More Fees, More Funds
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Source: General Accounting Office
Many agencies that rely on fees for part of their funding have seen their appropriations decrease or grow very slowly during the 1990s. But in all but two cases, the agencies have been able to more than make up the difference through increased fee collections.
Compound Budget Growth Rate, 1991-96
| Agency | Current Appropriations | All Sources (includes fees) |
| Agricultural Marketing Service | -1.4% | 1.3% |
| Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | 1.9% | 1.7% |
| Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration | 2.4% | 1.5% |
| Federal Communications Commission | -12.7% | 11.3% |
| Federal Trade Commission | -13.1% | 5.6% |
| Immigration and Naturalization Service | -14.1% | 15.4% |
| Patent and Trademark Office | -2.1% | 12.6% |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | -8.3% | 12.0% |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Power Marketing Administrations | -0.5% | 0.2% |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | -4.2% | 1.1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | -3.6% | -1.5% |
| Minerals Management Service | -0.8% | -0.5 |
| Fish and Wildlife Service | -1.1% | 3.0% |
| Customs Service | 2.5% | 4.2% |
| Mint | -100% | 26.1% |
| U.S. Postal Service | -24.9% | 4.6% |
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