Some nonsecurity agencies see slight budget boosts

The Education, Energy and Transportation departments are among those slated for small increases in fiscal 2011, despite the discretionary spending freeze.

President Obama's $3.8 trillion fiscal 2011 budget proposal, released on Monday, would hold discretionary funding for most nonsecurity agencies steady at best. But there are some exceptions to the rule. The Education Department, for instance, would see its discretionary budget authority increase $2.9 billion, or 6.2 percent, from an estimated $46.8 billion in fiscal 2010 to $49.7 billion in fiscal 2011.

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Discretionary budget authority (billions of dollars)
Departments 2009
Actual
2010
Estimate
2011
Estimate
Agriculture 24 26.9 25.8
Commerce 9.4 13.9 8.9
Defense (DoD -- Excluding Overseas
Contingency Operations)
513.2 530.8 548.9
Education 46.2 46.8 49.7
Energy 26 26.4 28.4
Health and Human Services 77.2 82 81.3
Homeland Security 42.1 39.4 43.6
Housing and Urban Development 40 43.6 41.6
Interior 11.3 12.2 12
Justice 26 27.5 24.1
Labor 12.9 14.3 14
State and Other International Programs 48.9 55.2 56.8
Transportation 70.5 76 77.6
Treasury 12.6 13.6 13.9
Veterans Affairs 47.6 53.1 57
 
Major Agencies
Corps of Engineers 5.3 5.4 4.9
Enviornmental Protection Agency 7.6 10.3 10
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 17.8 18.7 19
National Science Foundation 6.5 6.9 7.4
Small Business Administration 0.62 0.82 0.99
Social Security Administration 10.4 11.4 12.3
Corporation for National and Community Service 0.89 1.2 1.4