Spending Quick Links: Appropriations | Social Security | Medicare | Medicaid & other Health Education | Agriculture | Environment | Defense | Housing Appropriations  [Back to Top] Status table 302(b) allocations Appropriations for FY 2002 - CRS (PDF) CBO estimates of appropriations bills Continuing Appropriations Acts: Brief Overview of Recent Practices - CRS (PDF)   CRS Reports on Appropriations Bills (in PDF)  [Back to Top] FY 2002 Appropriations for FY 2002: An Overview Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Defense Department of Transportation and Related Agencies District of Columbia Energy and Water Development Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Interior and Related Agencies Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Legislative Branch Military Construction Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Supplemental Appropriations for FY2002 FY 2001 Appropriations for FY2001: An Overview Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Defense Department of Transportation and Related Agencies District of Columbia Energy and Water Development Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Interior and Related Agencies Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Legislative Branch Military Construction Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Supplemental Appropriations for FY2000: Plan Colombia, Kosovo, Debt Relief, and Other Initiatives   Key Spending Programs Social Security  [Back to Top] Social Security Electronic Briefing Book - Congressional Research Service Social Security Reform: An Overview - Congressional Research Service Social Security and the Federal Budget - Congressional Research Service What Does Social Security's Being "Off Budget" Mean? - Congressional Research Service How Much of a Role Could Personal Retirement Accounts Play? - Congressional Research Service Issues Related to Raising the Retirement Age - Congressional Research Service Medicare  [Back to Top] Medicare at a Glance - Henry Kaiser Family Foundation (PDF) Citizen's guide to health care issues - Henry Kaiser Family Foundation (PDF) Trends in Medicare Spending: Fact Sheet - CRS (PDF) Medicare and Prescriptions Drugs: An Overview - Henry Kaiser Family Foundation (PDF) Selected Prescription Drug Proposals - Congressional Research Service (PDF) Side-by-side comparison of selected prescription drug bills - Congressional Research Service (PDF) Implications of Medicare Prescription Drug Proposals - Henry Kaiser Family Foundation Summary of MedPAC's recommendations for Medicare - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (PDF) Assessment of the President's proposal to modernize Medicare - The Commonwealth Fund Financing Medicare's Future - Executive Summary - National Academy of Social Insurance BBA and Rural Health Care - Rural Policy Research Institute Medicare Beneficiary Access to Care: The Effects of New Prospective Payment Systems - CRS (PDF) Medicare: Changes to Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA 97, P.L. 105-33) Provisions - CRS (PDF) Medicare Payment to Rural Hospitals - Rural Policy Research Institute Medicare HMOs (Medicare+Choice) - George Washington University (PDF) Home Health Services - George Washington University (PDF) Medicaid and other health care issues  [Back to Top] Medicaid: A Primer - Henry Kaiser Family Foundation (PDF) Citizen's guide to health care issues - Henry Kaiser Family Foundation (PDF) Health Coverage for Low-Income Children - Henry Kaiser Family Foundation (PDF) Grassley-Kennedy Family Opportunity Act Overview of Long Term Care - AARP Long-Term Care: FY01 Budget Proposals and Related Legislation - Congressional Research Service (PDF) Long Term Care: Medicaid's Role and Challenges - Henry Kaiser Family Foundation (PDF) State Children's Health Insurance Program: eligibility, enrollment, and funding - CRS (PDF) Health Centers for the Uninsured - Henry Kaiser Family Foundation (PDF) Stem Cell Research - CRS (PDF) Education  [Back to Top] School Facilities Infrastructure: Background and Legislative Proposals - CRS (PDF) Head Start: background and funding - CRS (PDF) Class size reduction program: background and status - CRS (PDF) Information technology and elementary and secondary education - CRS (PDF) Elementary and Secondary School Teachers - CRS (PDF) Tax benefits for education in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997: new legislative developments - CRS (PDF) Agriculture  [Back to Top] Farm Economic Relief: Issues and Options for Congress - Congressional Research Service (PDF) Federal Crop Insurance: Issues in the 106th Congress - Congressional Research Service Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments - Congressional Research Service (PDF) Soil and Water Conservation Issues - Congressional Research Service (PDF) Wetland Issues - Congressional Research Service (PDF) Dairy Policy - Congressional Research Service (PDF) Environment  [Back to Top] Natural Resources and Environment in the FY01 Budget: Programs and Funding - CRS (PDF) Natural Resources and Environment in the FY00 Budget: Programs and Funding - CRS (PDF) Defense  [Back to Top] Appropriations for FY 2001 - CRS (PDF) Defense Acquisition Reform: Status and Current Issues - CRS (PDF) National Missile Defense and the ABM Treaty: Overview of Recent Events - CRS (PDF) National Missile Defense: Issues for Congress - CRS (PDF) Housing  [Back to Top] Housing Issues in the 106th Congress - CRS (PDF) Community Development Block Grants: Funding and other Issues - CRS (PDF)