The federal budget in 2013

1. The
FEDERAL
BUDGET
in 2013 A Closer Look at Discretionary Spending
Spending that lawmakers control through annual appropriation acts
Discretionary Spending at a Glance
Trends in Discretionary Spending
Percentage of gross domestic product
Discretionary Spending in 2013
Billions of dollars
Prepared by Maureen Costantino and Jonathan Schwabish
Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 2014
Contact: CBO Projections Unit, Budget Analysis Division
For more details, see CBO’s Updated Budget Projections: 2014 to 2024
(April 2014), http://go.usa.gov/k2TA.
All data are for federal fiscal years,
which run from October 1 to September 30.
Numbers may not add up to totals because of rounding.
REVENUES, $2.8 Trillion
SPENDING, $3.5 Trillion
Mandatory
$2.0 Trillion
Discretionary
$1.2 Trillion
Net Interest
$0.2 Trillion
FISCALYEAR2013
0 200 400 600 800 1,000
Operations and Maintenance
Transportation Income
Security
Veterans’
Benefits
and
Services
Health OtherAdministration
of Justice
International
Affairs
Education,
Training,
Employment,
and
Social Services
Military Personnel Procurement OtherResearch,
Development,
Test, and
Evaluation
$259
$90 $88 $64 $59 $57 $51 $47 $121
$144 $115 $67 $41
Includes spending on military construction,
family housing, and some defense-related
activities by agencies other than the
Department of Defense, such as the atomic
energy activities of the Department of Energy.
Includes spending for natural resources and environment;
general science, space, and technology; general government;
community and regional development; agriculture;
administrative costs of Medicare and Social Security; energy;
and commerce and housing credit programs.
1993 1998 2003 2008 2013
0
2
4
Defense
Nondefense
Defense
$626 Billion
Nondefense
$576 Billion
3.6
3.0 3.1
3.6 3.7 3.8
3.5
4.3 4.2
3.5
Discretionary spending
as a percentage of gross
domestic product
in 2013
7.2%
Discretionary spending by
the federal government
in 2013
$1.2 Trillion
Spending in 2013 on
national defense, the
largest component of
discretionary spending
$626 Billion 7.3%
Average discretionary
spending as a percentage
of gross domestic product
between 1993 and 2012