1、1 Many mandatory programs have associated offsetting receipts, which are subtracted from theprograms total outlays to produce net outlays. The table displays gross outlays. This accountsfor the sum of the gross outlays of the 19 largest mandatory programs ($1,481.2 billion) beinglarger than the net
2、outlays of all mandatory programs ($1,412.1 billion).Order Code RS22426Updated March 7, 2007Federal Programs With Over $10 Billion inOutlays in FY2006Philip D. WintersAnalyst in Government FinanceGovernment and Finance DivisionThe government spent $2,655 billion in fiscal year 2006, the most recent
3、fiscal yearwith complete budget data. Mandatory spending ($1,412 billion) accounted for 53.2%and discretionary spending ($1,017 billion) accounted for 38.3% of total outlays that year.Outlays for net interest ($227 billion) accounted for the remaining 8.5%. This fact sheet,using data from the Admini
4、strations FY2008 budget (The Budget of the United StatesGovernment for Fiscal Year 2008, Office of Management and Budget OMB, February2007), lists, from largest to smallest, federal programs that generated outlays over $10billion in FY2006.Federal spending is often divided into two types of spending