CBO Releases Infographics About the Federal Budget in Fiscal Year 2019

View CBO’s budget infographics to see how much the federal government spent and took in during fiscal year 2019, as well as broader trends in the budget over the past few decades.

Discretionary Spending in 2019: An Infographic

Discretionary spending by the federal government totaled $1.3 trillion in 2019—about half for national defense and half for nondefense activities.

Mandatory Spending in 2019: An Infographic

Mandatory spending by the federal government totaled $2.7 trillion in 2019, of which $1.7 trillion was for Social Security and Medicare.

Revenues in 2019: An Infographic

Revenues received by the federal government in 2019 totaled $3.5 trillion, of which $1.7 trillion was receipts from individual income taxes.

The Federal Budget in 2019: An Infographic

The federal deficit in 2019 was $984 billion, equal to 4.6 percent of gross domestic product. Learn more about the deficit with a new interactive version of the infographic.

H.R. 2224, Homeless Veterans with Children Reintegration Act

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 12, 2020

H.R. 2847, No Passport Fees for Heroes’ Families Act

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 4, 2020

H.R. 5284, Vet OUTREACH Act

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 12, 2020

H.R. 712, a bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a clinical trial of the effects of cannabis on certain health outcomes of adults with chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 12, 2020

S. 3076, an act to release a federal reversionary interest in Chester County, Tennessee, to manage certain Federal land in Bath County, Virginia, and for other purposes

As passed by the Senate on January 6, 2020