66 Programs That The 2018 Trump Budget Will Eliminate

May 25th, 2017

Awake Goy

President Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget proposal would completely eliminate 66 federal programs, for a savings of $26.7 billion.

As The Hill reports, some of the programs would receive funding for 2018 as part of a phasing-out plan.

Here are the programs the administration wants on the chopping block.

Agriculture Department — $855 million

McGovern-Dole International Food for Education
Business-Cooperative Service
Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account
Single Family Housing Direct Loans

Commerce Department — $633 million

Economic Development Administration
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Minority Business Development Agency
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Grants and Education

Education Department — $4.976 billion

21st Century Community Learning Centers
Comprehensive Literacy Development Grants
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
Impact Aid Payments for Federal Property
International Education
Strengthening Institutions
Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants
Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants
Teacher Quality Partnership

Energy Department — $398 million

Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy
Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program and Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program
Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility

Health and Human Services — $4.834 billion

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Community Services Block Grant
Health Professions and Nursing Training Programs
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Homeland Security — $235 million

Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis Program
Transportation Security Administration Law Enforcement Grants

Housing and Urban Development — $4.123 billion

Choice Neighborhoods
Community Development Block
HOME Investment Partnerships Program
Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program Account

Interior Department — $122 million

Abandoned Mine Land Grants
Heritage Partnership Program
National Wildlife Refuge Fund

Justice Department — $210 million

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program

Labor Department — $527 million

Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Training
OSHA Training Grants
Senior Community Service Employment Program

State Department and USAID — $4.256 billion

Development Assistance

Earmarked Appropriations for Non-Profit Organizations

The Asia Foundation
East-West Center
P.L. 480 Title II Food Aid

State Department, USAID, and Treasury Department — $1.59 billion

Green Climate Fund and Global Climate Change Initiative

Transportation Department — $499 million

National Infrastructure Investments (TIGER)

Treasury Department — $43 million

Global Agriculture and Food Security Program

Environmental Protection Agency — $493 million

Energy Star and Voluntary Climate Programs
Geographic Programs

National Aeronautics and Space Administration — $269 million

Five Earth Science Missions
Office of Education

Other Independent Agencies — $2.683 billion

Chemical Safety Board
Corporation for National and Community Service
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Institute of Museum and Library Services

International Development Foundations

African Development Foundation
Inter-American Foundation
Legal Services Corporation
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Regional Commissions

Appalachian Regional Commission
Delta Regional Authority
Denali Commission
Northern Border Regional Commission
U.S. Institute of Peace
U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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