Budget Trends: Federal Investment Outlays, Fiscal Years 1981-2002

AIMD-97-88 Published: May 21, 1997. Publicly Released: May 21, 1997.

Highlights

Pursuant to congressional requests, GAO provided information on federal investment trends and estimates of future outlays for investments through fiscal year 2002. GAO did not independently verify this information but traced totals to published budget documents.

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