FY2018 Discretionary budget authority
(billions of dollars)
Departments 2017 Enacted* 2018 Request
Percent Change
Agriculture $22.6 $17.9
-20.7%
Commerce $9.2 $7.8
-15.7%
Defense $521.7 $574
10%
Education $68.2 $59
-13.5%
Energy $29.7 $28
-5.6%
Health & Human Services $77.7 $65.1
-16.2%
Homeland Security $41.3 $44.1
6.8%
Housing & Urban Development** $46.9 $40.7
-13.2%
Interior $13.2 $11.6
-11.7%
Justice*** $28.8 $27.7
-3.8%
Labor $12.2 $9.6
-20.7%
State $38 $27.1
-28.7%
Transportation $18.6 $16.2
-12.7%
Treasury $11.7 $11.2
-4.4%
Veterans Affairs $74.5 $78.9
5.9%
Major Agencies 2016 Enacted 2017 Request
Percent Change
Corps of Engineers $6 $5
-16.3%
Environmental Protection Agency $8.2 $5.7
-31.4%
NASA $19.2 $19.1
-0.8%
Small Business Administration $0.9 $0.8
-5%
Social Security Administration $9.3 $9.3
0.2%
*This reflects enacted appropriations under the 2017 continuing resolution that are due to expire on April 28.
**HUD's gross total, excluding receipts.
***Justice program level, excluding offsets.

Source: Office of Management and Budget