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The three biggest federal programs are health care (including Medicare and Medicaid), pensions (including Social Security), and Defense.

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FY18 Federal Budget Spending Estimates
for Fiscal Years 2017 - 2022

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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	US Federal Government FY 18 Budget Estimated Outlays in $ billion nominal
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				Estimated Outlays from US Federal FY 18 Budget
Change View: people old *functions* radical census programs altprog oldprog COFOG Change Data View: The default view of spending data is by function. But you can also view data by program or the UN COFOG classification system.				FY 2017 Outlays	FY 2018 Outlays	FY 2019 Outlays	FY 2020 Outlays	FY 2021 Outlays	FY 2022 Outlays
[–]	Pensions: Start chart			1,012.5	1,061.8	1,145.7	1,216.4	1,289.0	1,372.8
	[–]	Sickness and disability		154.5	154.6	159.6	164.9	171.7	178.3
		[+]	General retirement and disability insurance (excluding social security (Disc. 2005) (601)	7.3	2.8	3.0	3.3	4.4	5.3
		[+]	DI Benefits (654)	144.5	149.1	154.0	159.1	164.7	170.4
		[+]	DI Administration (655)	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6
		–	Disability Insurance (FSD)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[–]	Old age		858.0	907.3	986.1	1,051.5	1,117.3	1,194.6
		[+]	Federal employee retirement and disability (602)	140.8	139.7	148.2	152.0	155.7	165.3
		[+]	Employer share, employee retirement (on-budget) (951)	-70.0	-72.9	-61.8	-61.9	-61.6	-61.3
		[+]	Employer share, employee retirement (off-budget) (952)	-17.5	-18.1	-18.8	-19.4	-20.0	-20.8
		–	Employee retirement (FRE)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		–	Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (FUO)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		[+]	OASI Benefits (652)	802.0	856.0	915.8	978.1	1,040.6	1,108.9
		[+]	OASI Administration (653)	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
		–	Old age and survivor insurance (FSO)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		[+]	Social Security Other (656)	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.1
[–]	Health Care: Start chart			1,145.3	1,120.5	1,202.8	1,213.1	1,246.5	1,343.4
	[+]	Medical service (Seniors)		599.7	588.4	652.4	706.4	762.2	858.0
	[+]	Medical service		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Public health services		4.8	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0
	[+]	R and D Health		36.1	33.0	30.2	28.4	28.0	27.3
	[+]	Health n.e.c.		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[–]	Vendor Payments (Medical)		504.7	494.9	516.1	474.3	452.2	454.1
		[–]	Health care services (551)	504.7	494.9	516.1	474.3	452.2	454.1
		—	Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan Direct Loan Program, Downward Reestimate of Subsidies	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	General Fund Payment, State Response to the Opioid Abuse Crisis, CURES Act	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.1
		—	Health Resources and Services	0.4	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
		—	Health Resources and Services	4.8	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1
		—	Health Resources and Services	3.7	4.1	4.0	2.4	0.3	0.0
		—	Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
		—	Contract Support Costs	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
		—	Indian Health Services	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6
		—	Indian Health Services	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	Indian Health Facilities	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4
		—	CDC-wide Activities and Program Support	5.7	4.9	4.3	4.1	4.1	4.1
		—	CDC-wide Activities and Program Support	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
		—	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Toxic Substances and Environmental Public Health	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
		—	World Trade Center Health Program Fund	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5
		—	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
		—	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration	3.1	3.1	3.1	2.9	2.8	2.8
		—	Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Program	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	Affordable Insurance Exchange Grants	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan Program Account	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	Program Management	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
		—	Grants to States for Medicaid	378.5	403.7	422.7	439.2	460.0	467.2
		—	Children's Health Insurance Fund	16.7	13.4	12.0	11.9	5.7	5.7
		—	State Grants and Demonstrations	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.1
		—	Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.3
		—	Child Enrollment Contingency Fund	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	Risk Adjustment Program Payments	4.7	6.7	7.5	7.2	7.5	7.9
		—	Transitional Reinsurance Program	4.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	Prevention and Public Health Fund	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.8	1.0	1.1
		—	Nonrecurring Expenses Fund	0.4	-0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund	2.5	1.5	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.4
		—	Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
		—	Payment to the State Response to the Opioid Abuse Crisis Account, CURES Act	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	General Departmental Management	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
		—	Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7
		—	HHS Service and Supply Fund	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	Miscellaneous Trust Funds	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	Office of Inspector General	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
		—	Supplemental Payments to UMWA Plans	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
		—	Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
		—	Refundable Premium Tax Credit and Cost Sharing Reductions	35.8	38.4	40.2	42.2	45.7	48.6
		—	Refundable Premium Tax Credit and Cost Sharing Reductions	4.4	4.5	4.8	5.1	5.4	5.8
		—	Government Payment for Annuitants, Employees Health Benefits	12.9	13.4	14.3	15.1	16.0	17.1
		—	Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund	3.5	3.8	4.0	4.2	4.5	4.8
		—	Employees and Retired Employees Health Benefits Funds	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
		—	Employees and Retired Employees Health Benefits Funds	-0.9	-0.7	-0.4	-0.4	-0.8	-1.2
		—	Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund	11.1	11.2	11.8	12.4	13.1	13.9
		—	United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
		—	United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
		—	Transfers from Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
		—	Federal Payment to United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
		—	United Mine Workers of America 1993 Benefit Plan	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
		—	Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act	0.0	-30.0	-30.0	-90.0	-130.0	-140.0
[–]	Education: Start chart			159.6	108.3	106.7	103.0	102.2	100.0
	[+]	Pre primary thru secondary education		41.0	40.5	37.8	37.0	36.7	36.7
	[+]	Tertiary education		72.0	26.5	29.8	27.7	27.8	25.9
	[+]	Education not definable by level		46.6	41.4	39.1	38.3	37.8	37.4
	[+]	Subsidiary services to education		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	R and D Education		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Education n.e.c.		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[–] Charts: Click on a to display a bar of data in a row or column of this table. Click on to display a time-series chart of data in a row. [+] Drill-down: Click on the [+] to drill down to more detailed numbers. For federal spending line items (but not revenue) you can drill down three levels to view about 4,000 items of spending at the “agency code” level.	Defense: Start chart			834.2	885.9	915.7	920.2	920.9	929.8
	[–]	Military defense		602.8	652.6	675.1	679.8	677.8	672.9
		[+]	Department of Defense -- Military (051)	573.0	621.7	643.0	647.5	645.7	640.4
		[+]	Atomic energy defense activities (053)	20.0	22.8	23.4	23.3	23.0	23.5
		[+]	Defense-related activities (054)	9.8	8.1	8.8	9.0	9.1	8.9
		[+]	(970)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		–	Military (FDE)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Civil defense		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Veterans		175.0	177.9	194.6	201.9	209.3	226.2
	[+]	Foreign military aid		13.3	14.9	12.0	10.2	9.0	8.5
	[+]	Foreign economic aid		43.1	40.5	33.9	28.3	24.8	22.2
	[+]	R and D Defence		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Defence n.e.c.		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[–]	Welfare: Start chart			365.8	353.5	354.9	353.8	358.3	366.2
	[–]	Family and children		280.9	268.1	271.0	269.0	272.6	279.4
		[–]	Food and nutrition assistance (605)	102.8	97.8	98.0	92.8	92.3	90.5
		—	Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply (section 32)	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply (section 32)	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
		—	Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply (section 32)	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2
		—	Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program	64.7	59.1	57.3	51.2	49.5	46.6
		—	Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program	7.1	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.7	7.8
		—	Commodity Assistance Program	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
		—	Nutrition Programs Administration	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
		—	Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)	5.8	6.0	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2
		—	Child Nutrition Programs	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	Child Nutrition Programs	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
		—	Child Nutrition Programs	23.7	23.9	25.2	26.2	27.2	28.1
		—	Federal Assistance	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	Emergency Food and Shelter	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		[–]	Other income security (609)	178.1	170.3	173.0	176.2	180.3	188.9
		—	Federal Share of Child Support Collections	-0.7	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6
		—	Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.6
		—	Low Income Home Energy Assistance	3.1	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
		—	Refugee and Entrant Assistance	1.1	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
		—	Refugee and Entrant Assistance	1.3	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
		—	Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7
		—	Contingency Fund	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		—	Payments for Foster Care and Permanency	8.0	8.5	8.8	9.3	9.7	10.2
		—	Child Care Entitlement to States	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9
		—	Temporary Assistance for Needy Families	16.5	15.4	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.1
		—	Children's Research and Technical Assistance	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
		—	Payment Where Earned Income Credit Exceeds Liability for Tax	60.9	61.1	61.9	63.2	65.2	66.9
		—	Payment Where Child Tax Credit Exceeds Liability for Tax	20.2	19.9	16.8	16.8	17.0	17.0
		—	Supplemental Security Income Program	4.9	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.2
		—	Supplemental Security Income Program	54.6	50.8	56.5	58.1	59.8	66.3
		—	Receipts from SSI Administrative Fee	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
		—	Recovery of Beneficiary Overpayments from SSI Program	-2.5	-2.5	-2.6	-2.7	-2.7	-2.8
		—	State Supplemental Fees	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
		—	State Supplemental Fees, SSI	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
		–	Public Welfare (FWE)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Unemployment		35.9	37.5	37.9	41.2	42.9	44.7
	[+]	Unemployment trust		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Housing		49.1	47.9	46.0	43.6	42.8	42.1
	[+]	Social exclusion n.e.c.		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	R and D Social protection		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Social protection n.e.c.		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Protection			41.0	41.5	42.0	42.8	44.3	45.2
[+]	Transportation			93.8	91.8	91.7	90.5	81.5	75.8
[–]	General Government: Start chart			54.8	52.4	51.3	50.7	48.3	48.4
	[+]	Executive and legislative organs, financ		18.0	18.6	19.1	18.8	17.4	17.2
	[+]	Law courts		26.8	23.5	22.1	21.4	20.6	20.4
	[+]	General services		10.0	10.3	10.2	10.5	10.3	10.7
[–]	Other Spending: Start chart			79.1	63.9	57.9	51.4	44.5	22.0
	[+]	Basic research		18.5	18.8	18.5	18.6	18.6	18.6
	[+]	General economic, commercial and labour		-11.4	-11.7	-6.4	-6.5	-5.9	-1.6
	[+]	Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunti		28.5	33.5	25.8	23.5	26.2	24.5
	[+]	Fuel and energy		1.8	-1.9	-5.8	-4.5	-5.8	-6.3
	[+]	Mining, manufacturing and construction		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Communication		1.3	-1.8	-3.6	-2.6	-2.0	-1.7
	[+]	Other industries		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	R and D Economic affairs		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Economic affairs n.e.c.		18.0	10.7	16.1	17.9	13.9	11.9
	[+]	Waste management		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Waste water management		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Pollution abatement		8.7	6.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.9
	[+]	Protection of biodiversity and landscape		12.0	11.8	11.8	12.2	12.0	11.4
	[+]	R and D Environmental protection		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Environmental protection n.e.c.		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Housing development		-27.3	-30.8	-28.6	-28.9	-27.8	-27.0
	[+]	Community development		22.1	23.1	24.4	19.9	18.0	14.6
	[+]	Water supply		8.6	8.1	7.8	7.9	7.7	7.4
	[+]	Street lighting		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	R and D Housing and community amenities		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Housing and community amenities n.e.c.		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Recreational and sporting services		4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.1
	[+]	Cultural services		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Broadcasting and publishing services		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Religious and other community services		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	R and D Recreation, culture and religion		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	Recreation, culture and religion n.e.c.		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	R and D General public services		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	[+]	General public services n.e.c.		-5.6	-6.7	-12.0	-15.9	-20.4	-39.7
	[+]	Transfers of a general character between		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Interest			276.2	314.9	371.1	428.1	481.2	528.2
[+]	Balance			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Total Spending			4,062.2	4,094.5	4,339.6	4,470.1	4,616.7	4,831.7
[+]	Federal Deficit			602.5	440.2	525.9	488.0	455.8	441.7
[+]	Gross Public Debt			20,354.4	21,093.3	21,840.0	22,503.4	23,114.1	23,647.4
[+]	Other Borrowing			212.5	298.7	220.8	175.4	155.0	91.6
[+]	Agency GSE Debt			8,619.6	8,875.9	9,145.9	9,430.6	9,730.8	10,047.9
[+]	Grants			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Gross Domestic Product			19,161.9	20,013.7	20,947.3	21,980.6	23,092.7	24,261.3
Outlays: Pie Chart: Select a pie chart you wish to display. You can create a pie chart for federal, state and local, and overall spending/revenue. b - budgeted estimate in US FY18 budget a - actual reported e - estimated by usgovernmentspending.com g - 'guesstimated' projection by usgovernmentspending.com Data Sources for 2017: Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1 Data Sources for 2022: Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1

Spending Definitions

Pensions: Pensions, disability.

Health Care: Health care.

Education: K-12, college, training.

Defense: Military, foreign policy, veterans, foreign aid.

Welfare: Cash welfare, food stamps, unemployment benefits, workers compensation, housing, excluding health care.

Protection: Police, fire, law courts, prisons.

Transportation: Road, rail, airports.

General Government: Legislative, executive, finance.

Other Spending: Research, economic development, agriculture, energy, environment.

Interest: Interest on government debt.

Total Spending: Federal: total outlays including grants to state and local. State and local: direct spending on programs.

Notes

The table shows overall budgeted federal outlays for major functions for the next five years, as estimated in the historical tables in the current presidential budget.

You can change the budget to be analyzed or drill down to view more detailed spending information.

But. For the “default” and “programs” views, we have extracted data from the Public Budget Database to expand Social Security and Medicare beyond the single line item each gets in Table 3.2. The Public Budget Database starts publishing six years of estimated outlays with the FY10 budget, so this page will only provide a full six years of estimated outlays starting with the FY10 budget.

Data Sources: Federal spending from Budget of the United States Government.

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US Federal Government Spending Fiscal Year 2017 - 2022 Estimated Outlays in $ billion nom Year FY 2017 Outlays FY 2018 Outlays FY 2019 Outlays FY 2020 Outlays FY 2021 Outlays FY 2022 Outlays Pensions 1,012.5 b 1,061.8 b 1,145.7 b 1,216.4 b 1,289.0 b 1,372.8 b -Sickness and disability 154.5 b 154.6 b 159.6 b 164.9 b 171.7 b 178.3 b --General retirement and disability insurance (excluding social security (Disc. 2005) (601)--General retirement and disability insurance (excluding social security (Disc. 2005) (601) 7.3 b 2.8 b 3.0 b 3.3 b 4.4 b 5.3 b --DI Benefits (654)--DI Benefits (654) 144.5 b 149.1 b 154.0 b 159.1 b 164.7 b 170.4 b --DI Administration (655)--DI Administration (655) 2.7 b 2.7 b 2.6 b 2.6 b 2.6 b 2.6 b --Disability Insurance (FSD)--Disability Insurance (FSD) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Old age 858.0 b 907.3 b 986.1 b 1,051.5 b 1,117.3 b 1,194.6 b --Federal employee retirement and disability (602)--Federal employee retirement and disability (602) 140.8 b 139.7 b 148.2 b 152.0 b 155.7 b 165.3 b --Employer share, employee retirement (on-budget) (951)--Employer share, employee retirement (on-budget) (951) -70.0 b -72.9 b -61.8 b -61.9 b -61.6 b -61.3 b --Employer share, employee retirement (off-budget) (952)--Employer share, employee retirement (off-budget) (952) -17.5 b -18.1 b -18.8 b -19.4 b -20.0 b -20.8 b --Employee retirement (FRE)--Employee retirement (FRE) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (FUO)--Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (FUO) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --OASI Benefits (652)--OASI Benefits (652) 802.0 b 856.0 b 915.8 b 978.1 b 1,040.6 b 1,108.9 b --OASI Administration (653)--OASI Administration (653) 2.7 b 2.7 b 2.7 b 2.7 b 2.7 b 2.7 b --Old age and survivor insurance (FSO)--Old age and survivor insurance (FSO) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --Social Security Other (656)--Social Security Other (656) 0.0 b -0.1 b 0.0 b 0.0 b -0.1 b -0.1 b Health Care 1,145.3 b 1,120.5 b 1,202.8 b 1,213.1 b 1,246.5 b 1,343.4 b -Medical service (Seniors) 599.7 b 588.4 b 652.4 b 706.4 b 762.2 b 858.0 b -Medical service 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Public health services 4.8 b 4.2 b 4.1 b 4.1 b 4.0 b 4.0 b -R and D Health 36.1 b 33.0 b 30.2 b 28.4 b 28.0 b 27.3 b -Health n.e.c. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Vendor Payments (Medical) 504.7 b 494.9 b 516.1 b 474.3 b 452.2 b 454.1 b --Health care services (551)--Health care services (551) 504.7 b 494.9 b 516.1 b 474.3 b 452.2 b 454.1 b Education 159.6 b 108.3 b 106.7 b 103.0 b 102.2 b 100.0 b -Pre primary thru secondary education 41.0 b 40.5 b 37.8 b 37.0 b 36.7 b 36.7 b -Tertiary education 72.0 b 26.5 b 29.8 b 27.7 b 27.8 b 25.9 b -Education not definable by level 46.6 b 41.4 b 39.1 b 38.3 b 37.8 b 37.4 b -Subsidiary services to education 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -R and D Education 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Education n.e.c. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Defense 834.2 b 885.9 b 915.7 b 920.2 b 920.9 b 929.8 b -Military defense 602.8 b 652.6 b 675.1 b 679.8 b 677.8 b 672.9 b --Department of Defense -- Military (051)--Department of Defense -- Military (051) 573.0 b 621.7 b 643.0 b 647.5 b 645.7 b 640.4 b --Atomic energy defense activities (053)--Atomic energy defense activities (053) 20.0 b 22.8 b 23.4 b 23.3 b 23.0 b 23.5 b --Defense-related activities (054)--Defense-related activities (054) 9.8 b 8.1 b 8.8 b 9.0 b 9.1 b 8.9 b --Military (FDE)--Military (FDE) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Civil defense 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Veterans 175.0 b 177.9 b 194.6 b 201.9 b 209.3 b 226.2 b -Foreign military aid 13.3 b 14.9 b 12.0 b 10.2 b 9.0 b 8.5 b -Foreign economic aid 43.1 b 40.5 b 33.9 b 28.3 b 24.8 b 22.2 b -R and D Defence 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Defence n.e.c. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Welfare 365.8 b 353.5 b 354.9 b 353.8 b 358.3 b 366.2 b -Family and children 280.9 b 268.1 b 271.0 b 269.0 b 272.6 b 279.4 b --Food and nutrition assistance (605)--Food and nutrition assistance (605) 102.8 b 97.8 b 98.0 b 92.8 b 92.3 b 90.5 b --Other income security (609)--Other income security (609) 178.1 b 170.3 b 173.0 b 176.2 b 180.3 b 188.9 b --Public Welfare (FWE)--Public Welfare (FWE) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Unemployment 35.9 b 37.5 b 37.9 b 41.2 b 42.9 b 44.7 b -Unemployment trust 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Housing 49.1 b 47.9 b 46.0 b 43.6 b 42.8 b 42.1 b -Social exclusion n.e.c. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -R and D Social protection 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Social protection n.e.c. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Protection 41.0 b 41.5 b 42.0 b 42.8 b 44.3 b 45.2 b Transportation 93.8 b 91.8 b 91.7 b 90.5 b 81.5 b 75.8 b General Government 54.8 b 52.4 b 51.3 b 50.7 b 48.3 b 48.4 b -Executive and legislative organs, financ 18.0 b 18.6 b 19.1 b 18.8 b 17.4 b 17.2 b -Law courts 26.8 b 23.5 b 22.1 b 21.4 b 20.6 b 20.4 b -General services 10.0 b 10.3 b 10.2 b 10.5 b 10.3 b 10.7 b Other Spending 79.1 b 63.9 b 57.9 b 51.4 b 44.5 b 22.0 b -Basic research 18.5 b 18.8 b 18.5 b 18.6 b 18.6 b 18.6 b -General economic, commercial and labour -11.4 b -11.7 b -6.4 b -6.5 b -5.9 b -1.6 b -Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunti 28.5 b 33.5 b 25.8 b 23.5 b 26.2 b 24.5 b -Fuel and energy 1.8 b -1.9 b -5.8 b -4.5 b -5.8 b -6.3 b -Mining, manufacturing and construction 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Communication 1.3 b -1.8 b -3.6 b -2.6 b -2.0 b -1.7 b -Other industries 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -R and D Economic affairs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Economic affairs n.e.c. 18.0 b 10.7 b 16.1 b 17.9 b 13.9 b 11.9 b -Waste management 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Waste water management 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Pollution abatement 8.7 b 6.6 b 5.7 b 5.7 b 5.8 b 5.9 b -Protection of biodiversity and landscape 12.0 b 11.8 b 11.8 b 12.2 b 12.0 b 11.4 b -R and D Environmental protection 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Environmental protection n.e.c. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Housing development -27.3 b -30.8 b -28.6 b -28.9 b -27.8 b -27.0 b -Community development 22.1 b 23.1 b 24.4 b 19.9 b 18.0 b 14.6 b -Water supply 8.6 b 8.1 b 7.8 b 7.9 b 7.7 b 7.4 b -Street lighting 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -R and D Housing and community amenities 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Housing and community amenities n.e.c. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Recreational and sporting services 4.0 b 4.1 b 4.1 b 4.2 b 4.1 b 4.1 b -Cultural services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Broadcasting and publishing services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Religious and other community services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -R and D Recreation, culture and religion 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -Recreation, culture and religion n.e.c. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -R and D General public services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -General public services n.e.c. -5.6 b -6.7 b -12.0 b -15.9 b -20.4 b -39.7 b -Transfers of a general character between 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Interest 276.2 b 314.9 b 371.1 b 428.1 b 481.2 b 528.2 b Balance Total Spending 4,062.2 b 4,094.5 b 4,339.6 b 4,470.1 b 4,616.7 b 4,831.7 b Federal Deficit 602.5 b 440.2 b 525.9 b 488.0 b 455.8 b 441.7 b Gross Public Debt 20,354.4 e 21,093.3 e 21,840.0 e 22,503.4 e 23,114.1 e 23,647.4 e Other Borrowing 212.5 b 298.7 b 220.8 b 175.4 b 155.0 b 91.6 b Agency GSE Debt 8,619.6 g 8,875.9 g 9,145.9 g 9,430.6 g 9,730.8 g 10,047.9 g Grants 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Gross Domestic Product 19,161.9 b 20,013.7 b 20,947.3 b 21,980.6 b 23,092.7 b 24,261.3 b Legend: b - budgeted estimate in US FY18 budget a - actual reported e - estimated by usgovernmentspending.com g - 'guesstimated' projection by usgovernmentspending.com Data Sources for 2017: Federal: <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/budget/2018/BUDGET-2018-TAB Fed. 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$ billion	Estimate for 2027 in FY2025 Budget	Estimate for 2027 in FY2027 Budget	Change
Federal Outlays	$7,696.6	$8,092.9	+$569.1
Federal Receipts	$6,186.2	$5,921.0	+$279.1
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