Operating Without Authority

The list of 137 programs that were not reauthorized last year but still received funding includes some very large federal operations.

Program and Funding level:

Department of Justice: $14.2 billion

Local educational agency grants: $8.7 billion

NASA: $8.7 billion

Foreign aid programs: $8.3 billion

Community development block grants: $4.2 billion

Coast Guard: $4 billion

Department of Energy supply programs, science programs and nondefense environmental management programs: $3.8 billion

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, HHS: $2.7 billion

EPA water pollution revolving grants to states: $2.1 billion

Source: Congressional Budget Office