs through reducing improper
payments and assessing performance of grants with the

Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART), as discussed
in a later section of this chapter.
Highlights of proposals affecting grants to State and
local governments are presented below. For additional
information on these proposals, see discussions in the
main Budget volume.
Homeland Security
The 2009 Budget provides $2.2 billion in support,
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and continues to emphasize programs which distribute
grant awards on the basis of risk. In addition, the
Budget introduces a new competitive grant program
designed to address national vulnerabilities; this program supports REAL ID implementation and infrastructure protection projects in 2009.
The Budget also strengthens border security and interior enforcement by partnering with State and local
law enforcement to expand the 287(g) program. This
program improves coordination and provides assistance
and training in immigration law for State and local
law enforcement officials.
Natural Resources and Environment
Grant outlays for natural resources and environment
programs are estimated to be $5.9 billion in 2009.
The 2009 Budget promotes the efficient use of water
by partnering with State and local agencies to fund
Water Conservation and Water Supply Studies through
a competitive grant process. These studies will conserve
water by improving water-use efficiency, increase water
availability by assessing the impact of increased water
demand and changing demographics on water supply,
and prevent the decline of species by proactively addressing adverse environmental impacts on habitats.
The Budget also helps States and communities finance wastewater and drinking water infrastructure
needs. The Budget:
• Adds 50 partners to the Water Lab Alliance network while continuing to provide training and
technical assistance to improve the capabilities
and capacity of the water sector.
• Provides $555 million to meet the Administration’s
commitment to provide $6.8 billion total between
2004–2011 for the Clean Water State Revolving
Fund (SRF). Over the long term this will result
in the Clean Water SRF providing an annual average of $3.4 billion in loans for wastewater infrastructure.
• Provides $842 million for the Drinking Water SRF
to continue the President’s commitment to capitalize the program until 2018. Over the long term
this will result in the Drinking Water SRF providing an annual average of $1.2 billion in loans
for drinking water infrastructure.
• Removes the State volume cap on private activity
bonds (PABs) issued for public purpose drinking
water and wastewater facilities if the entity using
the PABs implements full-cost pricing within five
years.
Community and Regional Development
Grant outlays for community and regional development programs are estimated to be $17.1 billion in
2009.
The 2009 Budget provides $2.8 billion in budget authority for the Community Development Block Grant
program. This program needs reform and has been reduced from $3.9 billion in regular funding in 2008 because it is not well-targeted to the neediest commu-

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nities and its results have not been adequately demonstrated.
Education
Grant outlays for elementary, secondary, and career
and technical education are estimated to be $37.3 billion in 2009.
The 2009 Budget continues to support reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), building
on the Administration’s 2007 blueprint for reauthorizing and strengthening the law. The Budget provides
$14.3 billion for Title I, a 63 percent increase since
2001; $1.0 billion for effective, research-based literacy
instruction through Reading First; and $491 million for
School Improvement Grants. With these grants, along
with over $570 million reserved from Title I, States
can help turn around low-performing schools. Additionally, the Budget supports expanded school choice for
students at risk of being left behind including $236
million in Federal grants to charter schools (a $25 million increase), $300 million in Pell Grants for Kids to
enable low-income students enrolled in low-performing
schools to attend a private or out of district school,
and $800 million available in new scholarships for lowincome students to participate in afterschool programs
of their choice. The Budget also provides extra assistance for students most at risk of being left behind,
including migrant students, students in state-run institutions, and limited English proficient students.
The Budget also ensures the Nation’s future competitiveness by supporting the education components of the
President’s American Competitiveness Initiative including providing $70 million to train teachers to teach
Advanced
Placement/International
Baccalaureate
courses and expand low-income students’ access to
them, $95 million for Math Now to improve instruction
in mathematics, and $10 million for an Adjunct Teacher
Corps to bring math and science professionals into
high-need schools as teachers.
Transportation
Federal grants support State and local highway, transit, and airport construction programs. For 2009, grant
outlays are estimated to be $56.1 billion for transportation programs.
Specifically, the Budget provides $39.4 billion in obligation limitation for the Federal Aid Highway program
to support authorized highway programs through 2009,
the end of the current authorization law. This amount
will contribute to satisfying the President’s 2005 agreement to provide $286.4 billion for surface transportation
programs through the authorization period. The $10.1
billion contained in the Budget for transit assistance
is also included in this total. In addition, the Budget
requests $2.75 billion in budget authority for capital
grants to States through the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program.
The 2009 Budget also provides $100 million for State
matching grants for intercity passenger rail capital
projects to empower States to address their transportation goals and priorities. It further includes $34 mil-

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lion for grants from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to State pipeline agencies.
Training and Employment
Grant outlays for training and employment are estimated to be $4.2 billion in 2009.
The 2009 Budget reforms the Department of Labor’s
job training grant programs to increase significantly
the number of workers trained while saving taxpayer
dollars. The Budget consolidates several similar grant
programs, eliminates unnecessary administrative expenditures, and proposes a State match to leverage
more State resources for workforce investment. The
Budget also creates Career Advancement Accounts,
worker-directed accounts that help workers develop
their skills and compete for 21st Century jobs.
Social Services
Grant outlays for social service programs are estimated to be $14.7 billion in 2009.
The 2009 Budget strengthens programs for children
by providing $7.0 billion in budget authority for Head
Start to provide comprehensive, high-quality educational, health, nutritional, and social services to approximately 895,000 disadvantaged children and families and $20 million in budget authority for adoption
incentives to build on the substantial increases in the
number of adoptions since the mid-nineties.
Health
Grant outlays for health related programs are estimated to be $232.3 billion in 2009.
In 2009, the Department of Health and Human Service’s Federal Medicaid outlays are estimated to be
$215.7 billion. Medicaid is an open-ended means-tested
entitlement program that is financed jointly by the Federal government and States. Medicaid provides health
coverage and services to low-income children, pregnant
women, elderly persons, and disabled individuals. The
2009 Budget enhances and reforms Medicaid by extending coverage for welfare recipients transitioning to work
and continuing Medicare Part B premium assistance
for qualified low-income seniors through September 30,
2009. Additionally, the Budget enhances States’ ability
to implement premium assistance programs under Medicaid. Lastly, the Budget proposes reforms to improve
program integrity, increase State flexibility, and promote cost-effective management of Medicaid dollars.
The State Children’s Health Insurance Program
(SCHIP) was established in 1997 to provide health care
coverage for low-income, uninsured children who do not
qualify for Medicaid. The Budget proposes to reauthorize SCHIP through 2013 and increase funding above
current levels by $19.7 billion over the same period
to meet anticipated State needs in covering low-income,
uninsured children. This proposal includes Federal outreach grants of $50 million in 2009 and $100 million
in each of the following four years to reach eligible,
uninsured children.
The Access to Recovery program has provided substance abuse treatment and recovery support services

to more than 199,000 people since 2004. The 2009
Budget supports faith-based community programs by
providing $98 million to enhance this program. Additionally, the Budget proposes $204 million to prevent
teenage pregnancy, pre-marital sexual activity, and the
incidence of sexually transmitted disease through abstinence-only education.
The 2009 Budget will expand care for vulnerable populations by strengthening access to drug treatment and
prevention activities. The Budget provides $40 million
for drug court services and $56 million to integrate
screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment
of drug abuse in emergency departments and other
health care settings.
Income Security
Grant outlays for income security programs are estimated to be $94.9 billion in 2009.
The 2009 Budget reauthorizes the Food Stamp Program and increases funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and
Children (WIC). Since 2001, the Department of Agriculture has provided food and nutrition benefits to an
additional 9.1 million people participating in the Food
Stamp program, and approximately one million women,
infants and children participating in WIC.
The Budget provides $6.1 billion in budget authority
for WIC services, reaching an estimated 8.6 million
beneficiaries in 2009. In keeping with the Administration’s promotion of childhood wellness and fitness, the
Department is issuing updated WIC food packages that
reduce maximum allowances of certain foods and promote the intake of fresh fruits and vegetables.
The 2009 Budget expands affordable housing and minority homeownership by providing $2 billion for the
HOME Investment Partnerships program (HOME), including $50 million for the American Dream Downpayment Initiative, which provides flexible housing assistance and increases affordable housing and minority
homeownership. Since the inception of the HOME program sixteen years ago, almost 812,000 units of affordable housing have been created. The Budget also:
• Funds Housing Choice Vouchers for over two million extremely low- to low-income families, while
removing the cap on the maximum number of
housing units Public Housing Authorities can assist.
• Supports Public Housing Operating Fund by providing $4.3 billion, a 21⁄2 percent increase over
last year and the highest proposed funding level
in history. This funding will provide the necessary
operating expenses for 1.2 million public housing
units.
• Expands Homeless Assistance Grants by providing
over $1.6 billion in budget authority for funding
at least 160,000 beds for homeless individuals.
Aided by this Administration initiative, the Department of Housing and Urban Development documented an unprecedented 11.5 percent decline
in homelessness from 2005 to 2006.

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Administration of Justice
Grant outlays for administration of justice programs
are estimated to be $4.2 billion in 2009.
The 2009 Budget supports State and local law enforcement by reforming the Byrne Public Safety and
Protection Program to provide money for State and
local criminal justice needs, including Project Safe
Neighborhoods, the DNA Initiative, Prisoner Re-entry,
and other priorities, to be funded through competitive
grants. The Budget also funds the Violent Crime Reduction Partnership Initiative which is targeted to support
multi-jurisdictional task forces to help communities
that have experienced an increase in violent crime.

Overall, more than 70 State and local law enforcement assistance programs representing over $2 billion
in spending are proposed for consolidation into four
flexible and competitive grants, which will eliminate
earmarks and formulas, and improve the ability of
States, localities, and Tribes to respond to increases
in violent crime by better targeting funds to key criminal justice priorities. These four competitive grant programs include the Violent Crime Reduction Partnership, the Byrne Public Safety and Protection Program,
the Violence Against Women Program, and the Child
Safety and Juvenile Justice Program.

PERFORMANCE OF GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
The Administration is committed to measuring and
improving the performance of Government programs.
The Congress mandated in the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 that performance plans
be developed and that the agencies report annual
progress against these plans.
In addition, this Administration began in the 2004
Budget to assess every Federal program over a fiveyear period using the Program Assessment Rating Tool,
or PART. With this budget, the sixth year of using
the PART, the Administration has evaluated about 98
percent of the Budget.
The PART assesses each program on four components
(purpose, planning, management, and results/accountability) and gives a score for each of the components.
The scores for each component are then weighted—
with results/accountability carrying the greatest
weight—and the program is given an overall score. A
program is rated effective if it receives an overall score
of 85 percent or more, moderately effective if the score
is 70 to 84 percent, adequate if the score is 50 to
69 percent, and inadequate if the score is 49 percent
or lower. The program is given a rating ‘‘Results Not
Demonstrated’’ if the program does not have good performance measures or lacks data for existing measures.
Chapter 2 of this volume discusses the PART in more
detail.
As shown in Table 8–2, 280 of the programs that
have been assessed are primarily grants to State and
local governments. Of these 280, 97 programs, or 35
percent of all grant programs assessed, received a rating of ‘‘Results Not Demonstrated’’. This is higher than
for all programs, in which 19 percent were given this
rating. Factors that hinder the ability of some grant
programs to demonstrate results include the wide
breadth of purpose of some grants, lack of agreement
among grantees and Federal parties on the purpose
and performance measures, and therefore lack of focused planning to achieve common goals.
Table 8–2 also shows that the average rating for the
280 grant programs was ‘‘adequate.’’
• 22 were rated effective;
• 66 were rated moderately effective;
• 79 were rated adequate; and

• 16 were rated ineffective.
• 97 were rated ‘‘results not demonstrated’’;
If the 97 programs rated ‘‘Results Not Demonstrated’’
are excluded, the average rating was ‘‘adequate’’; the
same as the rating for all 280 grants.
The ratings of the largest five of these 280 grant
programs are summarized here, with funding estimates
from the 2007 spring update of PART programs. More
complete summaries of these and other programs can
be found at www.ExpectMore.gov.
• Department of Health and Human Services: Medicaid ($190.6 billion in 2007). Rating: Adequate.
Medicaid is a means-tested, Federal-State funded
entitlement program that provides medical assistance, including acute and long-term care, to families with dependent children as well as aged,
blind, or disabled individuals. The Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provides
Federal oversight of this program. In 2007, the
number of Medicaid enrollees was 49.1 million.
Nearly one in every four children in America relies
on Medicaid for health coverage. Two-thirds of all
Medicaid enrollees are in low-wage working families. Medicaid also pays for six out of every ten
beds in nursing homes. Center for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) created new performance
measures that assess health quality and focus on
improving program management. More work
needs to be done; CMS is working on a national
strategy to improve the quality of care across
State Medicaid programs and is developing a national payment error rate for Medicaid. The Federal government matches all allowable State dollars spent on Medicaid, regardless of the amount
or quality of service. This funding structure leaves
Medicaid vulnerable, and has enabled States to
shift costs to Medicaid that may not be appropriate.
• Department of Transportation: Highway Infrastructure ($38.3 billion in 2007). Rating: Adequate.
The purpose of the FHWA’s Highway Infrastructure Program is to provide financial grants and
technical assistance to States to construct, maintain, and improve the performance of the Nation’s

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Table 8–2.

SUMMARY OF PART RATINGS AND SCORES FOR GRANTS TO
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Average Scores
Component

All grant
programs
(280 programs)

Purpose ..............................................................................................
Planning ..............................................................................................
Management .......................................................................................
Results/Accountability ........................................................................
Average rating 1 ..................................................................................

85%
65%
78%
36%
Adequate

Programs excluding grants rated
‘‘results not
demonstrated’’
(183 programs)
87%
79%
84%
49%
Adequate

Number of grant
programs

Rating 1
Effective ..............................................................................................
Moderately effective ...........................................................................
Adequate ............................................................................................
Ineffective ...........................................................................................
Results not demonstrated ..................................................................

22
66
79
16
97

Total number of grant programs rated ..............................................

280

1 Weighted as follows: Purpose (20%), Planning (10%), Management (20%), Results/Accountability (50%).
The rating of effective indicates a score of 85 percent or more; moderately effective, 70–85 percent; adequate, 50–70 percent; and ineffective, 49 percent or less.

highway system in accordance with federal policy
goals. The majority of funds are allocated to
States, which ultimately use the funds directly
for highway maintenance and construction. However, projects are chosen by the States themselves
and are not based on need or the value-added
to the Nation’s highway system. In 2004, 42 percent of Federal funds ($13 billion) was spent on
projects off of the National Highway System which
were not determined to have national significance.
The program’s long-term trends do show improvement for all strategic outcome measures. The program, with the State departments of transportation, has recently implemented a financial integrity review and evaluation procedure as a remedy
to longstanding issues. As a result of the new
initiative, the Agency eliminated a grants management material weakness in the Highway Trust
Fund 2006 financial statements and is working
next to eliminate additional internal control weaknesses.
• Department of Health and Human Services: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
($17.1 billion in 2007). Rating: Moderately Effective. This program provides time-limited cash assistance to needy families with children while
working toward achieving the goals of ending dependence by promoting work and marriage, preventing out-of-wedlock births, and encouraging the
formation and maintenance of two-parent families.
The program has produced modest, but statistically significant increases in employment and
earnings among welfare recipients as well as reduced caseloads, poverty, and welfare dependency.

It is inconclusive whether the program has promoted marriage or reduced the incidence of outof-wedlock births, but the program has a new performance measure to increase the number of children living in married couple households.
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD): Housing Vouchers ($15.9 billion in 2007).
Rating: Moderately Effective. The Housing Choice
Voucher Program assists two million extremely
low to low-income households across the country
to afford housing. The program purpose is to help
these families afford decent, safe, and sanitary
housing. Tenants, who may otherwise pay over
50 percent of their income to rent an apartment
in the private market, pay 30 percent of their
income under this program. A variety of studies
show housing vouchers to be a cost-effective
means of delivering affordable housing for very
low-income families. Because these housing subsidies are portable, the program allows families
access to often better housing, in better neighborhoods. As a part of the 2009 Budget, the Administration proposes reforms that include a rental
funding structure that simplifies the program and
decreases the likelihood of improper payments,
and allocates program funding on a budget, rather
than on a unit basis. The Administration will also
continue to work with Congress to streamline the
program, giving more flexibility to Public Housing
Agencies to administer the program to serve more
families and better address local needs and market conditions.
• Department of Education: Title I Grants to Local
Educational Agencies ($12.8 billion for 2007). Rat-

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ing: Moderately Effective. This program provides
supplemental education funding, especially in
high-poverty areas, for local activities that help
improve the performance of low-achieving students
or, in the case of school-wide programs, to help
all students in high-poverty schools to meet challenging State academic standards. The program
has developed meaningful long-term performance
measures, established baselines, and set annual
targets required to meet ambitious statutory academic proficiency goals. First-year data show a
rate of progress consistent with meeting annual
performance targets. The Department of Education has expanded and strengthened its monitoring of State and local program implementation,
including compliance with statutory requirements
and fiscal management practices.
Block Grants. One of the most common tools used
by the Federal Government is the block grant, particularly in the social services area where States and localities are the service providers. Block grants are embraced for their flexibility to meet local needs, but are
also criticized because accountability for results can be
difficult when funds are allocated based on formulas
and population counts rather than achievements or

needs. In addition, block grants pose performance measurement challenges precisely because they can be used
for a wide range of activities. The obstacles to measuring and achieving results through block grants are
reflected in PART scores: they receive the lowest average score of the seven PART types, 5 percent of block
grant programs assessed to date were rated ‘‘ineffective’’, and 30 percent were rated ‘‘results not demonstrated.’’
Nonetheless, the PART shows that some Federal
block grant programs are achieving results better than
others, effectively combining the flexibility that localities need with the results that taxpayers deserve. The
Administration continues its analysis and evaluation
of block grant programs and will apply the lessons
learned from the effective programs to those performing
inadequately. Results of the evaluation will identify the
methods used to manage highly rated block grant programs and adapt and implement those practices in
large, low-scoring programs. Each of the programs targeted for improvement will develop an action plan and
implementation timeline that will be tracked quarterly.
The targeted programs will be re-analyzed through the
PART over the next several years to assess whether
implementing the block grant ‘‘best practices’’ results
in improved performance.

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
In recent decades, Federal aid to State and local governments has become a major factor in the financing
of certain government functions. The rudiments of the
present system date back to the Civil War. The Morrill
Act, passed in 1862, established the land grant colleges
and instituted certain federally-required standards for
States that received the grants, as is characteristic of
the present grant programs. Federal aid was later initiated for agriculture, highways, vocational education and
rehabilitation, forestry, and public health. In the depression years, Federal aid was extended to meet in-

come security and other social welfare needs. However,
Federal grants did not become a significant factor in
Federal Government expenditures until after World
War II.
Table 8–3 displays trends in Federal grants to State
and local governments since 1960. Section A shows Federal grants by function. Functions with a substantial
amount of grants are shown separately. Grants for the
national defense, energy, social security, and veterans
benefits and services functions are combined in the
‘‘other functions’’ line in the table.

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Table 8–3.

TRENDS IN FEDERAL GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
(Outlays; in billions of dollars)
Actual
1960

1965

1970

A. Distribution of grants by function:
Natural resources and environment .............................................................
0.1
0.2
Agriculture .....................................................................................................
0.2
0.5
Transportation ...............................................................................................
3.0
4.1
Community and regional development ........................................................
0.1
0.6
Education, training, employment, and social services ................................
0.5
1.1
Health ............................................................................................................
0.2
0.6
Income security ............................................................................................
2.6
3.5
Administration of Justice .............................................................................. ............ ............
General government .....................................................................................
0.2
0.2
Other .............................................................................................................
0.0
0.1

1975

1980

1985

Estimate
1990

1995

2000

2005

2007

2008

2009

0.4
0.6
4.6
1.8
6.4
3.8
5.8
0.0
0.5
0.1

2.4
0.4
5.9
2.8
12.1
8.8
9.4
0.7
7.1
0.2

5.4
0.6
13.0
6.5
21.9
15.8
18.5
0.5
8.6
0.7

4.1
2.4
17.0
5.2
17.1
24.5
27.9
0.1
6.8
0.8

3.7
1.3
19.2
5.0
21.8
43.9
36.8
0.6
2.3
0.8

4.0
0.8
25.8
7.2
30.9
93.6
58.4
1.2
2.3
0.8

4.6
0.7
32.2
8.7
36.7
124.8
68.7
5.3
2.1
2.1

5.9
0.9
43.4
20.2
57.2
197.8
90.9
4.8
4.4
2.6

6.1
0.8
47.9
20.7
58.1
208.3
91.0
4.6
3.6
2.8

5.6
0.8
52.9
21.3
59.6
220.4
94.2
4.3
4.1
3.3

5.9
0.9
56.1
17.1
57.2
232.3
94.9
4.2
4.2
3.3

Total ..........................................................................................................

7.0

10.9

24.1

49.8

91.4

105.9

135.3

225.0

285.9

428.0

443.8

466.6

476.1

B. Distribution of grants by BEA category:
Discretionary .................................................................................................
Mandatory .....................................................................................................

N/A
N/A

2.9
8.0

10.2
13.9

21.0
28.8

53.3
38.1

55.5
50.4

63.3
72.0

94.0
131.0

116.7
169.2

181.7
246.3

184.8
259.0

189.9
276.6

185.8
290.3

Total ..........................................................................................................

7.0

10.9

24.1

49.8

91.4

105.9

135.3

225.0

285.9

428.0

443.8

466.6

476.1

C. Composition:
Current dollars:
Payments for individuals 1 .......................................................................
Physical capital 1 ......................................................................................
Other grants .............................................................................................

2.5
3.3
1.2

3.7
5.0
2.2

8.7
7.1
8.3

16.8
10.9
22.2

32.6
22.6
36.2

50.1
24.9
30.9

77.3
27.2
30.9

144.4
39.6
41.0

182.6
48.7
54.6

273.9
60.8
93.3

284.4
70.8
88.7

300.5
76.1
90.0

313.5
75.5
87.1

Total .....................................................................................................

7.0

10.9

24.1

49.8

91.4

105.9

135.3

225.0

285.9

428.0

443.8

466.6

476.1

Percentage of total grants:
Payments for individuals 1 .......................................................................
Physical capital 1 ......................................................................................
Other grants .............................................................................................

35.3%
47.3%
17.4%

34.1%
45.7%
20.2%

36.2%
29.3%
34.5%

33.6%
21.9%
44.5%

35.7%
24.7%
39.6%

47.3%
23.5%
29.2%

57.1%
20.1%
22.8%

64.2%
17.6%
18.2%

63.9%
17.0%
19.1%

64.0%
14.2%
21.8%

64.1%
15.9%
20.0%

64.4%
16.3%
19.3%

65.9%
15.9%
18.3%

Total ..................................................................................................... 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

Constant (FY 2000) dollars:
Payments for individuals 1 .......................................................................
Physical capital 1 ......................................................................................
Other grants .............................................................................................

12.0
17.0
10.0

16.9
24.2
15.6

33.5
27.2
44.6

48.0
26.0
83.8

63.9
38.9
89.9

75.0
34.2
53.9

96.6
32.6
42.9

157.6
43.3
47.0

182.6
48.7
54.6

245.8
52.0
75.9

242.1
54.2
65.3

247.8
56.0
63.6

253.3
53.6
59.4

Total .....................................................................................................

39.0

56.7

105.3

157.7

192.6

163.1

172.1

247.9

285.9

373.6

361.6

367.4

366.2

D. Total grants as a percent of:
Federal outlays:
Total ..........................................................................................................
Domestic programs 2 ................................................................................
State and local expenditures .......................................................................
Gross domestic product ...............................................................................

7.6%
18.0%
14.8%
1.4%

9.2%
18.3%
15.5%
1.6%

12.3%
23.2%
20.1%
2.4%

15.0%
21.7%
24.0%
3.2%

15.5%
22.2%
27.4%
3.4%

11.2%
18.2%
22.0%
2.6%

10.8%
17.1%
18.9%
2.4%

14.8%
21.6%
22.8%
3.1%

16.0%
22.0%
22.2%
2.9%

17.3%
23.5%
24.6%
3.5%

16.3%
22.3%
22.6%
3.2%

15.9%
21.9%
N/A
3.3%

15.3%
21.4%
N/A
3.2%

E. As a share of total State and local gross investments:
Federal capital grants ...................................................................................
State and local own-source financing .........................................................

24.6%
75.4%

25.5%
74.5%

25.4%
74.6%

26.0%
74.0%

35.4%
64.6%

30.2%
69.8%

21.9%
78.1%

26.0%
74.0%

21.9%
78.1%

21.5%
78.5%

20.9%
79.1%

N/A
N/A

N/A
N/A

Total .......................................................................................................... 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

N/A

N/A

N/A: Not available.
* 50 million or less.
1 Grants that are both payments for individuals and capital investment are shown under capital investment.
2 Excludes national defense, international affairs, net interest, and undistributed offsetting receipts

Federal grants for transportation increased to $3.0
billion, or 43 percent of all Federal grants, in 1960
after initiation of aid to States to build the Interstate
Highway System in the late 1950s.
By 1970 there had been significant increases in the
relative amounts for education, training, employment,
social services, and health (largely Medicaid).
In the early and mid-1970s, major new grants were
created for natural resources and environment (con-

struction of sewage treatment plants), community and
regional development (community development block
grants), and general government (general revenue sharing).
Since the late 1970s changes in the relative amounts
among functions reflect steady growth of grants for
health (Medicaid) and income security. The functions
with the largest amount of grants are health; income
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services; and transportation, with combined estimated
grant outlays of $405.3 billion, or more than 90 percent
of total grant outlays in 2007.
The increase in total outlays for grants overall since
1990 has been driven by increases in grants for health,
which have increased more than four-fold from $43.9
billion in 1990 to $208.3 billion in 2007. The income
security; education, training, employment, and social
services; and transportation functions also increased
substantially, but at a slower rate than the increase
for health.
Section B of the Table shows the distribution of
grants divided into mandatory and discretionary spending.
Funding for grant programs classified as mandatory
is determined in authorizing legislation. Funding levels
for mandatory programs can only be changed by changing eligibility criteria or benefit formulas established
in law and are usually not limited by the annual appropriations process. Outlays for mandatory grant programs were $259.0 billion in 2007. The three largest
mandatory grant programs are Medicaid, with outlays
of $190.6 billion in 2007, Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families, $16.9 billion, and child nutrition programs, $12.9 billion.
The funding level for discretionary grant programs
is determined annually through appropriations acts.
Outlays for discretionary grant programs were $184.8
billion in 2007. Table 8–4 at the end of this chapter
identifies discretionary and mandatory grant programs
separately. For more information on these categories,
see Chapter 26, ‘‘The Budget System and Concepts’’
in this volume.
Section C of Table 8–3 shows the composition of
grants divided into three major categories: payments
for individuals, grants for physical capital, and other
grants. Grant outlays for payments for individuals,
which are mainly entitlement programs in which the
Federal Government and the States share the costs,

have grown significantly as a percent of total grants.
They increased from about a third of the total in 1960
to slightly less than two-thirds in the mid-1990s, and
have remained about that proportion since then.
These grants are distributed through State or local
governments to provide cash or in-kind benefits that
constitute income transfers to individuals or families.
The major grant in this category is Medicaid. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, child nutrition
programs, and housing assistance are also large grants
in this category.
Grants for physical capital assist States and localities
with construction and other physical capital activities.
The major capital grants are for highways, but there
are also grants for airports, mass transit, sewage treatment plant construction, community development, and
other facilities. Grants for physical capital were almost
half of total grants in 1960, shortly after grants began
for construction of the Interstate Highway System. The
relative share of these outlays has declined, as payments for individuals have grown. In 2007, grants for
physical capital were $70.8 billion, 16 percent of total
grants.
The other grants are primarily for education, training, employment, and social services. These grants were
20 percent of total grants in 2007.
Section D of this table shows grants as a percentage
of Federal outlays, State and local expenditures, and
gross domestic product. Grants have increased as a percentage of total Federal outlays from 11 percent in 1990
to 16 percent in 2007. Grants as a percentage of domestic programs were 22 percent in 2007. As a percentage
of total State and local expenditures, grants have increased from 19 percent in 1990 to 23 percent in 2007.
Section E shows the relative contribution of physical
capital grants in assisting States and localities with
gross investment. Federal capital grants are estimated
to be 21 percent of State and local gross investment
in 2007.

OTHER INFORMATION ON FEDERAL AID TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Additional information regarding aid to State and
local governments can be found elsewhere in this budget and in other documents.
Major public physical capital investment programs
providing Federal grants to State and local governments are identified in Chapter 6, ‘‘Federal Investment.’’
Data for summary and detailed grants to State and
local governments can be found in many sections of
a separate budget volume entitled Historical Tables.
Section 12 of that document is devoted exclusively to
grants to State and local governments. Additional information on grants can be found in Section 6 (Composition of Federal Government Outlays); Section 9 (Federal
Government Outlays for Investment: Major Physical
Capital, Research and Development, and Education and
Training); Section 11 (Federal Government Payments

for Individuals); and Section 15 (Total (Federal and
State and Local) Government Finances).
Current and updated grant receipt information by
State and local governments can be found on
USAspending.gov. This public website also contains
contract and loan information and is updated monthly.
In addition to these sources, a number of other
sources of information are available that use slightly
different concepts of grants, provide State-by-State information, provide information on how to apply for Federal aid, or display information about audits.
The Bureau of the Census in the Department of Commerce provides data on public finances, including Federal aid to State and local governments. The Bureau’s
major reports and databases on grant-making include:
• Federal Aid to States, a report on Federal spending by State for grants for the most recently completed fiscal year.

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• The Consolidated Federal Funds Report is an annual document that shows the distribution of Federal spending by State and county areas and by
local governmental jurisdictions.
• The Federal Assistance Awards Data System
(FAADS) provides computerized information about
current grant funding. Data on all direct assistance awards are provided quarterly to the States
and to the Congress.
• The Federal Audit Clearinghouse maintains an
on-line database (harvester.census.gov/sac) that
provides access to summary information about audits conducted under OMB Circular A–133, ‘‘Audits to States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit
Organizations.’’ Information is available for each
audited entity, including the amount of Federal
money expended by program and whether there
were audit findings.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis, also in the Department of Commerce, publishes the monthly Survey of
Current Business, which provides data on the national
income and product accounts (NIPA), a broad statistical
concept encompassing the entire economy. These accounts include data on Federal grants to State and
local governments. Data using the NIPA concepts appear in this volume in Chapter 14, ‘‘National Income
and Product Accounts.’’
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance is a primary reference source for communities wishing to apply
for grants and other domestic assistance. The Catalog
is prepared by the General Services Administration and
contains a detailed listing of grant and other assistance
programs; discussions of eligibility criteria, application
procedures, and estimated obligations; and related information. The Catalog is available on the Internet at
www.cfda.gov.

DETAILED FEDERAL AID TABLE
Table 8–4, ‘‘Federal Grants to State and Local Governments-Budget Authority and Outlays,’’ provides detailed budget authority and outlay data for grants, in-

cluding proposed legislation. This table displays discretionary and mandatory grant programs separately.

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Table 8–4. FEDERAL GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS—BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS
(in millions of dollars)

Budget Authority
Function, Category, Agency and Program

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

Outlays
2009
Estimate

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

2009
Estimate

ENERGY
Discretionary:
Department of Energy:
Energy Programs:
Energy Supply and Conservation ......................................................................................
213 ...................... ......................
215 ...................... ......................
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ........................................................................ ....................
227
59 ....................
102
27
Total, discretionary ...........................................................................................................

213

227

59

215

102

27

Mandatory:
Tennessee Valley Authority ........................................................................................................

452

448

463

452

448

463

Total, energy .................................................................................................................

665

675

522

667

550

490

NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Discretionary:
Department of Agriculture:
Farm Service Agency:
Grassroots Source Water Protection Program ..................................................................
4
4 ......................
4
Natural Resources Conservation Service:
Watershed Rehabilitation Program ....................................................................................
6
4
12
2
Resource Conservation and Development ........................................................................ .................... ...................... ......................
1
Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations ...................................................................
12
16 ......................
148
Forest Service:
State and Private Forestry .................................................................................................
269
255
103
316
Management of National Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses .........................................
5
5 ......................
5
Department of Commerce:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
Operations, Research, and Facilities .................................................................................
77
166
94
31
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery ......................................................................................
67
67
35
79
Procurement, Acquisition and Construction .......................................................................
42
39
16
17
Department of the Interior:
Bureau of Land Management:
Miscellaneous Permanent Payment Accounts ................................................................... .................... ...................... ...................... ....................
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement:
Regulation and Technology ................................................................................................
59
64
64
54
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund ..................................................................................
165
30
11
178
United States Geological Survey:
Surveys, Investigations, and Research ..............................................................................
5
6 ......................
5
United States Fish and Wildlife Service:
State and Tribal Wildlife Grants .........................................................................................
67
74
74
67
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund .....................................................
81
74
75
82
Landowner Incentive Program ...........................................................................................
24 ...................... ......................
16
National Park Service:
Urban Park and Recreation Fund ...................................................................................... .................... ......................
–1
5
National Recreation and Preservation ...............................................................................
55
67
45
51
Land Acquisition and State Assistance .............................................................................
30
23
6
47
Historic Preservation Fund .................................................................................................
65
70
66
73
Environmental Protection Agency:
State and Tribal Assistance Grants ...................................................................................
3,214
2,932
2,612
3,938
Hazardous Substance Superfund ......................................................................................
33
25
40
25
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund ..............................................................
56
89
54
53
Total, discretionary ...........................................................................................................

4,336

4,010

Mandatory:
Department of the Interior:
Bureau of Land Management:
Miscellaneous Permanent Payment Accounts ...................................................................
132
28
Minerals Management Service:
National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska .................................................................................
13
16
National Forests Fund, Payment to States .......................................................................
15
8
Leases of Lands Acquired for Flood Control, Navigation, and Allied Purposes .............
4
3
States Share from Certain Gulf of Mexico Leases ........................................................... .................... ......................
Coastal Impact Assistance .................................................................................................
250
250

4 ......................
2
7
1 ......................
78
31
361
6

128
2

85
74
16

41
67
6

121 ......................
61
167

63
141

6 ......................
107
110
25

99
98
24

4
63
35
82

2
52
40
107

3,080
25
80

3,463
26
64

3,306

5,197

4,593

4,461

37

131

27

36

6
13
16
7
15
8
3
4
3
19 .................... ......................
250
1
82

6
8
3
19
481

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Table 8–4. FEDERAL GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS—BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS—Continued
(in millions of dollars)

Budget Authority
Function, Category, Agency and Program

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

Outlays
2009
Estimate

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

2009
Estimate

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement:
Payments to States in Lieu of Coal Fee Receipts ........................................................... .................... ......................
22 .................... ......................
9
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund .................................................................................. ....................
87
91 ....................
25
24
Bureau of Reclamation:
Bureau of Reclamation Loan Program Account ................................................................
5
19 ......................
11
19 ......................
United States Fish and Wildlife Service:
Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration ....................................................................................
296
340
348
265
300
301
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund .....................................................
46
49
42
46
49
51
Sport Fish Restoration ........................................................................................................
432
491
467
372
478
478
Department of the Treasury:
Financial Management Service:
Payment to Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration Trust Fund .......................................
5
5
5
5
5
5
Total, mandatory ...............................................................................................................

1,198

1,296

1,297

863

1,012

1,421

Total, natural resources and environment ...............................................................

5,534

5,306

4,603

6,060

5,605

5,882

AGRICULTURE
Discretionary:
Department of Agriculture:
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service:
Extension Activities .............................................................................................................
Outreach for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers ..................................................................
Research and Education Activities ....................................................................................
Integrated Activities ............................................................................................................
Agricultural Marketing Service:
Payments to States and Possessions ...............................................................................
Farm Service Agency:
State Mediation Grants .......................................................................................................

455
6
398
25

458
7
267
25

436
7
197
4

430
6
306
25

475
7
294
23

511
7
302
21

8

12

1

9

11

9

4

4

4

4

4

4

Total, discretionary ...........................................................................................................

896

773

649

780

814

854

Mandatory:
Department of Agriculture:
Farm Service Agency:
Commodity Credit Corporation Fund .................................................................................

23

15 ......................

23

Total, agriculture ..........................................................................................................

919

788

649

803

829

854

4

8

6

6

7

6

1,000 ...................... ......................

24

296

396

COMMERCE AND HOUSING CREDIT
Mandatory:
Department of Commerce:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American
Fisheries .........................................................................................................................
National Telecommunications and Information Administration:
Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Fund .......................................................
Federal Communications Commission:
Universal Service Fund ......................................................................................................
Total, commerce and housing credit ........................................................................
TRANSPORTATION
Discretionary:
Department of Transportation:
Federal Aviation Administration:
Grants-in-aid for Airports (Airport and Airway Trust Fund) ..............................................
Federal Highway Administration:
Emergency Relief Program ................................................................................................
State Infrastructure Banks ..................................................................................................
Appalachian Development Highway System .....................................................................
Federal-aid Highways .........................................................................................................
Miscellaneous Appropriations .............................................................................................
Miscellaneous Highway Trust Funds .................................................................................
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration:
Motor Carrier Safety Grants ...............................................................................................

15 ......................

1,418

1,689

1,711

1,418

1,689

1,711

2,422

1,697

1,717

1,448

1,992

2,113

.................... ...................... ......................

3,874

2,970

4,090

871
195 ......................
841
.................... ...................... ...................... ....................
20
16 ......................
72
.................... ...................... ......................
33,222
....................
10 ......................
157
....................
–1 ......................
158

1,112
2
99
36,796
90
167

979
1
84
38,833
69
133

361

302

.................... ...................... ......................

210

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Table 8–4. FEDERAL GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS—BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS—Continued
(in millions of dollars)

Budget Authority
Function, Category, Agency and Program

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:
Highway Traffic Safety Grants ...........................................................................................
Federal Railroad Administration:
Intercity Passenger Rail Grant Program ............................................................................
Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Program ..............................................................
Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation ...........................................................................................
Federal Transit Administration:
Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants ......................................................................
Interstate Transfer Grants-transit .......................................................................................
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ...............................................................
Formula Grants ...................................................................................................................
Capital Investment Grants ..................................................................................................
Discretionary Grants (Highway Trust Fund, Mass Transit Account) ................................
Formula and Bus Grants ....................................................................................................
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration:
Pipeline Safety ....................................................................................................................
Total, discretionary ...........................................................................................................
Mandatory:
Department of Transportation:
Federal Aviation Administration:
Grants-in-aid for Airports (Airport and Airway Trust Fund) ..............................................
Federal Highway Administration:
Federal-aid Highways .........................................................................................................
Miscellaneous Appropriations .............................................................................................
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration:
Motor Carrier Safety Grants ...............................................................................................
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:
Highway Traffic Safety Grants ...........................................................................................
Federal Transit Administration:
Formula and Bus Grants ....................................................................................................

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

Outlays
2009
Estimate

.................... ...................... ......................

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

402

....................
30
100 ....................
....................
20 ...................... ....................
.................... ...................... ......................
5

2009
Estimate

619

661

2
10
10
10
2 ......................

....................
....................
....................
36
1,566
....................
....................

......................
......................
......................
......................
1,569
......................
......................

......................
......................
......................
......................
1,621
......................
......................

20

23

34

19

23

28

2,513

1,862

1,755

47,944

52,879

56,057

3,671

–169

2,750 .................... ...................... ......................

36,360
1

69
62
42
2
1
1
2 ...................... ......................
2,043
1,584
959
2,662
2,718
2,606
12
24
24
4,194
6,237
7,225

38,447
28,503 .................... ...................... ......................
1 ......................
1
1 ......................

294

289

307 .................... ...................... ......................

572

570

602 .................... ...................... ......................

8,240

7,739

8,361 .................... ...................... ......................

Total, mandatory ...............................................................................................................

49,138

46,877

40,523

1

Total, transportation ....................................................................................................

51,651

48,739

42,278

47,945

COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Discretionary:
Department of Agriculture:
Rural Development:
Rural Community Advancement Program .........................................................................
Rural Utilities Service:
Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program ............................................
Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account .........................................................
Rural Housing Service:
Rural Community Facilities Program Account ...................................................................
Rural Business—Cooperative Service:
Rural Business Program Account ......................................................................................
Department of Commerce:
Economic Development Assistance Programs ......................................................................
Department of Homeland Security:
Federal Emergency Management Agency:
State and Local Programs .................................................................................................
Firefighter Assistance Grants .............................................................................................
Mitigation Grants .................................................................................................................
Disaster Relief ....................................................................................................................
Department of Housing and Urban Development:
Community Planning and Development:
Community Development Fund ..........................................................................................
Urban Development Action Grants ....................................................................................
Community Development Loan Guarantees Program Account ........................................
Brownfields Redevelopment ...............................................................................................
Empowerment Zones/enterprise Communities/renewal Communities ..............................
Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes:
Lead Hazard Reduction ......................................................................................................

728 ...................... ......................

1 ......................
52,880

56,057

760 ...................... ......................

11
....................

57
539

21
13
269 ....................

46
773

37
675

....................

81

20 ....................

106

72

....................

97

27 ....................

88

76

251

243

319

296

100

243

2,655
3,465
1,900
662
750
300
.................... ...................... ......................
3,803
2,872
1,330

2,385
499
32
5,351

1,601
2,410
662
702
62 ......................
5,609
4,242

3,770
6,866
2,791
.................... ...................... ......................
3
5 ......................
6
10 ......................
.................... ...................... ......................

10,867
1
1
11
25

11,458
8,124
3 ......................
5
6
26
27
27
18

150

145

116

147

155

166

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Table 8–4. FEDERAL GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS—BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS—Continued
(in millions of dollars)

Budget Authority
Function, Category, Agency and Program

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

Outlays
2009
Estimate

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

2009
Estimate

Department of the Interior:
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education:
Operation of Indian Programs ............................................................................................
Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account .......................................................................
Appalachian Regional Commission ............................................................................................
Delta Regional Authority .............................................................................................................
Denali Commission ......................................................................................................................

152
20
57
12
50

179
16
65
12
22

157
8
57
6
2

182
20
67
8
33

161
16
73
12
49

148
7
59
6
74

Total, discretionary ...........................................................................................................

12,330

15,424

7,104

20,645

21,251

17,145

Mandatory:
Department of Housing and Urban Development:
Community Planning and Development:
Community Development Loan Guarantees Program Account ........................................

8

4 ......................

8

Total, community and regional development ...........................................................

12,338

15,428

7,104

20,653

4 ......................
21,255

17,145

EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Discretionary:
Department of Commerce:
National Telecommunications and Information Administration:
Public Telecommunications Facilities, Planning and Construction ...................................
20
17 ......................
21
31
23
Information Infrastructure Grants ....................................................................................... .................... ...................... ......................
7
3
2
Department of Education:
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education:
Indian Education .................................................................................................................
115
116
116
112
114
114
Impact Aid ...........................................................................................................................
1,224
1,236
1,236
1,156
1,377
1,281
Education Reform ............................................................................................................... .................... ...................... ......................
1 ...................... ......................
Education for the Disadvantaged .......................................................................................
14,679
14,892
16,571
14,409
14,927
15,251
School Improvement Programs ..........................................................................................
5,110
5,158
4,502
5,299
5,219
5,099
Office of Innovation and Improvement:
Innovation and Improvement ..............................................................................................
549
640
721
501
961
542
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools:
Safe Schools and Citizenship Education ...........................................................................
665
643
261
686
711
649
Office of English Language Acquisition:
English Language Acquisition ............................................................................................
629
658
686
683
743
602
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services:
Special Education ...............................................................................................................
11,600
10,348
11,351
11,585
11,495
11,725
Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research ...............................................................
127
125
–9
129
160
35
American Printing House for the Blind ..............................................................................
18
22
22
18
22
22
Office of Vocational and Adult Education:
Career, Technical and Adult Education .............................................................................
1,970
1,920
1,345
1,927
2,066
1,851
Office of Postsecondary Education:
Higher Education ................................................................................................................
402
376
302
411
452
408
Office of Federal Student Aid:
Student Financial Assistance .............................................................................................
65
64 ......................
60
71
51
Institute of Education Sciences ..............................................................................................
25
48
100
11
24
32
Hurricane Education Recovery ...............................................................................................
30 ...................... ......................
415
359 ......................
Department of Health and Human Services:
Administration for Children and Families:
Promoting Safe and Stable Families .................................................................................
82
82
82
82
82
82
Children and Families Services Programs ........................................................................
8,618
8,637
8,122
8,496
8,524
8,278
Administration on Aging:
Aging Services Programs ...................................................................................................
1,365
1,393
1,362
1,339
1,372
1,371
Department of the Interior:
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education:
Operation of Indian Programs ............................................................................................
99
116
116
111
112
111
Department of Labor:
Employment and Training Administration:
Training and Employment Services ...................................................................................
3,060
3,219
2,826
3,006
2,975
3,008
Community Service Employment for Older Americans .....................................................
98
109
77
78
118
96
State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations ............................
102
89
17
118
73
47
Foreign Labor Certification Administration ......................................................................... .................... ......................
18 .................... ......................
11
Unemployment Trust Fund .................................................................................................
964
951
249
922
968
802
Corporation for National and Community Service:
Domestic Volunteer Service Programs, Operating Expenses ..........................................
106 ...................... ......................
139
78
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Table 8–4. FEDERAL GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS—BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS—Continued
(in millions of dollars)

Budget Authority
Function, Category, Agency and Program

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

Outlays
2009
Estimate

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

2009
Estimate

National and Community Service Programs, Operating Expenses ..................................
265 ...................... ......................
224
158
89
VISTA Advance Payments Revolving Fund ......................................................................
4 ...................... ......................
1
3 ......................
Operating Expenses ........................................................................................................... ....................
360
345 ....................
110
232
Corporation for Public Broadcasting ...........................................................................................
465
448
200
465
448
200
District of Columbia:
District of Columbia General and Special Payments:
Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support .................................................................
33
35
35
33
35
35
Federal Payment to Jump Start Public School Reform .................................................... .................... ......................
20 .................... ......................
20
Federal Payment for School Improvement ........................................................................
40
41
54
40
41
54
National Endowment for the Arts:
National Endowment for the Arts: Grants and Administration ..........................................
40
48
41
38
43
44
Institute of Museum and Library Services:
Office of Museum and Library Services: Grants and Administration ...............................
234
250
254
246
287
248
Total, discretionary ...........................................................................................................

52,803

Mandatory:
Department of Education:
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services:
Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research ...............................................................
2,837
Department of Health and Human Services:
Administration for Children and Families:
Promoting Safe and Stable Families .................................................................................
364
Social Services Block Grant ...............................................................................................
1,700
Children and Families Services Programs ........................................................................ ....................
Department of Labor:
Employment and Training Administration:
Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances .............................................................
260

52,041

51,022

52,769

54,162

52,422

2,874

2,975

2,766

2,916

2,945

339
1,700
12

339
369
1,200
1,956
50 ....................

358
1,936
5

332
1,302
25

260

260

217

219

214

Total, mandatory ...............................................................................................................

5,161

5,185

4,824

5,308

5,434

4,818

Total, education, training, employment, and social services ................................

57,964

57,226

55,846

58,077

59,596

57,240

47

47

47

44

45

48

HEALTH
Discretionary:
Department of Agriculture:
Food Safety and Inspection Service:
Salaries and Expenses .......................................................................................................
Department of Health and Human Services:
Health Resources and Services Administration .....................................................................
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Disease Control, Research, and Training .........................................................................
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration .............................................
Departmental Management:
Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund .......................................................
General Departmental Management ..................................................................................
Department of Labor:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration:
Salaries and Expenses .......................................................................................................
Mine Safety and Health Administration:
Salaries and Expenses .......................................................................................................

2,902

2,847

2,847

3,183

3,110

3,060

2,358
3,206

2,358
1,158

2,358
1,113

2,358
3,179

2,358
1,187

2,358
1,224

478
125

408
122

351
133

1,405
134

1,206
104

595
126

96

91

91

101

97

97

8

8

8

8

8

8

Total, discretionary ...........................................................................................................

9,220

7,039

6,948

10,412

8,115

7,516

Mandatory:
Department of Health and Human Services:
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services:
Grants to States for Medicaid ............................................................................................
State Children’s Health Insurance Fund ............................................................................
State Grants and Demonstrations ......................................................................................

168,255
5,690
698

206,921
6,640
764

214,753
6,815
652

190,624
6,000
1,275

203,788
7,600
929

215,662
8,202
934

Total, mandatory ...............................................................................................................

174,643

214,325

222,220

197,899

212,317

224,798

Total, health ..................................................................................................................

183,863

221,364

229,168

208,311

220,432

232,314

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Table 8–4. FEDERAL GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS—BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS—Continued
(in millions of dollars)

Budget Authority
Function, Category, Agency and Program

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

INCOME SECURITY
Discretionary:
Department of Agriculture:
Food and Nutrition Service:
Commodity Assistance Program ........................................................................................
178
211
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) ........
5,204
6,020
Department of Health and Human Services:
Administration for Children and Families:
Low Income Home Energy Assistance ..............................................................................
2,161
2,570
Refugee and Entrant Assistance .......................................................................................
370
408
Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant ..........................
2,056
2,056
Department of Homeland Security:
Federal Emergency Management Agency:
Emergency Food and Shelter ............................................................................................
151
153
Department of Housing and Urban Development:
Public and Indian Housing Programs:
Public Housing Operating Fund .........................................................................................
3,864
4,200
Drug Elimination Grants for Low-income Housing ............................................................ .................... ......................
Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE VI) ....................................
96
100
Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant ..............................................................................
9
9
Tenant Based Rental Assistance .......................................................................................
15,881
15,696
Project-based Rental Assistance .......................................................................................
149
239
Public Housing Capital Fund ..............................................................................................
2,420
2,422
Native American Housing Block Grant ..............................................................................
624
630
Community Planning and Development:
Homeless Assistance Grants .............................................................................................
1,434
1,584
Home Investment Partnership Program .............................................................................
1,756
1,701
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS ..................................................................
286
298
Rural Housing and Economic Development ......................................................................
17
17
Housing Programs:
Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere Grants (HOPE Grants) .........
–1 ......................
Housing for Persons with Disabilities ................................................................................
237
236
Housing for the Elderly ......................................................................................................
735
734
Department of Labor:
Employment and Training Administration:
Unemployment Trust Fund .................................................................................................
2,508
2,464
Total, discretionary ...........................................................................................................

40,135

41,748

Outlays
2009
Estimate

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

2009
Estimate

70
6,100

184
5,309

221
5,974

87
5,955

2,000
445
2,056

2,498
389
2,128

2,522
476
1,994

2,136
510
2,055

100

150

154

100

4,300
......................
......................
6
16,031
232
2,009
627

3,706
1
516
8
15,971
187
3,071
580

1,633
1,963
298
......................

1,386
1,876
278
20

4,278
4,286
1 ......................
450
400
7
6
16,051
16,253
244
249
3,021
2,958
609
630
1,406
2,018
303
23

1,440
2,022
289
23

...................... .................... ...................... ......................
158
305
301
285
538
978
925
900

2,636

2,529

2,471

2,610

41,202

42,070

43,449

43,194

693

502

1,012

4,602
8
12,871

4,808
8
14,278

4,998
8
14,505

4,238
56
6,563
2,994
16,876

4,277
231
6,670
2,979
17,030

3,960
271
6,886
2,966
17,085

Mandatory:
Department of Agriculture:
Agricultural Marketing Service:
Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply (section 32) ...............................
1,131
503
1,022
Food and Nutrition Service:
Food Stamp Program .........................................................................................................
4,635
4,847
5,015
Commodity Assistance Program ........................................................................................
15
15
15
Child Nutrition Programs ....................................................................................................
13,195
13,811
14,340
Department of Health and Human Services:
Administration for Children and Families:
Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs ......
4,399
3,998
3,766
Contingency Fund ............................................................................................................... .................... ...................... ......................
Payments to States for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance ........................................
6,855
6,877
6,889
Child Care Entitlement to States .......................................................................................
2,917
2,917
2,917
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ........................................................................
17,059
17,059
17,058
Total, mandatory ...............................................................................................................

50,206

50,027

51,022

48,901

50,783

51,691

Total, income security .................................................................................................

90,341

91,775

92,224

90,971

94,232

94,885

SOCIAL SECURITY
Mandatory:
Social Security Administration:
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund ............................................................................

40

39

34

16

44

37

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Table 8–4. FEDERAL GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS—BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS—Continued
(in millions of dollars)

Budget Authority
Function, Category, Agency and Program

VETERANS BENEFITS AND SERVICES
Discretionary:
Department of Veterans Affairs:
Veterans Health Administration:
Medical Services .................................................................................................................
Departmental Administration:
Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities ..............................................
Grants for the Construction of State Veterans Cemeteries ..............................................
Total, veterans benefits and services .......................................................................
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Discretionary:
Department of Homeland Security:
Federal Emergency Management Agency:
State and Local Programs .................................................................................................
Department of Housing and Urban Development:
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity:
Fair Housing Activities ........................................................................................................
Department of Justice:
Legal Activities and U.S. Marshals:
Assets Forfeiture Fund .......................................................................................................
Office of Justice Programs:
Justice Assistance ..............................................................................................................
State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance ..................................................................
Juvenile Justice Programs .................................................................................................
Community Oriented Policing Services ..............................................................................
Violence against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs ....................................
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission:
Salaries and Expenses .......................................................................................................
Federal Drug Control Programs:
High-intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program .................................................................
State Justice Institute:
State Justice Institute: Salaries and Expenses .................................................................
Total, discretionary ...........................................................................................................

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

Outlays
2009
Estimate

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

2009
Estimate

504

554

579

504

554

579

85
32

165
40

85
32

109
26

96
27

97
23

621

759

696

639

677

699

375 ...................... ......................

340

50 ......................

46

50

51

47

47

50

21

21

21

21

21

21

158
1,144
285
511
373

131
1,091
331
251
371

89
269
126
–100
260

205
1,328
312
758
367

164
1,257
299
480
338

266
1,341
384
230
339

30

28

26

33

28

26

201

230

200

193

215

188

4 ......................

3

3

4 ......................

3,147

2,508

942

3,607

2,903

2,845

457

392

480

406

313

563

580

500

554

557

1,000

725

144

110

110

33

124

113

Total, mandatory ...............................................................................................................

1,181

1,002

1,144

996

1,437

1,401

Total, administration of justice ..................................................................................

4,328

3,510

2,086

4,603

4,340

4,246

Mandatory:
Department of Justice:
Legal Activities and U.S. Marshals:
Assets Forfeiture Fund .......................................................................................................
Office of Justice Programs:
Crime Victims Fund ............................................................................................................
Department of the Treasury:
Departmental Offices:
Treasury Forfeiture Fund ....................................................................................................

GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Discretionary:
Department of Agriculture:
Forest Service:
Forest Service Permanent Appropriations .........................................................................
315 ...................... ...................... ....................
Department of Health and Human Services:
Administration for Children and Families:
Disabled Voter Services ..................................................................................................... .................... ...................... ......................
3
Department of the Interior:
United States Fish and Wildlife Service:
National Wildlife Refuge Fund ...........................................................................................
14
14
11
14
Insular Affairs:
Assistance to Territories .....................................................................................................
48
48
47
53
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ................................................................................. .................... ...................... ...................... ....................

315 ......................
2

1

14

11

54
1

53
1

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Table 8–4. FEDERAL GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS—BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS—Continued
(in millions of dollars)

Budget Authority
Function, Category, Agency and Program

2007
Actual

Department-Wide Programs:
Payments in Lieu of Taxes ................................................................................................
233
District of Columbia:
District of Columbia Courts:
Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts ........................................................
217
Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts ............................................................
43
District of Columbia General and Special Payments:
Federal Support for Economic Development and Management Reforms in the District
39
Election Assistance Commission:
Election Reform Programs ................................................................................................. ....................
Election Data Collections Grants ....................................................................................... ....................
Total, discretionary ...........................................................................................................

909

Mandatory:
Department of Agriculture:
Forest Service:
Forest Service Permanent Appropriations .........................................................................
367
Department of Energy:
Energy Programs:
Payments to States under Federal Power Act ..................................................................
3
Department of Homeland Security:
Customs and Border Protection:
Refunds, Transfers, and Expenses of Operation, Puerto Rico ........................................
93
Department of the Interior:
Minerals Management Service:
Mineral Leasing and Associated Payments ......................................................................
1,883
Geothermal Lease Revenues, Payment to Counties ........................................................
4
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement:
Payments to States in Lieu of Coal Fee Receipts ........................................................... ....................
United States Fish and Wildlife Service:
National Wildlife Refuge Fund ...........................................................................................
12
Insular Affairs:
Assistance to Territories .....................................................................................................
30
Payments to the United States Territories, Fiscal Assistance .........................................
127
Department of the Treasury:
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau:
Internal Revenue Collections for Puerto Rico ...................................................................
462
Corps of Engineers-Civil Works:
Permanent Appropriations ..................................................................................................
4

2008
Estimate

Outlays
2009
Estimate

2007
Actual

2008
Estimate

2009
Estimate

229

195

232

229

195

224
48

224
48

191
37

224
48

222
48

37

33

39

37

33

115 ...................... ....................
10 ...................... ....................

58
52
10 ......................

725

558

569

992

616

113

88

433

204

88

3

3

3

3

3

98

97

92

98

97

2,146
2,644
9 ......................

1,883
4

187

187 ....................

2,146
2,644
9 ......................
52

89

12

12

12

12

12

28
123

28
113

22
124

16
121

17
113

479

491

462

479

491

4 ....................

4

4

4

Total, mandatory ...............................................................................................................

2,985

3,202

3,667

3,035

3,144

3,558

Total, general government ..........................................................................................

3,894

3,927

4,225

3,604

4,136

4,174

Total, Grants .............................................................................................................
Discretionary ..........................................................................................................
Mandatory ..............................................................................................................

414,580
127,123
287,457

451,233
127,116
324,117

441,152
114,241
326,911

443,797
184,847
258,950

466,568
189,937
276,631

476,136
185,836
290,300

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APPENDIX: SELECTED GRANT DATA BY STATE
This Appendix displays State-by-State spending for
the selected grant programs to State and local
governments shown in the following table, ‘‘Summary
of Programs by Agency, Bureau, and Program.’’ The
programs selected here cover more than 80 percent of
total grant spending.
The first summary table shows the obligations for
each program. The second summary table, ‘‘Summary
of Programs by State,’’ shows the amounts for each
State for these programs. The individual program tables display obligations for each program on a Stateby-State basis, consistent with the estimates in this
budget. Each table reports the following information:
• The Federal agency that administers the program.
• The program title and number as contained in
the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.

• The budget account number from which the program is funded.
• Actual 2007 obligations by State, Federal territory, and Indian tribes in thousands of dollars.
Undistributed obligations shown at the bottom of
each page are generally project funds that are not
distributed by formula, or programs for which
State-by-State data are not available.
• Estimates of 2008 obligations by State from previous budget authority, from new budget authority, and total obligations.
• Estimates of 2009 obligations by State, which are
based on the 2009 Budget request, unless otherwise noted.
• The percentage share of 2009 estimated program
funds distributed to each State.

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Table 8–5. Summary of Programs by Agency, Bureau, and Program
(obligations in millions of dollars)

Agency, Bureau, and Program

FY 2007
(actual)

Estimated FY 2008 obligations
from:
Previous
authority

New
authority

FY 2009
(estimated)

Total

Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
School Breakfast Program (10.553) ...............................................................................................................................
National School Lunch Program (10.555) ......................................................................................................................
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (10.557) ......................................
Child and Adult Care Food Program (10.558) ..............................................................................................................
State Administrative Matching Grants for Food Stamp Program (10.561) ...................................................................

2,229 ..................
7,835
350
5,548
185
2,305 ..................
2,509 ..................

2,367
7,860
6,020
2,287
2,620

2,367
8,210
6,205
2,287
2,620

2,522
8,600
6,251
2,387
2,723

Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies (84.010) .................................................................................................
Improving Teacher Quality State Grants (84.367) .........................................................................................................

12,838 ..................
2,887 ..................

13,899
2,935

13,899
2,935

14,305
2,835

Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Special Education—Grants to States (84.027) ..............................................................................................................
Rehabilitation Services—Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States (84.126) .............................................................

10,783 ..................
2,837 ..................

10,948
2,874

10,948
2,874

11,285
2,874

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (93.767) ....................................................................................................
Grants to States for Medicaid (93.778) .........................................................................................................................

5,690 ..................
205,114 ..................

6,640
207,053

6,640
207,053

5,315
220,768

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)—Family Assistance Grants (93.558) ...........................................
Child Support Enforcement—Federal Share of State and Local Administrative Costs and Incentives (93.563) .......
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (93.568) ............................................................................................
Child Care and Development Block Grant (93.575) ......................................................................................................
Child Care and Development Fund—Mandatory (93.596a) ..........................................................................................
Child Care and Development Fund—Matching (93.596b) ............................................................................................
Head Start (93.600) ........................................................................................................................................................
Foster Care—Title IV–E (93.658) ...................................................................................................................................
Adoption Assistance (93.659) .........................................................................................................................................
Social Services Block Grant (93.667) ............................................................................................................................

17,034
4,396
1,980
2,051
1,240
1,677
6,888
4,688
1,942
1,700

..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................

17,059
4,201
1,980
2,062
1,240
1,677
6,878
4,581
2,156
1,700

17,059
4,201
1,980
2,062
1,240
1,677
6,878
4,581
2,156
1,700

17,059
3,825
1,700
2,062
1,240
1,677
7,027
4,463
2,286
1,200

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public and Indian Housing Programs
Public Housing Operating Fund (14.850) ......................................................................................................................
Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (14.871) ..............................................................................................................
Public Housing Capital Fund (14.872) ...........................................................................................................................

3,865 ..................
16,303
350
2,605
160

4,200
15,696
2,422

4,200
16,047
2,582

4,300
16,031
2,009

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Planning and Development
Community Development Block Grants (14.218) ..........................................................................................................
HOME Investment Partnerships Program (14.239) .......................................................................................................

3,772 ..................
1,757 ..................

6,866
1,704

6,866
1,704

2,794
1,967

Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
Airport Improvement Program (20.106) ..........................................................................................................................

3,691

67

17

84

2,750

35,576 ..................

41,216

41,216

39,399

Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
Highway Planning and Construction (20.205) ...............................................................................................................
Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration
Federal Transit Formula Grants and Research (20.507) ..............................................................................................

8,003

1,452

5,148

6,600

8,614

Federal Communications Commission
Universal Service Fund E–Rate .....................................................................................................................................

1,418 ..................

1,689

1,689

1,712

387,994

390,558

401,980

Total ...................................................................................................................................................................................

381,160

2,565

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Table 8–6. Summary of Programs by State
(obligations in millions of dollars)
Programs distributed in all years
State or Territory

All programs
FY 2007
(actual)

FY 2007
(actual)

Alabama .....................................................................................................................
Alaska .........................................................................................................................
Arizona .......................................................................................................................
Arkansas .....................................................................................................................
California ....................................................................................................................
Colorado .....................................................................................................................
Connecticut .................................................................................................................
Delaware ....................................................................................................................
District of Columbia ...................................................................................................
Florida .........................................................................................................................
Georgia .......................................................................................................................
Hawaii .........................................................................................................................
Idaho ...........................................................................................................................
Illinois ..........................................................................................................................
Indiana ........................................................................................................................
Iowa ............................................................................................................................
Kansas ........................................................................................................................
Kentucky .....................................................................................................................
Louisiana ....................................................................................................................
Maine ..........................................................................................................................
Maryland .....................................................................................................................
Massachusetts ............................................................................................................
Michigan .....................................................................................................................
Minnesota ...................................................................................................................
Mississippi ..................................................................................................................
Missouri ......................................................................................................................
Montana ......................................................................................................................
Nebraska ....................................................................................................................
Nevada .......................................................................................................................
New Hampshire .........................................................................................................
New Jersey ................................................................................................................
New Mexico ...............................................................................................................
New York ...................................................................................................................
North Carolina ............................................................................................................
North Dakota ..............................................................................................................
Ohio ............................................................................................................................
Oklahoma ...................................................................................................................
Oregon ........................................................................................................................
Pennsylvania ..............................................................................................................
Rhode Island ..............................................................................................................
South Carolina ...........................................................................................................
South Dakota .............................................................................................................
Tennessee ..................................................................................................................
Texas ..........................................................................................................................
Utah ............................................................................................................................
Vermont ......................................................................................................................
Virginia ........................................................................................................................
Washington .................................................................................................................
West Virginia ..............................................................................................................
Wisconsin ...................................................................................................................
Wyoming .....................................................................................................................
American Samoa .......................................................................................................
Guam ..........................................................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ..........................................................................................
Puerto Rico ................................................................................................................
Freely Associated States ...........................................................................................
Virgin Islands .............................................................................................................
Indian Tribes ..............................................................................................................

5,568
1,729
7,446
3,944
45,829
3,644
4,417
1,017
1,867
16,568
9,739
1,528
1,595
14,550
6,962
3,184
2,809
5,729
6,915
2,225
5,789
10,010
10,916
6,017
4,616
7,412
1,312
1,904
1,836
1,279
10,007
3,469
39,935
10,944
947
14,475
4,514
3,901
16,703
1,781
5,110
1,020
7,930
26,564
2,314
1,145
6,023
6,588
3,013
5,571
713
55
136
110
2,623
7
147
825

Total, programs distributed by State in all years ...........................................

374,926

374,926

MEMORANDUM:.
Not distributed by State in all years 1 ...................................................................

6,234

Total, including undistributed ................................................................................

381,160

* $500,000 or less or 0.005 percent or less.
1 The sum of programs not distributed by State in all years.

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
Previous
authority

5,568
28
1,729
13
7,446
53
3,944
19
45,829
439
3,644
21
4,417
76
1,017
10
1,867
70
16,568
112
9,739
79
1,528
12
1,595
6
14,550
68
6,962
39
3,184
12
2,809
19
5,729
22
6,915
30
2,225
5
5,789
73
10,010
88
10,916
38
6,017
43
4,616
19
7,412
32
1,312
4
1,904
11
1,836
44
1,279
8
10,007
41
3,469
13
39,935
240
10,944
71
947
4
14,475
62
4,514
15
3,901
15
16,703
65
1,781
8
5,110
28
1,020
3
7,930
36
26,564
152
2,314
11
1,145
2
6,023
57
6,588
51
3,013
10
5,571
24
713
2
55
*
136
1
110
*
2,623
85
7 ....................
147
2
825
2

New
authority

Total

5,335
1,476
7,962
4,219
45,089
3,627
4,514
1,043
1,958
16,254
9,507
1,361
1,570
13,662
6,810
3,108
2,683
5,800
7,317
2,114
5,712
9,758
10,709
6,075
4,615
7,736
1,201
1,899
1,723
1,263
9,402
3,541
40,227
11,012
935
14,379
4,626
3,983
16,498
1,706
5,041
978
7,804
26,018
2,149
1,135
6,103
6,319
2,975
5,605
668
58
126
35
2,708
7
162
880

5,363
1,490
8,015
4,239
45,528
3,648
4,590
1,053
2,028
16,366
9,587
1,373
1,576
13,729
6,849
3,120
2,702
5,823
7,347
2,119
5,785
9,846
10,748
6,118
4,634
7,767
1,205
1,910
1,767
1,271
9,443
3,554
40,467
11,083
939
14,440
4,641
3,999
16,562
1,714
5,069
981
7,839
26,170
2,160
1,137
6,160
6,370
2,985
5,629
670
58
128
35
2,793
7
165
882

5,464
1,728
8,531
4,592
46,682
3,800
4,664
1,112
2,071
16,802
9,862
1,404
1,684
13,861
7,111
3,260
2,767
6,026
7,833
2,277
6,005
10,162
11,195
6,442
4,892
8,359
1,245
1,993
1,763
1,331
9,655
3,819
41,570
11,657
959
15,185
4,646
4,247
17,216
1,780
5,117
1,010
8,173
26,978
2,239
1,155
6,395
6,568
3,087
5,926
716
65
139
94
2,770
7
166
906

1.41
0.45
2.20
1.19
12.06
0.98
1.20
0.29
0.53
4.34
2.55
0.36
0.44
3.58
1.84
0.84
0.71
1.56
2.02
0.59
1.55
2.62
2.89
1.66
1.26
2.16
0.32
0.51
0.46
0.34
2.49
0.99
10.74
3.01
0.25
3.92
1.20
1.10
4.45
0.46
1.32
0.26
2.11
6.97
0.58
0.30
1.65
1.70
0.80
1.53
0.18
0.02
0.04
0.02
0.72
*
0.04
0.23

2,496

371,178

373,675

387,162

100.00

6,234

69

16,815

16,884

14,818

N/A

381,160

2,565

387,994

390,558

401,980

N/A

Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service

12–3539–0–1–605

Table 8–7. School Breakfast Program (10.553)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
DoD/USAF/USMC/USN ...................................................................

43,015
4,926
44,933
31,293
264,441
18,503
14,149
5,275
4,077
122,102
109,652
7,364
11,978
61,853
36,321
14,266
17,016
44,963
50,114
6,516
25,585
28,882
50,457
23,785
44,210
42,994
4,586
9,347
12,842
3,237
35,290
25,237
118,500
77,333
3,091
62,701
38,834
26,942
56,359
5,433
48,749
5,072
53,207
281,954
11,767
3,354
40,779
32,749
16,881
22,341
2,326
......................
1,732
......................
30,371
......................
829
......................
68,037
23

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

47,129
5,397
49,231
34,286
289,734
20,273
15,502
5,780
4,467
133,781
120,140
8,068
13,124
67,769
39,795
15,631
18,644
49,264
54,907
7,139
28,032
31,644
55,283
26,060
48,439
47,106
5,025
10,241
14,070
3,547
38,665
27,651
129,834
84,730
3,387
68,698
42,548
29,519
61,750
5,953
53,412
5,557
58,296
308,922
12,892
3,675
44,679
35,881
18,496
24,478
2,548
......................
1,898
......................
33,276
......................
908
......................
......................
25

47,129
5,397
49,231
34,286
289,734
20,273
15,502
5,780
4,467
133,781
120,140
8,068
13,124
67,769
39,795
15,631
18,644
49,264
54,907
7,139
28,032
31,644
55,283
26,060
48,439
47,106
5,025
10,241
14,070
3,547
38,665
27,651
129,834
84,730
3,387
68,698
42,548
29,519
61,750
5,953
53,412
5,557
58,296
308,922
12,892
3,675
44,679
35,881
18,496
24,478
2,548
......................
1,898
......................
33,276
......................
908
......................
......................
25

50,217
5,751
52,456
36,533
308,719
21,601
16,518
6,158
4,760
142,546
128,012
8,597
13,984
72,209
42,402
16,655
19,865
52,491
58,505
7,607
29,869
33,718
58,905
27,767
51,612
50,193
5,354
10,912
14,992
3,779
41,199
29,463
138,341
90,281
3,609
73,199
45,336
31,453
65,795
6,343
56,911
5,921
62,116
329,163
13,737
3,916
47,607
38,232
19,707
26,082
2,715
......................
2,022
......................
35,456
......................
968
......................
......................
27

1.99
0.23
2.08
1.45
12.24
0.86
0.65
0.24
0.19
5.65
5.08
0.34
0.55
2.86
1.68
0.66
0.79
2.08
2.32
0.30
1.18
1.34
2.34
1.10
2.05
1.99
0.21
0.43
0.59
0.15
1.63
1.17
5.48
3.58
0.14
2.90
1.80
1.25
2.61
0.25
2.26
0.23
2.46
13.05
0.54
0.16
1.89
1.52
0.78
1.03
0.11
....................
0.08
....................
1.41
....................
0.04
....................
....................
*

Total .................................................................................................

2,228,573

........................

2,367,186

2,367,186

2,522,286

1 100.00

* $500 or less or 0.005 percent or less.
1 Excludes undistributed obligations.

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Table 8–8. National School Lunch Program (10.555)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
DoD/USAF/USMC/USN ...................................................................

149,726
22,874
173,653
93,501
1,026,794
83,037
63,855
17,693
14,141
415,638
327,140
27,314
35,655
298,952
148,624
66,469
66,140
129,949
157,038
23,731
95,550
108,709
199,897
100,582
125,889
138,541
17,627
42,943
52,571
16,066
151,890
66,491
481,272
249,823
12,771
230,288
109,824
75,414
235,909
20,965
133,043
19,968
171,327
850,870
59,272
10,046
145,661
124,140
47,037
106,152
9,765
......................
5,497
......................
121,995
......................
4,231
......................
145,664
5,612

6,811
1,041
7,900
4,254
46,711
3,778
2,905
805
643
18,908
14,882
1,243
1,622
13,600
6,761
3,024
3,009
5,912
7,144
1,080
4,347
4,945
9,094
4,576
5,727
6,303
802
1,954
2,392
731
6,910
3,025
21,894
11,365
581
10,476
4,996
3,431
10,732
954
6,052
908
7,794
38,708
2,696
457
6,626
5,647
2,140
4,829
444
........................
250
........................
5,550
........................
192
........................
........................
255

153,046
23,381
177,503
95,573
1,049,555
84,877
65,271
18,085
14,455
424,853
334,393
27,919
36,445
305,579
151,919
67,942
67,606
132,830
160,519
24,257
97,668
111,119
204,328
102,812
128,680
141,612
18,018
43,895
53,736
16,422
155,257
67,965
491,942
255,361
13,054
235,394
112,259
77,086
241,139
21,430
135,993
20,411
175,125
869,733
60,586
10,269
148,891
126,892
48,080
108,505
9,982
......................
5,619
......................
124,699
......................
4,325
......................
......................
5,737

159,857
24,422
185,403
99,827
1,096,266
88,655
68,176
18,890
15,098
443,761
349,275
29,162
38,067
319,179
158,680
70,966
70,615
138,742
167,663
25,337
102,015
116,064
213,422
107,388
134,407
147,915
18,820
45,849
56,128
17,153
162,167
70,990
513,836
266,726
13,635
245,870
117,255
80,517
251,871
22,384
142,045
21,319
182,919
908,441
63,282
10,726
155,517
132,539
50,220
113,334
10,426
......................
5,869
......................
130,249
......................
4,517
......................
......................
5,992

167,449
25,582
194,208
104,568
1,148,328
92,866
71,413
19,787
15,815
464,836
365,863
30,547
39,875
334,338
166,216
74,337
73,969
145,331
175,626
26,540
106,860
121,577
223,558
112,488
140,790
154,940
19,713
48,026
58,794
17,968
169,869
74,361
538,239
279,394
14,283
257,547
122,824
84,341
263,833
23,447
148,791
22,332
191,607
951,585
66,288
11,235
162,903
138,834
52,605
118,717
10,921
......................
6,148
......................
136,435
......................
4,732
......................
......................
6,276

1.95
0.30
2.26
1.22
13.35
1.08
0.83
0.23
0.18
5.41
4.25
0.36
0.46
3.89
1.93
0.86
0.86
1.69
2.04
0.31
1.24
1.41
2.60
1.31
1.64
1.80
0.23
0.56
0.68
0.21
1.98
0.86
6.26
3.25
0.17
2.99
1.43
0.98
3.07
0.27
1.73
0.26
2.23
11.07
0.77
0.13
1.89
1.61
0.61
1.38
0.13
....................
0.07
....................
1.59
....................
0.06
....................
....................
0.07

Total .................................................................................................

7,835,226

349,816

7,860,032

8,209,848

8,599,755

1 100.00

1 Excludes

undistributed obligations.

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Table 8–9. Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (10.557)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Other 1 ..............................................................................................

95,783
23,068
98,619
57,018
899,005
54,693
41,111
12,214
11,604
288,556
197,784
30,416
21,943
198,109
86,927
40,804
39,255
89,293
95,140
16,705
75,419
81,351
159,028
82,232
71,163
81,508
13,485
25,996
29,995
12,586
99,002
40,009
362,194
152,335
9,544
171,805
57,279
63,935
149,618
18,041
78,092
12,297
116,873
510,492
34,101
12,522
91,750
112,464
32,403
71,893
7,436
6,795
7,593
1,943
207,509
......................
5,857
52,552
......................
30,632

3,199
770
3,294
1,904
30,025
1,827
1,373
408
388
9,637
6,605
1,016
733
6,616
2,903
1,363
1,311
2,982
3,177
558
2,519
2,717
5,311
2,746
2,377
2,722
450
868
1,002
420
3,306
1,336
12,096
5,088
319
5,738
1,913
2,135
4,997
603
2,608
411
3,903
17,049
1,139
418
3,064
3,756
1,082
2,401
248
227
254
65
6,930
........................
196
1,755
........................
1,023

103,936
25,032
107,013
61,872
975,530
59,348
44,610
13,254
12,591
313,118
214,620
33,005
23,811
214,972
94,326
44,277
42,596
96,894
103,239
18,127
81,838
88,275
172,564
89,232
77,220
88,446
14,633
28,209
32,548
13,658
107,429
43,415
393,024
165,301
10,356
186,429
62,155
69,377
162,353
19,576
84,739
13,343
126,821
553,945
37,004
13,588
99,560
122,037
35,161
78,013
8,069
7,373
8,239
2,108
225,172
......................
6,355
57,025
......................
33,239

107,135
25,802
110,307
63,776
1,005,555
61,175
45,983
13,662
12,979
322,755
221,225
34,021
24,544
221,588
97,229
45,640
43,907
99,876
106,416
18,685
84,357
90,992
177,875
91,978
79,597
91,168
15,083
29,077
33,550
14,078
110,735
44,751
405,120
170,389
10,675
192,167
64,068
71,512
167,350
20,179
87,347
13,754
130,724
570,994
38,143
14,006
102,624
125,793
36,243
80,414
8,317
7,600
8,493
2,173
232,102
......................
6,551
58,780
......................
34,262

107,929
25,993
111,125
64,248
1,013,008
61,628
46,324
13,763
13,075
325,147
222,865
34,273
24,726
223,231
97,950
45,978
44,233
100,616
107,204
18,823
84,983
91,667
179,194
92,660
80,187
91,844
15,195
29,292
33,799
14,182
111,556
45,082
408,123
171,652
10,754
193,591
64,542
72,042
168,591
20,329
87,995
13,856
131,693
575,226
38,425
14,110
103,385
126,725
36,512
81,010
8,379
7,657
8,556
2,189
233,823
......................
6,600
59,216
......................
34,516

1.73
0.42
1.78
1.03
16.20
0.99
0.74
0.22
0.21
5.20
3.57
0.55
0.40
3.57
1.57
0.74
0.71
1.61
1.71
0.30
1.36
1.47
2.87
1.48
1.28
1.47
0.24
0.47
0.54
0.23
1.78
0.72
6.53
2.75
0.17
3.10
1.03
1.15
2.70
0.33
1.41
0.22
2.11
9.20
0.61
0.23
1.65
2.03
0.58
1.30
0.13
0.12
0.14
0.04
3.74
....................
0.11
0.95
....................
0.55

Total .................................................................................................

5,547,776

185,281

6,020,000

6,205,281

6,251,277

2 100.00

1 Includes
2 Excludes

WIC Infrastructure, Technical Assistance, Breastfeeding Peer Counselors, and State Management Information Systems.
undistributed obligations.

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Table 8–10. Child and Adult Care Food Program (10.558)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................

34,609
7,323
42,699
30,259
246,388
19,151
11,372
10,608
3,578
121,075
84,626
4,847
5,546
99,376
33,701
21,788
30,718
26,055
52,798
9,249
33,195
44,910
52,211
54,405
28,413
39,240
9,111
23,875
3,758
3,041
53,050
33,904
156,833
72,710
9,355
65,078
49,329
23,244
60,930
7,054
23,700
7,030
40,869
198,991
17,624
3,959
28,940
38,189
14,675
35,412
4,659
......................
254
......................
23,680
......................
654
......................
147,081

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

36,671
7,759
45,243
32,062
261,068
20,292
12,050
11,240
3,791
128,289
89,668
5,136
5,876
105,297
35,709
23,086
32,548
27,607
55,944
9,800
35,173
47,586
55,322
57,647
30,106
41,578
9,654
25,298
3,982
3,222
56,211
35,924
166,177
77,042
9,912
68,955
52,268
24,629
64,560
7,474
25,112
7,449
43,304
210,847
18,674
4,195
30,664
40,464
15,549
37,522
4,937
......................
269
......................
25,091
......................
693
......................
......................

36,671
7,759
45,243
32,062
261,068
20,292
12,050
11,240
3,791
128,289
89,668
5,136
5,876
105,297
35,709
23,086
32,548
27,607
55,944
9,800
35,173
47,586
55,322
57,647
30,106
41,578
9,654
25,298
3,982
3,222
56,211
35,924
166,177
77,042
9,912
68,955
52,268
24,629
64,560
7,474
25,112
7,449
43,304
210,847
18,674
4,195
30,664
40,464
15,549
37,522
4,937
......................
269
......................
25,091
......................
693
......................
......................

38,277
8,099
47,225
33,466
272,503
21,181
12,577
11,732
3,957
133,908
93,596
5,361
6,134
109,909
37,273
24,097
33,974
28,817
58,394
10,229
36,713
49,670
57,745
60,171
31,425
43,399
10,077
26,406
4,156
3,363
58,673
37,497
173,456
80,417
10,347
71,976
54,557
25,708
67,388
7,802
26,212
7,775
45,201
220,082
19,492
4,379
32,007
42,237
16,230
39,165
5,153
......................
281
......................
26,190
......................
723
......................
......................

1.60
0.34
1.98
1.40
11.42
0.89
0.53
0.49
0.17
5.61
3.92
0.22
0.26
4.60
1.56
1.01
1.42
1.21
2.45
0.43
1.54
2.08
2.42
2.52
1.32
1.82
0.42
1.11
0.17
0.14
2.46
1.57
7.27
3.37
0.43
3.02
2.29
1.08
2.82
0.33
1.10
0.33
1.89
9.22
0.82
0.18
1.34
1.77
0.68
1.64
0.22
....................
0.01
....................
1.10
....................
0.03
....................
....................

Total .................................................................................................

2,305,129

........................

2,286,629

2,286,629

2,386,780

1 100.00

1 Excludes

undistributed obligations.

130

Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service

12–3505–0–1–605

Table 8–11. State Administrative Matching Grants for Food Stamp Program (10.561)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................

31,936
9,759
37,786
25,778
421,010
27,977
24,783
8,597
13,100
69,088
61,942
11,569
11,205
100,926
34,499
17,132
17,585
39,712
48,254
8,154
39,516
41,715
94,854
42,353
26,264
44,037
7,919
12,155
13,180
5,729
90,363
33,773
275,086
69,149
6,875
99,817
41,506
43,616
139,541
9,138
18,546
7,274
48,708
151,308
20,970
7,475
78,957
49,372
14,473
35,334
4,345
......................
2,336
......................
......................
......................
4,332
......................
¥92,254

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

32,171
9,831
38,065
25,968
424,115
28,184
24,966
8,660
13,197
69,597
62,399
11,654
11,288
101,671
34,754
17,258
17,714
40,005
48,610
8,214
39,808
42,023
95,554
42,666
26,458
44,362
7,978
12,245
13,278
5,771
91,030
34,023
277,116
69,660
6,925
100,553
41,812
43,938
140,570
9,206
18,683
7,328
49,067
152,425
21,124
7,530
79,540
49,737
14,580
35,595
4,377
......................
2,353
......................
......................
......................
4,364
......................
......................

32,171
9,831
38,065
25,968
424,115
28,184
24,966
8,660
13,197
69,597
62,399
11,654
11,288
101,671
34,754
17,258
17,714
40,005
48,610
8,214
39,808
42,023
95,554
42,666
26,458
44,362
7,978
12,245
13,278
5,771
91,030
34,023
277,116
69,660
6,925
100,553
41,812
43,938
140,570
9,206
18,683
7,328
49,067
152,425
21,124
7,530
79,540
49,737
14,580
35,595
4,377
......................
2,353
......................
......................
......................
4,364
......................
......................

33,436
10,218
39,561
26,989
440,785
29,292
25,948
9,001
13,716
72,334
64,853
12,112
11,732
105,668
36,120
17,937
18,411
41,578
50,521
8,537
41,373
43,675
99,310
44,343
27,498
46,106
8,291
12,726
13,800
5,998
94,609
35,360
288,010
72,398
7,198
104,506
43,456
45,665
146,097
9,568
19,417
7,616
50,996
158,417
21,955
7,826
82,667
51,692
15,153
36,994
4,550
......................
2,446
......................
......................
......................
4,535
......................
......................

1.23
0.38
1.45
0.99
16.19
1.08
0.95
0.33
0.50
2.66
2.38
0.44
0.43
3.88
1.33
0.66
0.68
1.53
1.86
0.31
1.52
1.60
3.65
1.63
1.01
1.69
0.30
0.47
0.51
0.22
3.47
1.30
10.58
2.66
0.26
3.84
1.60
1.68
5.37
0.35
0.71
0.28
1.87
5.82
0.81
0.29
3.04
1.90
0.56
1.36
0.17
....................
0.09
....................
....................
....................
0.17
....................
....................

Total .................................................................................................

2,508,553

........................

2,620,000

2,620,000

2,723,000

1 100.00

1 Excludes

undistributed obligations.

131

Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

91–0900–0–1–501

Table 8–12. Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies (84.010)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Census .............................................................................................
Pacific Regional Education Lab ......................................................

194,251
34,025
263,204
122,031
1,643,496
123,928
111,879
34,110
46,026
589,157
410,011
39,639
41,327
593,136
230,085
69,214
88,061
185,854
277,650
43,870
188,034
211,607
460,302
114,583
174,679
201,452
38,635
50,662
80,299
34,248
252,409
103,847
1,210,071
301,104
29,825
449,255
128,266
121,425
516,459
50,390
187,902
37,274
205,728
1,169,500
58,197
27,199
204,733
182,795
89,221
201,601
28,094
8,626
9,261
3,303
455,589
......................
11,592
91,754
......................
3,437
3,811

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

214,991
38,782
272,913
143,561
1,696,362
135,822
116,530
38,366
47,481
648,128
446,325
44,675
46,769
593,016
245,548
73,177
95,425
210,413
308,753
51,907
188,316
234,021
523,125
124,791
188,589
224,131
43,557
60,376
79,754
38,255
289,822
113,229
1,224,956
358,662
33,838
513,621
148,369
140,318
567,750
52,952
205,430
41,565
240,758
1,301,829
59,538
32,640
226,630
188,788
99,947
198,828
31,244
9,610
11,580
3,491
511,419
......................
12,913
97,546
......................
3,930
3,811

214,991
38,782
272,913
143,561
1,696,362
135,822
116,530
38,366
47,481
648,128
446,325
44,675
46,769
593,016
245,548
73,177
95,425
210,413
308,753
51,907
188,316
234,021
523,125
124,791
188,589
224,131
43,557
60,376
79,754
38,255
289,822
113,229
1,224,956
358,662
33,838
513,621
148,369
140,318
567,750
52,952
205,430
41,565
240,758
1,301,829
59,538
32,640
226,630
188,788
99,947
198,828
31,244
9,610
11,580
3,491
511,419
......................
12,913
97,546
......................
3,930
3,811

222,999
40,062
274,362
150,207
1,726,660
141,655
115,522
39,628
49,393
684,447
462,328
47,033
48,938
588,643
249,612
75,355
98,523
218,377
321,929
54,304
192,271
239,308
542,541
127,993
193,970
232,048
45,260
63,087
84,303
39,499
297,192
117,503
1,238,206
376,764
34,946
530,056
154,619
146,316
587,544
53,284
214,194
42,969
253,110
1,343,209
61,129
33,697
237,163
193,690
103,997
197,691
32,282
9,898
11,927
3,595
538,073
......................
13,301
100,476
......................
4,000
3,811

1.56
0.28
1.92
1.05
12.07
0.99
0.81
0.28
0.35
4.78
3.23
0.33
0.34
4.11
1.74
0.53
0.69
1.53
2.25
0.38
1.34
1.67
3.79
0.89
1.36
1.62
0.32
0.44
0.59
0.28
2.08
0.82
8.66
2.63
0.24
3.71
1.08
1.02
4.11
0.37
1.50
0.30
1.77
9.39
0.43
0.24
1.66
1.35
0.73
1.38
0.23
0.07
0.08
0.03
3.76
....................
0.09
0.70
....................
0.03
0.03

Total .................................................................................................

12,838,125

........................

13,898,875

1 13,898,875

1 14,304,901

2 100.00

1 State

allocations for 2008 and 2009 are preliminary estimates based on currently available data. Allocations based on new data may result in significant
changes from these preliminary estimates.
2 Excludes undistributed obligations.

132

Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

91–1000–0–1–501

Table 8–13. Improving Teacher Quality State Grants (84.367)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Evaluation ........................................................................................

45,924
13,752
48,406
27,691
331,226
32,112
26,565
13,752
13,752
130,979
77,838
13,752
13,752
118,046
49,204
21,891
22,433
44,085
63,732
13,752
41,424
50,884
109,550
37,842
42,062
49,803
13,752
14,029
15,347
13,752
63,836
22,499
228,364
65,161
13,752
104,982
32,691
27,999
113,433
13,752
37,101
13,752
49,288
240,403
18,799
13,752
51,306
47,422
23,079
46,532
13,752
3,416
5,057
1,611
91,535
......................
4,281
14,365
......................
14,437

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

47,006
13,987
48,508
28,670
333,420
32,892
26,703
13,987
13,987
133,937
79,174
13,987
13,987
117,749
50,342
22,325
22,708
45,089
65,253
13,987
41,396
51,805
112,217
38,499
42,778
50,956
13,987
14,264
15,447
13,987
65,407
23,098
227,826
67,896
13,987
107,857
33,967
28,888
115,314
13,987
37,932
13,987
51,116
247,032
18,979
13,987
52,437
48,010
23,716
46,354
13,987
3,481
5,135
1,639
92,572
......................
4,348
14,603
......................
14,676

47,006
13,987
48,508
28,670
333,420
32,892
26,703
13,987
13,987
133,937
79,174
13,987
13,987
117,749
50,342
22,325
22,708
45,089
65,253
13,987
41,396
51,805
112,217
38,499
42,778
50,956
13,987
14,264
15,447
13,987
65,407
23,098
227,826
67,896
13,987
107,857
33,967
28,888
115,314
13,987
37,932
13,987
51,116
247,032
18,979
13,987
52,437
48,010
23,716
46,354
13,987
3,481
5,135
1,639
92,572
......................
4,348
14,603
......................
14,676

45,343
13,495
46,417
27,633
321,120
31,696
25,905
13,495
13,495
128,952
76,042
13,495
13,495
114,011
48,514
21,618
21,993
43,656
63,279
13,495
40,121
50,280
109,003
37,346
41,436
49,172
13,495
13,771
14,773
13,495
63,351
22,315
221,790
65,004
13,495
104,427
32,758
27,832
111,973
13,495
36,449
13,495
49,163
237,584
18,297
13,495
50,603
46,341
23,107
44,986
13,495
3,345
4,972
1,580
89,371
......................
4,208
14,105
......................
14,176

1.60
0.48
1.64
0.97
11.33
1.12
0.91
0.48
0.48
4.55
2.68
0.48
0.48
4.02
1.71
0.76
0.78
1.54
2.23
0.48
1.42
1.77
3.84
1.32
1.46
1.73
0.48
0.49
0.52
0.48
2.23
0.79
7.82
2.29
0.48
3.68
1.16
0.98
3.95
0.48
1.29
0.48
1.73
8.38
0.65
0.48
1.78
1.63
0.82
1.59
0.48
0.12
0.18
0.06
3.15
....................
0.15
0.50
....................
0.50

Total .................................................................................................

2,887,439

........................

2,935,248

2,935,248

2,835,248

1 100.00

1 Excludes

undistributed obligations.

133

Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

91–0300–0–1–501

Table 8–14. Special Education—Grants to States (84.027)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Technical Assistance .......................................................................

170,486
33,552
167,830
105,159
1,150,176
141,994
124,652
30,750
15,461
590,329
295,043
37,427
50,887
474,790
239,750
114,456
100,185
147,980
177,474
51,300
187,713
266,132
375,542
177,961
111,568
212,961
34,572
70,005
63,116
44,492
338,874
85,445
711,692
298,208
24,969
410,348
138,669
120,909
400,450
40,998
164,211
29,744
218,639
903,726
100,055
24,075
264,057
207,507
71,200
195,173
25,257
6,202
13,753
4,713
102,591
6,579
8,741
87,433
......................
15,000

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

172,827
34,370
172,909
106,603
1,165,973
144,726
126,364
31,680
15,929
598,437
303,971
37,941
51,586
481,311
243,042
116,028
101,561
150,013
179,912
52,005
190,291
269,787
380,700
180,405
113,101
215,886
35,120
70,966
65,026
45,103
343,528
86,618
721,466
304,552
25,724
415,983
140,574
122,570
405,950
41,561
166,466
30,644
221,642
916,138
101,664
24,803
267,684
210,357
72,178
197,854
26,021
6,297
13,962
4,785
105,695
6,579
8,874
88,767
......................
15,000

172,827
34,370
172,909
106,603
1,165,973
144,726
126,364
31,680
15,929
598,437
303,971
37,941
51,586
481,311
243,042
116,028
101,561
150,013
179,912
52,005
190,291
269,787
380,700
180,405
113,101
215,886
35,120
70,966
65,026
45,103
343,528
86,618
721,466
304,552
25,724
415,983
140,574
122,570
405,950
41,561
166,466
30,644
221,642
916,138
101,664
24,803
267,684
210,357
72,178
197,854
26,021
6,297
13,962
4,785
105,695
6,579
8,874
88,767
......................
15,000

177,615
35,493
180,825
109,557
1,198,276
151,248
129,865
33,131
16,658
615,017
317,888
38,992
53,016
494,646
249,776
119,242
104,375
154,169
184,896
53,445
195,563
277,261
391,247
185,404
116,234
221,867
36,244
72,932
68,003
46,352
353,045
89,018
741,454
317,915
26,902
427,508
144,469
125,966
417,197
42,712
171,078
32,047
227,782
952,229
106,147
25,939
275,100
216,185
74,177
203,335
27,212
6,454
14,310
4,904
110,534
6,579
9,095
90,978
......................
15,000

1.57
0.31
1.60
0.97
10.62
1.34
1.15
0.29
0.15
5.45
2.82
0.35
0.47
4.38
2.21
1.06
0.92
1.37
1.64
0.47
1.73
2.46
3.47
1.64
1.03
1.97
0.32
0.65
0.60
0.41
3.13
0.79
6.57
2.82
0.24
3.79
1.28
1.12
3.70
0.38
1.52
0.28
2.02
8.44
0.94
0.23
2.44
1.92
0.66
1.80
0.24
0.06
0.13
0.04
0.98
0.06
0.08
0.81
....................
0.13

Total .................................................................................................

10,782,961

........................

10,947,512

10,947,512

11,284,511

1 100.00

1 Excludes

undistributed obligations.

134

Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

91–0301–0–1–506

Table 8–15. Rehabilitation Services—Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States (84.126)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................

57,890
9,450
56,407
36,527
277,135
34,772
20,348
9,479
12,633
154,109
76,685
11,255
15,725
106,346
66,226
32,387
27,642
51,377
43,078
15,289
39,862
46,478
96,240
43,805
42,113
61,039
11,147
17,948
15,547
10,800
54,675
22,861
147,134
88,755
9,342
118,397
40,565
35,110
125,031
10,276
50,595
9,518
66,251
212,142
26,821
9,464
63,650
48,881
25,540
54,832
8,520
924
2,052
1,126
68,548
......................
1,965
34,444
......................

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

55,817
9,464
57,950
35,809
275,593
36,014
19,947
9,464
12,618
152,844
92,259
11,053
15,868
105,254
66,660
31,156
26,929
51,743
56,383
15,030
38,114
45,530
97,347
43,124
41,288
62,038
10,762
17,356
17,932
10,736
55,185
22,685
147,352
92,813
9,464
120,401
40,629
35,175
121,102
10,051
50,735
9,464
65,576
217,750
28,030
9,464
62,084
51,125
25,313
55,247
9,464
929
2,878
1,160
71,021
......................
1,974
34,892
......................

55,817
9,464
57,950
35,809
275,593
36,014
19,947
9,464
12,618
152,844
92,259
11,053
15,868
105,254
66,660
31,156
26,929
51,743
56,383
15,030
38,114
45,530
97,347
43,124
41,288
62,038
10,762
17,356
17,932
10,736
55,185
22,685
147,352
92,813
9,464
120,401
40,629
35,175
121,102
10,051
50,735
9,464
65,576
217,750
28,030
9,464
62,084
51,125
25,313
55,247
9,464
929
2,878
1,160
71,021
......................
1,974
34,892
......................

55,750
9,464
58,928
35,821
274,421
36,419
19,835
9,464
12,644
152,953
93,055
10,969
16,047
104,758
66,518
31,023
26,856
51,756
56,125
14,917
37,914
45,366
96,620
43,062
41,144
61,954
10,809
17,301
18,247
10,682
54,730
22,681
146,515
93,836
9,464
119,651
40,704
35,298
120,403
9,935
51,173
9,464
66,105
219,250
28,685
9,464
62,130
51,258
25,119
55,250
9,464
921
2,891
1,177
70,799
......................
1,962
34,892
......................

1.94
0.33
2.05
1.25
9.55
1.27
0.69
0.33
0.44
5.32
3.24
0.38
0.56
3.64
2.31
1.08
0.93
1.80
1.95
0.52
1.32
1.58
3.36
1.50
1.43
2.16
0.38
0.60
0.63
0.37
1.90
0.79
5.10
3.26
0.33
4.16
1.42
1.23
4.19
0.35
1.78
0.33
2.30
7.63
1.00
0.33
2.16
1.78
0.87
1.92
0.33
0.03
0.10
0.04
2.46
....................
0.07
1.21
....................

Total .................................................................................................

2,837,160

........................

2,874,043

2,874,043

2,874,043

1 100.00

1 Excludes

undistributed obligations.

135

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

75–0515–0–1–551

Table 8–16. State Children’s Health Insurance Program (93.767)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................

74,295
15,699
127,859
49,308
790,789
71,545
39,891
11,058
11,709
296,067
287,179
15,314
24,316
390,740
93,469
50,231
36,542
70,115
89,586
17,161
111,401
153,634
149,383
52,819
84,028
72,140
15,736
21,892
52,056
10,779
210,050
52,045
340,807
136,117
7,738
157,997
70,828
56,734
173,554
40,939
70,651
10,354
97,460
557,980
40,486
5,753
94,070
79,883
27,517
69,715
6,942
630
1,838
578
48,090
......................
1,365
......................
43,138

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

72,328
11,186
142,957
47,544
789,164
71,545
38,810
12,760
12,057
301,724
167,924
15,243
23,803
208,344
97,385
33,177
36,635
68,237
84,083
15,450
72,403
73,335
147,082
48,613
60,989
77,618
15,922
21,377
51,072
10,657
105,519
52,045
328,680
136,117
7,889
157,858
70,828
60,116
168,758
13,958
71,017
10,504
99,842
556,191
41,292
5,637
90,339
79,883
25,666
69,563
6,373
630
1,838
578
48,090
......................
1,365
......................
1,600,000

72,328
11,186
142,957
47,544
789,164
71,545
38,810
12,760
12,057
301,724
167,924
15,243
23,803
208,344
97,385
33,177
36,635
68,237
84,083
15,450
72,403
73,335
147,082
48,613
60,989
77,618
15,922
21,377
51,072
10,657
105,519
52,045
328,680
136,117
7,889
157,858
70,828
60,116
168,758
13,958
71,017
10,504
99,842
556,191
41,292
5,637
90,339
79,883
25,666
69,563
6,373
630
1,838
578
48,090
......................
1,365
......................
1 1,600,000

72,328
11,186
142,957
47,544
789,164
71,545
38,810
12,760
12,057
301,724
167,924
15,243
23,803
208,344
97,385
33,177
36,635
68,237
84,083
15,450
72,403
73,335
147,082
48,613
60,989
77,618
15,922
21,377
51,072
10,657
105,519
52,045
328,680
136,117
7,889
157,858
70,828
60,116
168,758
13,958
71,017
10,504
99,842
556,191
41,292
5,637
90,339
79,883
25,666
69,563
6,373
630
1,838
578
48,090
......................
1,365
......................
1 275,000

1.44
0.22
2.84
0.94
15.66
1.42
0.77
0.25
0.24
5.99
3.33
0.30
0.47
4.13
1.93
0.66
0.73
1.35
1.67
0.31
1.44
1.46
2.92
0.96
1.21
1.54
0.32
0.42
1.01
0.21
2.09
1.03
6.52
2.70
0.16
3.13
1.41
1.19
3.35
0.28
1.41
0.21
1.98
11.04
0.82
0.11
1.79
1.58
0.51
1.38
0.13
0.01
0.04
0.01
0.95
....................
0.03
....................
....................

Total .................................................................................................

5,690,000

........................

6,640,000

6,640,000

5,315,000

2 100.00

1 Includes

additional funding appropriated in P.L. 110–173 for States that have projected expenditures in excess of available funding. This funding will be distributed to States according to statute.
2 Excludes undistributed obligations.

136

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

75–0512–0–1–551

Table 8–17. Grants to States for Medicaid (93.778)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Survey & Certification .....................................................................
Fraud Control Units .........................................................................
Vaccines for Children ......................................................................
Vaccines for Children Collection ....................................................
Medicare Part B Transfer ...............................................................
Incurred but Not Reported ..............................................................
Adjustments .....................................................................................

2,940,192
697,380
4,624,960
2,440,263
22,683,720
1,575,252
2,236,684
548,117
1,065,559
8,531,917
4,565,846
704,610
838,439
7,155,690
3,869,405
1,707,669
1,472,038
3,284,546
3,803,243
1,484,706
2,935,024
5,820,039
5,568,026
3,436,915
2,552,166
4,360,484
543,287
981,488
784,490
651,312
5,022,922
2,100,824
24,142,473
6,721,726
357,941
8,055,587
2,426,504
1,988,613
9,197,164
993,167
2,987,929
425,246
4,908,617
14,379,998
1,163,571
628,688
2,737,821
3,213,924
1,739,467
2,891,600
248,079
8,290
12,484
4,574
250,400
......................
12,445
......................
......................
200,385
174,800
2,735,437
513
358,675
1,614,242
¥453,530

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........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

2,854,209
784,273
5,163,537
2,714,004
22,331,784
1,686,845
2,381,441
579,951
1,128,518
8,636,353
4,549,510
645,876
868,829
6,676,912
3,785,158
1,716,131
1,397,881
3,454,644
4,556,003
1,416,912
2,956,354
5,827,467
5,529,730
3,661,427
2,821,625
4,852,522
528,498
1,010,665
765,079
688,778
4,781,329
2,216,652
25,488,362
6,797,374
405,574
8,131,860
2,642,701
2,145,878
9,420,349
1,003,199
2,969,534
427,429
4,813,880
13,968,726
1,097,868
662,876
2,889,595
3,279,825
1,799,288
3,017,857
251,148
8,831
13,645
4,851
297,870
......................
13,795
......................
......................
223,000
186,000
2,702,206
......................
300,000
3,000,000
¥3,879,712

2,854,209
784,273
5,163,537
2,714,004
22,331,784
1,686,845
2,381,441
579,951
1,128,518
8,636,353
4,549,510
645,876
868,829
6,676,912
3,785,158
1,716,131
1,397,881
3,454,644
4,556,003
1,416,912
2,956,354
5,827,467
5,529,730
3,661,427
2,821,625
4,852,522
528,498
1,010,665
765,079
688,778
4,781,329
2,216,652
25,488,362
6,797,374
405,574
8,131,860
2,642,701
2,145,878
9,420,349
1,003,199
2,969,534
427,429
4,813,880
13,968,726
1,097,868
662,876
2,889,595
3,279,825
1,799,288
3,017,857
251,148
8,831
13,645
4,851
297,870
......................
13,795
......................
......................
223,000
186,000
2,702,206
......................
300,000
3,000,000
¥3,879,712

2,902,936
829,820
5,697,855
2,986,444
22,987,211
1,749,468
2,484,981
629,680
1,160,444
8,923,940
4,732,392
641,815
949,417
6,554,010
4,006,475
1,837,941
1,451,626
3,587,128
4,988,758
1,550,455
3,149,359
6,087,855
5,755,101
3,899,054
3,037,716
5,351,146
530,571
1,078,282
761,832
729,834
4,805,928
2,445,720
26,241,144
7,293,491
406,863
8,741,262
2,597,854
2,350,413
9,980,814
1,060,762
2,990,390
428,339
5,073,891
14,431,063
1,130,124
671,280
3,033,180
3,376,379
1,870,618
3,264,916
261,339
8,831
13,645
4,851
297,870
......................
12,381
......................
......................
228,798
195,300
2,766,230
......................
......................
3,231,000
520,106

1.31
0.38
2.58
1.35
10.41
0.79
1.13
0.29
0.53
4.04
2.14
0.29
0.43
2.97
1.81
0.83
0.66
1.62
2.26
0.70
1.43
2.76
2.61
1.77
1.38
2.42
0.24
0.49
0.35
0.33
2.18
1.11
11.89
3.30
0.18
3.96
1.18
1.06
4.52
0.48
1.35
0.19
2.30
6.54
0.51
0.30
1.37
1.53
0.85
1.48
0.12
*
0.01
*
0.13
....................
0.01
....................
....................
0.10
0.09
1.25
....................
....................
1.46
0.24

Total .................................................................................................

205,114,043

........................

207,052,706

207,052,706

220,768,328

1 100.00

* $500 or less or 0.005 percent or less.
1 Excludes undistributed obligations.

137

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

75–1552–0–1–609

Table 8–18. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)—Family Assistance Grants (93.558)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Tribal New Program ........................................................................
Responsible Fatherhood .................................................................
Territories Matching Fund ...............................................................

104,408
53,620
226,131
62,937
3,665,236
149,626
261,986
31,117
92,595
622,746
368,025
98,905
33,911
585,057
206,799
130,994
101,931
181,288
180,999
78,121
229,098
459,371
775,353
263,434
95,803
217,052
39,172
57,769
45,928
38,521
404,035
117,131
2,442,931
338,350
26,400
727,968
147,594
166,799
719,499
95,022
99,968
21,280
213,089
538,965
83,611
47,353
158,285
382,267
110,176
314,499
18,360
......................
2,819
......................
71,562
......................
2,847
167,748
......................
7,551
149,962
......................

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........................
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........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

104,408
53,620
226,131
62,951
3,663,779
149,626
266,788
32,291
92,610
622,746
368,025
98,905
33,911
585,057
206,799
130,994
101,931
181,288
180,999
78,121
229,098
459,371
775,353
263,434
95,803
217,052
39,172
57,514
47,641
38,521
404,035
117,131
2,442,931
338,350
26,400
727,968
145,860
166,799
719,499
95,022
99,968
21,280
213,089
538,965
84,314
47,353
158,285
382,267
110,176
314,499
18,501
......................
3,465
......................
71,562
......................
2,847
171,487
......................
7,633
150,000
15,000

104,408
53,620
226,131
62,951
3,663,779
149,626
266,788
32,291
92,610
622,746
368,025
98,905
33,911
585,057
206,799
130,994
101,931
181,288
180,999
78,121
229,098
459,371
775,353
263,434
95,803
217,052
39,172
57,514
47,641
38,521
404,035
117,131
2,442,931
338,350
26,400
727,968
145,860
166,799
719,499
95,022
99,968
21,280
213,089
538,965
84,314
47,353
158,285
382,267
110,176
314,499
18,501
......................
3,465
......................
71,562
......................
2,847
171,487
......................
7,633
150,000
15,000

104,408
53,620
226,131
62,951
3,663,779
149,626
266,788
32,291
92,610
622,746
368,025
98,905
33,911
585,057
206,799
130,994
101,931
181,288
180,999
78,121
229,098
459,371
775,353
263,434
95,803
217,052
39,172
57,514
47,641
38,521
404,035
117,131
2,442,931
338,350
26,400
727,968
145,860
166,799
719,499
95,022
99,968
21,280
213,089
538,965
84,314
47,353
158,285
382,267
110,176
314,499
18,501
......................
3,465
......................
71,562
......................
2,847
171,487
......................
7,633
150,000
15,000

0.61
0.31
1.33
0.37
21.48
0.88
1.56
0.19
0.54
3.65
2.16
0.58
0.20
3.43
1.21
0.77
0.60
1.06
1.06
0.46
1.34
2.69
4.55
1.54
0.56
1.27
0.23
0.34
0.28
0.23
2.37
0.69
14.32
1.98
0.15
4.27
0.86
0.98
4.22
0.56
0.59
0.12
1.25
3.16
0.49
0.28
0.93
2.24
0.65
1.84
0.11
....................
0.02
....................
0.42
....................
0.02
1.01
....................
0.04
0.88
0.09

Total .................................................................................................

17,034,004

........................

17,058,625

17,058,625

17,058,625

1 100.00

1 Excludes

undistributed obligations.

138

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

75–1501–0–1–609

Table 8–19. Child Support Enforcement—Federal Share of State and Local Administrative Costs and Incentives (93.563)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................

44,635
18,254
66,615
34,264
776,584
52,353
51,430
22,070
13,509
221,436
87,609
11,038
36,653
136,680
50,678
42,103
54,516
33,869
66,320
16,058
95,683
99,930
161,464
102,382
41,666
48,296
12,869
32,550
33,777
38,922
181,123
88,955
207,139
84,723
53,336
204,888
46,670
80,712
141,546
7,725
43,301
48,192
63,918
217,289
43,782
45,914
71,460
78,684
21,738
68,074
8,095
......................
8,719
......................
40,322
......................
15,429
19,653
......................

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........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

42,394
17,337
63,270
32,543
737,586
49,724
48,847
20,962
12,831
210,315
83,209
10,484
34,812
129,816
48,133
39,988
51,778
32,168
62,989
15,252
90,878
94,911
153,355
97,240
39,573
45,870
12,223
30,916
32,080
36,967
172,027
84,487
196,736
80,468
50,657
194,598
44,326
76,659
134,437
7,337
41,126
45,772
60,708
206,377
41,583
43,608
67,871
74,733
20,646
64,655
7,688
......................
8,281
......................
38,297
......................
14,654
45,000
......................

42,394
17,337
63,270
32,543
737,586
49,724
48,847
20,962
12,831
210,315
83,209
10,484
34,812
129,816
48,133
39,988
51,778
32,168
62,989
15,252
90,878
94,911
153,355
97,240
39,573
45,870
12,223
30,916
32,080
36,967
172,027
84,487
196,736
80,468
50,657
194,598
44,326
76,659
134,437
7,337
41,126
45,772
60,708
206,377
41,583
43,608
67,871
74,733
20,646
64,655
7,688
......................
8,281
......................
38,297
......................
14,654
45,000
......................

38,394
15,701
57,301
29,473
667,999
45,033
44,238
18,984
11,620
190,474
75,359
9,494
31,528
117,569
43,592
36,216
46,893
29,133
57,046
13,813
82,304
85,957
138,887
88,067
35,840
41,543
11,070
27,999
29,054
33,479
155,797
76,517
178,175
72,877
45,878
176,239
40,144
69,427
121,754
6,645
37,246
41,454
54,980
186,907
37,660
39,494
61,468
67,682
18,699
58,556
6,963
......................
7,500
......................
34,684
......................
13,272
61,000
......................

1.00
0.41
1.50
0.77
17.46
1.18
1.16
0.50
0.30
4.98
1.97
0.25
0.82
3.07
1.14
0.95
1.23
0.76
1.49
0.36
2.15
2.25
3.63
2.30
0.94
1.09
0.29
0.73
0.76
0.88
4.07
2.00
4.66
1.91
1.20
4.61
1.05
1.82
3.18
0.17
0.97
1.08
1.44
4.89
0.98
1.03
1.61
1.77
0.49
1.53
0.18
....................
0.20
....................
0.91
....................
0.35
1.59
....................

Total .................................................................................................

4,395,600

........................

4,201,182

4,201,182

3,825,078

1 100.00

1 Excludes

undistributed obligations.

139

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

75–1502–0–1–609

Table 8–20. Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (93.568)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Discretionary Funds ........................................................................
Technical Assistance .......................................................................

16,673
7,418
7,451
12,796
89,236
31,367
40,920
5,431
6,355
26,527
20,979
2,113
11,642
113,259
51,274
36,343
16,674
26,686
17,144
25,541
31,332
81,820
106,706
77,469
14,350
45,240
11,843
17,963
3,809
15,493
75,798
9,358
247,709
36,319
12,753
100,195
14,004
23,744
133,273
13,435
13,318
10,410
27,033
44,144
14,285
11,613
38,166
38,357
17,660
69,733
5,626
44
96
33
2,381
......................
91
21,046
......................
27,225
293

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

16,673
7,418
7,451
12,796
89,236
31,367
40,920
5,431
6,355
26,527
20,979
2,113
11,642
113,259
51,274
36,343
16,649
26,686
17,144
25,541
31,332
81,820
106,706
77,469
14,350
45,240
11,843
17,958
3,809
15,493
75,798
9,345
247,708
36,319
12,753
100,195
14,000
23,744
133,273
13,435
13,318
10,410
27,033
44,144
14,285
11,613
38,166
38,357
17,660
69,733
5,626
44
96
33
2,381
......................
91
21,103
......................
27,225
288

16,673
7,418
7,451
12,796
89,236
31,367
40,920
5,431
6,355
26,527
20,979
2,113
11,642
113,259
51,274
36,343
16,649
26,686
17,144
25,541
31,332
81,820
106,706
77,469
14,350
45,240
11,843
17,958
3,809
15,493
75,798
9,345
247,708
36,319
12,753
100,195
14,000
23,744
133,273
13,435
13,318
10,410
27,033
44,144
14,285
11,613
38,166
38,357
17,660
69,733
5,626
44
96
33
2,381
......................
91
21,103
......................
27,225
288

14,315
6,369
6,397
10,986
76,617
26,932
35,133
4,663
5,456
22,776
18,013
1,814
9,995
97,243
44,023
31,204
14,295
22,912
14,720
21,929
26,901
70,250
91,617
66,514
12,321
38,842
10,168
15,419
3,270
13,302
65,079
8,023
212,679
31,183
10,949
86,026
12,020
20,386
114,426
11,535
11,435
8,938
23,210
37,902
12,265
9,970
32,768
32,933
15,163
59,872
4,830
38
82
29
2,044
......................
78
18,118
......................
23,375
248

0.84
0.37
0.38
0.65
4.51
1.58
2.07
0.27
0.32
1.34
1.06
0.11
0.59
5.72
2.59
1.84
0.84
1.35
0.87
1.29
1.58
4.13
5.39
3.91
0.72
2.28
0.60
0.91
0.19
0.78
3.83
0.47
12.51
1.83
0.64
5.06
0.71
1.20
6.73
0.68
0.67
0.53
1.37
2.23
0.72
0.59
1.93
1.94
0.89
3.52
0.28
*
*
*
0.12
....................
*
1.07
....................
1.38
0.01

Total .................................................................................................

1,979,996

........................

1,980,000

1,980,000

1,700,000

1 100.00

* $500 or less or 0.005 percent or less.
1 Excludes undistributed obligations.

140

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

75–1515–0–1–609

Table 8–21. Child Care and Development Block Grant (93.575)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Technical Assistance .......................................................................
Research Set-Aside ........................................................................
Child Care Aware ............................................................................

40,007
4,057
50,535
25,026
231,863
23,765
14,164
4,452
3,168
114,853
78,229
7,768
11,655
76,570
41,430
17,655
18,509
35,314
45,664
6,667
25,701
25,406
57,741
25,580
31,951
38,694
5,677
11,507
14,230
4,685
36,494
18,281
107,222
66,514
3,679
66,959
31,005
22,310
62,528
5,595
36,828
5,412
44,348
216,536
22,336
2,906
39,306
33,180
13,533
29,529
2,687
2,606
4,048
1,799
34,860
......................
1,858
30,399
......................
5,122
9,813
982

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

39,938
4,064
51,631
25,551
229,338
23,919
13,742
4,554
2,885
112,313
80,270
7,269
12,026
75,188
42,047
18,275
18,834
35,714
42,649
6,834
25,113
24,755
57,162
26,031
32,362
38,962
5,943
11,733
14,789
4,723
35,243
18,456
103,991
67,494
3,784
67,654
31,683
22,582
62,022
5,383
36,809
5,514
45,692
221,872
22,898
2,936
38,813
33,657
13,562
30,024
2,765
2,536
4,023
1,887
33,311
......................
1,865
41,242
......................
5,155
9,649
965

39,938
4,064
51,631
25,551
229,338
23,919
13,742
4,554
2,885
112,313
80,270
7,269
12,026
75,188
42,047
18,275
18,834
35,714
42,649
6,834
25,113
24,755
57,162
26,031
32,362
38,962
5,943
11,733
14,789
4,723
35,243
18,456
103,991
67,494
3,784
67,654
31,683
22,582
62,022
5,383
36,809
5,514
45,692
221,872
22,898
2,936
38,813
33,657
13,562
30,024
2,765
2,536
4,023
1,887
33,311
......................
1,865
41,242
......................
5,155
9,649
965

39,938
4,064
51,631
25,551
229,338
23,919
13,742
4,554
2,885
112,313
80,270
7,269
12,026
75,188
42,047
18,275
18,834
35,714
42,649
6,834
25,113
24,755
57,162
26,031
32,362
38,962
5,943
11,733
14,789
4,723
35,243
18,456
103,991
67,494
3,784
67,654
31,683
22,582
62,022
5,383
36,809
5,514
45,692
221,872
22,898
2,936
38,813
33,657
13,562
30,024
2,765
2,536
4,023
1,887
33,311
......................
1,865
41,242
......................
5,155
9,649
965

1.94
0.20
2.50
1.24
11.12
1.16
0.67
0.22
0.14
5.45
3.89
0.35
0.58
3.65
2.04
0.89
0.91
1.73
2.07
0.33
1.22
1.20
2.77
1.26
1.57
1.89
0.29
0.57
0.72
0.23
1.71
0.90
5.04
3.27
0.18
3.28
1.54
1.10
3.01
0.26
1.79
0.27
2.22
10.76
1.11
0.14
1.88
1.63
0.66
1.46
0.13
0.12
0.20
0.09
1.62
....................
0.09
2.00
....................
0.25
0.47
0.05

Total .................................................................................................

2,051,198

........................

2,062,081

2,062,081

2,062,081

1 100.00

1 Excludes

undistributed obligations.

141

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

75–1550–0–1–609

Table 8–22. Child Care and Development Fund—Mandatory (93.596a)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Technical Assistance .......................................................................

16,442
3,545
19,827
5,300
85,593
10,174
18,738
5,179
4,567
43,027
36,548
4,972
2,868
56,874
26,182
8,508
9,812
16,702
13,865
3,019
23,301
44,973
32,082
23,368
6,293
24,669
3,191
10,595
2,580
4,582
26,374
8,308
101,981
69,639
2,506
70,125
24,910
19,409
55,337
6,634
9,867
1,711
37,702
59,844
12,592
3,945
21,329
41,883
8,727
24,511
2,815
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
58,249
......................
3,792

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

16,442
3,545
19,827
5,300
85,593
10,174
18,738
5,179
4,567
43,027
36,548
4,972
2,868
56,874
26,182
8,508
9,812
16,702
13,865
3,019
23,301
44,973
32,082
23,368
6,293
24,669
3,191
10,595
2,580
4,582
26,374
8,308
101,981
69,639
2,506
70,125
24,910
19,409
55,337
6,634
9,867
1,711
37,702
59,844
12,592
3,945
21,329
41,883
8,727
24,511
2,815
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
58,340
......................
3,792

16,442
3,545
19,827
5,300
85,593
10,174
18,738
5,179
4,567
43,027
36,548
4,972
2,868
56,874
26,182
8,508
9,812
16,702
13,865
3,019
23,301
44,973
32,082
23,368
6,293
24,669
3,191
10,595
2,580
4,582
26,374
8,308
101,981
69,639
2,506
70,125
24,910
19,409
55,337
6,634
9,867
1,711
37,702
59,844
12,592
3,945
21,329
41,883
8,727
24,511
2,815
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
58,340
......................
3,792

16,442
3,545
19,827
5,300
85,593
10,174
18,738
5,179
4,567
43,027
36,548
4,972
2,868
56,874
26,182
8,508
9,812
16,702
13,865
3,019
23,301
44,973
32,082
23,368
6,293
24,669
3,191
10,595
2,580
4,582
26,374
8,308
101,981
69,639
2,506
70,125
24,910
19,409
55,337
6,634
9,867
1,711
37,702
59,844
12,592
3,945
21,329
41,883
8,727
24,511
2,815
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
58,340
......................
3,792

1.33
0.29
1.60
0.43
6.90
0.82
1.51
0.42
0.37
3.47
2.95
0.40
0.23
4.59
2.11
0.69
0.79
1.35
1.12
0.24
1.88
3.63
2.59
1.89
0.51
1.99
0.26
0.85
0.21
0.37
2.13
0.67
8.23
5.62
0.20
5.66
2.01
1.57
4.46
0.54
0.80
0.14
3.04
4.83
1.02
0.32
1.72
3.38
0.70
1.98
0.23
....................
....................
....................
....................
....................
....................
4.71
....................
0.31

Total .................................................................................................

1,239,566

........................

1,239,657

1,239,657

1,239,657

1 100.00

1 Excludes

undistributed obligations.

142

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

75–1550–0–1–609

Table 8–23. Child Care and Development Fund—Matching (93.596b)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Technical Assistance .......................................................................

24,711
4,194
36,859
15,410
222,167
27,318
18,682
4,457
2,696
92,324
54,753
6,921
8,559
74,366
36,577
15,049
15,371
22,378
26,141
5,971
31,642
32,974
56,413
27,667
17,108
31,064
4,482
9,844
14,460
6,598
49,209
11,042
103,030
49,319
3,027
62,124
19,526
19,218
62,339
5,487
23,206
4,234
31,693
147,643
17,634
2,834
41,672
33,401
8,573
28,832
2,531
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
3,415

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

25,166
4,048
37,884
15,747
217,404
26,991
18,140
4,616
2,647
90,955
56,397
6,821
9,025
73,387
35,853
15,957
15,861
22,725
24,727
6,084
32,568
30,500
55,142
28,338
17,216
31,905
4,818
10,152
14,717
6,488
47,167
11,547
101,483
49,402
3,243
62,217
20,462
19,334
61,883
5,278
23,374
4,398
32,765
151,191
18,835
2,875
41,123
34,303
8,715
29,245
2,723
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
3,501

25,166
4,048
37,884
15,747
217,404
26,991
18,140
4,616
2,647
90,955
56,397
6,821
9,025
73,387
35,853
15,957
15,861
22,725
24,727
6,084
32,568
30,500
55,142
28,338
17,216
31,905
4,818
10,152
14,717
6,488
47,167
11,547
101,483
49,402
3,243
62,217
20,462
19,334
61,883
5,278
23,374
4,398
32,765
151,191
18,835
2,875
41,123
34,303
8,715
29,245
2,723
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
3,501

25,166
4,048
37,884
15,747
217,404
26,991
18,140
4,616
2,647
90,955
56,397
6,821
9,025
73,387
35,853
15,957
15,861
22,725
24,727
6,084
32,568
30,500
55,142
28,338
17,216
31,905
4,818
10,152
14,717
6,488
47,167
11,547
101,483
49,402
3,243
62,217
20,462
19,334
61,883
5,278
23,374
4,398
32,765
151,191
18,835
2,875
41,123
34,303
8,715
29,245
2,723
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
3,501

1.50
0.24
2.26
0.94
12.96
1.61
1.08
0.28
0.16
5.42
3.36
0.41
0.54
4.38
2.14
0.95
0.95
1.35
1.47
0.36
1.94
1.82
3.29
1.69
1.03
1.90
0.29
0.61
0.88
0.39
2.81
0.69
6.05
2.95
0.19
3.71
1.22
1.15
3.69
0.31
1.39
0.26
1.95
9.01
1.12
0.17
2.45
2.05
0.52
1.74
0.16
....................
....................
....................
....................
....................
....................
....................
....................
0.21

Total .................................................................................................

1 1,677,145

........................

1,677,343

1,677,343

1,677,343

2 100.00

1 Includes
2 Excludes

reappropriated funds from prior year.
undistributed obligations.

143

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

75–1536–0–1–506

Table 8–24. Head Start (93.600)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Palau ................................................................................................
Migrant Program ..............................................................................
Training and Technical Assistance .................................................
Research and Evaluation ................................................................
Program Support .............................................................................

107,070
12,524
103,928
64,793
835,096
68,621
52,113
13,290
25,211
264,221
169,204
22,981
22,908
271,880
96,597
51,762
51,137
108,291
146,504
27,725
78,356
108,797
235,518
72,300
162,357
119,483
21,036
36,207
24,380
13,441
129,545
52,515
434,979
141,858
17,246
247,915
81,384
59,715
229,113
22,106
82,842
18,903
119,832
480,685
37,920
13,615
99,507
100,776
50,852
91,253
12,422
2,159
2,173
1,671
250,345
......................
8,030
188,210
......................
1,339
287,675
175,197
19,793
38,590

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

106,911
12,506
103,774
64,697
833,854
68,519
52,035
13,271
25,174
263,829
168,952
22,946
22,874
271,477
96,454
51,685
51,061
108,130
146,287
27,684
78,240
108,636
235,168
72,193
162,116
119,305
21,004
36,154
24,344
13,421
129,353
52,437
434,333
141,647
17,220
247,547
81,263
59,626
228,773
22,073
82,719
18,875
119,654
479,971
37,864
13,595
99,359
100,627
50,776
91,117
12,404
2,156
2,169
1,669
249,974
......................
8,018
187,931
......................
1,337
287,248
174,949
20,000
38,590

106,911
12,506
103,774
64,697
833,854
68,519
52,035
13,271
25,174
263,829
168,952
22,946
22,874
271,477
96,454
51,685
51,061
108,130
146,287
27,684
78,240
108,636
235,168
72,193
162,116
119,305
21,004
36,154
24,344
13,421
129,353
52,437
434,333
141,647
17,220
247,547
81,263
59,626
228,773
22,073
82,719
18,875
119,654
479,971
37,864
13,595
99,359
100,627
50,776
91,117
12,404
2,156
2,169
1,669
249,974
......................
8,018
187,931
......................
1,337
287,248
174,949
20,000
38,590

108,965
12,746
105,768
65,940
849,871
69,836
53,035
13,526
25,658
268,898
172,199
23,387
23,314
276,693
98,307
52,679
52,042
110,208
149,098
28,216
79,743
110,723
239,687
73,580
165,231
121,598
21,408
36,848
24,812
13,679
131,839
53,445
442,679
144,369
17,551
252,303
82,825
60,772
233,169
22,497
84,309
19,238
121,954
489,194
38,591
13,856
101,268
102,560
51,752
92,868
12,642
2,197
2,211
1,701
254,777
......................
8,172
198,442
......................
1,363
299,668
178,664
20,000
42,000

1.55
0.18
1.51
0.94
12.10
0.99
0.75
0.19
0.37
3.83
2.45
0.33
0.33
3.94
1.40
0.75
0.74
1.57
2.12
0.40
1.13
1.58
3.41
1.05
2.35
1.73
0.30
0.52
0.35
0.19
1.88
0.76
6.30
2.05
0.25
3.59
1.18
0.86
3.32
0.32
1.20
0.27
1.74
6.96
0.55
0.20
1.44
1.46
0.74
1.32
0.18
0.03
0.03
0.02
3.63
....................
0.12
2.82
....................
0.02
4.26
2.54
0.28
0.60

Total .................................................................................................

6,887,896

........................

6,877,975

6,877,975

7,026,571

1 100.00

1 Excludes

undistributed obligations.

144

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

75–1545–0–1–506

Table 8–25. Foster Care—Title IV–E (93.658)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Technical Assistance .......................................................................
New Program Option ......................................................................

32,825
17,010
79,411
35,608
1,302,354
63,983
93,106
5,738
15,926
152,408
51,703
24,157
8,830
199,759
92,549
31,556
36,283
53,460
49,854
15,618
137,880
64,838
78,191
45,016
10,681
61,411
15,225
18,582
29,788
13,003
67,755
22,705
370,648
83,618
11,617
188,383
42,893
55,035
378,226
11,853
22,217
5,152
40,863
216,800
19,232
10,810
88,499
84,682
40,469
61,374
1,665
......................
......................
......................
7,917
......................
......................
......................
......................
18,506
......................

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

32,090
16,629
77,634
34,811
1,273,218
62,551
91,023
5,609
15,570
148,998
50,546
23,616
8,633
195,289
90,478
30,850
35,471
52,264
48,739
15,268
134,795
63,387
76,442
44,008
10,442
60,037
14,884
18,166
29,121
12,712
66,240
22,197
362,355
81,747
11,357
184,168
41,933
53,804
369,764
11,587
21,720
5,037
39,949
211,949
18,802
10,568
86,519
82,787
39,564
60,001
1,628
......................
......................
......................
7,740
......................
......................
......................
......................
16,303
......................

32,090
16,629
77,634
34,811
1,273,218
62,551
91,023
5,609
15,570
148,998
50,546
23,616
8,633
195,289
90,478
30,850
35,471
52,264
48,739
15,268
134,795
63,387
76,442
44,008
10,442
60,037
14,884
18,166
29,121
12,712
66,240
22,197
362,355
81,747
11,357
184,168
41,933
53,804
369,764
11,587
21,720
5,037
39,949
211,949
18,802
10,568
86,519
82,787
39,564
60,001
1,628
......................
......................
......................
7,740
......................
......................
......................
......................
16,303
......................

31,201
16,168
75,482
33,846
1,237,919
60,817
88,500
5,454
15,138
144,867
49,145
22,961
8,393
189,875
87,970
29,995
34,488
50,815
47,387
14,845
131,058
61,630
74,323
42,788
10,152
58,372
14,471
17,663
28,314
12,360
64,403
21,581
352,310
79,481
11,042
179,062
40,771
52,312
359,513
11,266
21,118
4,898
38,841
206,073
18,281
10,275
84,120
80,492
38,467
58,338
1,583
......................
......................
......................
7,525
......................
......................
......................
......................
14,851
10,000

0.70
0.36
1.69
0.76
27.74
1.36
1.98
0.12
0.34
3.25
1.10
0.51
0.19
4.25
1.97
0.67
0.77
1.14
1.06
0.33
2.94
1.38
1.67
0.96
0.23
1.31
0.32
0.40
0.63
0.28
1.44
0.48
7.89
1.78
0.25
4.01
0.91
1.17
8.06
0.25
0.47
0.11
0.87
4.62
0.41
0.23
1.88
1.80
0.86
1.31
0.04
....................
....................
....................
0.17
....................
....................
....................
....................
0.33
0.22

Total .................................................................................................

4,687,672

........................

4,581,000

1 4,581,000

4,463,000

2 100.00

1 Assumes
2 Excludes

a lapse of $61 million.
undistributed obligations.

145

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

75–1545–0–1–506

Table 8–26. Adoption Assistance (93.659)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................

8,999
7,825
48,174
10,775
344,878
20,887
25,075
1,694
10,493
59,428
38,162
12,449
3,875
87,306
44,593
30,594
12,867
27,173
15,342
12,504
21,515
32,518
113,213
23,827
5,162
32,221
8,370
8,604
9,812
4,201
35,341
12,627
201,523
33,687
3,685
164,831
23,708
31,319
108,234
7,986
15,245
2,848
34,301
59,941
7,306
7,096
14,150
34,487
13,099
47,488
694
......................
......................
......................
157
......................
......................
......................
......................

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

9,989
8,686
53,475
11,961
382,819
23,186
27,834
1,880
11,648
65,967
42,361
13,819
4,301
96,913
49,500
33,960
14,283
30,163
17,031
13,880
23,882
36,097
125,670
26,449
5,730
35,767
9,291
9,550
10,891
4,664
39,230
14,016
223,697
37,394
4,091
182,967
26,317
34,765
120,143
8,865
16,922
3,162
38,075
66,537
8,109
7,877
15,707
38,282
14,540
52,713
770
......................
......................
......................
174
......................
......................
......................
......................

9,989
8,686
53,475
11,961
382,819
23,186
27,834
1,880
11,648
65,967
42,361
13,819
4,301
96,913
49,500
33,960
14,283
30,163
17,031
13,880
23,882
36,097
125,670
26,449
5,730
35,767
9,291
9,550
10,891
4,664
39,230
14,016
223,697
37,394
4,091
182,967
26,317
34,765
120,143
8,865
16,922
3,162
38,075
66,537
8,109
7,877
15,707
38,282
14,540
52,713
770
......................
......................
......................
174
......................
......................
......................
......................

10,591
9,210
56,699
12,682
405,904
24,584
29,512
1,993
12,350
69,944
44,915
14,652
4,560
102,756
52,485
36,007
15,144
31,982
18,057
14,717
25,322
38,273
133,248
28,044
6,076
37,923
9,851
10,126
11,548
4,945
41,595
14,861
237,185
39,648
4,338
193,999
27,904
36,861
127,388
9,400
17,943
3,353
40,371
70,549
8,598
8,352
16,654
40,590
15,417
55,892
817
......................
......................
......................
185
......................
......................
......................
......................

0.46
0.40
2.48
0.55
17.76
1.08
1.29
0.09
0.54
3.06
1.96
0.64
0.20
4.50
2.30
1.58
0.66
1.40
0.79
0.64
1.11
1.67
5.83
1.23
0.27
1.66
0.43
0.44
0.51
0.22
1.82
0.65
10.38
1.73
0.19
8.49
1.22
1.61
5.57
0.41
0.78
0.15
1.77
3.09
0.38
0.37
0.73
1.78
0.67
2.44
0.04
....................
....................
....................
0.01
....................
....................
....................
....................

Total .................................................................................................

1,942,289

........................

2,156,000

2,156,000

2,286,000

1 100.00

1 Excludes

undistributed obligations.

146

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

75–1534–0–1–506

Table 8–27. Social Services Block Grant (93.667)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................

25,994
3,785
33,873
15,850
206,069
26,607
20,020
4,811
3,140
101,461
51,744
7,273
8,151
72,793
35,771
16,918
15,654
23,802
25,800
7,537
31,941
36,494
57,722
29,274
16,660
33,081
5,336
10,031
13,772
7,471
49,721
10,998
109,815
49,523
3,631
65,383
20,235
20,766
70,890
6,138
24,268
4,425
34,008
130,377
14,085
3,553
43,159
35,861
10,362
31,575
2,905
49
293
59
8,793
......................
293
......................
......................

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

25,968
3,783
34,817
15,871
205,854
26,839
19,789
4,819
3,284
102,142
52,872
7,258
8,280
72,454
35,648
16,838
15,607
23,749
24,210
7,462
31,708
36,347
57,004
29,175
16,434
32,990
5,334
9,985
14,091
7,424
49,262
11,036
109,010
50,007
3,590
64,809
20,210
20,896
70,244
6,028
24,399
4,415
34,097
132,734
14,399
3,523
43,155
36,113
10,268
31,374
2,908
49
293
59
8,793
......................
293
......................
......................

25,968
3,783
34,817
15,871
205,854
26,839
19,789
4,819
3,284
102,142
52,872
7,258
8,280
72,454
35,648
16,838
15,607
23,749
24,210
7,462
31,708
36,347
57,004
29,175
16,434
32,990
5,334
9,985
14,091
7,424
49,262
11,036
109,010
50,007
3,590
64,809
20,210
20,896
70,244
6,028
24,399
4,415
34,097
132,734
14,399
3,523
43,155
36,113
10,268
31,374
2,908
49
293
59
8,793
......................
293
......................
......................

18,330
2,671
24,577
11,203
145,307
18,945
13,969
3,402
2,318
72,100
37,322
5,124
5,845
51,144
25,164
11,886
11,017
16,764
17,090
5,267
22,382
25,657
40,238
20,594
11,600
23,287
3,765
7,048
9,946
5,241
34,773
7,790
76,948
35,299
2,534
45,748
14,266
14,750
49,584
4,255
17,223
3,116
24,069
93,694
10,164
2,487
30,462
25,492
7,248
22,146
2,053
34
207
41
6,207
......................
207
......................
......................

1.53
0.22
2.05
0.93
12.11
1.58
1.16
0.28
0.19
6.01
3.11
0.43
0.49
4.26
2.10
0.99
0.92
1.40
1.42
0.44
1.87
2.14
3.35
1.72
0.97
1.94
0.31
0.59
0.83
0.44
2.90
0.65
6.41
2.94
0.21
3.81
1.19
1.23
4.13
0.35
1.44
0.26
2.01
7.81
0.85
0.21
2.54
2.12
0.60
1.85
0.17
*
0.02
*
0.52
....................
0.02
....................
....................

Total .................................................................................................

1,700,000

........................

1,700,000

1,700,000

1,200,000

1 100.00

* $500 or less or 0.005 percent or less.
1 Excludes undistributed obligations.

147

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public and Indian Housing Programs

86–0163–0–1–604

Table 8–28. Public Housing Operating Fund (14.850)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Asset Management .........................................................................

115,805
8,261
30,074
17,483
116,571
22,355
65,049
9,156
46,074
110,518
129,754
13,928
1,221
243,307
43,238
6,427
17,341
53,380
69,154
11,983
83,425
137,199
54,173
48,320
32,699
39,738
4,455
12,391
14,710
10,127
163,875
9,519
891,422
110,101
2,982
181,188
29,415
16,112
259,365
27,878
37,647
2,783
97,173
146,485
4,582
3,604
67,904
36,415
17,233
21,852
1,402
......................
3,543
......................
145,161
......................
19,199
......................
......................
......................

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

125,658
8,963
32,633
18,970
126,489
24,257
70,583
9,935
49,994
119,921
140,793
15,113
1,324
264,007
46,917
6,974
18,816
57,921
75,037
13,003
90,523
148,871
58,782
52,431
35,481
43,119
4,834
13,445
15,961
10,989
177,818
10,329
967,322
119,468
3,235
196,603
31,917
17,483
281,432
30,250
40,850
3,020
105,441
158,948
4,972
3,911
73,682
39,513
18,699
23,712
1,522
......................
3,845
......................
157,511
......................
20,833
......................
......................
5,940

125,658
8,963
32,633
18,970
126,489
24,257
70,583
9,935
49,994
119,921
140,793
15,113
1,324
264,007
46,917
6,974
18,816
57,921
75,037
13,003
90,523
148,871
58,782
52,431
35,481
43,119
4,834
13,445
15,961
10,989
177,818
10,329
967,322
119,468
3,235
196,603
31,917
17,483
281,432
30,250
40,850
3,020
105,441
158,948
4,972
3,911
73,682
39,513
18,699
23,712
1,522
......................
3,845
......................
157,511
......................
20,833
......................
......................
5,940

128,654
9,177
33,411
19,423
129,505
24,835
72,266
10,172
51,186
122,780
144,150
15,474
1,356
270,302
48,035
7,140
19,265
59,302
76,827
13,313
92,682
152,421
60,184
53,681
36,327
44,147
4,949
13,766
16,342
11,251
182,057
10,575
990,384
122,316
3,312
201,291
32,678
17,900
288,142
30,971
41,824
3,092
107,955
162,738
5,091
4,004
75,438
40,456
19,145
24,277
1,558
......................
3,937
......................
161,267
......................
21,329
......................
......................
5,940

2.99
0.21
0.78
0.45
3.01
0.58
1.68
0.24
1.19
2.86
3.35
0.36
0.03
6.29
1.12
0.17
0.45
1.38
1.79
0.31
2.16
3.54
1.40
1.25
0.84
1.03
0.12
0.32
0.38
0.26
4.23
0.25
23.03
2.84
0.08
4.68
0.76
0.42
6.70
0.72
0.97
0.07
2.51
3.78
0.12
0.09
1.75
0.94
0.45
0.56
0.04
....................
0.09
....................
3.75
....................
0.50
....................
....................
0.14

Total .................................................................................................

3,865,156

........................

4,200,000

1 4,200,000

1 4,300,000

2 100.00

1 2008

and 2009 amounts by State assume the same allocations as 2007, and are subject to change.
undistributed obligations.

2 Excludes

148

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public and Indian Housing Programs

86–0302–0–1–604

Table 8–29. Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (14.871)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Disaster Assistance .........................................................................

145,084
28,634
141,108
94,998
2,914,875
223,270
326,633
34,461
153,101
710,715
401,270
94,608
34,979
815,356
191,925
91,179
57,830
165,912
214,817
76,126
381,222
798,572
321,249
212,643
97,620
228,358
27,824
59,019
95,809
74,304
629,346
75,034
1,909,672
330,411
29,440
513,353
125,128
190,111
534,239
64,308
127,147
27,455
172,480
906,681
64,001
38,035
320,130
348,663
61,564
142,087
10,736
......................
29,793
3,335
166,503
......................
11,852
......................
......................
258,003

3,167
625
3,080
2,074
63,637
4,874
7,131
752
3,342
15,515
8,760
2,065
764
17,800
4,190
1,991
1,262
3,622
4,690
1,662
8,322
17,433
7,013
4,642
2,131
4,985
607
1,288
2,092
1,622
13,739
1,638
41,689
7,213
643
11,207
2,732
4,150
11,663
1,404
2,776
599
3,765
19,793
1,397
830
6,989
7,612
1,344
3,102
234
........................
650
73
3,635
........................
259
........................
........................
........................

141,931
28,011
138,040
92,933
2,851,517
218,417
319,533
33,712
149,773
695,267
392,548
92,551
34,219
797,633
187,754
89,198
56,573
162,305
210,148
74,471
372,936
781,214
314,266
208,021
95,498
223,395
27,219
57,737
93,726
72,689
615,667
73,404
1,868,163
323,230
28,800
502,194
122,408
185,979
522,627
62,911
124,383
26,858
168,731
886,973
62,610
37,208
313,172
341,084
60,226
138,998
10,502
......................
29,145
3,262
162,884
......................
11,595
......................
......................
......................

145,098
28,636
141,120
95,007
2,915,154
223,291
326,664
34,464
153,115
710,782
401,308
94,616
34,983
815,433
191,944
91,189
57,835
165,927
214,838
76,133
381,258
798,647
321,279
212,663
97,629
228,380
27,826
59,025
95,818
74,311
629,406
75,042
1,909,852
330,443
29,443
513,401
125,140
190,129
534,290
64,315
127,159
27,457
172,496
906,766
64,007
38,038
320,161
348,696
61,570
142,100
10,736
......................
29,795
3,335
166,519
......................
11,854
......................
......................
......................

144,605
28,539
140,642
94,684
2,905,258
222,533
325,555
34,347
152,596
708,370
399,947
94,296
34,864
812,665
191,292
90,878
57,639
165,365
214,108
75,875
379,964
795,937
320,189
211,941
97,299
227,605
27,732
58,825
95,493
74,059
627,270
74,787
1,903,371
329,321
29,342
511,659
124,715
189,484
532,476
64,097
126,728
27,364
171,912
903,689
63,789
37,910
319,074
347,513
61,361
141,618
10,700
......................
29,695
3,324
165,954
......................
11,813
......................
......................
39,000

0.90
0.18
0.88
0.59
18.12
1.39
2.03
0.21
0.95
4.42
2.49
0.59
0.22
5.07
1.19
0.57
0.36
1.03
1.34
0.47
2.37
4.96
2.00
1.32
0.61
1.42
0.17
0.37
0.60
0.46
3.91
0.47
11.87
2.05
0.18
3.19
0.78
1.18
3.32
0.40
0.79
0.17
1.07
5.64
0.40
0.24
1.99
2.17
0.38
0.88
0.07
....................
0.19
0.02
1.04
....................
0.07
....................
....................
0.24

Total .................................................................................................

16,303,008

350,274

15,696,249

16,046,523

16,031,071

1 100.00

1 Excludes

undistributed obligations.

149

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public and Indian Housing Programs

86–0304–0–1–604

Table 8–30. Public Housing Capital Fund (14.872)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................

75,337
3,059
11,531
23,871
105,423
15,731
33,375
6,354
28,850
72,692
92,884
13,905
1,478
199,316
34,735
6,250
14,031
46,308
59,647
6,642
48,647
71,026
49,450
38,936
25,174
41,771
3,720
10,617
8,922
6,481
90,554
7,757
439,508
65,521
2,737
109,341
21,088
12,401
181,920
15,794
28,920
3,900
68,302
111,590
3,636
3,304
58,726
35,149
12,248
21,365
1,128
......................
1,525
......................
144,821
......................
7,467
......................
......................

4,627
188
708
1,466
6,474
966
2,050
390
1,772
4,464
5,704
854
91
12,241
2,133
384
862
2,844
3,663
408
2,988
4,362
3,037
2,391
1,546
2,565
228
652
548
398
5,561
476
26,989
4,024
168
6,715
1,295
762
11,172
970
1,776
240
4,195
6,853
223
203
3,607
2,159
752
1,312
69
........................
94
........................
8,894
........................
459
........................
........................

70,538
2,864
10,797
22,351
98,708
14,729
31,250
5,949
27,013
68,063
86,968
13,020
1,384
186,621
32,522
5,852
13,137
43,358
55,848
6,219
45,549
66,503
46,301
36,456
23,571
39,110
3,483
9,941
8,354
6,068
84,787
7,263
394,672
61,348
2,562
102,377
19,745
11,611
170,334
14,788
27,078
3,652
63,952
104,483
3,404
3,094
54,986
32,910
11,468
20,004
1,056
......................
1,428
......................
135,597
......................
6,991
......................
......................

75,165
3,052
11,505
23,817
105,182
15,695
33,300
6,339
28,785
72,527
92,672
13,874
1,475
198,862
34,655
6,236
13,999
46,202
59,511
6,627
48,537
70,865
49,338
38,847
25,117
41,675
3,711
10,593
8,902
6,466
90,348
7,739
421,661
65,372
2,730
109,092
21,040
12,373
181,506
15,758
28,854
3,892
68,147
111,336
3,627
3,297
58,593
35,069
12,220
21,316
1,125
......................
1,522
......................
144,491
......................
7,450
......................
......................

58,537
2,377
8,960
18,548
81,914
12,223
25,933
4,937
22,417
56,483
72,172
10,804
1,148
154,870
26,989
4,856
10,902
35,981
46,346
5,161
37,799
55,188
38,423
30,253
19,561
32,456
2,890
8,249
6,933
5,036
70,362
6,027
326,925
50,911
2,126
84,959
16,386
9,635
141,353
12,272
22,471
3,031
53,071
86,706
2,825
2,567
45,631
27,311
9,517
16,601
876
......................
1,185
......................
112,527
......................
5,802
......................
......................

2.91
0.12
0.45
0.92
4.08
0.61
1.29
0.25
1.12
2.81
3.59
0.54
0.06
7.71
1.34
0.24
0.54
1.79
2.31
0.26
1.88
2.75
1.91
1.51
0.97
1.62
0.14
0.41
0.35
0.25
3.50
0.30
16.27
2.53
0.11
4.23
0.82
0.48
7.03
0.61
1.12
0.15
2.64
4.31
0.14
0.13
2.27
1.36
0.47
0.83
0.04
....................
0.06
....................
5.60
....................
0.29
....................
....................

Total .................................................................................................

2,604,865

159,972

2,422,117

2,582,089

2,009,423

1 100.00

1 Excludes

undistributed obligations.

150

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Planning and Development

86–0612–0–1–451

Table 8–31. Community Development Block Grants (14.218)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Set-asides 1 ......................................................................................
Earmarks .........................................................................................
Earmarks Rescission .......................................................................
Hurricane Supplemental ..................................................................

49,801
4,760
54,591
27,757
471,738
38,555
42,118
7,272
18,757
162,551
83,062
15,366
12,277
176,982
70,896
41,572
28,177
46,029
62,745
19,961
56,070
110,765
133,058
58,621
35,517
68,075
9,285
19,589
20,425
13,340
101,921
21,238
352,789
71,884
6,414
163,639
30,558
36,996
224,183
17,315
39,231
8,065
50,540
257,621
20,729
8,423
61,853
62,051
25,353
67,446
4,246
954
2,823
1,361
111,779
......................
1,792
59,400
......................
1,584
......................
......................
......................

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

48,336
4,623
53,162
26,995
455,203
37,300
40,850
7,034
18,042
157,192
80,957
14,884
11,970
170,567
68,354
40,290
27,327
44,684
63,992
19,399
53,959
107,309
127,986
56,698
34,618
65,655
8,984
18,954
19,859
12,951
98,543
20,670
340,605
70,004
6,217
158,120
29,613
35,892
216,692
16,805
38,013
7,834
48,859
250,290
20,246
8,183
59,739
60,072
24,558
64,867
4,138
963
2,851
1,375
108,336
......................
1,811
62,000
......................
4,570
205,800
......................
3,000,000

48,336
4,623
53,162
26,995
455,203
37,300
40,850
7,034
18,042
157,192
80,957
14,884
11,970
170,567
68,354
40,290
27,327
44,684
63,992
19,399
53,959
107,309
127,986
56,698
34,618
65,655
8,984
18,954
19,859
12,951
98,543
20,670
340,605
70,004
6,217
158,120
29,613
35,892
216,692
16,805
38,013
7,834
48,859
250,290
20,246
8,183
59,739
60,072
24,558
64,867
4,138
963
2,851
1,375
108,336
......................
1,811
62,000
......................
4,570
205,800
......................
3,000,000

36,765
3,516
40,436
20,533
346,233
28,371
31,071
5,350
13,723
119,562
61,577
11,321
9,105
129,735
51,991
30,645
20,785
33,987
48,673
14,755
41,042
81,621
97,348
43,125
26,331
49,938
6,833
14,417
15,105
9,851
74,953
15,722
259,066
53,246
4,729
120,268
22,524
27,300
164,819
12,782
28,913
5,959
37,163
190,374
15,399
6,224
45,438
45,691
18,679
49,339
3,147
897
2,657
1,281
82,402
......................
1,688
57,420
200,000
8,175
......................
......................
¥205,800

1.42
0.14
1.56
0.79
13.35
1.09
1.20
0.21
0.53
4.61
2.37
0.44
0.35
5.00
2.00
1.18
0.80
1.31
1.88
0.57
1.58
3.15
3.75
1.66
1.01
1.92
0.26
0.56
0.58
0.38
2.89
0.61
9.99
2.05
0.18
4.64
0.87
1.05
6.35
0.49
1.11
0.23
1.43
7.34
0.59
0.24
1.75
1.76
0.72
1.90
0.12
0.03
0.10
0.05
3.18
....................
0.07
2.21
....................
0.32
....................
....................
¥7.93

Total 2 ...............................................................................................

3,771,900

........................

6,865,800

6,865,800

2,794,200

3 100.00

1 Includes
2 Includes
3 Excludes

transfer to Working Capital Fund (IT). 2008 and 2009 also include set-aside for technical assistance.
Special Purpose Grants/Insular Areas (14.225) and State’s Program (14.228).
undistributed obligations.

151

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Planning and Development

86–0205–0–1–604

Table 8–32. HOME Investment Partnerships Program (14.239)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Set-asides 1 ......................................................................................

24,129
4,053
24,605
15,267
247,348
20,875
19,983
4,892
8,732
76,989
40,940
7,386
6,637
71,862
28,946
14,378
12,970
23,829
29,748
8,119
24,166
45,238
48,503
21,679
16,501
29,463
5,922
8,636
11,467
6,209
46,447
10,529
191,562
38,386
3,593
63,545
19,405
20,744
71,545
9,086
18,764
4,086
29,534
112,075
8,874
4,079
32,302
32,603
12,424
27,003
3,543
315
1,303
600
31,797
......................
1,164
......................
......................
52,470

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

23,218
3,971
23,475
14,870
236,777
19,872
19,017
4,783
8,459
73,484
39,588
7,147
6,361
68,792
27,647
13,791
12,441
22,974
28,617
7,769
23,034
43,309
46,485
20,661
15,901
28,111
5,681
8,269
11,014
6,009
44,498
10,083
183,577
37,895
3,513
60,661
18,692
19,869
69,064
8,671
18,445
3,928
28,362
107,795
8,457
3,936
32,151
31,251
12,020
25,864
3,500
307
1,267
583
30,988
......................
1,131
......................
......................
65,965

23,218
3,971
23,475
14,870
236,777
19,872
19,017
4,783
8,459
73,484
39,588
7,147
6,361
68,792
27,647
13,791
12,441
22,974
28,617
7,769
23,034
43,309
46,485
20,661
15,901
28,111
5,681
8,269
11,014
6,009
44,498
10,083
183,577
37,895
3,513
60,661
18,692
19,869
69,064
8,671
18,445
3,928
28,362
107,795
8,457
3,936
32,151
31,251
12,020
25,864
3,500
307
1,267
583
30,988
......................
1,131
......................
......................
65,965

27,677
4,734
27,983
17,726
282,251
23,689
22,669
5,702
10,084
87,597
47,191
8,520
7,583
82,004
32,957
16,440
14,830
27,386
34,113
9,261
27,458
51,627
55,413
24,629
18,955
33,510
6,772
9,857
13,129
7,163
53,044
12,019
218,834
45,173
4,188
72,311
22,282
23,685
82,328
10,336
21,987
4,682
33,809
128,497
10,081
4,692
38,326
37,253
14,328
30,831
4,172
358
1,476
680
36,939
......................
1,319
......................
......................
14,100

1.41
0.24
1.42
0.90
14.35
1.20
1.15
0.29
0.51
4.45
2.40
0.43
0.39
4.17
1.68
0.84
0.75
1.39
1.73
0.47
1.40
2.63
2.82
1.25
0.96
1.70
0.34
0.50
0.67
0.36
2.70
0.61
11.13
2.30
0.21
3.68
1.13
1.20
4.19
0.53
1.12
0.24
1.72
6.53
0.51
0.24
1.95
1.89
0.73
1.57
0.21
0.02
0.08
0.03
1.88
....................
0.07
....................
....................
0.72

Total .................................................................................................

1,757,250

........................

1,704,000

1,704,000

1,966,640

2 100.00

1 Includes
2 Excludes

set-asides for technical assistance and transfer to Working Capital Fund (IT). 2007 and 2008 also include set-aside for Housing Counseling program.
undistributed obligations.

152

Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration

69–8106–0–7–402

Table 8–33. Airport Improvement Program (20.106)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

1 59,171

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Other 2 ..............................................................................................

213,350
68,714
40,700
285,590
79,379
18,346
11,023
......................
1 180,530
98,409
36,450
29,350
151,591
53,760
43,294
20,090
74,338
61,948
26,299
46,504
38,554
123,737
66,083
1 40,819
90,746
38,280
20,315
57,916
36,876
64,030
24,966
131,577
73,160
24,958
84,929
42,441
29,775
115,682
17,450
35,035
27,587
74,342
264,254
39,884
5,743
90,697
97,388
34,514
42,112
24,899
7,249
14,879
78,738
1 14,936
......................
4,758
......................
......................
113,022

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
67,275

......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
16,636

......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
83,911

43,465
156,726
50,477
29,898
209,793
58,311
13,477
8,098
......................
132,324
72,291
26,776
21,560
111,358
39,492
31,804
14,758
54,609
45,507
19,319
34,162
28,322
90,897
48,545
29,985
66,662
28,120
14,924
42,545
27,089
47,036
18,340
96,656
53,743
18,334
62,388
31,177
21,872
84,980
12,819
25,736
20,265
54,611
194,120
29,299
4,219
66,626
71,541
25,354
30,935
18,290
5,325
10,930
57,841
10,973
......................
3,494
......................
......................
121,802

1.58
5.70
1.84
1.09
7.63
2.12
0.49
0.29
....................
4.81
2.63
0.97
0.78
4.05
1.44
1.16
0.54
1.99
1.65
0.70
1.24
1.03
3.31
1.77
1.09
2.42
1.02
0.54
1.55
0.99
1.71
0.67
3.51
1.95
0.67
2.27
1.13
0.80
3.09
0.47
0.94
0.74
1.99
7.06
1.07
0.15
2.42
2.60
0.92
1.12
0.67
0.19
0.40
2.10
0.40
....................
0.13
....................
....................
4.43

Total .................................................................................................

3,691,167

67,275

16,636

83,911

2,750,000

3 100.00

1 Includes
2 Includes

amounts provided in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2006 (P.L. 109–148).
Personnel and related expenses, Small Community Air service, Airport Technology Research, Airport Cooperative Research, and Reimbursable obli-

gations.
3 Excludes undistributed obligations.

153

Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration

69–8083–0–7–401

Table 8–34. Highway Planning and Construction (20.205)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................

767,386
411,574
625,445
404,518
2,886,155
490,246
425,597
131,491
139,394
1,885,484
1,194,996
220,602
271,536
1,109,584
868,506
402,325
377,662
628,504
848,891
164,422
528,725
587,717
1,052,832
592,911
619,132
853,843
366,168
274,878
291,086
166,460
842,596
318,732
1,629,822
952,078
243,813
1,316,630
600,914
421,991
1,629,520
191,374
592,659
233,282
724,349
2,698,316
303,530
170,104
819,017
756,976
433,801
671,767
236,583
6,030
217
2,583
180,474
......................
10,814
......................
......................

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

652,727
282,067
645,075
408,704
3,027,694
439,113
448,399
128,378
131,278
1,646,927
1,189,444
138,187
240,342
1,116,884
837,222
376,024
331,623
563,101
525,533
145,808
526,802
563,444
949,589
516,029
386,730
762,557
307,594
241,810
235,089
148,716
869,636
302,479
1,520,182
926,526
202,566
1,166,230
503,343
377,426
1,505,915
169,132
533,175
212,628
705,610
2,676,993
234,082
136,260
856,745
572,684
352,622
625,584
210,640
14,180
511
6,075
107,292
......................
25,434
......................
8,489,214

652,727
282,067
645,075
408,704
3,027,694
439,113
448,399
128,378
131,278
1,646,927
1,189,444
138,187
240,342
1,116,884
837,222
376,024
331,623
563,101
525,533
145,808
526,802
563,444
949,589
516,029
386,730
762,557
307,594
241,810
235,089
148,716
869,636
302,479
1,520,182
926,526
202,566
1,166,230
503,343
377,426
1,505,915
169,132
533,175
212,628
705,610
2,676,993
234,082
136,260
856,745
572,684
352,622
625,584
210,640
14,180
511
6,075
107,292
......................
25,434
......................
8,489,214

656,872
300,998
610,406
416,556
3,162,052
446,157
431,018
131,930
133,053
1,578,592
1,162,418
136,530
243,503
1,142,839
836,098
360,764
333,192
566,296
514,001
151,612
515,479
541,062
1,052,965
569,617
391,782
774,723
314,519
243,125
213,313
147,227
850,350
315,597
1,460,951
942,342
205,806
1,219,640
503,944
377,013
1,452,764
163,290
525,912
221,063
710,041
2,679,360
235,817
144,261
870,616
565,539
356,731
640,579
225,145
14,840
534
6,358
113,399
......................
26,618
......................
6,491,516

2.00
0.91
1.85
1.27
9.61
1.36
1.31
0.40
0.40
4.80
3.53
0.41
0.74
3.47
2.54
1.10
1.01
1.72
1.56
0.46
1.57
1.64
3.20
1.73
1.19
2.35
0.96
0.74
0.65
0.45
2.58
0.96
4.44
2.86
0.63
3.71
1.53
1.15
4.41
0.50
1.60
0.67
2.16
8.14
0.72
0.44
2.65
1.72
1.08
1.95
0.68
0.05
*
0.02
0.34
....................
0.08
....................
....................

Total .................................................................................................

35,576,045

........................

41,216,051

41,216,051

39,398,728

1 100.00

* $500 or less or 0.005 percent or less.
1 Excludes undistributed obligations.

154

Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration

69–8350–0–7–401

Table 8–35. Federal Transit Formula Grants and Research (20.507)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Oversight .........................................................................................

43,455
38,222
91,462
10,563
1,105,171
78,385
157,466
11,418
82,703
314,026
204,333
22,849
14,529
449,868
77,929
32,911
20,023
31,095
68,616
17,336
132,815
356,277
114,040
103,715
20,638
85,408
17,050
8,834
15,814
11,014
609,647
38,539
1,760,823
74,508
5,515
164,360
27,736
81,680
507,636
40,870
22,359
8,583
51,692
347,359
34,647
14,897
132,389
201,307
12,453
64,789
9,090
595
833
962
6,803
......................
......................
......................
......................
44,626

10,394
10,701
38,289
9,585
292,123
9,796
62,890
7,368
63,763
63,722
43,368
7,278
2,420
17,277
22,839
5,037
12,751
6,915
11,760
1,712
54,795
58,773
13,920
29,092
7,505
15,189
2,165
6,592
38,060
5,133
11,552
6,652
137,021
43,156
2,621
27,520
4,143
4,747
26,172
3,576
14,550
1,136
15,971
69,400
5,414
572
36,216
31,757
4,971
12,127
1,128
198
........................
........................
59,493
........................
1,029
........................
........................
4

29,486
35,628
60,802
17,807
739,828
58,466
94,399
10,562
116,607
209,666
105,763
25,586
11,051
338,893
56,608
22,326
18,457
29,549
41,548
9,195
118,283
216,529
83,373
61,553
16,201
52,672
9,118
13,702
27,502
8,615
340,654
16,517
880,490
61,885
6,845
119,416
23,834
50,443
247,703
17,137
25,917
6,889
43,374
236,970
31,822
4,095
83,390
126,092
14,508
50,461
5,519
307
688
786
53,403
......................
899
......................
......................
57,736

39,880
46,329
99,091
27,392
1,031,951
68,262
157,289
17,929
180,369
273,387
149,131
32,864
13,471
356,170
79,447
27,363
31,208
36,465
53,309
10,908
173,078
275,302
97,293
90,645
23,707
67,861
11,283
20,294
65,561
13,749
352,206
23,169
1,017,511
105,041
9,466
146,937
27,977
55,190
273,874
20,713
40,467
8,025
59,344
306,370
37,236
4,667
119,606
157,848
19,479
62,588
6,647
504
688
786
112,897
......................
1,928
......................
......................
57,740

51,645
63,521
102,423
30,818
1,259,897
97,095
152,706
17,337
196,139
355,886
187,875
45,330
18,965
550,281
97,133
38,687
31,583
52,252
73,439
14,934
200,785
361,881
146,156
100,635
28,284
92,555
15,491
23,290
44,069
14,370
551,467
28,541
1,446,237
104,978
11,402
205,133
42,058
82,192
406,964
28,301
46,225
11,593
74,330
421,278
54,501
6,968
142,858
209,618
22,963
89,580
9,140
546
1,157
1,422
84,662
......................
1,570
......................
......................
63,248

0.60
0.74
1.19
0.36
14.63
1.13
1.77
0.20
2.28
4.13
2.18
0.53
0.22
6.39
1.13
0.45
0.37
0.61
0.85
0.17
2.33
4.20
1.70
1.17
0.33
1.07
0.18
0.27
0.51
0.17
6.40
0.33
16.79
1.22
0.13
2.38
0.49
0.95
4.72
0.33
0.54
0.13
0.86
4.89
0.63
0.08
1.66
2.43
0.27
1.04
0.11
0.01
0.01
0.02
0.98
....................
0.02
....................
....................
0.73

Total 1 ...............................................................................................

8,002,662

1,452,335

5,147,555

6,599,890

8,614,396

2 100.00

1 Includes

Fixed Guideway Modernization (CFDA 20.500), Metropolitan Planning and State Planning (CFDA 20.505), Formula Program for Non-Urbanized Areas
(CFDA 20.509), Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (CFDA 20.513), Job Access and Reverse Commute (CFDA 20.516), and New Freedom Initiative (CFDA
20.521).
2 Excludes undistributed obligations.

155

Federal Communications Commission

27–5183–0–2–376

Table 8–36. Universal Service Fund E–Rate (1)
(obligations in thousands of dollars)
Estimated FY 2008 obligations from:
State or Territory

FY 2007
Actual

Previous
authority

New
authority

Total

FY 2009
(estimated)

FY 2009
Percentage
of
distributed
total

Alabama ...........................................................................................
Alaska ..............................................................................................
Arizona .............................................................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................
Connecticut ......................................................................................
Delaware ..........................................................................................
District of Columbia .........................................................................
Florida ..............................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................
Hawaii ..............................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................
Louisiana .........................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................
Mississippi .......................................................................................
Missouri ...........................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................
Nebraska .........................................................................................
Nevada ............................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................
North Carolina .................................................................................
North Dakota ...................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................................................
Rhode Island ...................................................................................
South Carolina .................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................
West Virginia ...................................................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................
American Samoa .............................................................................
Guam ...............................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................
Puerto Rico ......................................................................................
Freely Associated States ................................................................
Virgin Islands ...................................................................................
Indian Tribes ....................................................................................
Undistributed ....................................................................................
Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................

27,567
12,809
38,914
7,098
202,738
17,745
16,572
1,051
474
46,661
42,648
1,276
2,912
59,507
21,620
8,362
10,716
17,017
53,575
4,793
8,664
22,956
29,392
16,663
22,903
19,172
2,646
5,932
4,403
1,271
30,362
23,680
126,778
41,588
4,648
53,109
31,094
8,030
49,391
4,783
37,011
4,274
37,919
149,619
10,107
1,140
22,718
16,190
6,971
15,375
4,534
......................
742
......................
4,114
......................
5,130
......................
......................
670

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

32,836
15,256
46,351
8,455
241,482
21,136
19,738
1,252
565
55,578
50,799
1,520
3,469
70,879
25,752
9,961
12,764
20,270
63,814
5,710
10,320
27,343
35,008
19,848
27,280
22,835
3,152
7,066
5,245
1,513
36,165
28,206
151,007
49,536
5,536
63,258
37,036
9,565
58,830
5,698
44,084
5,090
45,166
178,213
12,038
1,358
27,060
19,284
8,303
18,314
5,400
......................
884
......................
4,900
......................
6,110
......................
......................
795

32,836
15,256
46,351
8,455
241,482
21,136
19,738
1,252
565
55,578
50,799
1,520
3,469
70,879
25,752
9,961
12,764
20,270
63,814
5,710
10,320
27,343
35,008
19,848
27,280
22,835
3,152
7,066
5,245
1,513
36,165
28,206
151,007
49,536
5,536
63,258
37,036
9,565
58,830
5,698
44,084
5,090
45,166
178,213
12,038
1,358
27,060
19,284
8,303
18,314
5,400
......................
884
......................
4,900
......................
6,110
......................
......................
795

33,279
15,462
8,569
46,977
244,744
21,421
20,005
1,269
573
56,329
51,485
1,541
3,516
71,837
26,100
10,095
12,936
20,543
64,676
5,787
10,459
27,713
35,481
20,116
27,649
23,144
3,195
7,161
5,316
1,534
36,653
28,587
153,047
50,205
5,611
64,113
37,536
9,694
59,625
5,775
44,679
5,159
45,776
180,620
12,201
1,376
27,425
19,544
8,415
18,561
5,473
......................
896
......................
4,966
......................
6,193
......................
......................
806

1.94
0.90
0.50
2.74
14.30
1.25
1.17
0.07
0.03
3.29
3.01
0.09
0.21
4.20
1.52
0.59
0.76
1.20
3.78
0.34
0.61
1.62
2.07
1.18
1.62
1.35
0.19
0.42
0.31
0.09
2.14
1.67
8.94
2.93
0.33
3.75
2.19
0.57
3.48
0.34
2.61
0.30
2.67
10.55
0.71
0.08
1.60
1.14
0.49
1.08
0.32
....................
0.05
....................
0.29
....................
0.36
....................
....................
0.05

Total 1 ...............................................................................................

1,418,034

........................

1,689,033

1,689,033

1,711,848

2 100.00

1 This

program is not included in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Amounts exclude funding provided to private schools and libraries.
undistributed obligations.

2 Excludes

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INTEGRATING SERVICES WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

As one of the largest users and acquirers of data,
information and supporting technology systems in the
world, the United States Government continues its efforts to strengthen its capabilities in managing technology and information in order to be the world’s leader
in information technology. The President proposes to
spend nearly $71 billion for Information Technology (IT)

and the associated support services. Departments and
agencies continue to build upon their successes including their efforts with portfolio management by continuing to focus on results by applying the principles
and methods of Earned Value Management (EVM) to
achieve improved customer service levels and greater
savings.

ACHIEVING RESULTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
The Federal government continues to make progress
by maximizing its IT investments to deliver program
results through the adoption of electronic government
management principles and best practices. Departments
and agencies continue to focus on:
• Improving service levels to citizens and government decision makers;
• Securing our systems and data;
• Making better purchasing decisions; and
• Reducing duplication and related costs.
This Budget chapter and Table 9–1, ‘‘Effectiveness
of Agency’s IT Management and E-Gov Processes,’’ fulfill the statutory reporting requirement of the ClingerCohen Act of 1996. Table 9–1 and other tables referenced in the text are available on-line at
www.budget.gov or on the CD–ROM with printed
versions provided by the Government Printing Office.
Other management guidance provided to Federal departments and agencies is included in Table 9–2, ‘‘Management Guidance,’’ which accompanies this chapter,
and individual guidance memoranda are available at
www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/memoranda.
Government Performance.—The Federal government
has shown improvement over the last year in achieving
the goals specifically included in the President’s Management Agenda (PMA), for the Expanded Electronic
Government (E-Government) initiative. For example,
each IT investment must have specific performance targets tied to a specific, significant, beneficial impact for
our citizens with performance being defined to deliver
measurable results.
The Federal departments and agencies continue to
improve in their efforts to guarantee success and results for the taxpayer. There were 585 major investments representing about $27 billion on the ‘‘Management Watch List (MWL),’’ i.e., those IT investment justifications needing improvement in performance measurement, earned value management or system security.
Before the start of each fiscal year, agencies are directed to remediate the shortfalls identified prior to
expending additional funds. The agencies work to remediate the weaknesses or put measures in place to mon-

itor the progress of an IT investment, which could include multiple projects. If an investment is still on the
MWL agencies must describe their plans to manage
or mitigate risk before undertaking or continuing development activities related to that investment. As of December 31, 2007, 52 percent of the agencies (14 of 27)
had acceptable 2008 business cases. Remaining on last
year’s MWL, there were 134 business cases valued in
2008 at $8.6 billion from thirteen agencies. Table 9–3,
‘‘Management Watch List for FY 08,’’ provides a listing
of the 134 business cases by department and agency.
The IT projects associated with these investments have
been moved to the High Risk List. Table 9–4, ‘‘High
Risk IT Projects as of September 30, 2007,’’ is a complete listing to date of all High Risk IT projects being
monitored by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) and/or the departments and agencies.
This year, 585 of the 810 2009 major IT investments
are on the MWL as of December 31, 2007. See Table
9–5, ‘‘Agencies with IT Investments on the Management
Watch List.’’ In the evaluation of the departments’ and
agencies’ business cases, the following criteria were
used for placing investments on the MWL [Table 9–6,
‘‘FY 2009 Exhibit 300 Evaluation Criteria,’’ provides
the explanation for numeric evaluation for the business
cases]:
• Overall Evaluation of 30 or less;
• Security Evaluation of 3 or less;
• If any other evaluation element has a rating of
2 or less;
• Project Manager Rating mismatched between Exhibit 53 and Exhibit 300;
• Project Manager identified has not been validated
as qualified for the Investment as identified on
the Exhibit 53;
• Agencies failing to receive a ‘‘satisfactory’’ or better evaluation by the agency IG in their annual
Federal Information Security Management Act
(FISMA) reports due to OMB on October 1, 2007
for the quality of their C&A process;
• Agencies failing to receive a ‘‘satisfactory’’ or better evaluation by the agency IG in their annual

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FISMA reports due to OMB on October 1, 2007
for the quality of their PIA process and the investment requires a PIA;
• The agency is currently red for the Cost/Schedule
Performance element of the PMA E-Gov Scorecard; and/or
• Overall Consistency Issue.
OMB will release investments remaining on the MWL
in the spring of 2008 for the quarter ending March
31, 2008. Departments and agencies have been provided
the specific information regarding the weaknesses for
their investments. Many of the investments still need
to address security, performance measures, implementation of earned value management and other issues
prior to obligating funding in 2009. Table 9–7, ‘‘Comparison of the Management Watch List by Fiscal Year,’’
illustrates the analysis of total portfolio including the
number of projects on the High Risk List. Table 9–8,
‘‘Number of Recurring Investments on the Management
Watch List,’’ includes by department and agency the
same investments on the MWL since inception.
The ‘‘high risk list’’ approach is separate and distinct
from the MWL since it presents oversight authorities
with information differing in focus, timing and expected
results. It is not designed to replace pre-existing oversight and internal agency processes, but rather to supplement and complement them. The objective of the
analysis is to manage the risk associated with the IT
projects each quarter to achieve the intended outcomes.
Each quarter agencies evaluate and report to OMB on
the performance of the high risk projects. These projects
are considered high-risk, requiring special attention
from the highest level of agency management and oversight authorities due to size, complexity, and/or nature
of the risk of the project, but are not necessarily atrisk.
Unlike the MWL, the high risk list contains a mix
of major and non-major systems, as well as discrete
projects and programmatic activities. The criteria for
inclusion on the high risk list include, but are not limited to: Major systems the agency or OMB deems to
be high risk due to a variety of factors, such as:
• high cost;
• complexity;
• high profile political or citizen interest;
• cross-organizational or agency impact or interdependencies with other systems efforts;
• major systems on the MWL at the conclusion of
the prior fiscal year and continuing to warrant
heightened attention during project execution;
• major systems formally designated as an E-Government or Line of Business (LoB) Shared Service
Provider;
• planned or underway E-Government initiative migration projects (which are removed upon completion);
• existing or legacy agency systems retiring once
their functionality has been migrated to a common
solution (also removed once retired); and

ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES

• Program or Program Management Office activities
supporting government-wide common solutions.
OMB and agencies monitor the status of projects on
the high risk list, and track their progress in establishing goals and performance against cost and schedule
baselines.
The Report on Information Technology (IT) Spending
for the Federal Government (Exhibit 53) located at
www.whitehouse.gov/OMB, provides details of the Administration’s proposed 2009 IT investments. Related
documents on IT security and Electronic Government
(E-Government)
will
also
be
available
at
www.whitehouse.gov/OMB and will be published in the
spring of 2008.
The 2009 proposed IT investments were analyzed for
trends and potential duplications across government entities. At about $71 billion, the 2009 Federal IT portfolio represents a 3.8 percent increase over the 2008
President’s Budget. The following represents the highlights:

Major IT Investments ..........................
Not Well Planned and Managed ........
Well Planned and Managed ...............
1 Change

FY 2007

FY 2008

FY 2009

857
263
594

840
364
494

810
535
275

Percent
1 Change

–4%
47%
–44%

from 2008 to 2009.

When duplication across Federal agencies has been
identified, the Administration has an ongoing process
to bring together the appropriate agencies and help
them to consider broad-based approaches to promote
inter-agency data sharing and cooperation in building
common solutions, rather than maintaining separate
investments. Upon migration to common, governmentwide solutions, agencies will shut down existing systems—which will not only save money but also freeup resources for agencies to better focus on achieving
their missions. These inter-agency taskforces focus on
the agency line of business (LoB) rather than a specific
technology or investment. The following are the current
LoB initiatives underway:
• Case Management;
• Federal Health Architecture;
• Financial Management;
• Human Resources Management;
• Grants Management;
• Information System Security;
• Budget Formulation and Execution;
• IT Infrastructure; and
• Geospatial.
The inter-agency taskforces have driven significant
accomplishments for each LoB initiative. The IT Infrastructure (ITI) LoB puts in place a government-wide
approach for measuring and optimizing agency infrastructures to enhance cost efficiency/service levels and
better enable core agency missions and customer-centric
services. The ITI LoB, with the assistance of industry
experts, will provide tools and metrics for agencies to
leverage in order to optimize their commodity infrastructure cost efficiency/service level metrics. The ITI

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LoB will provide tools and metrics in the following
areas:
• Desktop/Seat Management and Support;
• Data Centers; and
• Data Networks and Telecommunications.
Accomplishments of this LoB and the remaining LoB
initiatives as well as the next steps are included in
Table 9–9, ‘‘Lines of Business (LoB) Update.’’
The Administration continues to leverage government
buying power while reducing redundant purchases
through the SmartBUY program. Launched in June
2003, the SmartBUY program continues to provide increased cost avoidance savings to Federal agencies
through new and existing agreements with commercial
software providers. The SmartBUY Office located at
the General Services Administration (GSA) continues
to manage a total of twenty-five agreements within nine
programs. In June 2007, SmartBUY awarded the multiple award agreement in support of OMB policy memorandum, M–06–16, ‘‘Protection of Sensitive Agency Information,’’ which would include data at rest and remote access. These agreements included the ability of
the state, local and tribal governments to procure products leveraging the federal government’s buying power
and receiving reduced pricing to meet their needs. In
October 2007, the Administration broadened the scope
of the current SmartBUY agreements to offer cost savings to all U.S. Federal government agencies (including
DoD) for volume purchases. This ensures optimal pricing and leverages federal purchasing power. To date,
the Federal government has avoided and/or saved more
than $600 million dollars ($133 million in 2007)
through the use of this program.
In August 2006, OMB released Memorandum 06–22
(M–06–22),
Cost
Savings
Achieved
Through
E–Government and Line of Business Initiatives.
M–06–22 asked agencies to identify legacy investments
impacted by agency use of an E-Gov or LoB initiative
and develop baseline cost estimates for these investments. Going forward, it is expected agencies savings
will be realized by the migration of functions from their
legacy systems, which can be terminated, to government wide common solutions. Agencies were requested
to measure actual costs for the identified investments
on an ongoing basis to provide the basis for estimating
these savings.
Based on agency-reported estimated costs for 2007
as compared to agency-reported actual costs for the
2007, estimated gross cost savings is approximately
$508 million.
2007 Baseline Cost Estimate—Investments
Impacted by E-Gov
$7,331M ....................................................................................

2007 Actual
Costs
$6,823M

2007 Gross
Cost Savings
$508M

OMB is continuing to work with agencies to identify
additional legacy investments impacted by E-Gov and
LoB initiatives.

Government IT Workforce.—With rapid advances in
IT, improved program performance is first and foremost
driven by the Federal employees who manage the IT
projects and portfolios. Qualified project managers and
an IT workforce with the necessary skills and competencies help ensure agency investments are well
planned and managed.
In 2007, an IT Workforce Assessment Survey was
developed and administered by the Chief Information
Officers (CIO) Council. Using the survey results, agencies prepared a gap analysis report and improvement
plan which identified competencies for improvement,
staffing targets, and milestones with specific dates to
successfully reach targets established. Agencies submitted plans to Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
in June 2007. Progress against these plans is measured
and included in the President’s Management Agenda
Human Capital Scorecard. As of September 1, 2007,
24 of 25 scorecard agencies have IT professionals on
board have:
• met planned skill or competency gap closure milestones; and
• met or are consistently meeting their IT hiring
targets.
The table below provides a summary of agency
progress toward hiring goals.
Current Number
of Positions
Filled

Number of Positions Filled on
June 30, 2008

Enterprise Architecture ..........................................
Solutions Architecture ............................................
IT Security ..............................................................
IT Project Management .........................................

1,673
1,457
8,407
6,248

1,670
1,472
8,449
6,061

Total ...................................................................

17,785

17,652

Agencies have also made progress in assignment of
project managers to major IT investments. As reported
by agencies on their 2009 Exhibit 53 submissions, 88
percent of major IT investments have qualified project
managers, an increase from approximately 83 percent
in agency 2008 submissions.
Going forward, agencies will continue to carry out
the actions in their IT gap analysis and improvement
plans. In June 2008, agencies will submit a measured
results report to OPM comparing projected goals established in 2007 to actual outcomes in 2008.
Securing Government Systems.—The Federal government continues to improve information security performance relative to certification and accreditation rates
and testing of security controls and contingency plans.
In 2007, the percentage of certified and accredited systems rose from 88 percent to 92 percent. Even greater
gains were reported in testing of security controls—
from 88 percent of systems to 95 percent of systems—
and for contingency plan testing—from 77 percent to
86 percent. Several larger agencies reported especially
notable progress regarding these measures, including
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(NASA), the Department of State, Treasury, and the
Department of Defense.
Agencies have also maintained or improved performance relative to Inspector General qualitative assessments of IT security processes. Overall quality of the
certification and accreditation processes as determined
by agency Inspectors General (IG) increased compared
to 2006, with76 percent of agencies reporting ‘‘satisfactory’’ or better processes, up from 60 percent the prior
year. 76 percent of agencies also demonstrated they
have an effective process in place for identifying and

correcting weaknesses using Plans of Action and Milestone (POA&M) management processes.
Departments and agencies progress against their corrective actions plans is measured in the President’s
Management Agenda Expanded Electronic Government
Scorecard. Agencies report quarterly on their efforts to
address IT security weaknesses against key IT security
performance measures.
The overall security status and progress in percentage of systems, from 2002 to 2007, is as follows:

(In Fiscal Years)
2002
Effective Security and Privacy Controls (C&A) ................................................
Tested Contingency Plans ................................................................................
Tested Security Controls ...................................................................................
Total Systems Reported ....................................................................................

The number of agencies where the IG has verified
the process exists to remediate IT security weaknesses
(POA&M):
FY
FY
FY
FY
FY
FY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007

...............................................
...............................................
...............................................
...............................................
...............................................
...............................................

N/A (was not required in until FY 2003)
12
18
19
18
19

Additional information and detail concerning the Federal government’s IT security program and agency IT
security performance can be found in OMB’s Annual
Report to Congress on IT Security. The next such report
will be issued by March 1, 2008 and will be made
available on OMB’s website.
Protecting Privacy.—In May 2006, the President
signed an Executive Order creating the Federal Identity
Theft Task Force. The Task Force issued its strategic
plan which was submitted to the President. It is available at http://www.idtheft.gov. Several of the Task
Force’s recommendations address the need to improve
data security in the government, improve the agencies’
ability to respond to data breaches, and reduce the
risk to personally identifiable information.
In this context, OMB has continued to issue security
and privacy policy and advisory memoranda. These
memoranda reemphasize agency responsibilities under
law and policy regarding protection and safeguard of
sensitive personally identifiable information, including
information accessed through removable media, and incident reporting. They are included in Table 9–2, ‘‘Management
Guidance,’’
and
are
available
at:
www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/memoranda.
To help ensure safeguard of personally identifiable
information, agencies are required to report on several
performance metrics related to information privacy. In
2007’s annual FISMA report, agency IGs also provided
a qualitative assessment of the quality of the agency’s

47%
35%
60%
7,957

2003
62%
48%
64%
7,998

2004
77%
57%
76%
8,623

2005

2006

2007

85%
61%
72%
10,289

88%
77%
88%
10,595

93%
86%
95%
10,304

Privacy Impact Assessment process. The 2007 agency
FISMA reports no overall percentage improvement in
meeting several key privacy performance measures:
• Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs). In 2007, 84
percent of applicable systems government-wide
have publicly posted privacy impact assessments
verses the goal of 90 percent.
• System of Records Notices (SORNs). In 2007, 83
percent of systems government-wide with personally identifiable information contained in a system
of records covered by the Privacy Act have developed, published, and maintained current systems
of records notices verses the goal of 90 percent.
• IG assessment of Quality of agency PIA process.
In 2007, 76 percent of IG’s rated the agency’s PIA
process as satisfactory or better. (Two agencies
did not complete the assessment due to time constraints, as this metric was added to the annual
report requirements only 2 months prior to the
report due date.)
Though the overall percent of systems with PIAs and
SORNs for those systems require one stayed the same
in 2007’s annual FISMA report compared to the 2006
FISMA annual report, it is important to note agencies
have increased the number of systems identified as requiring PIAs and SORNS significantly, collectively by
more than 500 and 700 systems respectively. Thus to
maintain the overall percentage of completion despite
a sizable increase in the inventory is indicative of continued progress.
Initiative to Secure Federal Information Systems and
Facilities.—Inconsistent agency approaches to facility
security and computer security are inefficient and costly, and increase risks to the Federal government. On
August 27, 2004, the President issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD–12) titled, ‘‘Policy
for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors,’’ to address the recommenda-

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tion of the 9–11 Commission to improve the security
of our federal facilities and information systems. In accordance with HSPD–12, agencies are required to follow
specific technical standards and business processes for
the issuance of federal credentials including a standardized background investigation to verify employees’ and
contractors’ identities. In October 2006, agencies met
the major milestone of their HSPD–12 implementation
plans to begin issuance of compliant identification
cards.
As of September 2007, departments and agencies had
issued HSPD–12 identity credentials to 1 percent of
the total workforce. OMB issued additional instructions
to improve public reporting of the federal government’s
progress towards our milestones. As of December 31,
2007, with more accurate reporting from the departments and agencies, the required background investigations for 56 percent of federal employees and 43 percent
for contractors have been completed. In accordance with
their HSPD–12 implementation plans, by October 27,
2008, agencies are expected to complete background investigations for all existing employees and contractors
and have their infrastructure and capabilities in place
so they are issuing credentials as standard business
practice.
Initiative for Improving Government Networking Capabilities.—In order for the departments and agencies
to overcome technical limitations arising from this need
to interoperate and support emerging requirements and
technologies, the Administration set June 2008 as the
date by which all agencies’ infrastructure (network
backbones) must be IPv6-capable. Since the publication
of OMB guidance in August 2005, agencies have been
working toward the demonstration of capability to route
IPv6 packets within their respective network backbones, to meet the June 2008 mandate. At the same
time, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been working toward development
of a technical profile and testing infrastructure for
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The NIST will release a standards profile in March
2008 which will become effective 24 months following
its publication date. The profile is a forward looking
planning tool for Agencies, IPv6 equipment suppliers,
testing laboratories, test equipment suppliers and Accreditation bodies. Since it is vital to protect critical
US infrastructure, the technical profile includes sufficient security requirements, including a specification
for Network Protection Devices as a first barrier
against unauthorized access, and also effective deployment of the latest IP Security (IPsec) specifications,
to provide integrity and authentication. In addition, the
Federal Acquisition Regulation Council is finalizing language linking identifiable compliant IPv6 products with
acquisition regulations.
Making Government Accessible to All.—Agency public
websites continue to provide citizens timely information
and services. For example, General Services Administration’s (GSA’s) Office of Citizen Services and Communications manages the operations of USA.gov, which
serves as a consolidated gateway to all Federal websites
and the information they publish.
Providing access to government information helps ensure a well-informed citizenry, and promotes public participation in agency activities. An example is Regulations.gov, a government-wide website for rulemaking
which facilitates public participation in the Federal regulatory process. Regulations.gov allows citizens, business and other government entities to easily find, view,
and comment on Federal regulatory action. The portal
allows the public to communicate with a wide range
of government agencies whose regulations may affect
their daily lives. The site acts as a mechanism for the
public to have a voice in influencing upcoming Federal
regulations.
An E-Rulemaking analysis of Regulations.gov projects
the initiative will save the Federal government more
than $100 million over a five-year period since agencies
will not need to deploy or maintain duplicative electronic comment management systems.

SUCCESSFULLY USING ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
The departments and agencies continue to leverage
information technologies to make government services
available to citizens while ensuring security of those
systems, the privacy of the citizen information and the
prudent use of taxpayer money. E-Government is about
providing direct and measurable results supporting departments’ and agencies’ mission and goals. For departments and agencies, the benefits will far outweigh the
cost of implementation. Increased agency adoption and
customer utilization continues to be measured. The expanded availability of government information and the
utilization of an increased percentage of transactions
between the Federal government and citizens is being
measure and made available on line at http://
www.egov.gov.

Examples of how the tenets of E-Government are
helping to deliver services to the citizen and make the
government more effective include:
Department of State
Virtual Presence Posts
State’s Virtual Presence Posts (VPPs) are an innovative approach to extend the reach of State Department
diplomatic services and consular information to cities
and populations not served by physical embassies and
consulates. The VPPs use information technology to deliver services cost-effectively, without the risks and
challenges of staffing additional overseas posts. Currently, 41 VPPs are in operation in all regions of the
world. These VPP web sites are designed to serve both

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local country residents and US citizens. VPP sites connect Americans and foreign nationals at the government to government, government to foreign national,
and American citizen to foreign national levels. They
provide a variety of services tailored to local requirements by the country team. These services usually include consular information, web-based engagement
(through web chats and online forums) and other limited services.
State regularly tracks the activities of VPP and
tracks the number of visits to each of these sites. The
VPPs are a highly leveraged and cost-effective mechanism for promoting US interests and engaging local
populations around the world. The Department’s
Human Resources Bureau estimates to maintain a single US Foreign Service Officer costs at least $1 million
annually, including $400,000 for employee costs. Establishing a Virtual Presence Post (VPP), costs approximately $10,000 for the website, $1,000 for annual
hosting, and approximately $10,000 for Embassy visits
to that city.
The VPPs using web technologies assist those with
visual or mobility disabilities to access USG information. VPP websites are section 508 compliant and are
easily accessible from anywhere internet access is available; homes, public locations such as American Corners,
Binational Centers and internet cafes. This wide availability can be especially helpful to those who face difficulties in traveling to the nearest embassy or consulate. While The VPP program has been managed
through State’s capital planning as a minor investment
it is following State department’s processes and procedures to ensure the VPP’s deliver their intended benefits to the communities.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
National Housing Locator Service
When disaster occurs, emergency response agencies
and staff need flexible, innovative tools to quickly address basic human needs such as housing, food, and

medical services. The Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD), in support of FEMA, State
and Local Housing Authorities, and other First Responders, launched the intergovernmental National
Housing Locator Service (NHLS) website in January
2007. The NHLS is an accessible, searchable, web-based
clearinghouse of over 200,000 rental housing vacancies
available nationwide for emergency use.
In less than a year, the NHLS has come to represent
a new model for quickly developing information applications to address HUD’s strategic requirements and allows HUD to interoperate easily with other government
organizations. Prior to this solution, government housing agencies and first responders would manually, over
the course of weeks, collect, compile, and verify vacancy
information from multiple agency legacy systems and
on-line sources one by one. With NHLS, there is now
one streamlined business process supported by stateof-the-art technology delivering quality data, day or
night.
The move to the NHLS citizen-centric, one-stop portal
is transforming the housing locator process and is realizing cost savings through the efficiencies achieved by
reducing the housing locator process from weeks to seconds. This modern approach to application development
allows HUD to invest incrementally in the program,
in response to real-world requirements that evolve
quickly in step with the nation’s disaster-response capabilities.
The Administration continues the focus of the department and agency specific services movement to citizencentered services. Overall funding for the President’s
E-Government initiatives has reduced annually since
2004 as the initiatives have met their milestones and
have become incorporated into the daily operations of
Federal departments and agencies. This reduction has
come as result of moving the initiatives to fee-for-service models where appropriate, thereby eliminating the
need for agency contributions. Chapter 9, Table 9–10,
‘‘Status of the Presidential E-Government Initiatives,’’
provides an update for each project.

CONTINUING TO ACHIEVE RESULTS
In 2009 and beyond, the Federal government will
continue to identify IT opportunities for collaboration
and consolidation while improving services. The Federal
government has huge potential and opportunities for
growth and to ensure program success and results
through the effective use of information technology. In
the coming year, each department and agency will leverage existing capabilities to the maximum potential
while ensuring reliability, security, privacy and continuity of services. Key milestones will be achieved by
the departments and agencies to strengthen their information resources programs. The deployment of the Federal Desktop Core Configuration in conjunction with
IPv6, optimization of infrastructure in particular limiting external access points (Trusted Internet Connections initiative) with authorized access to physical and

logical systems (HSPD–12 credentials) are all being realized in 2008. The institution of the management practices along with the strengthened infrastructure within
each department and agency and throughout the government will ensure these results. GSA in conjunction
with OMB will work with the Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council and individual departments’ and
agencies’ CIOs to put into place a program to assess
the policy uptake. This program will assist the CIO
to ensure clear results are being demonstrated to
achieve the outcome of improved information assurance,
optimization of resources and performance levels. By
completing these initiatives, the departments and agencies will be able to continue to improve their program
and mission delivery and evolve their services into the
next generation, Web 2.0 services.

10.

FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL FUNDING
Table 10–1.

Federal Drug Control Funding, FY 2007–2009 1
(Budget authority, in millions of dollars)
Enacted

2009
Request

Department/Agency
2007
Department of Defense: 2 ......................................................................................
Department of Education: .....................................................................................
Department of Health and Human Services:
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ....................................................
Indian Health Service ..........................................................................................
National Institute on Drug Abuse ........................................................................
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ..........................

2008

1,329.8
495.0

1,177.4
431.6

1,060.5
218.1

....................
148.2
1,000.0
2,443.2

45.0
173.2
1,000.7
2,445.8

265.0
162.0
1,001.7
2,370.6

3,591.4

3,664.7

3,799.3

2.5
1,968.5
422.8
1,080.9

2.7
2,130.9
412.3
1,004.3

4.0
2,191.9
428.9
1,071.0

Total DHS ............................................................................................................
Department of Interior:
Bureau of Indian Affairs .......................................................................................

3,474.7

3,550.2

3,695.8

2.6

6.3

6.3

Total DOI .............................................................................................................
Department of Justice:
Bureau of Prisons ................................................................................................
Drug Enforcement Administration ........................................................................
Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement .........................................................
Office of Justice Programs ..................................................................................

2.6

6.3

6.3

65.1
1,969.1
497.9
245.5

67.2
2,105.3
497.9
222.8

69.2
2,181.0
531.6
114.2

Total Department of Justice .............................................................................
ONDCP:
Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center ....................................................
Operations ............................................................................................................
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program ....................................................
Other Federal Drug Control Programs ...............................................................

2,777.6

2,893.2

2,896.0

20.0
26.8
224.7
193.0

1.0
26.4
230.0
164.3

5.0
26.8
200.0
189.7

Total ONDCP ......................................................................................................
Department of State/International Affairs: 3
Bureau of Int’l Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs .....................................
Economic Support and Development Assistance ...............................................

464.5

421.7

421.5

1,055.7
239.0

646.8
363.6

1,173.2
315.2

Total Department of State/International Affairs .............................................
Department of Treasury:
Internal Revenue Service ....................................................................................
Department of Veterans Affairs:
Veterans Health Administration ...........................................................................
Other Priorities: 4 ....................................................................................................

1,294.7

1,010.4

1,488.4

55.6

57.3

59.2

354.1
3.9

447.2
3.7

465.0
3.7

Total Federal Drug Budget ...................................................................................

$13,843.9

$13,663.7

$14,113.8

Total HHS ............................................................................................................
Department of Homeland Security:
Counternarcotics Enforcement ............................................................................
Customs and Border Protection ..........................................................................
Immigration and Customs Enforcement ..............................................................
U.S. Coast Guard ................................................................................................

1 Detail

may not add due to rounding.
determine fiscal controls, the Department of Defense rolls over unobligated supplemental funding into the next fiscal
year; therefore, the supplemental amounts listed here will not match DoD budget justification material. Of the $150.5 million
appropriated in the FY 2006 supplemental for Afghanistan efforts, $86.9 million was allocated in FY 2006 and $63.6 million
was allocated in FY 2007. Of the $254.7 million appropriated in the FY 2007 supplemental for Afghanistan efforts, $139.1
million was allocated in FY 2007, and $115.6 was allocated in FY 2008. The FY 2008 Omnibus provided $192.6 million for
Afghanistan efforts.
3 The pending FY 2008 GWOT Supplemental includes an additional $385.1M in State Department narcotics funding to
support the Merida Initiative. These funds are not included in the FY 2008 enacted total reported for the State Department.
4 Includes (1) the Small Business Administration’s Drug-Free Workplace grants, and (2) the Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Drug Impaired Driving Program.
2 To

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CALIFORNIA–FEDERAL BAY–DELTA PROGRAM
BUDGET CROSSCUT (CALFED)

The California-Federal Bay-Delta program (also
known as CALFED) is a cooperative effort of the Federal Government, the State of California, local Governments, and water users, to proactively address the
water management and aquatic ecosystem needs of
California’s Central Valley. This valley, one of the most
productive agricultural regions of the world, is drained
by the Sacramento River in the north and the San
Joaquin River in the south. The two rivers meet southwest of Sacramento, forming the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and drain west into San Francisco Bay.
The extensive development of the area’s water resources has significantly boosted agricultural production, but has also adversely affected the region’s ecosystems. CALFED participants recognized the need to
provide a safe, clean, reliable source of water for multiple uses, while at the same time restoring or maintaining the ecosystems of the area and protecting
against floods. This recognition resulted in the 1994
Bay-Delta Accord, which laid the foundation for the
CALFED program. CALFED’s adaptive management
approach to water resources development and management seeks to balance achievement among the program’s four objectives: Water Supply Reliability, Levee
System Integrity, Water Quality, and Ecosystem Restoration. The program integrates science and monitoring into program management to track progress to-

ward achieving those goals. The parties signed a Record
of Decision in 2000, spelling out the different program
components and goals.
In 2004, the President signed the Calfed Bay-Delta
Authorization Act (P.L. 108–361) into law. This Act,
authorizing funding and activities for the CALFED program through 2010, provides new programmatic authority for participating agencies, authorizes $395 million
to be appropriated for the Federal share of CALFED
activities, and specifies criteria for program cost-shares
and achieving balanced implementation of CALFED
program components. Federal agencies contributing to
CALFED goals include: the Department of the Interior’s
Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service, and
U.S. Geological Survey; the Department of Agriculture’s
Natural Resources Conservation Service; the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers; the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Budget includes a crosscut of estimated Federal
funding by each of the CALFED agencies, fulfilling the
reporting requirements of P.L. 108–361. The Analytical
Perspectives volume also contains a table with further
detail as part of supplemental material that is available
on the Internet and as a CD-ROM in the printed document.

CALFED–RELATED FEDERAL FUNDING BUDGET CROSSCUT
Federal Fiscal Years 1998–2009
(Dollars in millions)
1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Bureau of Reclamation ................................
Corps of Engineers ......................................
Natural Resources Conservation Service ...
NOAA Fisheries ...........................................
Geological Survey ........................................
Fish & Wildlife Service ................................
Environmental Protection Agency ...............

153.37
100.69
............
0.30
3.16
0.94
3.20

114.67
103.34
14.54
0.38
3.16
1.14
3.05

138.51
93.79
12.85
0.45
4.32
3.65
57.26

79.75
54.19
16.95
0.55
5.37
18.23
53.38

103.32
58.23
39.08
0.58
5.09
5.61
54.26

74.21
57.83
39.00
0.78
4.91
11.19
20.69

75.74
72.64
48.75
0.78
4.89
13.68
62.78

81.10
52.31
36.39
0.78
5.42
8.91
97.65

99.83
91.29
34.64
0.78
5.18
10.74
36.56

101.34
87.44
26.86
0.50
4.08
7.53
36.13

96.05
42.82
36.00
0.53
3.73
1.45
0.46

76.09
20.95
26.00
0.53
3.73
1.45
1 N/A

Total: .......................................................

261.66

240.28

310.82

228.41

266.15

208.60

279.25

282.56

279.00

263.87

181.04

128.74

1 Estimate

not available.

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12. ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS
The U.S. economy completed its sixth consecutive
year of economic expansion as 2007 drew to a close. 1
Although some uncertainty exists about the short-run
outlook, the Administration’s economic forecast projects
sustained growth in the years ahead. Since 2001, the
U.S. economy has repeatedly demonstrated its resilience to shocks and setbacks while benefiting from progrowth policies, including tax relief and ongoing efforts
to promote investment in innovative technologies and
to liberalize international trade. Federal Reserve monetary policy actions have also played a constructive role
in prolonging the expansion.
The economy has successfully overcome a series of
shocks, including large declines in the stock market
and business equipment spending; the terrorist attacks
of September 11, 2001 followed by the onset of the
Global War on Terror; sharp increases in prices for
crude oil; and substantial damage and disruptions during the 2005 hurricane season. In the last two years
a new set of shocks has troubled the economy. A housing market slowdown began in 2006 and is continuing
into 2008. In 2007, many high-risk mortgages went into
default, causing losses at financial institutions. The
heightened uncertainty resulting from these losses has
threatened to curtail credit availability for many borrowers.
Despite these unfavorable recent events, the U.S.
economy continued to expand in 2007, with gains in
productivity, incomes, and employment. More than 8
million net new payroll jobs have been added since
August 2003. The Administration’s economic forecast
projects that the current expansion will continue, providing a solid foundation of sustained non-inflationary
real growth to underlie the Federal budget outlook.
Nonetheless, facing mixed economic signals and the risk
of slower economic growth, in January 2008 the President called for the enactment of an economic growth
package to bolster business investment and consumer
spending thus promoting growth and job creation.
Recent Economic Performance
At the end of 2007, as the 2009 Budget was being
prepared, U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) had
been increasing for 24 consecutive quarters, at an average annual rate of 2.8 percent. Over the most recent
four quarters, real GDP also grew 2.8 percent. Increases in employment and gains in the productive efficiency of the U.S. workforce have combined to generate
this sustained growth in real output.
• In labor markets, nonfarm payroll employment
has increased by nearly 8.4 million net new jobs
since the post-recession low in August 2003, with
1

Economic performance is discussed in terms of calendar years. Budget figures are
in terms of fiscal years.

about 1.3 million of those job gains occurring during the most recent twelve months (through December).
• Reflecting the expanding job market, the unemployment rate was 5.0 percent at the end of 2007,
which is up from its low point in March—4.4 percent—but noticeably lower than its average during
each of the past three decades.
• Labor productivity gains—the increase in output
per hour of labor—were especially strong earlier
in the expansion, providing a substantial boost
to growth in real GDP. On average, output per
hour in the nonfarm business sector has increased
at a 2.5 percent rate during the current expansion
(since the final quarter of 2001). 2
• These productivity gains have extended the strong
productivity performance of the previous decade.
Since the end of 1995, labor productivity in the
nonfarm business sector has increased at a 2.6
percent average annual rate, more than a percentage point higher than the average growth rate
from 1973 to 1995—1.5 percent.
Strong growth in labor productivity is a fundamental
building block for long-term economic performance and
is the basis for rising real wages and an increasing
standard of living for American workers and families.
• Reflecting labor gains from stronger productivity
growth, real hourly earnings of production workers
have risen at an average annual rate of 0.5 percent over the past two years.
• Real disposable personal income per capita is up
11.7 percent in the current expansion, compared
with 8.6 percent during the equivalent period of
the 1990s expansion.
Other indicators also point to the sustained solid performance of the U.S. economy in recent years:
• Through the third quarter, real consumer spending had increased at a 2.6 percent annual rate
so far in 2007, following increases of 3.4 percent
during 2006 and 2.8 percent during 2005.
• Business investment in nonresidential structures
continued to make strong real gains in 2007, rising at a 16 percent annual rate through the third
quarter of the year, on track to being the strongest
increase in more than two decades.
• Real business investment in durable equipment
and software increased at a healthy 3.7 percent
annual rate through the third quarter of 2007,
following increases of 2.5 percent during 2006 and
7.1 percent during 2005.
2 The nonfarm business sector accounts for about three-fourths of the value of GDP,
with households, nonprofit institutions, and government accounting for the remainder. The
nonfarm business sector serves as the reference standard for productivity.

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• Real net exports continued to improve during 2007
as real exports grew 9.0 percent at an annual
rate through the third quarter, while import
growth slowed to just 1.8 percent. For the first
time in over a decade, real net exports contributed
positively to real GDP growth in 2006–2007.
Although the overall performance of the U.S. economy
has been good and the gains have translated into solid
growth of income and wealth, the economy faces important challenges that have become more serious as 2008
begins:
• The housing market and residential investment activity began to slow in 2006 and continued to fall
throughout 2007, subtracting significantly from
real GDP growth. Housing starts peaked at an
annual rate of nearly 2.3 million units early in
2006, but have since fallen to about 1.0 million
units—the lowest level in over a decade. During
the first three quarters of 2007, real residential
investment spending was on track to subtract
about 0.9 percentage point from overall real GDP
growth. It now appears that the effects of the
housing slump on real GDP growth will persist
into 2008, holding down growth and delaying the
expected rebound in activity.
• Financial uncertainty has increased as the effects
of the housing slump spread to the subprime segment of the mortgage market, and then to financial markets more generally. The Federal Reserve
has acted decisively to expand credit and to lower
interest rates, and the Department of Treasury
has also taken steps to restore confidence. These
measures have helped maintain liquidity, but uncertainty remains high. Higher risk premiums on
all but the most secure loans may exact a growth
penalty in the near term that would be moderated
by the President’s proposals to promote economic
growth.
• Energy prices—notably crude oil and gasoline
prices—have increased sharply. The benchmark
price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil increased from under $30 a barrel in September
2003 to near $100 a barrel in January 2008. Over
the same period, the average retail price of gasoline nationwide rose from around $1.50 a gallon
to over $3.00 a gallon. Higher energy prices slow
growth, but the recent increase in prices has had
a much smaller overall effect on growth than previous oil price shocks in the 1970s and 1980s.
• Large imbalances in U.S. international accounts
persisted into 2007 with the current account deficit at 5.1 percent of GDP in the third quarter.
Even so, the international imbalances have begun
to improve for the first time in several years. A
year earlier the current account deficit was 6.6
percent of GDP.
During 2007, the economy continued to grow in the
face of these challenges. Growth appears to have slowed
in the final quarter of 2007 as the combination of weak
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ergy prices have combined to limit demand. There are
positive factors, however, that could help offset these
negative developments and provide a foundation for revived growth by the end of 2008, especially if augmented by passage of the President’s proposals to promote economic growth.
• Inflation has increased along with the rise in food
and energy prices, but core inflation, excluding
the volatile food and energy components, subsided
from around 2.6 percent in 2006 to 2.4 percent
during 2007. With core inflation under control the
prospects are good for a lower inflation rate in
the long run when energy prices stabilize.
• Faster economic growth abroad has helped U.S.
exports, and contributed to the decline in the current account deficit. The improvement in net exports has been large enough to offset the decline
in growth from housing investment over the last
four quarters.
• Employment growth slowed in 2007, but gains continued through the end of the year. The unemployment rate crept up from 4.5 percent to 5.0 percent,
but unemployment remains well below its average
level in earlier periods of slow growth.
Policy Background
The fiscal and monetary policies of the past seven
years contributed to good economic performance. Looking back, timely tax relief and reductions in interest
rates promoted the economy’s recovery from recession
and helped the Nation overcome the adverse effects
from the various shocks it has faced since 2001. Those
policies augmented by short-term proposals to promote
economic growth continue to provide a solid foundation
for future economic performance.
Fiscal Policy: Beginning in 2001, the Administration
proposed, and the Congress enacted, significant tax relief designed to promote recovery in output, income,
and jobs—and to provide a strong basis for continued
economic expansion in the long term. Key tax relief
legislation included:
• The Economic Growth and Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act of 2001 lowered marginal income
tax rates; reduced the marriage tax penalty; and
created a new, lower 10 percent tax bracket,
among other changes.
• The Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation
Act of 2003 lowered income tax rates, reduced the
marriage penalty, raised the child tax credit, and
raised the exemption amount for the individual
Alternative Minimum Tax. The Act also reduced
tax rates on dividend income and capital gains
and expanded bonus depreciation and small business expensing of equipment purchases.
Additional legislation of recent years extended tax
relief, helping to ensure that key provisions would continue and not expire. The quick adoption of an effective
growth package of broad-based tax relief would bolster
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and uncertainty from causing additional harm to the
overall economy.
Monetary Policy and Interest Rates: As 2008 begins, the Federal Reserve has oriented monetary policy
toward sustaining non-inflationary real economic
growth. Beginning in 2004, as the expansion strengthened, the Federal Reserve raised the Federal funds rate
in a steady series of increases from 1 percent eventually
reaching 5.25 percent in 2006. The Federal funds rate
remained at 5.25 percent for over a year. In September
2007, the Federal Reserve announced a fifty basis point
reduction in its target rate in response to the threats
to liquidity unfolding in financial markets. This was
a preemptive action intended to maintain the level of
aggregate demand in the economy and sustain the recovery. At the time of this action, the Federal Reserve
stated:
Economic growth was moderate during the first
half of the year, but the tightening of credit conditions has the potential to intensify the housing
correction and to restrain economic growth more
generally. Today’s action is intended to help forestall some of the adverse effects on the broader
economy that might otherwise arise from the disruptions in financial markets and to promote moderate growth over time.
Since then, the Federal Reserve has lowered interest
rates further. The Administration’s forecast for interest
rates, presented below, is consistent with market expectations for the interest rate outlook at the time the
forecast was completed in mid-November. It anticipates
that rates will gradually recover when the current financial situation stabilizes. Long-term interest rates,
notably the yield on 10-year Treasury notes, have been
low by historical standards for many years. The 10year rate has been less than 5.0 percent, except for
brief intervals, for seven years. The forecast anticipates
that the yield spread between short-term and long-term
rates will eventually widen.
Trade and Regulatory Policies and Competitiveness Initiatives: The Administration has sought to advance a comprehensive set of policies to promote the
short- and long-term performance of the U.S. economy,
including trade and regulatory policies and initiatives
aimed at boosting competitiveness in domestic and
international markets. Expanding opportunities in
international trade and investment has been one of the
Administration’s top priorities. Efforts to negotiate and
implement bilateral, regional, and multilateral agreements to promote international trade and investment
with countries around the world are intended to create
and expand markets for U.S. exports and strengthen
the U.S. economy while also creating new economic opportunities for our trading partners. These policies will
also help to alleviate poverty in the developing world
and promote democratic reform. The Administration’s
American Competitiveness Initiative is targeted at advancing U.S. competitiveness through promoting technological innovation, opening new markets, increasing

research in the physical sciences and engineering, and
protecting intellectual property. Efforts also continue
to streamline and simplify Federal regulations that can
hinder economic growth and job creation.
Economic Projections
The Administration’s economic projections are summarized in Table 12–1. The assumptions are based on
information available as of mid-November 2007 and are
close to those of the Congressional Budget Office and
the consensus of private-sector forecasters, as shown
in Table 12–2 and discussed in more detail below.
Real GDP, Potential GDP, and Unemployment
Rate: Real GDP, which is estimated to have increased
2.7 percent during 2007 on a fourth quarter-over-fourth
quarter basis, is also projected to increase 2.7 percent
this year. This is somewhat below the economy’s potential growth rate and reflects the growth penalty exacted
by the housing slowdown and the energy price runup.
As a result, the unemployment rate is projected to average 4.9 percent in 2008, up from 4.6 percent in 2007.
In 2009, the rate of growth is projected to recover to
3.0 percent, and the unemployment rate to settle in
on its long-run level of 4.8 percent, which is near the
center of the range thought to be consistent with stable
inflation. Beyond 2009, growth slows gradually as slower labor force growth lowers the economy’s potential
growth rate.
The main sources of growth in demand in coming
years are likely to be net exports, business investment,
and, to a lesser extent, consumer spending. The contributions to overall growth from residential investment
and the government sector are expected to be modest,
although beyond 2008, housing should cease to be a
negative influence on growth.
Potential growth of real GDP (including the government sector) is projected to be about 3.0 percent over
the next two years, trending down to 2.8 percent by
2013, because of an expected slowing in labor force
growth. The labor force is projected to grow about 0.9
percent per year on average from 2006 through 2009,
slowing to about 0.6 percent per year on average during
2009–2013 as increasing numbers of baby boomers retire.
Trend productivity growth in the nonfarm business
sector is assumed to be 2.5 percent per year. This is
equal to the average pace of productivity growth so
far in the current expansion, which began in the final
quarter of 2001, and equal to the average pace of
growth from 1995 through 2000. It is also not far from
the average growth rate throughout the post-World War
II period since the end of 1948—2.2 percent.
Inflation: Inflation was volatile in 2007, in large
part because of fluctuations in energy prices. With the
projected easing of these prices, inflation is likely to
be lower. On a year-over-year basis, the CPI is projected to have increased 2.8 percent in 2007 and to
increase by 2.7 percent this year but to settle down
at a 2.3 percent rate in 2010 through 2013. This infla-

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Table 12–1.

ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS 1

(Calendar years; dollar amounts in billions)
Projections

Actual
2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

13,195
11,319
116.6

13,837
11,573
119.6

14,480
11,886
121.8

15,215
12,245
124.2

15,987
12,615
126.7

16,782
12,982
129.3

17,603
13,351
131.8

18,462
13,727
134.5

5.4
2.6
2.7

5.1
2.7
2.3

4.8
2.7
2.0

5.1
3.0
2.0

5.0
3.0
2.0

5.0
2.9
2.0

4.9
2.8
2.0

4.9
2.8
2.0

6.1
2.9
3.2

4.9
2.2
2.6

4.6
2.7
1.9

5.1
3.0
2.0

5.1
3.0
2.0

5.0
2.9
2.0

4.9
2.8
2.0

4.9
2.8
2.0

Incomes, billions of current dollars:
Corporate profits before tax ...........................................
Wages and salaries ........................................................
Other taxable income 2 ...................................................

1,806
6,018
2,858

1,896
6,405
3,053

1,920
6,710
3,247

1,971
7,057
3,450

1,970
7,434
3,630

1,947
7,824
3,776

1,950
8,217
3,917

1,981
8,623
4,102

Consumer Price Index: 3
Level (1982–84=100), annual average ..........................
Percent change, fourth quarter over fourth quarter ......
Percent change, year over year ....................................

201.6
2.0
3.2

207.3
3.9
2.8

212.8
2.1
2.7

217.3
2.2
2.1

222.3
2.3
2.3

227.4
2.3
2.3

232.6
2.3
2.3

238.0
2.3
2.3

Unemployment rate, civilian, percent:
Fourth quarter level ........................................................
Annual average ...............................................................

4.5
4.6

4.8
4.6

4.9
4.9

4.8
4.9

4.8
4.8

4.8
4.8

4.8
4.8

4.8
4.8

Federal pay raises, January, percent:
Military 4 ...........................................................................
Civilian 5 ..........................................................................

3.1
3.1

2.7
2.2

3.5
3.5

3.4
2.9

NA
NA

NA
NA

NA
NA

NA
NA

Interest rates, percent:
91-day Treasury bills 6 ....................................................
10-year Treasury notes ..................................................

4.7
4.8

4.4
4.7

3.7
4.6

3.8
4.9

4.0
5.1

4.1
5.2

4.1
5.3

4.1
5.3

Gross Domestic Product (GDP):
Levels, dollar amounts in billions:
Current dollars ................................................................
Real, chained (2000) dollars ..........................................
Chained price index (2000=100), annual average ........
Percent change, fourth quarter over fourth quarter:
Current dollars ................................................................
Real, chained (2000) dollars ..........................................
Chained price index (2000=100) ....................................
Percent change, year over year:
Current dollars ................................................................
Real, chained (2000) dollars ..........................................
Chained price index (2000=100) ....................................

NA = Not Available.
1 Based on information available as of November 15, 2007.
2 Dividends, rent, interest and proprietors’ income components of personal income.
3 Seasonally adjusted CPI for all urban consumers.
4 Percentages apply to basic pay only; percentages to be proposed for years after 2009 have not yet been determined.
5 Overall average increase, including locality pay adjustments. Percentages to be proposed for years after 2009 have not yet been determined.
6 Average rate, secondary market (bank discount basis).

tion rate projection extends the generally well-contained
inflation experience of the last decade. The GDP price
index is projected to have increased 2.6 percent in 2007,
and to moderate to 2.0 percent by 2009, slightly less
than the projected rate of CPI inflation, which is the
usual pattern.
The low inflation projection reflects the low core rate
of inflation in 2007, well-contained inflation expectations, and the maintenance of low inflation in the long
run consistent with Federal Reserve monetary policy
objectives.
Interest Rates: Interest rates declined sharply in
the second half of 2007. Short-term rates are projected
to remain below 4 percent for the next two years and
then to rise to 4.1 percent in 2011. The yield on the
10-year Treasury note has also fallen as investors have
sought the security of Treasury debt during the recent
period of heightened financial uncertainty. In the projection period, long-term rates rise again as financial
concerns are alleviated and a more normal historical

relationship is restored. The 10-year rate is projected
to increase to 5.3 percent by 2012.
These forecast rates are historically low, reflecting
lower inflation in the forecast. After adjusting for inflation, the projected real interest rates are close to their
historical averages.
Income Shares: The share of labor compensation
in GDP was low by historical standards in 2007 and
is expected to increase, while the share of corporate
profits is projected to decline from the unusually high
levels it has reached. So far in the current expansion,
the growth of hourly compensation adjusted for inflation has lagged the growth of productivity. During the
projection period, however, real hourly labor compensation is expected to exceed productivity growth, which
would raise the labor share in GDP back closer to its
historical average, while constraining profits.
While the overall share of labor compensation is expected to increase by about 1 percentage point of GDP,
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than the share of supplements to wages and salaries.
Rising health insurance costs will put upward pressure
on the share of supplements while holding down the
expected rise in the cash wage share.
Corporate profits before tax have risen sharply as
a share of GDP since their recent low point in 2001.
Profits have benefited from lower interest rates and
moderate wage growth. The sharp increase in productivity growth in 2001–2003 also gave a boost to profits.
More recently, corporate earnings overseas have helped
raise the profits of American corporations. Some of
these factors are not likely to continue at the same
pace in future years, and profits relative to GDP are
expected to moderate over the forecast period, ending
much closer to their historical average in 2013.
Comparison with CBO and Private-Sector
Forecasts
In addition to the Administration, the Congressional
Budget Office (CBO) and many private-sector forecasters also make economic projections. CBO develops
its projections to aid Congress in formulating budget
policy. In the executive branch, this function is performed jointly by the ‘‘Troika’’ consisting of the DepartTable 12–2.

ment of Treasury, the Council of Economic Advisers,
and the Office of Management and Budget. Privatesector forecasts are often used by businesses for current
decision-making and in long-term planning, and the
‘‘consensus’’ or average serves as a useful benchmark
for comparison. Table 12–2 compares the 2009 Budget
assumptions with projections as of January 2008 by
CBO and by the Blue Chip Consensus, an average of
about 50 private-sector forecasts.
The three sets of economic assumptions are based
on different underlying assumptions concerning economic policies. The Administration forecast generally
assumes that the President’s Budget proposals will be
enacted. In contrast, the CBO baseline projection assumes that current law as of the time the estimates
are made remains unchanged. The 50 or so private
forecasters in the Blue Chip Consensus make differing
policy assumptions. Despite these differences, the three
sets of economic projections, shown in Table 12–2, are
fairly close. The similarity of the Budget’s economic
projections to both the CBO baseline projections and
the Consensus forecast underscores the conservative nature of the Administration forecast.

COMPARISON OF ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS
(Calendar years)
Projections

GDP (billions of current dollars):
2009 Budget ......................................................................................................................................
CBO January .....................................................................................................................................
Blue Chip Consensus January 2 .......................................................................................................

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

14,480
14,330
14,448

15,215
14,997
15,150

15,987
15,812
15,906

16,782
16,651
16,705

17,603
17,453
17,551

18,462
18,243
18,428

Average,
2008–13

Real GDP (chain-weighted): 1
2009 Budget ......................................................................................................................................
CBO January .....................................................................................................................................
Blue Chip Consensus January 2 .......................................................................................................

2.7
1.7
2.2

3.0
2.8
2.7

3.0
3.5
2.8

2.9
3.4
2.9

2.8
2.9
2.9

2.8
2.6
2.8

2.9
2.8
2.7

Chain-weighted GDP Price Index: 1
2009 Budget ......................................................................................................................................
CBO January .....................................................................................................................................
Blue Chip Consensus January 2 .......................................................................................................

1.9
1.9
2.1

2.0
1.8
2.1

2.0
1.8
2.1

2.0
1.8
2.1

2.0
1.9
2.1

2.0
1.9
2.1

2.0
1.8
2.1

Consumer Price Index (all-urban): 1
2009 Budget ......................................................................................................................................
CBO January .....................................................................................................................................
Blue Chip Consensus January 2 .......................................................................................................

2.7
2.9
2.9

2.1
2.3
2.3

2.3
2.2
2.3

2.3
2.2
2.3

2.3
2.2
2.3

2.3
2.2
2.3

2.3
2.3
2.4

Unemployment rate: 3
2009 Budget ......................................................................................................................................
CBO January .....................................................................................................................................
Blue Chip Consensus January 2 .......................................................................................................

4.9
5.1
5.0

4.9
5.4
5.0

4.8
5.1
4.8

4.8
4.8
4.8

4.8
4.8
4.8

4.8
4.8
4.8

4.8
5.0
4.9

Interest rates: 3
91-day Treasury bills:
2009 Budget ..................................................................................................................................
CBO January ................................................................................................................................
Blue Chip Consensus January 2 ...................................................................................................

3.7
3.2
3.4

3.8
4.2
3.9

4.0
4.6
4.5

4.1
4.7
4.5

4.1
4.7
4.5

4.1
4.7
4.5

4.0
4.3
4.2

10-year Treasury notes: 3
2009 Budget ..................................................................................................................................
CBO January ................................................................................................................................
Blue Chip Consensus January 2 ...................................................................................................

4.6
4.2
4.3

4.9
4.9
4.8

5.1
5.2
5.2

5.2
5.2
5.2

5.3
5.2
5.2

5.3
5.2
5.2

5.1
5.0
5.0

Sources: Congressional Budget Office; Blue Chip Economic Indicators, Aspen Publishers, Inc.
1 Year-over-year percent change.
2 January 2008 Blue Chip Consensus forecast for 2008 and 2009; Blue Chip October 2007 long-run extension for 2010–2013.
3 Annual averages, percent.

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The biggest differences in the forecasts are for real
GDP growth in 2008. The Administration, CBO, and
the Blue Chip Consensus all anticipate slow to moderate growth this year, but the Administration projects
2.7 percent growth on a year-over-year basis, while the
Consensus projects 2.2 percent growth, and CBO forecasts a 1.7 percent growth rate. For calendar year 2009,
the forecasts are closer. The Administration forecasts
3.0 percent real growth, while the Consensus forecast
is for 2.7 percent and CBO expects 2.8 percent. In
2010–2011, the Administration expects growth to average 3.0 percent, while the Consensus projects an average of 2.9 percent. For this period, CBO is the outlier,
expecting a relatively sharp bounce-back that pushes
up the growth rate to an average of 3.5 percent. In
the final two years of the forecast period, the Administration expects growth to slow with the decline in the
potential growth rate as the baby-boom cohort begins
to retire in large numbers. CBO also expects the growth
rate to decline for this reason (and because they assume
a negative effect from the current-law expiration of the
2001–2003 tax cuts), but so far the Consensus has not
incorporated the likely demographic slowdown in its
long-range projections. Over the six-year span as a
whole, the Administration, CBO, and the Consensus
all project average annual growth rates in a narrow
range of 2.7 to 2.9 percent, with the Administration
forecast being the highest.
The three inflation forecasts are much closer. All
three forecasts anticipate a slowdown in inflation in
2008–2009 followed by continued low inflation in the
range of 1.8 to 2.1 percent as measured by the GDP
price index and between 2.2 and 2.3 percent as measured by the CPI. CBO has a lower forecast than the
Administration and the Consensus. The three unemployment rate projections are also similar with projected rates converging on 4.8 percent following somewhat higher unemployment over the next 2 to 3 years.
All three forecasts recognize the sharp decline in Treasury interest rates at the end of 2007. All three forecasts
anticipate that long-term rates will rise between 2008
and 2009 and converge on a higher level in 2011 and
beyond. That long-term stable value is 5.2 percent for
CBO and the Consensus and 5.3 percent for the Administration. There are more differences in the forecasts
of short-term interest rates. The Administration expects
lower short-term rates to persist for some time before
rising to 4.1 percent. CBO and the Consensus expect
short-term rates to rise to 4.7 percent and 4.5 percent,
respectively, within three years. This would elevate real
short-term interest rates above their historical average
and in combination with the long-term interest rate
forecasts would generate a tightly compressed yield
curve. The Administration forecast anticipates a gradual restoration of a more normal yield curve spread.
Changes in Economic Assumptions
The economic assumptions underlying this Budget for
2009 are similar to those of the 2008 Budget, as shown
in Table 12–3.

Real GDP growth is now expected to be 2.2 percent
in 2007, 2.7 percent in 2008, and 3.0 percent in 2009
on a year-over-year basis, moderating gradually to 2.8
percent by 2012 and 2013. In comparison, last year’s
Budget projections implied 2.6 percent real growth for
2007, 3.0 percent growth in 2008, 3.1 percent in 2009,
and moderating to 2.9 percent by 2012. The lower real
growth forecast in this year’s budget combined with
a slightly lower inflation forecast lowers the projected
level of nominal GDP compared with the 2008 Budget
projection.
The long-run unemployment rate projection is unchanged from the 2008 Budget at 4.8 percent. The 3month Treasury bill rate is expected to remain well
below last year’s forecast for most of the projection
period but to end at the same place, 4.1 percent. The
10-year Treasury note rate is again projected to rise
to 5.3 percent.
Structural and Cyclical Balances
An alternative budget measure called the structural
balance provides a useful perspective on the stance of
fiscal policy compared with the unadjusted budget balance. The unadjusted balance is affected by the cyclical
performance of the economy. When the economy operates below potential, the unemployment rate exceeds
the long-run sustainable average consistent with price
stability. As a result, receipts are lower and outlays
for unemployment-sensitive programs (such as unemployment compensation and food stamps) are higher
than they would be if all the resources were employed
at their normal levels; and the deficit is larger (or the
surplus smaller) than if the unemployment rate were
at its sustainable long-run average. The portion of the
deficit (or surplus) that can be traced to this factor
is called the cyclical component. The remaining portion
of the deficit is then called the structural deficit (or
structural surplus). It represents the deficit that would
prevail if all resources were employed at their normal
long-run levels. The structural balance provides a gauge
of the surplus or deficit that would persist if the economy were operating at the sustainable level of unemployment.
Estimates of the structural balance are based on the
historical relationship between changes in the unemployment rate and real GDP growth, known as ‘‘Okun’s
Law,’’ as well as relationships of unemployment and
real GDP growth with receipts and outlays. These estimated relationships take account of the major cyclical
changes in the economy and their effects on the budget,
but they do not reflect all possible cyclical relationships.
For example, the sharply rising stock market during
the second half of the 1990s boosted capital gains-related receipts and pulled down the deficit. The subsequent fall in the stock market reduced receipts and
added to the deficit. Some of this rise and fall was
cyclical in nature, but economists have not been able
to pin down the cyclical component of the stock market
exactly, and for that reason, all of the stock market’s

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Table 12–3.

COMPARISON OF ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS IN THE 2008 AND 2009 BUDGETS
(Calendar years; dollar amounts in billions)

Nominal GDP:
2008 Budget assumptions 1 ..............................................................................................................................
2009 Budget assumptions ................................................................................................................................
Real GDP (2000 dollars):
2008 Budget assumptions 1 ..............................................................................................................................
2009 Budget assumptions ................................................................................................................................
Real GDP (percent change): 2
2008 Budget assumptions ................................................................................................................................
2009 Budget assumptions ................................................................................................................................
GDP price index (percent change): 2
2008 Budget assumptions ................................................................................................................................
2009 Budget assumptions ................................................................................................................................
Consumer Price Index (percent change): 2
2008 Budget assumptions ................................................................................................................................
2009 Budget assumptions ................................................................................................................................
Civilian unemployment rate (percent): 3
2008 Budget assumptions ................................................................................................................................
2009 Budget assumptions ................................................................................................................................
91-day Treasury bill rate (percent): 3
2008 Budget assumptions ................................................................................................................................
2009 Budget assumptions ................................................................................................................................
10-year Treasury note rate (percent): 3
2008 Budget assumptions ................................................................................................................................
2009 Budget assumptions ................................................................................................................................
1 Adjusted

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

13,903
13,837

14,665
14,480

15,458
15,215

16,265
15,987

17,094
16,782

17,946
17,603

18,840
18,462

11,623
11,573

11,975
11,886

12,346
12,245

12,718
12,615

13,100
12,982

13,484
13,351

13,878
13,727

2.6
2.2

3.0
2.7

3.1
3.0

3.0
3.0

3.0
2.9

2.9
2.8

2.9
2.8

2.5
2.3

2.3
2.0

2.2
2.0

2.1
2.0

2.0
2.0

2.0
2.0

2.0
2.0

2.1
2.8

2.6
2.7

2.5
2.1

2.4
2.3

2.3
2.3

2.3
2.3

2.3
2.3

4.6
4.6

4.8
4.9

4.8
4.9

4.8
4.8

4.8
4.8

4.8
4.8

4.8
4.8

4.7
4.4

4.6
3.7

4.4
3.8

4.2
4.0

4.1
4.1

4.1
4.1

4.1
4.1

5.0
4.7

5.1
4.6

5.2
4.9

5.3
5.1

5.3
5.2

5.3
5.3

5.3
5.3

for July 2007 NIPA revisions.

2 Year-over-year.
3 Calendar

year average.

contribution to receipts is counted in the structural balance.
No two business cycles are alike and some factors
unique to the current economic cycle also appear to
affect the deficit in ways not reflected in the usual
cyclical adjustments. The fall-off in labor force participation, from 67.1 percent of the U.S. population in
1997–2000 to 66.1 percent in 2004–2007, may be at
least partly cyclical in nature. Since the official unemployment rate does not include workers who have left
the labor force, the conventional measures of potential
GDP, incomes, and Government receipts understate the
extent to which potential work hours have been underutilized in the current expansion because of the decline
in labor force participation.
Another factor in the current cycle is the fall-off in
the wage and salary share of GDP, from 49.2 percent
in 2000 to 46.0 percent in 2007 (through the third
Table 12–4.

quarter). This change may also be at least partly cyclical. Since Federal tax collections depend heavily on
wage and salary income, the decline in the wage share
of GDP suggests that the true cyclical component of
the deficit could be understated for this reason as well.
There are also lags in the collection of tax revenue
that can delay the impact of cyclical effects beyond
the year in which they occur. The result is that even
after the unemployment rate has fallen, receipts may
remain cyclically depressed for some time until these
lagged effects have dissipated.
For all these reasons, the current estimates of the
level of the cyclical deficit are probably understated.
The current unemployment gap is near zero, and the
Administration forecasts that it will rise only slightly
and temporarily, but in the broader sense discussed
above, the cyclical gap is likely to be larger.

ADJUSTED STRUCTURAL BALANCE
(Fiscal years; in billions of dollars)

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Unadjusted surplus or deficit (–) .....................
Cyclical component ......................................

128.2
39.4

–157.8
–85.1

–377.6
–127.2

–412.7
–82.1

–318.3
–32.0

–248.2
15.0

–162.0
15.4

–410.0
–12.6

–407.4
–12.4

–160.0
–2.6

Structural surplus or deficit (–) ........................
Deposit insurance outlays ...........................

88.8
1.6

–72.7
1.0

–250.3
1.4

–330.7
2.0

–286.4
1.4

–263.2
1.1

–177.4
1.5

–397.4
1.9

–395.0
3.5

Adjusted structural surplus or deficit (–) .........

87.2

–71.7

–248.9

–328.7

–285.0

–262.1

–175.9

–395.5

–391.6

NOTE: The NAIRU is assumed to be 4.8%.

2012

2013

–94.8
–0.1

48.0
............

29.3
............

–157.4
5.2

–94.7
5.4

48.0
5.6

29.3
5.3

–152.3

–89.3

53.7

34.7

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During fiscal year 2001 the unemployment rate appears to have been lower than could be sustained in
the long run. Therefore, as shown in Table 12–4, in
that year the structural surplus was smaller than the
actual surplus, which was enlarged by the boost to receipts and the reduction in outlays associated with the
low level of unemployment. Similarly, in 2006 and 2007
the unemployment rate appeared to be slightly lower
than the ‘‘natural rate,’’ rendering the structural deficit
for those years slightly higher than the actual deficit.
For 2008–2009, the unemployment rate is slightly higher than the ‘‘natural rate,’’ and the structural deficit
falls slightly below the actual deficit.
Sensitivity of the Budget to Economic
Assumptions
Both receipts and outlays are affected by changes
in economic conditions. This sensitivity complicates
budget planning because errors in economic assumptions lead to errors in the budget projections. It is
therefore useful to examine the implications of possible
changes in economic assumptions. Many of the budgetary effects of such changes are fairly predictable, and
a set of rules of thumb embodying these relationships
can aid in estimating how changes in the economic
assumptions would alter outlays, receipts, and the surplus or deficit. These rules of thumb should be understood as suggesting orders of magnitude; they ignore
a long list of secondary effects that are not captured
in the estimates.
Economic variables that affect the budget do not usually change independently of one another. Output and
employment tend to move together in the short run:
a high rate of real GDP growth is generally associated
with a declining rate of unemployment, while slow or
negative growth is usually accompanied by rising unemployment. In the long run, however, changes in the
average rate of growth of real GDP are mainly due
to changes in the rates of growth of productivity and
the labor force, and are not necessarily associated with
changes in the average rate of unemployment. Inflation
and interest rates are also closely interrelated: a higher
expected rate of inflation increases interest rates, while
lower expected inflation reduces interest rates.
Changes in real GDP growth or inflation have a much
greater cumulative effect on the budget over time if
they are sustained for several years than if they last
for only one year. Highlights of the budgetary effects
of the above rules of thumb are shown in Table 12–5.
For real growth and employment:
• As shown in the first block, if in 2008 for one
year only, real GDP growth is lower by one percentage point and the unemployment rate permanently rises by one-half percentage point relative
to the Budget assumptions, the fiscal year 2008
deficit is estimated to increase by $16.4 billion;
receipts in 2008 would be lower by $13.8 billion,
and outlays would be higher by $2.6 billion, primarily for unemployment-sensitive programs. In
fiscal year 2009, the estimated receipts shortfall

would grow further to $28.9 billion, and outlays
would increase by $8.2 billion relative to the base,
even though the growth rate in calendar year 2009
equaled the rate originally assumed. This is because the level of real (and nominal) GDP and
taxable incomes would be permanently lower, and
unemployment permanently higher. The budget
effects (including growing interest costs associated
with larger deficits) would continue to grow slightly in each successive year. During 2008–2013, the
cumulative increase in the budget deficit is estimated to be $251 billion.
• The budgetary effects are much larger if the real
growth rate is permanently reduced by one percentage point and the unemployment rate is unchanged, as shown in the second block. This scenario might occur if trend productivity were permanently lowered. In this example, during
2008–2013, the cumulative increase in the budget
deficit is estimated to be $706 billion.
For inflation and interest rates:
• The third block shows the effect of a one percentage point higher rate of inflation and one percentage point higher interest rates during calendar
year 2008 only. In subsequent years, the price
level and nominal GDP would be one percent higher than in the base case, but interest rates and
future inflation rates are assumed to return to
their base levels. In 2008 and 2009, outlays would
be above the base by $12.5 billion and $20.7 billion, respectively, due in part to lagged cost-ofliving adjustments. Receipts would rise by $21.2
billion in 2008, but then would rise by $40.9 billion above the base in 2009 due to the sustained
effects of the elevated price level on the tax base,
and to the temporary effect of higher 2008 interest
rates on individuals’ incomes and taxes and financial corporations’ profits and taxes, resulting in
a $20.2 billion improvement in the 2009 budget
balance. In subsequent years, the amounts added
to receipts would continue to be larger than the
additions to outlays. During 2008–2013, cumulative budget deficits would be $114 billion smaller
than in the base case.
• In the fourth block, the rate of inflation and the
level of interest rates are higher by one percentage
point in all years. As a result, the price level
and nominal GDP rise by a cumulatively growing
percentage above their base levels. In this case,
the effects on receipts and outlays mount steadily
in successive years, adding $390 billion to outlays
over 2008–2013 and $793 billion to receipts, for
a net decrease in 2008–2013 deficits of $402 billion.
• The outlay effects of a one percentage point increase in interest rates alone are shown in the
fifth block. The receipts portion of this rule-ofthumb is due to the Federal Reserve’s deposit of
earnings on its securities portfolio and the effect
of interest rate changes on both individuals’ in-

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come (and taxes) and financial corporations’ profits (and taxes).
• The sixth block shows that a sustained one percentage point increase in the GDP price index and
in CPI inflation decreases cumulative deficits by
a substantial $444 billion during 2008–2013. This
large effect is because the additional receipts from
a higher tax base exceed the combination of higher
outlays from mandatory cost-of-living adjustments
and lower receipts from CPI indexation of tax
brackets. Outlays for discretionary programs are
assumed to be unchanged in spite of the higher
inflation rate. The separate effects of higher inflation and higher interest rates in the fifth and
sixth blocks do not sum to the effects for simultaneous changes in both in the fourth block. This

Table 12–5.

occurs largely because the gains in budget receipts
due to higher inflation result in higher debt service savings when interest rates are assumed to
be higher as well (the combined case) than when
interest rates are assumed to be unchanged (the
separate case).
The last entry in the table shows rules of thumb
for the added interest cost associated with changes in
the budget deficit, holding interest rates and other economic assumptions constant.
The effects of changes in economic assumptions in
the opposite direction are approximately symmetric to
those shown in the table. The impact of a one percentage point lower rate of inflation or higher real growth
would have about the same magnitude as the effects
shown in the table, but with the opposite sign.

SENSITIVITY OF THE BUDGET TO ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS
(Fiscal years; in billions of dollars)

Budget effect

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Total of
Effects,
2008-2013

2013

Real Growth and Employment
Budgetary effects of 1 percent lower real GDP growth:
(1) For calendar year 2008 only: 1
Receipts ...............................................................................................................
Outlays ................................................................................................................

–13.8
2.6

–28.9
8.2

–32.6
10.5

–35.2
12.7

–36.2
15.0

–38.1
17.1

–184.8
66.0

Increase in deficit (–) .....................................................................................

–16.4

–37.1

–43.1

–47.9

–51.2

–55.2

–250.9

(2) Sustained during 2008–2018, with no change in unemployment:
Receipts ...............................................................................................................
Outlays ................................................................................................................

–14.0
0.1

–45.3
1.0

–83.8
3.3

–128.3
7.5

–170.5
13.4

–219.2
19.2

–661.1
44.4

Increase in deficit (–) .....................................................................................

–14.1

–46.3

–87.1

–135.8

–183.8

–238.4

–705.5

Budgetary effects of 1 percentage point higher rate of:
(3) Inflation and interest rates during calendar year 2008 only:
Receipts ...............................................................................................................
Outlays ................................................................................................................

21.2
12.5

40.9
20.7

38.0
17.4

36.0
16.3

36.9
15.3

38.8
15.2

211.9
97.4

Inflation and Interest Rates

Decrease in deficit (+) ....................................................................................

8.7

20.2

20.6

19.7

21.6

23.7

114.5

(4) Inflation and interest rates, sustained during 2008–2018:
Receipts ...............................................................................................................
Outlays ................................................................................................................

21.2
12.9

64.5
38.2

108.3
60.3

153.8
77.9

197.3
92.1

247.6
108.9

792.7
390.2

Decrease in deficit (+) ....................................................................................

8.4

26.3

48.0

75.9

105.2

138.7

402.5

(5) Interest rates only, sustained during 2008–2018:
Receipts ...............................................................................................................
Outlays ................................................................................................................

7.4
8.9

19.9
24.8

27.0
36.4

30.1
42.2

33.1
45.9

35.7
48.5

153.2
206.7

Increase in deficit (–) .....................................................................................

–1.5

–5.0

–9.4

–12.1

–12.8

–12.8

–53.5

(6) Inflation only, sustained during 2008–2018:
Receipts ...............................................................................................................
Outlays ................................................................................................................

13.8
4.1

44.5
13.7

81.1
24.7

123.4
37.4

163.7
49.0

211.3
64.8

637.9
193.7

Decrease in deficit (+) ....................................................................................

9.8

30.9

56.4

86.0

114.7

146.5

444.2

2.0

4.1

4.5

4.9

5.1

5.3

25.9

Interest Cost of Higher Federal Borrowing
(7) Outlay effect of $100 billion increase in borrowing in 2008 ................................

* $50 million or less.
1 The unemployment rate is assumed to be 0.5 percentage point higher per 1.0 percent shortfall in the level of real GDP.

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STEWARDSHIP

Introduction
The budget is an essential tool for allocating resources within the Federal Government and between
the public and private sectors, but current outlays, receipts, and the deficit give at best a partial picture
of the Government’s financial condition. Indeed,
changes in the annual budget deficit or surplus can
be misleading. For example, the temporary shift from
annual deficits to surpluses in the late 1990s did nothing to correct the long-term fiscal deficiencies in the
major entitlement programs, which are the major
source of the long-run shortfall in Federal finances.
This would have been more apparent at the time if
greater attention had been focused on long-term measures such as those presented in this chapter. As important as the current budget surplus or deficit is, other
indicators are also needed to judge the Government’s
fiscal condition.
For the Federal Government, there is no single number that corresponds to a business’s bottom line. The
Government is judged by how its actions affect the
country’s security and well-being over time, and that
cannot easily be summed up with a single statistic.
Also, even though its financial condition is important,
the Government is not expected to earn a profit. One
measure of the Government’s performance is the extent
to which it collects the taxes that are owed to it, and
another is whether it delivers value in spending the
taxes that it collects. Both of those questions are addressed below. In general, the Government’s financial
status is best evaluated using a broad range of data
and several complementary perspectives. This chapter
presents a framework for such analysis. Because there
are serious limitations on the available data and the
future is uncertain, this chapter’s findings and conclusions should be interpreted as tentative and subject
to future revision.
The chapter consists of four parts:

• Part I explains how the separate pieces of analysis
link together. Chart 13–1 is a schematic diagram
showing the linkages.
• Part II presents estimates of the Government’s
assets and liabilities, which are shown in Table
13–1. This table is similar to a business balance
sheet, but for that reason it cannot reveal some
of the Government’s unique financial features and
needs to be supplemented by the information in
Parts III and IV.
• Part III shows possible long-run paths for the Federal budget. These projections vary depending on
alternative economic and demographic assumptions. The projections are summarized in Table
13–2 and in a related set of charts. Table 13–3
shows present value estimates of the funding
shortfall in Social Security and Medicare. Together, these data indicate the scope of the Government’s future responsibilities and the resources
it will have available to discharge them under
current law and policy. In particular, they show
the looming long-run fiscal challenge posed by the
Federal entitlement programs.
• Part IV returns the focus to the present. This
part presents information on national economic
and social conditions. It begins with an analysis
of tax compliance, including what can be done to
improve it, and what resources might be made
available with new efforts to assure compliance.
The private economy is the ultimate source of the
Government’s resources. Table 13–5 gives a summary of total national wealth, while highlighting
the Federal investments that have contributed to
that wealth. Table 13–6 shows trends in wealth
and Table 13–7 presents a small sample of statistical indicators, which are intended to show how
the Government’s efforts to improve social and
economic outcomes might be measured.

PART I—A FRAMEWORK TO EVALUATE FEDERAL FINANCES
No single framework can encompass all of the factors
that affect the financial condition of the Federal Government, but the framework presented here is comprehensive and offers many insights into the financial
implications of Federal policies. This framework includes information about Government assets and liabilities, but it also includes long-run projections of the
entire budget showing where future fiscal strains are
most likely to appear. It includes an analysis of the
Government’s potential revenue for a given tax structure and what can be done realistically through better
education and more rigorous enforcement of the tax

law to reach that potential. Measures of national
wealth, which support future income and tax receipts,
are presented along with an array of economic and
social indicators showing potential pressure points that
may require future policy responses.
The Government’s binding obligations—its liabilities—consist in the first place of Treasury debt. Other
liabilities include the pensions and medical benefits
owed to retired Federal employees and veterans. These
employee obligations are a form of deferred compensation; they have counterparts in the business world, and
would appear as liabilities on a business balance sheet.

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Accrued obligations for Government insurance policies
and the estimated present value of failed loan guarantees and deposit insurance claims are also analogous
to private liabilities. These Government liabilities are
discussed further in Part II along with the Government’s assets. The liabilities and assets are collected
in Table 13–1. The liabilities shown in Table 13–1 are
only a subset of the Government’s overall financial responsibilities. Indeed, the full extent of the Government’s fiscal exposure through programmatic commitments dwarfs the outstanding total of all acknowledged
Federal liabilities. The commitments to Social Security
and Medicare alone amount to many times the value
of Federal debt held by the public.
In addition to Social Security and Medicare, the Government has a broad range of programs that dispense
cash and other benefits to individual recipients. A few
examples of such programs are Medicaid, food stamps,
veterans’ pensions, and veterans’ health care. The Government also provides a wide range of public services
that must be financed through the tax system. It is
true that specific programs may be modified or even
ended at any time by the Congress and the President,
and changes in the laws governing these programs are
a regular part of the legislative cycle. For this reason,
these programmatic commitments do not constitute ‘‘liabilities.’’ They are Federal responsibilities, however,
and will have a claim on budgetary resources for the
foreseeable future unless the law is changed. All of
the Government’s existing programs are reflected in the
long-run budget projections in Part III. It would be
misleading to leave out any of these programmatic commitments in projecting future claims on the Government or in calculating the Government’s long-run fiscal
balance.
The Federal Government has many assets. These include financial assets, such as loans and mortgages
which have been acquired through various credit programs. They also include the plant and equipment used
to produce Government services. The Government also
owns a substantial amount of land. Such assets would
normally be shown on a balance sheet. The Government
has other resources in addition to these. These additional resources include most importantly the Government’s sovereign power to tax.
Because of its unique responsibilities and resources,
the most revealing way to analyze the future strains
on the Government’s fiscal position is to make a longrun projection of the entire Federal budget. Part III
of this chapter presents a set of such projections under
different assumptions about policy and future economic
and demographic conditions. Over long periods of time,
the spending of the Government must be financed by
the taxes and other receipts it collects. Although the
Government can borrow for temporary periods, it must
pay interest on any such borrowing, which adds to future spending. In the long run, a solvent Government
must pay for its programmatic spending out of its receipts. The projections in Part III show that under an
extension of the estimates in this Budget, long-run bal-

ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES

ance in this sense is not achieved, mostly because projected spending for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid grows faster than the revenue available to pay
for it.
The long-run budget projections and the table of assets and liabilities are silent on the questions of whether the Government is collecting the full amount of taxes
owed, whether the public is receiving value for its taxes
paid, and whether Federal resources are being used
effectively. Information on those points requires performance measures for Government programs supplemented by appropriate information about conditions in
the economy and society. Recent changes in budgeting
practices have contributed to the goal of providing more
information about Government programs and will permit a closer alignment of the cost of programs with
performance measures. These changes have been described in detail in previous Budgets. They are reviewed in Chapter 2 of this volume, and in the accompanying material that describes results obtained with
the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). This
Stewardship chapter complements the detailed exploration of Government performance with an assessment
of the overall impact of Federal policy as reflected in
general measures of economic and social well-being
such as those shown in Table 13–7.
Relationship with FASAB Objectives
The framework presented here meets the stewardship
objective for Federal financial reporting recommended
by the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
(FASAB) and adopted for use by the Federal Government in September 1993.1
Federal financial reporting should assist report users in
assessing the impact on the country of the government’s operations and investments for the period and how, as a result,
the government’s and the Nation’s financial conditions have
changed and may change in the future. Federal financial
reporting should provide information that helps the reader
to determine:
3a. Whether the government’s financial position improved
or deteriorated over the period.
3b. Whether future budgetary resources will likely be sufficient to sustain public services and to meet obligations as
they come due.
3c. Whether government operations have contributed to the
nation’s current and future well-being.

The current presentation is an experimental approach
for fulfilling this objective at the Federal Governmentwide level. It is intended to meet the broad interests
of economists and others in evaluating trends over time,
including both past and future trends. The annual Financial Report of the United States Government presents related information, but from a different perspective. The Financial Report includes a balance sheet.
The assets and liabilities on that balance sheet are
all based on transactions and other events that have
already occurred. In some cases, the assets and liabilities are evaluated differently than those reported in
Part II of this chapter. The Financial Report also in1 Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Concepts, Number 1, Objectives of Federal
Financial Reporting, September 2, 1993. Other objectives are budgetary integrity, operating
performance, and systems and controls.

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cludes a statement of social insurance that reviews a
substantial body of information on the condition and
sustainability of the Government’s social insurance programs. This year, the Report included for the first time
a brief discussion of the long-run budget outlook for
the Government as a whole, which is similar to the
long-run projections discussed in this chapter. This is
a