H.R. 4366 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
118th Congress · Enrolled (enacted, Public Law) · reported March 9, 2024 · read the full bill text →
Where the money goes
$443.8B across 34 tracked itemsThe largest verified line-items. This pie breaks down the biggest spending items in the bill — appropriations and mandatory (direct) spending — by category. Every dollar is quoted from the text; click any slice to read them. It is not necessarily every dollar in the bill (the smallest items may not be listed), and figures that aren’t spending — authorizations, guarantee ceilings, pay-fors, and carve-outs already counted — are deliberately left out and disclosed below.
Trust-fund obligation limits — $74.1B
Ceilings on Highway Trust Fund contract authority. Real spending, but the figure is a limit and the underlying authority is set in the surface-transportation law, not this bill — so it is disclosed here, not summed into the spending pie.
- Federal-aid Highways — obligation LIMITATION on Highway Trust Fund contract authority$60.1B
- Transit Formula Grants — obligation LIMITATION on Mass Transit Account contract authority$14.0B
Loan-guarantee ceilings — $953.5B
Caps on NEW loan or mortgage-backed-security guarantee commitments. No cash is spent — the government only backstops private lending — so these are excluded from the pie entirely.
- Ginnie Mae — CEILING on NEW mortgage-backed-securities guarantee commitments (no cash outlay)$550.0B
- FHA Mutual Mortgage Insurance — CEILING on NEW single-family loan-guarantee commitments (no cash outlay)$400.0B
- Guaranteed farm ownership loans — loan program level (guarantee ceiling, no direct cash for principal)$3.5B
Every dollar, cited
34 spending line-itemsincome security$215.5B · 49%
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP / food stamps)$122,382,521,000
“…and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $122,382,521,000, of…”
Div B — Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA & Related Agencies; Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; account: SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Child Nutrition Programs (National School Lunch, school breakfast, etc.)$33,266,226,000
“…(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $33,266,226,000, to…”
Div B — Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA & Related Agencies; Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; account: CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS - HUD Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers)$28,386,831,000
“…seq.) (in this title the Act), not otherwise provided for, $28,386,831,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title II — HUD, Public and Indian Housing; account: TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE - HUD Project-Based Rental Assistance (Section 8 project-based subsidy contracts)$15,610,000,000
“…U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (the Act), not otherwise provided for, $15,610,000,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title II — HUD, Housing Programs; account: PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE - HUD Public Housing Fund — operation and capital for public housing agencies$8,810,784,000
“…authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)), $8,810,784,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title II — HUD, Public and Indian Housing; account: PUBLIC HOUSING FUND - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)$7,030,000,000
“…of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $7,030,000,000, to…”
Div B — Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA & Related Agencies; Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; account: WIC
veterans$95.3B · 21%
- VA Medical Services — inpatient/outpatient care for veterans (FY2025 advance appropriation)$71,000,000,000
“…authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $71,000,000,000, plus…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL SERVICES - VA Medical Community Care — care at non-Department facilities (FY2025 advance appropriation)$20,382,000,000
“…17 of title 38, United States Code, at non-Department facilities, $20,382,000,000, plus…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE - Veterans Benefits Administration — General Operating Expenses$3,899,000,000
“…Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $3,899,000,000: Provided,…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title II — Veterans Benefits Administration; account: GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
science$35.0B · 8%
- Department of Energy — Office of Science research$8,240,000,000
“…and purchase of not more than 35 passenger motor vehicles, $8,240,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Energy Programs; account: Science - NASA — Exploration (human spaceflight/Artemis systems)$7,666,200,000
“…lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $7,666,200,000, to…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title III — NASA; account: EXPLORATION - NASA — Science (planetary, astrophysics, earth science)$7,334,200,000
“…lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $7,334,200,000, to…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title III — NASA; account: SCIENCE - National Science Foundation — Research and Related Activities$7,176,500,000
“…services for research support; acquisition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $7,176,500,000, to…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title III — National Science Foundation; account: RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES - NOAA — Operations, Research, and Facilities (weather service, fisheries, oceans, satellites ops)$4,548,485,000
“…conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, $4,548,485,000, to…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title I — DOC, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; account: OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
defense$29.2B · 7%
- DOE National Nuclear Security Administration — Weapons Activities (nuclear weapons stockpile)$19,108,000,000
“…facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $19,108,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Atomic Energy Defense Activities; NNSA account: Weapons Activities - Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps$5,531,369,000
“…other personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, $5,531,369,000, to…”
Div A — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies; Title I — Military Construction; account: Military construction, navy and marine corps - DOE NNSA — Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation$2,581,000,000
“…any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $2,581,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Atomic Energy Defense Activities; NNSA account: Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation - DOE NNSA — Naval Reactors$1,946,000,000
“…of real property, plant, and capital equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, $1,946,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Atomic Energy Defense Activities; NNSA account: Naval Reactors
other$24.4B · 5%
- Federal Bureau of Investigation — Salaries and Expenses$10,643,713,000
“…detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United States, $10,643,713,000, of…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title II — DOJ, Federal Bureau of Investigation; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES - Federal Prison System (Bureau of Prisons) — Salaries and Expenses$8,392,588,000
“…assistance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign governments, $8,392,588,000: Provided,…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title II — DOJ, Federal Prison System; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES - Operation of the National Park System (National Park Service)$2,888,424,000
“…and for the general administration of the National Park Service, $2,888,424,000, of…”
Div E — Interior, Environment & Related Agencies; Title I — National Park Service; account: OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM - Bureau of Indian Affairs — Operation of Indian Programs$1,898,550,000→ Bureau of Indian Affairs (federally recognized Tribes)
“…Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $1,898,550,000, to…”
Div E — Interior, Environment & Related Agencies; Title I — Bureau of Indian Affairs; account: OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS - Payment to the Legal Services Corporation (civil legal aid for the poor)$560,000,000→ Legal Services Corporation
“…the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, $560,000,000, of…”
Div C — Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; Title IV — Related Agencies; account: PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
transportation$15.3B · 3%
- FAA Operations — air traffic control, safety and navigation$12,729,627,000
“…lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $12,729,627,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title I — DOT, Federal Aviation Administration; account: OPERATIONS (Airport and Airway Trust Fund) - Amtrak National Network grants$1,286,321,000→ National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) — National Network
“…Investment and Jobs Act (division B of Public Law 117–58), $1,286,321,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title I — DOT, Federal Railroad Administration; account: NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION - Amtrak Northeast Corridor grants$1,141,442,000→ National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) — Northeast Corridor
“…of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), $1,141,442,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title I — DOT, Federal Railroad Administration; account: NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION - Grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority$150,000,000→ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) — DC/MD/VA
“…Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title I — DOT, Federal Transit Administration; account: GRANTS TO WMATA
water$11.7B · 3%
- Army Corps of Engineers — Operation and Maintenance of harbors, waterways and flood works$5,552,816,000
“…waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removing obstructions to navigation, $5,552,816,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title I — Corps of Engineers–Civil; account: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE - EPA — environmental programs & infrastructure, incl. clean/drinking water State Revolving Funds$4,418,938,000
“…capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance partnership grants, $4,418,938,000, to…”
Div E — Interior, Environment & Related Agencies; Title II — Environmental Protection Agency; account: STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS - Bureau of Reclamation — Water and Related Resources$1,751,698,000
“…State and local governments, federally recognized Indian Tribes, and others, $1,751,698,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title II — Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation; account: WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES - Central Utah Project Completion (water resource development)$23,000,000→ State of Utah — Central Utah Project
“…out activities authorized by the Central Utah Project Completion Act, $23,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title II — Central Utah Project Completion Account
energy$10.7B · 2%
- DOE Defense Environmental Cleanup — nuclear weapons complex cleanup$7,285,000,000
“…facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $7,285,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Atomic Energy Defense Activities; account: Defense Environmental Cleanup - DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy$3,460,000,000
“…facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $3,460,000,000, to…”
Div D — Energy and Water Development & Related Agencies; Title III — Energy Programs; account: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
community & regional development$6.7B · 2%
- HUD Community Development Fund (Community Development Block Grants, CDBG)$6,720,054,336
“…entities, for economic and community development activities, and other purposes, $6,720,054,336, to…”
Div F — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Agencies; Title II — HUD, Community Planning and Development; account: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND
How this was built
Fetched enrolled XML (requests) from GovInfo bulk BILLS; parsed the appropriations tree (division→title→appropriations-major/intermediate/small) with a context-tracking ElementTree walker; each account's lead dollar and a ≤15-word verbatim quote were extracted from a faithful itertext rendering and every figure re-located by exact substring search. 39 of 39 sampled figures were re-located as exact strings in the source text. Source: GovInfo enrolled bill text. Full bill text.
H.R. 4366 is the FIRST of the two FY2024 minibuses — the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, signed 2024-03-09 and enacted as PUBLIC LAW 118-42 (NOT PLAW-118publ47; 118-47 is the SEPARATE second minibus, H.R. 2882 / Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, signed 2024-03-23). Text was fetched from the GovInfo bulk BILLS enrolled (enacted) XML. This is a PURE appropriations act (6 of the 12 FY2024 bills: Divisions A MilCon-VA, B Agriculture-FDA, C Commerce-Justice-Science, D Energy-Water, E Interior-Environment, F Transportation-HUD, plus G Other Matters), so spending is read from BILL TEXT, not a CBO score. THREE mechanisms appear and MUST NOT be summed: (1) 'appropriation' = real budget authority provided by this law (the pie); (2) 'obligation_limitation' = a CEILING on spending of Highway/Transit Trust Fund CONTRACT AUTHORITY whose underlying authority lives in the IIJA/surface-transportation law, not this act (FHWA $60,095,782,888; FTA transit $13,990,000,000) — real spending but the figure is a limit, and each is paired in the bill with a separate 'derived from the Trust Fund' liquidating figure (e.g. FHWA $60,834,782,888) that is NOT summed here to avoid double counting; (3) 'loan_guarantee_ceiling' = a cap on NEW loan/MBS guarantee commitments with NO cash outlay (Ginnie Mae $550B, FHA MMI $400B, plus a farm-ownership guaranteed-loan level $3.5B). Naively summing every dollar would be dominated by the ~$985B of guarantee ceilings that spend no cash — the defining failure mode. CAVEATS ON 'appropriation' tagging: several large lines are appropriated here via 'For necessary expenses ... $X' operative language and are tagged 'appropriation' per the operative-verb rule, though economically they are mandatory entitlements (SNAP $122.4B, Child Nutrition $33.3B, WIC $7.0B) or FY2025 ADVANCE appropriations (VA Medical Services $71B and Medical Community Care $20.382B become available Oct 1, 2024). The mandatory VA Compensation & Pensions and Readjustment Benefits accounts have a multi-figure advance-appropriation structure and were deliberately OMITTED rather than risk misstating a single account total. Sponsor is null (not present in the enrolled text metadata; the H.R. 4366 vehicle originated as the MilCon-VA bill). Per-project earmark ('Community Project Funding') detail lives in the accompanying committee reports (separate documents), not parsed here; only bill-text account totals are shown. Every dollar string in line_items was re-located as an exact substring of the fetched faithful-text (XML itertext) source.