The Eleven Categories of 2022 Non-defense Discretionary Spending

Health ($141B) – includes Veterans Hospital and Medical Care, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Public Health and Social Services

Education, Training, Employment, Social Services ($132B) – covers most of the Departments of Education and Labor –  includes special education, education for the disadvantaged, Pell Grants, worker training and employment services, and Head Start

Veterans Services ($113B) – includes general operating expenses for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the National Cemetery Administration, and other Veterans’ support services

Transportation ($112B) – Includes ground, air, water and other transportation and operations infrastructure; construction and maintenance of streets, highways, bridges, railways, airports, air traffic control, ferries, and other related transportation costs

Income Security ($93B) – includes general retirement and disability insurance; federal employee retirement and disability (including military retirement); unemployment compensation; housing assistance; nutrition assistance; and other income security, including programs like foster care, Supplemental Security Income, and the Earned Income and Child Tax Credits

International Affairs ($71B) – includes worldwide US diplomatic operations; embassy security, construction, and maintenance; contributions to international organizations including the United Nations; educational and cultural exchange programs; non-military international media programs including Voice of America, Broadcasting to Cuba, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and the Middle East Broadcasting Network; operations of the Export-Import Bank of the United States as well as assistance programs including U.S.Global Health Program, Migration and Refugee Assistance, Food for Peace Grants, International Disaster Assistance, Development Assistance, Multilateral Assistance, and International Security Assistance

Administration of Justice ($68B) – includes Federal Court System, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Secret Service, Department of Justice (DOJ),Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), U.S. Marshals (USMS), and Federal Prison System

Community and Regional Development ($46B) – includes Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program; Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education; and Rural Utilities Service infrastructure and infrastructure improvements for rural communities, including water and waste treatment, electric power, and telecommunications services

Natural Resources and Environment ($44B) – includes funding for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army Corps of Engineers, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Forest Service, National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)

General Science, Space, and Technology ($37B) – covers National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation (NSF), Department Of Energy Science Programs

Other ($53B) – everything not in one of the 10 major categories