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Federal Ocean Expenditures Overview

The OMB Ocean Budget Dataset series inludes all ocean and coastal federal expenditures from 2000 through 2006 by department and agency.

 
• 2000-06: Departments that increased: Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, Transportation
• 2000-06: Departments that decreased: Defense Environmental Protection Agency
• 2005-06: Only the Department Homeland Security, Marine Mammal Commision, National Aeronautical and Space Administration, State increased

 
• 2000-06 disbursement of $56.3 billion (2000 dollars):
  • 31%; Department of Homeland Security, $17.2 billion
  • 18%; Department of Commerce, $10.1 billion
  • 17%; Department of Defense, 9.6 billion
  • 12%; Environmental Protection Agency, $6.6 billion
  • 6%; Department of Interior, $3.5 billion
  • 5%; United States Department of Agriculture, $2.9 billion
  • 5%; Department of Transportation, $2.9 billion
  • 4%; National Science Foundation, $2.1 billion
  • 1%; each of the remaining departments

 
• 2000-06: NOAA's top funded programs (year 2000 dollars):
  • 39%; National Marine Fisheries Service: $4.3 billion
  • 28%; National Ocean Service: $3.1 billion
  • 12%; Oceanic and Atmospheric Research: $1.32 billion
  • 7%; Office of Marine Aviation and Operations: $763 million
  • 7%; National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service: $679 million
  • 2%; NOAA Program Support: $272 million