Table 3.15.—Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment by Function

	Line	1995	1996	1997	1998
Government	1	1,372.0	1,421.9	1,481.0	1,529.7
General public service	2	125.2	125.3	136.0	141.6
Executive and legislative	3	29.6	27.4	30.8	32.0
Tax collection and financial management	4	39.7	40.1	44.0	45.4
Other	5	55.9	57.8	61.3	64.2
National defense	6	350.6	357.0	352.5	348.6
Public order and safety	7	142.1	152.8	163.8	175.3
Police	8	53.6	58.9	64.2	69.5
Fire	9	18.6	19.4	20.5	21.8
Law courts	10	26.7	28.6	30.7	33.5
Prisons	11	43.1	45.9	48.3	50.5
Economic affairs	12	213.1	220.7	234.6	239.4
General economic and labor affairs	13	18.6	19.4	20.3	21.0
Agriculture	14	10.6	10.9	13.0	12.8
Energy	15	16.4	13.5	13.4	11.0
Natural resources	16	21.8	23.0	23.4	24.9
Transportation	17	126.1	132.5	142.0	147.3
Highways	18	98.2	103.3	111.6	115.9
Air	19	12.4	13.0	13.4	14.0
Water	20	7.5	7.8	7.9	8.4
Transit and railroad	21	8.0	8.4	9.0	9.1
Postal service	22	2.9	3.7	4.5	5.1
Space	23	16.4	17.6	17.8	16.8
Other	24	.3	.3	.3	.4
Housing and community services	25	27.8	29.4	30.7	31.6
Health	26	72.6	74.9	76.4	78.6
Recreation and culture	27	18.5	19.3	21.3	22.3
Education	28	376.1	395.2	415.5	438.1
Elementary and secondary	29	288.8	305.3	322.3	339.6
Higher	30	69.8	70.9	73.7	77.5
Libraries	31	5.4	5.8	6.3	6.7
Other	32	12.1	13.2	13.3	14.3
Income security	33	45.9	47.4	50.2	54.3
Disability	34	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9
Retirement/1/	35	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.6
Welfare and social services	36	40.8	42.2	45.0	47.8
Unemployment	37	.1	.1	.1	.1
Other	38	.9	1.0	.9	1.9
Federal	39	521.5	531.6	537.8	538.7
General public service	40	28.6	25.6	29.2	29.1
Executive and legislative	41	16.1	13.1	15.6	15.9
Tax collection and financial management	42	12.5	12.4	13.6	13.2
Other/2/	43	0	0	0	0
National defense	44	350.6	357.0	352.5	348.6
Public order and safety	45	15.2	17.0	18.2	19.5
Police	46	6.9	8.2	9.3	10.4
Fire	47	.1	.1	.1	.1
Law courts	48	5.1	5.5	5.6	6.1
Prisons	49	3.1	3.3	3.2	2.9
Economic affairs	50	72.5	74.6	77.8	77.0
General economic and labor affairs	51	7.0	7.6	8.0	8.2
Agriculture	52	6.2	6.3	8.1	7.6
Energy	53	12.3	10.0	9.6	7.7
Natural resources	54	11.4	12.2	12.1	13.4
Transportation	55	16.3	17.2	17.6	18.2
Highways	56	.5	.4	.5	.4
Air	57	9.0	9.5	9.5	9.9
Water	58	6.5	6.6	6.8	7.3
Transit and railroad	59	.3	.6	.8	.6
Postal service	60	2.9	3.7	4.5	5.1
Space	61	16.4	17.6	17.8	16.8
Other	62	0	0	0	0
Housing and community services	63	1.4	1.6	1.7	1.3
Health	64	40.9	42.4	44.0	46.4
Recreation and culture	65	2.4	2.3	2.9	2.8
Education	66	4.3	5.0	5.0	5.7
Elementary and secondary	67	.6	.6	.5	.6
Higher	68	.9	.9	.9	1.0
Other	69	2.8	3.5	3.5	4.2
Income security	70	5.9	6.0	6.6	8.3
Disability	71	.5	.4	.5	.5
Retirement/1/	72	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.6
Welfare and social services	73	3.1	3.3	3.8	4.1
Unemployment	74	.1	.1	.1	.1
Other	75	.9	1.0	.9	1.9
State and local	76	850.5	890.4	943.2	991.0
General public service	77	96.7	99.7	106.8	112.4
Executive and legislative	78	13.5	14.3	15.2	16.1
Tax collection and financial management	79	27.2	27.7	30.3	32.1
Other/3/	80	55.9	57.8	61.3	64.2
Public order and safety	81	126.9	135.7	145.6	155.8
Police	82	46.8	50.8	54.9	59.1
Fire	83	18.5	19.3	20.4	21.7
Law courts	84	21.6	23.1	25.2	27.5
Prisons	85	40.0	42.6	45.1	47.5
Economic affairs	86	140.6	146.2	156.8	162.4
General economic and labor affairs	87	11.6	11.8	12.3	12.8
Agriculture	88	4.4	4.5	4.9	5.2
Energy	89	4.0	3.5	3.8	3.3
Natural resources	90	10.5	10.8	11.2	11.6
Transportation	91	109.8	115.2	124.4	129.1
Highways	92	97.7	102.8	111.1	115.4
Air	93	3.3	3.4	3.9	4.1
Water	94	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.1
Transit and railroad	95	7.7	7.8	8.2	8.4
Other	96	.3	.3	.3	.4
Housing and community services	97	26.5	27.8	29.0	30.3
Water	98	6.9	8.0	8.9	9.2
Sewerage	99	8.2	8.9	9.1	9.1
Sanitation	100	6.9	7.1	7.6	8.1
Other	101	4.4	3.7	3.4	3.8
Health	102	31.7	32.5	32.4	32.2
Recreation and culture	103	16.2	17.0	18.3	19.5
Education	104	371.9	390.1	410.6	432.3
Elementary and secondary	105	288.2	304.7	321.8	339.0
Higher	106	68.9	70.0	72.7	76.5
Libraries	107	5.4	5.8	6.3	6.7
Other	108	9.3	9.7	9.8	10.1
Income security	109	40.0	41.3	43.6	46.1
Disability	110	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4
Welfare and social services	111	37.8	38.9	41.2	43.7
Other	112	0	0	0	0

1. Consists of consumption expenditures to administer social insurance funds including old age and survivors insurance (social security) and railroad retirement. Excludes government employee retirement plans.

2. Consists of consumption expenditures to administer Federal revenue sharing grants to State and local governments beginning with 1972 and ending with 1987.

3. Consists primarily of unallocable State and local government consumption expenditures and gross investment.